You have made a really good choice.
A rare piece, dear lady, and so cheap.
Have fun with it. ”The woman, who apparently hasn't called a lady for a long time, happily walks away with her beaded evening bag.
A retro particle like one from the “Babylon Berlin” fund for a mere 12 euros.
"You can't embroider it yourself for that," jokes the salesman, who acts as a tireless entertainer and sensitive psychologist at the same time.
How to advertise and sell works, how to arouse desires for parts that customers had never wanted before - this is what the hawker dealer demonstrates at the flea market in Aachen's bacon belt.
Ursula Kals
Editor in business, responsible for “Young People Write”.
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No matter how hard the ravages of time have gnawed at the goods.
His sales talent is fueled by the growing crowd of visitors who huddle around the stand to listen to his absurd praise: He ennobles the musty smell of old books as a “fragrance experience of real antiquities”, and the scraped Lego bricks can even be used to “build great things with timeless classics ".
The orange vase with the pockmarked glaze is a "coveted mid-century bargain".
Huh?
"Or Scandinavian style or 70s-chic or something." Well, the ceramic set in pineapple shape is not really a design part, but offers a unique selling point: "You have the ugliest punch bowl that has ever been made!" the owner for eight euros. Because there is one thing most purchases are definitely not: purely rationally motivated. When asked, it turns out: The man has been walking around the markets on weekends for three months to support flood victims. His main occupation is a dentist. A nice job, he thinks, only communication is necessarily one-sided. “At least I get a laugh or an argument here.” Trade in transition. "Unheard-of screamers" was the title of Manager Magazin for a barker competition. Our dentist, a man with a bite, would stand on the pedestal. For sure.
In the column “Nine to five”, changing authors write about curiosities from everyday life in the office and university