To save money and avoid overconsumption, more and more buyers are turning to second hand. A few weeks before the Christmas holidays, toy markets are experiencing growing popularity.
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More and more people are flocking to toy markets before Christmas with the aim of saving money or avoiding overconsumption. But this requires patience and observation, since you have to scan each stall to find good deals among hundreds of objects on display.
In Salouël (Somme), south of Amiens, this is the fifth year that the town’s nurseries have organized the toy exchange which makes it possible to finance projects during the year with the children. This is spread over two days, with 90 exhibitors, thus allowing “for people to have different things, good deals to prepare for Christmas, and also for second-hand clothes“, explains Estelle Darragon, the organizer.
In Salouël, south of Amiens, more than 300 people came to do good business.
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Estelle Darragon notes that consumers are looking for more to get good deals at very low prices”to prepare for Christmas“, but also for second-hand clothing. In two days, the toy exchange welcomed more than 300 people. “It’s huge“, she rejoices. That’s not all, there are also more exhibitors, to the point where the organizers had to refuse around forty.
“We have people who come back every year. Our stock market is often held around November 11 and we have people who tell us: see you next year“, adds the organizer. The gloomy economic situation in France explains why buyers come to save money. “These are low prices and there is also the game of trying to reduce them“, while negotiating, “but perhaps less than in exterior rederie“.
The success is also due to a “big advertisement” made on social networks, notably Facebook, and on display in various surrounding communities.
In Raineville (Somme), a toy fair was held on Monday, November 11.
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About fifteen kilometers to the north, in Raineville, there is another toy exchange. Coralie Marquis, an exhibitor for 5 years, noticed the traffic around the shelves as soon as she arrived at 8:45 a.m. (the stock market opens at 9 a.m.). “There is always a good attendanceshe says. A month like this before the end of year holidays, we still have quite a few families and grandparents looking for toys“.
Although she observes attendance equivalent to previous years, she nevertheless notes that “compared to the current situation“, people are turning more and more to second hand. “There are also platforms on the internet on which we can sell“, but scholarships for physical toys allow “for people who don’t necessarily have the internet or all these applications to see for themselves and be able to touch toys, books, see if they are not damaged“, specifies Coralie Marquis.
Exhibitors must also pay for their space, which they end up reimbursing or not depending on their revenue. “The objective when arriving in the morning is to reimburse the pitch, which I did. So it’s okay, I tell myself it’s just a bonus, and it also helps!“, she concludes.
With Lucie Caillieret / FTV
