We went to Villa Armada in Daro today .. Bought new or almost new mens navy, cargo shorts..150 pesos ..also almost new Columbia cargo,mens shorts 75 pesos..and a very nice leather 'MANS' bag... Could not find size 12 shoes,which I really need. Anyway,if you dont mind 'used' there are some great bargains like SallyAnn-Salvation army.. ***Question..Where does all this stuff come from ? China,I understand, but is it from people who have died or is it donated for a charity?? or??
I've heard a lot of it was charity donations that fell into the wrong hands. Also, I believe it is ukay-ukay. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
I heard most of that stuff comes from Japan and Korea. I am sure some of it was the charity donations as Wrye has suggested.
I've heard the same thing about donated clothing/shoes getting out to the stores instead of to the people. I know that many Korean churches take donations to send out. I've also been told the US is doing the same which could explain US brands. What I am curious about is the number of BDU (mostly blouses) that I see the folks here wearing. There was a lot of dumpster diving on base in Korea and it would make sense it goes off base. When I retired I tossed all my BDU blouses (after removing tapes and stripes as you are supposed to do when disposing of old uniforms) and then had all the trousers turned into shorts. Uniforms are expensive so I had always turned them into shorts once they started to fade, no use for the blouses though. Shawn
The military has clear rules now on how to dispose of BDUs/ACUs now. They don't want these uniforms falling into the wrong hands. Here on base old uniforms go in the amnesty box along with the ammunition. (They really are more dangerous in the wrong hands than a bullet or grenade is.)
It's Ukay Ukay...mostly coming from US dead ;-) or donors. It's actually illegal to import, but one of them BOC look the other way deals
