NewsWhore
09-15-2010, 03:40 PM
In the back alleys of Villa Consuelo, around the dirty, old public market, you can purchase almost anything. In fact, some people will tell you that you can really buy anything. Money talks on these narrow streets and the visitors are not the poor.
According to Hoy newspaper reporter Arismendy Calderon, savings of 50% are common in the raucous atmosphere of wheeling and dealing. Used bathroom fixtures? Easy. Bedroom furniture? Done. Need wood for building a house or making furniture? It's there. The street names? Dona Chucha, Hermanos Pinzon, Osvaldo Bazil, and Federico Velasquez are the most active.
Engineers, building supervisors, home builders, do-it-yourselfers, they all flock to the area for the very best prices. Iron fences are available, and massive doors - both old and nearly new - are to be found at wonderful prices. Mahogany, cedar, pine and other woods are available. So are kitchen appliances and accessories.
This is not a place for the poor, because although the goods are second-hand, they are valuable and sell fast, for cash, with no receipts. The informal traders are wary of thieves in the area trying to find something easy to cart off, and they keep the streets clean so as not to break any rules or frighten away clients. On the weekends the traders get together for meals and on Monday it is back to work.
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According to Hoy newspaper reporter Arismendy Calderon, savings of 50% are common in the raucous atmosphere of wheeling and dealing. Used bathroom fixtures? Easy. Bedroom furniture? Done. Need wood for building a house or making furniture? It's there. The street names? Dona Chucha, Hermanos Pinzon, Osvaldo Bazil, and Federico Velasquez are the most active.
Engineers, building supervisors, home builders, do-it-yourselfers, they all flock to the area for the very best prices. Iron fences are available, and massive doors - both old and nearly new - are to be found at wonderful prices. Mahogany, cedar, pine and other woods are available. So are kitchen appliances and accessories.
This is not a place for the poor, because although the goods are second-hand, they are valuable and sell fast, for cash, with no receipts. The informal traders are wary of thieves in the area trying to find something easy to cart off, and they keep the streets clean so as not to break any rules or frighten away clients. On the weekends the traders get together for meals and on Monday it is back to work.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#8)