Laila Rodriguez
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – This Sunday 16 October the largest second-hand items sale takes place at the Sacre Coeur Church in Plainpalais from 13:00 to 17:00.
Bikes, roller blades, snow boards, skis, books in English (and French, German and Spanish) for children and adults, video games, DVDs, hundreds of toys and board games, strollers, cribs and top quality baby equipment, as well as clothing and shoes for children and women, can be found under one roof.
If you are new in town and have never been to one of the bi-annual sales, think of reading our survival and reference guide to the sale before heading there.
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Laila Rodriguez
Bargain shopping in Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland – Two semi-annual kids’ consignment sales are taking place in the Lake Geneva region this weekend 17 and 18 April.
This is a fun, smart way to buy and sell (although it is now too late to register as a seller) kids’ toys, clothes, baby and sports equipment, books, DVDs and even some pregnancy clothes.
Laila Rodriguez
Preparing the big weekend sale
Geneva, Switzerland – Vintage handbags, designer suits & dresses – think Dior, Chanel, and American brands – will be for sale this weekend in Geneva and for a good cause: the Salvation Army-sponsored programs in Geneva and French-speaking Switzerland.
On Saturday 13 March the otherwise low-key store becomes a brand name vintage seller, so prepare to shop starting at 10:00.
Laila Rodriguez
List updated Oct. 2010 [To read about vintage and consignment clothing shops read here]
Window display at a second-hand shop, thrift store in Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland – I must confess; the font of knowledge in our household vis a vis Geneva thrift stores, is my husband. He’s an avid shopper and a true bargain hunter who found several thrift stores while waiting for us to join him in Switzerland and who continues to find great bargain basements in the Lake Geneva region.
I like two thrift stores in particular: The Salvation Army store or Armee du Salut in Geneva a no-frills storehouse which always has treasures in plain-sight, and the Caritas brocante in Plan-les-Ouates which also has great deals and is very well organized and welcoming.
Window shopping at a second-hand store in Geneva
Thrift stores are called brocantes, which is also the name given to privately-owned antique stores selling high-end and expensive items.
The list I provide here, are charity-run stores not antique shops. If you are interested in leaving your clothing for sale on consignment or buy fine second-hand clothing follow the link up top.
List of second-hand shops or thrift stores in the Lake Geneva region
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Laila Rodriguez
The largest second-hand children’s clothing and toys sale in Lake Geneva
International children's clothing sale
Geneva, Switzerland – This is the mother of all second-hand sales in the Lake Geneva region.
Bikes, roller blades, camping- or snow-equipment, books in English for children and adults, video games, DVDs, toys, board games, strollers and top quality baby equipment, as well as clothing for children and women, can be found under one roof, twice a year in Geneva.
This is not for the faint of heart.
On sale day, would-be shoppers form a frenzied line stretching out the front door and around the block, waiting for the doors to open.
At 1 pm, the shopping craze begins.
The most experienced shoppers go directly for the things they want or need. Less experienced shoppers are bumped to and fro by the mass of people swarming around them.