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Where are the second-hand stores in Krakow?


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Edited by: kgoess  Aug 23, 11, 08:40    #1
So where are the second-hand stores here (Krakow)? The Goodwills, the Salvation Armys? We just moved here, hoping to stay here for a year. We've got an apartment, but could use things like some furniture, blankets, cookware, maybe a used TV. In the states I could fit out our apartment in half an hour by walking down to the nearest Goodwil store, but I'm not seeing anything like that here, haven't seen any garage sales either. Where do the Poles get rid of their used stuff?

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 Aug 23, 11, 09:15    #2
So where are the second-hand stores here (Krakow)? The Goodwills, the Salvation Armys? We just moved here, hoping to stay here for a year. We've got an apartment, but could use things like some furniture, blankets, cookware, maybe a used TV. In the states I could fit out our apartment in half an hour by walking down to the nearest Goodwil store, but I'm not seeing anything like that here, haven't seen any garage sales either. Where do the Poles get rid of their used stuff?


welcome to a poor country pal - it's not Somalia but still - it's not the UK where you find working computers outside people's houses - some do get rid of old furniture - you can see these sometimes around 'garbage yards' - but rarely these things are worth picking up
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 Aug 23, 11, 09:23    #3
Where do the Poles get rid of their used stuff?


They use it till it's broken, then it's trash... Some 2nd hand things are traded online by individual owners, others you can find in places like komis... but it's mostly about cars, electronics etc.
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 Aug 23, 11, 10:02    #4
Thrift stores as such basically don't exist. But most cities have outdoor markets (at least on some weekends) where people sell second hand things.

I just found this (can't vouch for accuracy)

ul. Balicka 56.

saturdays 9-14
sundays 7-15

technically this is for antiques but usually there is more modern stuff as well


also looking for pchli targ (flea market) in google it looks like there's one in Kazimierz on sundays (a few years ago I don't know if it's still on)

also Hala Targowa by ul Grzegorzeckiej on Sundays
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 Aug 23, 11, 11:52    #5
your best bet is on www.allegro.pl

a few others are

http://www.euro-komis.pl/sklep/category.php?id_category=6
http://mega-komis.republika.pl/
http://mega-komis.ovh.org/#

but I have never been to them.

your ideal place is ikea.
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 Aug 23, 11, 12:31    #6
welcome to a poor country pal


It's funny - to me, it's one of the few reminders that Poland is still much poorer than Germany/etc.

I don't notice much difference on a daily basis, but the lack of such shops is interesting.
unique_username  Aug 23, 11, 15:48    #7
Where do the Poles get rid of their used stuff?


in the forests. go for a hike one day and you will find everything you need there.

here where I live there are the boxes like the Starvation Army has for clothing donations. They are broken into on a daily basis. clothes strewn out all over the muddy ground rendering them useless.
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 Aug 23, 11, 15:56    #8

in the forests. go for a hike one day and you will find everything you need there.

here where I live there are the boxes like the Starvation Army has for clothing donations. They are broken into on a daily basis. clothes strewn out all over the muddy ground rendering them useless.



unfortunately, this is pretty accurate.
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 Aug 23, 11, 17:39    #9
well, actually, 'komis'es are second-hand stores but they can be hardly compared to the charity shops in Britain
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Edited by: beckski  Aug 24, 11, 06:12    #10
The Goodwills, the Salvation Armys?

Lol, I also hoped to find great thrift shops, when I visited Poland. The closest things I found were an over-priced antique shop in Warsaw. They sold mainly jewlery and watches. The other place was an antique shop in Lublin. It looked good, but it was closed on the day I went there :(

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 Aug 24, 11, 09:46    #11
It's funny - to me, it's one of the few reminders that Poland is still much poorer than Germany/etc.

I don't notice much difference on a daily basis, but the lack of such shops is interesting.

very true
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 Aug 24, 11, 13:28    #12
There is a Susan Ryder shop in Warsaw though.



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