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RE: One Year of No New Clothes

in #teamuk2 years ago

I want to tell you about a small activity that has become a tradition in Australia. Almost every Saturday or Sunday I find people's houses holding stalls to sell things they no longer use. The goals vary. Sometimes, the owner of the goods has to move to another city so that instead of carrying it, they choose to sell it to someone else. So it's not too much trouble, considering that the cost of moving goods in Australia is very expensive. Even more so when moving between states. Not infrequently another reason is because the owners just want to reduce the items they no longer use so that the house becomes more spacious. This selling model is known to the public as a garage sale.

For those who do not have time to sell it themselves, usually they will donate their goods to social institutions or churches. Save the Children, Australian Red Cross, Salvation Army, St Vincent de Paul are some institutions that always accept used goods.

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Garage sales are less common in the UK but I will see people selling things outside their houses occasionally. What is more common here is Carboot Sales, where people will rent a patch of a carpark for a day and sell their unwanted thing there. It can be a great way to spend a morning as you never know what you will come across.
You can also donate directly to charity or to a charity shop which sells the clothes and donates the proceeds to the charity it represents.

Wow..in Indonesia it is called "Pasar Monza_Monza market' which sells used clothes from abroad. In Malaysia it is called the 'Pasar Karat-Rush Market'. If you're lucky you get "Qarun's Treasure" hehe..