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One of the things that you can do to make your way to become a
millionaire is to buy bargain items. Think about all the money you can
save by buying a fairly good condition item for the fraction of the
price. Some items that are sold in second hand stores are really cheap
and it is probably not worn at all.
Traditionally, you can get second hand goodies in
flea
markets but in Malaysia, street vendors has already spoilt the name.
Flea Markets are usually for normal people from homes setting up stalls
to sell their unwanted goodies, much like a garage sale. Flea Markets
are also for budding craft or jewellery makers to show off their stuff
and sell their hand made items. Sadly, Flea Markets in the Klang Valley
are filled with small stalls selling brand new items, which are quite
expansive, I must say.
These type of Flea Markets can be found in
The
Curve's Sunday Market. The market starts at 10am till 8pm. The so
called "flea market" is a place for sellers to sell really expansive
jewelleries and clothes with exorbitant prices. Of course when you buy a
new piece of clothing, you have to try them. In flea markets, theres no
place to try on clothes. I heard from a friend that she tried on clothes
from the flea market in the bathroom. Now, with the hot sun, sweat will
be pouring and the bathroom stench will be sticking on the clothes. How
hygienic is that? Other than that, the Curve's flea market is not all
that bad. They do have a fair share of cheaper goodies and trendy
clothes. There are also cheap statement shirts that can be bought for
RM10.
Another more authentic flea market would be
Amcorp
Mall in Petaling Jaya. Amcorp Mall has been established as a flea
market ever since a few years ago. The items sold there are much more
like a real flea market as you can see people selling old vinyl records,
cassettes and other old Coca-Cola collectibles. They also have other
items such as earrings, clothes, books, trinkets, gifts, and all
other items that are very cheap. I once got 2 books for RM5! The items
there are not all that nice, you just have to have a good eye and look
for the perfect clothing piece for you.
Other places that you can buy second hand items are:
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Plaza
Mont Kiara
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SPCA
Jumble Sales
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Second Charm, TTDI
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Scoop,
KL
For more information on
Bargain
Shopping, check out the Soul Doctor who is an avid fan of vintage
second hand shopping. She gets most of her fashionable clothings from
flea
markets and garage sales. She listed down places to visit and what
is good in there.
Of course, going to warehouse sales and catching the latest sale in town
is also another way you can save tons of money. Bookmark
Offerstation.com
for all your sale notifications. Offer Station is a website dedicated to
telling consumers where are the latest sales, promotions and also
finding gift vouchers. Every now and then, there will be an
advertisement on newspaper about a warehouse sale. Some kind people at
Promotions
and Sales in Malaysia and
Shopping
& Sales will be cutting that advertisement out, scanning it and
posting it on the internet for everyone to enjoy.
Now, start bargain hunting and get the cheapest deal in town so that you
can show it off to your mates.
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