Why so many Poles use a second hands clothes?

Do tell?

People become wealthy by being frugal. Second hand clothes make sense. Besides, If you would judge me by the percieved value of the clothes I'm wearing, you are exactly the kind of person I would not want to associate with. I've seen plenty of people with nice clothes and new cars who really haven't got a pot to pee in or a window to throw it out. Smart people, those Poles!

Have you ever seen pants for sale in these shops? :)

In REAL pair of jeans costs ~25zł so I suppose it must be kind of bargain hunt ;)

it's worse if they haven't been washed...


Well Britain is jam=packed with 2nd hand shops, so it's not just Poland. A lot of the time people buy suits, cos they'd never wear one any other time, so why pay a fortune for one.

A lot of kids and students buy 2nd hand because retro is in and the fashions of yesterday are cheaper in a 2nd hand than in H&M. It's also cheaper to buy something 2nd hand and modify it ( see; cut it to bits) than buy something new.

It might also be that a lot of 2nd hand stuff comes from abroad and the fashions (at least until recently) were a bit more interesting.

That's ok, too. You're a snob and proud of it. I think being proud of it is an integral part of being a snob. My cousin is one, so I don't mind them.

I'm not Polish, but I've been in many Polish cities. Your statement is not true. How many Polish cities have you been to?

And by the way, most second hand shops don't sell underwear, socks etc.

You seem to have a problem with Polish people, did anyone of them treat you badly?

I think it is strange to equivalate consumerism with freedom and people who obviously can't afford new clothes with slavery.
It seems like you are saying you pay for your freedom with money.

Pieces of cloth sown together, when properly washed, are just pieces of cloth sown together.

So to answer your question
Why so many Poles use second hands clothes?
Lack of money.

There's absolutely no reason to be ashamed. Actually it's pretty smart to buy used cloths. I'm making $87K a year and I'm shopping at Goodwill sometimes too. Why would I spend big bucks for a pair of jeans if I can get it for $3.50? Besides no one knows anyway when and where and if it was brand new when I first bought it.

Twat, i used to pick up some really funky shirts at those places, when i was younger.

Honestly, i hate them same as car boot sales, too much crap, but my wife loves them. It takes an experienced shopper to get good stuff from those types of places.

As for being many of them in Poland i believe theres more in the UK, thats the main source of the stock here. I actually buy most of my books in Poland from such stores, cheap but more importantly in English. Is that OK in your book Tit?

you truly are a tit aren't you. why waste money on new clothes, not everyone can afford that. you can get a lot of quirky garments at cheap prices in those stores, not the usual stuff you get in the shops that tends to be the same everywhere each season, so it's not just for poor people. if this is too complicated for you to grasp and you're just gonna stick to your 'second hand clothes are for poor slaves' line then please do us all a favour and give yourself a wedgie with those $1000 dolce&gabbana underpants, you snob.


the whole point here is that you don't have to spend hundreds and hundreds on new stuff to look good, look at all those celebrities who only buy designer stuff and they look like tramps. if you buy stuff for labels and designers, or just because it's *new* then i feel sorry for you that this is the only way you can think of to validate your self worth and feel better than the rest. you can afford to buy new stuff good for you, but have some respect for those less fortunate. it's not just the poor people who buy second hand clothes, it's a good bargain for anyone who only needs an outfit they are probably gonna wear on one ocassion, or work gear that will soon enough get dirty, or just stuff to wear around the house. techincally once a piece of clothing have been worn once it classifies as 'used'. how many people tried on the stuff you bought in the shop before you?? think about it, and stop speaking out of your arse.

the neat thing is, most of them didn't actually pay for it. if you see it on tv or in a magazine, chances are it's probably been gifted by the marketing department of said company.

if you pick them random, that s okay, are you focus on pictures in these books or you more text content man ? I buy books in bookshops or online

paying more money for the same thing is brain dead consumerism.

oh yeah now you say that i heard that celebrities get freebies as this is the way of promoting the stores clothing lines. all you gotta do is be famous, walk in to a shop and say that you'll have this this and this. those sub celebrities always demand free stuff when they go out shopping and get all wound up people don't recognise them in there, it's quite sad... not only they are rich, but they're a bunch of stingey freeloaders.


i wonder if tit is one of those people who wear the labels inside out so people can see how much they cost

you find some stuff in these places which you definitely will never find in galleria or manufaktura.

Are you ashamed to use the water from your tap? Do you realize that it has been recycled many times, and from what?

I was at a meeting around a big oak table.
Not everyone had arrived so we were waiting.
One of the men took off his watch and put it on the table boasting that his watch was gold plated, had diamonds encrusted at each hour and was worth 10,000 euro.

Another guy from the other side of the table asked, "what time is it?".
"It is now exactly 3:14" the first man proudly bellowed out.
The other man said "that's strange because my watch cost 50 Euro and it says the exact same time".

haha

Probably uses bottled water. For instance, I bathe in Evian. Aquafina is for the peasants.

I am not saying that snobery is a good thing actually opposite, I am not a rolex type man

True but you cant beat a Rolex IMO. It oozes class, i like fancy watches. But then again im a bit of a show off. The diamond studded solid gold jobbies are a bit much though, im happy with the old Oyster perpetual or a Sub Mariner in the future maybe.


You need help son, youve just made it onto my dick head list. I predict many PF hammerings coming your way.

Ever spell that word backwards?
The result is very interesting :

''Evian'' backwards is ''naive'':

1. having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.

Do you just like "new" things? Would you buy at an outlet store?

people like TIT buy a bottle of Evian, drink it and then fill the bottle with tap water just to prove to others how rich and sophisticated they are.

that is beautiful beyond words

Tit sounds like that runt Brutal Butcher, i cant recall anyone even mentioning that idiot since his suspension and it has been a long one. I was trying to help the poor abandoned mean little git.

ha ha yeah, that's the way to go

In fairness to this whole topic, we are blasted with commercials for a lot of our waking lives, since we were kids.
It has turned many people in to magpies, in the sense they like bright and shiny things.

Perhaps I am saying blame society not the individual, our critical thinking has been stripped to a certain extent and replaced with consumer culture.

Many citizens of developed countries buy new things and what they buy are designed to break so that people can go out and buy more, whole industries and economies are built on this strategy.

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months. (Oscar Wilde)

and support exploiters of poor people form remote part of the world? Is that your question?

no, it's a straight forward question. do you just like new things? being the first to use a product.

the second question kind of tied into the first, do you have an issue with buying a new product at deep discount outlet prices.