Kenny202 Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Moving to Khon kaen and have some excess stuff I wouldn't mind getting rid of. Back home I'd have a yard sale but never seen one here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpokaneAl Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 That is an interesting question. I will be looking forward to hearing how yours turns out, if you decide to go forward with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pib Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 (edited) I've never seen a garage sale in Thailand either. Guess it's considered too LoSo even for LoSo's. Edited December 3, 2015 by Pib Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DILLIGAD Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Maybe better seeing if there is a localized FB/forum that sells second hand stuff IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunOr Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Never seen a yard sale. I have always found that leaving outside your gate all the stuff you don't need/don't want to take with you is the best way. Over time you'll find that people passing by will come and take whatever they need and if you live in a poor village or if there are poor people living around you, it'll all go pretty quickly. I like to think that this is a face saving way of letting those in need get what they need. Better than expecting them to come to you and pay for it. Of course if you have something really valuable, use classified ads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masuk Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Check this site if you're in Chiang Mai. Every kind of sale you could think of. https://sites.google.com/site/ccccrecent/home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgordo38 Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Second hand items for some reason are hard to sell here at reasonable or less than reasonable prices. Everybody that calls wants you to cut the price in half. Also after buying many products new here I find your lucky to get 2 or 3 years out of them before they are kaput. I find the quality of items here very poor. I just threw out my less than 2 year old recliner chair that simply collapsed and started to shed its skin. Small appliances ditto. When I buy new I try to get a 2 to 3 year warranty because that is about the life span of products here. Korean made TV's a little different story but a good used one which I tried to sell last month found no takers so I kept it and did not buy a new one. Frigs etc. fair quality and also computers. I just bought a new USB multi port for my sticks a 6 stick port and the store gave me a 1 week warranty. Things are not made to last we used to keep TV's years ago for 10 to 15 years not so today. I often wonder what happened to my recliner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawan Chan 7 Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Second hand items for some reason are hard to sell here at reasonable or less than reasonable prices. Everybody that calls wants you to cut the price in half. Also after buying many products new here I find your lucky to get 2 or 3 years out of them before they are kaput. I find the quality of items here very poor. I just threw out my less than 2 year old recliner chair that simply collapsed and started to shed its skin. Small appliances ditto. When I buy new I try to get a 2 to 3 year warranty because that is about the life span of products here. Korean made TV's a little different story but a good used one which I tried to sell last month found no takers so I kept it and did not buy a new one. Frigs etc. fair quality and also computers. I just bought a new USB multi port for my sticks a 6 stick port and the store gave me a 1 week warranty. Things are not made to last we used to keep TV's years ago for 10 to 15 years not so today. I often wonder what happened to my recliner? I know too late but there is a good chair restoring shop in Khon Kaen. I have a leather one that was recovered 8 years ago and actualy needing done again. Last time only cost 2000 baht. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Issangeorge Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 An American friend of mine took his Thai wife to the States for a vacation, the thing she liked best were the yard sales. She was upper middle class Thai so maybe a yard sale would work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horatio Poke Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 (edited) You might want to peddle your clobber at one of the regular one-day markets - "talaad nat" - but you'll need a Thai to do your bidding for you, and don't expect to come home with much money from it. But it can be fun and an OK way to dispose of unwanted household items. If you're stuff is more valuable or specialised you might want to hawk it around the local shops and traders, or even your friends and neighbours, or anywhere you think someone might want it. If it's just a case of getting rid of stuff then giving it to people that you like is the most rewarding thing to do - or bin it. Edited December 4, 2015 by Horatio Poke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiesteve63 Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Second hand items for some reason are hard to sell here at reasonable or less than reasonable prices. Everybody that calls wants you to cut the price in half. Also after buying many products new here I find your lucky to get 2 or 3 years out of them before they are kaput. I find the quality of items here very poor. I just threw out my less than 2 year old recliner chair that simply collapsed and started to shed its skin. Small appliances ditto. When I buy new I try to get a 2 to 3 year warranty because that is about the life span of products here. Korean made TV's a little different story but a good used one which I tried to sell last month found no takers so I kept it and did not buy a new one. Frigs etc. fair quality and also computers. I just bought a new USB multi port for my sticks a 6 stick port and the store gave me a 1 week warranty. Things are not made to last we used to keep TV's years ago for 10 to 15 years not so today. I often wonder what happened to my recliner? I had the same problem with my recliner after 2 years it just self destructed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKKdreaming Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 You might want to peddle your clobber at one of the regular one-day markets - "talaad nat" - but you'll need a Thai to do your bidding for you, and don't expect to come home with much money from it. But it can be fun and an OK way to dispose of unwanted household items. is there any list of where these are around BKK ? since all the street markets are being closed all around town this may have to be my "fix" for being a junkman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Facebook groups works pretty well here if you want to get rid of stuff. Just take some pictures and post it online , don't expect to get good prices for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selftaopath Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Maybe better seeing if there is a localized FB/forum that sells second hand stuff IMO. Yea .... come to think of it the BIB will certainly have their hands out etc. I loved going to "flea markets" garage/yard sales in US. It was like "treasure hunting." :-) Wish they were here buttttttttttttttt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinBoy2 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Nah, add my ditto to 'never seen a yard sale' here. I'm with KhunOr that the recommended way to get rid of stuff is just to leave it outside next to your garbage cans....seems to miraculously vanish overnight....the Thai Power of Free! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selftaopath Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Facebook groups works pretty well here if you want to get rid of stuff. Just take some pictures and post it online , don't expect to get good prices for it. Could consider using BahtSold or Craigslist. Truck2hand is interesting but only in Thai language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DILLIGAD Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Maybe better seeing if there is a localized FB/forum that sells second hand stuff IMO.Yea .... come to think of it the BIB will certainly have their hands out etc. I loved going to "flea markets" garage/yard sales in US. It was like "treasure hunting." :-) Wish they were here buttttttttttttttt Did you think I said FBI ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny202 Posted December 6, 2015 Author Share Posted December 6, 2015 I have stuff like security screens, submersible pump, bits and pieces like that. Don't want to just leave them outside. Might try put a sign on the roadside one day and maybe snag some farang going past. Secondhand / retro is starting to make a hold here, mainly in Bangkok but more and more at regional markets seeing secondhand...mostly clothes. Ive been buying retro Hawiian shirts, Columbia sports shirts, shorts, army stuff....usually for around 50c a piece. Missus is horrified when I browse. It's just not Thai to buy secondhand, even the poorest people wont go near it.....they don't want to look poor hahaha. I think it also has something to do with Pee (ghosts) inhabiting the clothes or something too. Second hand cars and bikes apparently are extremely bad luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denim Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 If you live in Bangkok there is a good second hand market on the top floor of Panthip Plaza 2 on Ngam Wongwahn road. Only on the weekends though. Mid week the space is a car park. Not air conditioned but totally under cover. You have to pay for your pitch though , about 100 baht. Best to get there early as the car park fills up real quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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