Why We Prefer To Buy Second Hand Clothes - Consumers
Some Consumers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Friday gave reasons for their preference to
Investigation showed high patronage of
Some of the buyers said their preference for fairly-used items such as clothing, household furniture, kitchen utensils, electronics, shoes, bags
" I prefer foreign fairly-used items to some locally made ones because of their durability
"One has to come early when the bales would be open, otherwise you won't see the good materials to select.
Miss Evelyn Okot, a banker, says she buys fairly-used bags, shoes and other accessories because of their quality, durability
" Fairly-used items last longer than some new ones because most of them are designer or branded items and I am sure of their authenticity, rather than buying new ones that don't last.''
On her own part, an
" I have several customers everywhere, so on the market days I usually go to Maraba markets every Wednesday, Madalla on Thursdays, and Garki on Fridays to sell my
Ebuka said people should
"It is not just poor people that buy our things; I have a lot of rich customers, whom I carefully select the kind of things I know they like.
However, a medical practitioner,
"Using under wears that have been worn by another person exposes the user to some diseases, especially if the previous wearer had diseases such as skin or sexually transmitted diseases.''
Magaji, however advised buyers to ensure that such clothes were properly washed with antiseptics, sun dried and ironed before usage in order to reduce the risk of contacting any diseases.
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