Unit6 Shopping
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I'm a car-boot sale addict and proud of it!
Let's face it.it's not much fun shopping in most shops anymore.is it?
The thing is,cities all over the world are starting to look more and more similar.
In almost every one,you find branches of the same global chains of shops and fast food restaurants-
Gap,Niketown,Benetton.McDonald's,the Body Shop and Starbucks.
As the chains corner the market,lots of little shops go out of business,
and with evey one that goes bankrupt,
the world becomes a little bit duller and more predictable,
Chains will never surprise you in any way.
You know exactly what you'll get before you even walk through their doors.
It's getting harder and harder to find unusual,
interesting,or even just different things out there...
and that's really why I'm a car-boot sale addict.
Every weekend,in fields,car parks and school yards all over Britain,
thousands of people unload the contents of their car boots onto little tables
and sell off all the old junk they've been meaning to get rid of for ages.
The prices are usually made up on the spot,
and haggling over them is part of the fun.
If you get there early enough,you can pick up some amazing bargains -old records.
out of print books,vintage clothes.incredibly cheap antiques.
On top of all that,there's lots of other strange bits and pieces to make you think:
old photograph albums,collections of old love letters,second-hand glass eyes.
You can find anything and everything at these places.
So next time you get fed up with being ripped off by a big chain
which thinks three pounds is a fair price for a cup of coffee,
say goodbye to big business and hello to the world of car boot sales!