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Second hand shoes markets found in Yiwu city

Second hand shoes markets found in Yiwu city

Write: Bali [2011-05-20]
On a night market nearby Qintang Passenger Station in Yiwu city our reporter suddenly found that the second hand sports shoes bearing brands of Nike, Lining and Anta were sold on many selling stalls, the prices were cheaper for these second hand shoes. With the interesting and queries the reporter came to a stall for inquiring the prices of the shoes, the seller showed the reporter a pair of fairly new shoes with brand of Anta and said this shoes is sold at price of 55 yuan, the same one in new will be 260 yuan. On other stall, the owner told the reporter a pair of fairly new sports shoes with Nike were sold at 65 yuan, much lower costs than the new one.
The sellers told the reporter there are several second hand shoe markets in Yiwu city, and almost all sorts of shoes and brands can be found in these markets.
When asking about the sourcing and health and safety for these shoes they all refused to give response to our reporter.
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