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Garage & sidewalk sales
On 27, Apr 2013 | One Comment | In $, 1, Carlton, Collingwood, Fitzroy, Massive, No Frills, Thornbury | By Rosie
Description
A curious phenomenon is taking place in the inner northern suburbs of Melbourne, and perhaps elsewhere. I’m sure I’m not the only one who has noticed the increasing number of swap-meets, garage and sidewalk sales lining the pavements and median strip of these vibrant suburbs. It seems that many Melbournians interested in recycling their worldly goods are opting to cut out the middle man (markets, op-shops and secondhand stores) and sell their wares directly to passing traffic. Obviously the success of any such sale will likely be determined by the level of pedestrian (and bicycle) traffic in the area.
07
Mar
2012
In $$
1
Bags
Big
Bikes
Clothing
Electrical
Fitzroy
Furniture
Hats
Homewares
Indoor
Jewellery
Men's
Musical
No Frills
Shoes
Sunglasses/frames
Ties
Wallets/purses
Women's
By Rosie
Clearance Centre, Smith Street
On 07, Mar 2012 | No Comments | In $$, 1, Bags, Big, Bikes, Clothing, Electrical, Fitzroy, Furniture, Hats, Homewares, Indoor, Jewellery, Men's, Musical, No Frills, Shoes, Sunglasses/frames, Ties, Wallets/purses, Women's | By Rosie
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Description
This place is chaos! There is no discernible order to the collection here with items strewn across this cavernous variety shop. I use the term ‘variety’ as the Clearance Centre on Smith Street is not exclusively secondhand. The collection of bikes that line the storefront hint at the farrago of objects inside this thrift store: bikes, books, wigs, luggage, vacuums, oriental fans, stereos, blenders, clothing, linen, toy, collectables, memorabilia, lamps, shopping trolleys, cassettes… even ice-skates! There are heaps of bikes here, some don’t appear to be in working order however the man running the store seems adept at fixing them so if you are interested in a particular specimen it may be worthwhile talking to him.