Paris (AFP) – Clothing, books, DVDs, toys or even theater tickets and travel: from Christmas Day, the French do more reluctant to relist on the internet gifts that have disappointed or that they received double, a practice now well established.
“It’s really entered the customs. There are two, three years, it still was a bit hidden, now it no more complex, “said Laurent Radix, president of classifieds site Paru-Sold. “I resell and I bought something that pleases me,” he summarizes AFP.
First, “the requirement increases, with a probability of greater disappointment” and on the other hand “there is no longer taboo at all,” says Leila Guilany-Lyard, spokesman for eBay France.
Paru-Sold amounted Thursday morning at 54,000 the number of new products on sale since yesterday on its platform. “It went very strong, a bit stronger than last year,” says Mr. Radix.
Antoine Jouteau, Deputy Director General Site Bon Coin, amounted to just over 100,000 the number of gifts on sale since Wednesday evening until Thursday midday, and was counting on 200-300000 ads later in the day, or “15% more” than usual.
In the period after Christmas, PriceMinister should receive 150,000 ads per day, “the order of 2 to 3 times more” than normal pace and “mainly new products,” says Olivier Mathiot, co-founder of site, which estimates that the discount on the new price varies on average between 20 and 30%.
The subject is no longer so taboo and gift retailers on the internet assume more . They are thus 29% say they do know the person who offered the gift and almost half (47%) ensure that they would not mind if that person found out, according to a study OpinionWay to PriceMinister.
In fact, more than half of French (51%) have already sold a Christmas gift or are willing to do so, with men slightly more (54%) than Women (49%), and resale widely adopted by the 25-34 age group (67%), according to the survey.
As for motivation, French resell gift they do not utility (46%), the gift that does not please (34%) or because they prefer to buy what really makes them happy (20%).
According to eBay, more a French four (27%) had received an unwanted gift last year. And in 2014, among those who receive such a gift, 13% were planning to resell and 7% re-offer the near, according to a TNS Sofres survey for eBay
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Most product categories are concerned, both clothes and accessories that cultural goods (books, CDs, DVDs), toys, video games and game consoles, or DIY and Garden Equipment , according to eBay.
“There really everything,” says Laurent Radix, Paru-Sold, adding that this year, “we see things we do not see as usual travel and concert tickets. “
The furniture and home make” large volume “sales, often because they do not like, while for multimedia, tablets, the Mobile is the new offers that encourages reselling previous generations, says Anthony Jouteau, Bon Coin.
The economic dimension is less present than in the years of 2008-2009 crisis, according to Olivier Mathiot PriceMinister. But Paru-Sold believes that the need for money is the primary motivation for a quarter of retailers.
In addition to the opportunity effect, this practice is also part of the trend towards reuse of objects.
“There is a second life that is given to an unwanted gift (…) rather than let it pile up at home”, decrypts Leila Guilant-Lyard eBay . The French say “I know that this object may have utility for someone else,” says Antoine Jouteau.
“The awareness of recycling and second life, for the sake of sustainable development “are” a major reason, roughly on par with the savings and the price, “says Olivier Mathiot.
And entering into the same stream, e-lets put on a site “French craze for the rental of their Christmas” Thursday around 11:00 am, the site lived 2,000 new ads for rent Christmas gifts
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