http://www.triplepundit.com/2008/08/throwplace-a-sort-of-freecycle-on-steroids/ Business, Better. Since 2005 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:05:57 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.triplepundit.com/2008/08/throwplace-a-sort-of-freecycle-on-steroids/comment-page-1/#comment-11257 Paul Smith Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:59:16 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2008/08/throwplace-a-sort-of-freecycle-on-steroids/#comment-11257 That's awesome, Affan. We in the west could learn a lot from the Kabaria, and not be so attached to everything being new. Having everything so easily accessible probably breeds a laziness on our part to explore such options. That’s awesome, Affan. We in the west could learn a lot from the Kabaria, and not be so attached to everything being new. Having everything so easily accessible probably breeds a laziness on our part to explore such options.

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2008/08/throwplace-a-sort-of-freecycle-on-steroids/comment-page-1/#comment-11256 Affan Laghari Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:36:22 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2008/08/throwplace-a-sort-of-freecycle-on-steroids/#comment-11256 Nice Discovery Paul. Here in Pakistan, men whom we call Kabaria (or junk collector in simple terms) roam around with a pushcart in every town. When households want to discard something, they just call this guy and this guy would pay a small price to the seller. Then, this Kabaria would sell it with a margin elsewhere. This is very common for discarding old newspapers, magazines, etc. Moreover, a large number of shops too would agree to purchase discarded/defected items at lower prices. They would usually refurbish them and sell with a margin again. This is a norm here and junkyards aren't very common. Nice Discovery Paul.
Here in Pakistan, men whom we call Kabaria (or junk collector in simple terms) roam around with a pushcart in every town. When households want to discard something, they just call this guy and this guy would pay a small price to the seller. Then, this Kabaria would sell it with a margin elsewhere. This is very common for discarding old newspapers, magazines, etc.
Moreover, a large number of shops too would agree to purchase discarded/defected items at lower prices. They would usually refurbish them and sell with a margin again.
This is a norm here and junkyards aren’t very common.

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