Do you buy clothes in ukay-ukay (bazaar)?

Just near our place.. We do not really boil it, since the color might be ruined.. But i wash it several times.. there is no weird smell though.. Since i choose my ukay-ukay clothes well.

before when the ukay ukay store was still new, you can really find good clothes. You can see some that I guess haven't been worn yet but now only a few almost all are used.(well that's why they call it thrift store most are used or second hand items)

I think they put something to neutralize the odor or sterilize these used clothes. Yes, most of us don't like the smell of it and sometimes it hurts our eyes too. We can really find some good buys from this ukay-ukay bazaars if we are patient enough to dig in and look.

YEs, the clothes in the mall are 2 or 3 times or even more times multiplied than how cheap they are in ukay-ukay.. the only difference is, they are sued a little bit. Some are even brand new looking. SO it is very practical to go to ukay-ukay.

Yes being second hand, it's really cheap. And some of the clothes had not been used at all. If your are patient enough to dig in to some of them, especially the newly open packages some are brand new. Of course we have to sterilized it just in case.

Oh, that is a lot of choices.. I never buy anything online though.. i do not know how and it is hard to mail or sail them.. there are extra costs. Stuff on the side of street are quite cheap sometimes, and in our place you cna even settle and make it cheaper.

Yes, It's really cheaper and not to mention, some are branded and have never been used before. It's very common now in every city, where Eloy's I think is the name before but now it's thrift store(second hand clothing store).I guess it's a better place to buy shirts for kids since, they'll just outgrew as the years pass.But be sure to sanitized or pour hot water to it, just to be safe.

Yes, there are some clothes that are really new. Maybe, it came from stores who have donated it for charity. Even in other countries they do have these thrift stores. If one is patient enough to look and search, it's really a bargain, brand and quality wise.

Hi Yahnee! I have'nt really bought from an ukay ukay, but may I know where do you source your supplies? Is this a lucrative business? Is bangbang still the best place to look for ukay ukay? Thanks!

@ yahnee, Sorry to hear about what had happened to your ukay-ukay business. Some people are really cruel, they want to earn quick money at the expense of others. I think this kind of business is really profitable. Just imagine how more and more stores are put up if they were not earning.

We searched through the internet and found a wholesaler of ukay-ukay clothing in Cubao. One bulk costs from 2 to 3 thousand pesos and contains more than a hundred pieces of assorted shirts and blouses. Pants cost more and also jackets. They also deliver it for free. We also sourced some items in Bang-Bang but it is not profitable since the stuff they sell are quite expensive around 50 to 100 pesos each for blouses and shirts. The good thing though is you can choose each item if there are damages. IF you buy in bulk, you don't see the items as they are pre-packed. You gain on some items and lose on others.

Your right, it's really a big savings if you get lucky to find a branded clothes which is not even used yet. Last week, I accompany my daughter to buy business dress in a mall near our area. Since, she needed it the next day, we haven't thought of looking at the ukay-ukay store. Two slacks and two blouses cost me more than P4,000 pesos. Yesterday she told me if we can look for more blouses in the ukay-ukay store. She'll use one daily for a week so she need 4 more. We got lucky, we found 6 pcs and it had no traces of being used yet and it costs me less than P400 pesos. So, it's a good buy compared to the one we bought at the mall. So in your city there's a tiangge(Bazaar) day only for ukay-ukay. So when that day comes, it's more like fiesta because of too many people looking for good buy.