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CaboRon - 1-23-2008 at 11:25 AM

For those of us who shop at segundas.....

Which city .... Cabo San Lucas or La Paz , has the best and the cheapest segundas ??

What is your opinion gleaned from real experience.

CaboRon

The edit was to change (by popular demand) the spelling to Secundas with an "a" ....

[Edited on 1-24-2008 by CaboRon]

Heather - 1-23-2008 at 12:19 PM

There's a bunch in La Paz right on the way into town. I've looked, but not bought there. I bought a couch from one in Cabo once, OK prices. It was near the stadium, the marketplace, the bazaar de todo. I'm not sure if it's still there. Most things in La Paz are cheaper than Cabo, though, so think I'd look there. Happy Shopping, Heather

shari - 1-23-2008 at 12:22 PM

the row of segundas entering La Paz are fantastic and very cheap.

Bob H - 1-23-2008 at 01:50 PM

How about the Ensenada area?
Bob H

DENNIS - 1-23-2008 at 02:16 PM

Ensenada has entire residential streets converted to Segundas. Treasures abound. I once bought an authentic copy of a Salvador Dali painting. Close proximity to the border makes for large inventories at good prices.

Barry A. - 1-23-2008 at 02:36 PM

ok, ok, I can't stand it--------what's a "segundo"?

wilderone - 1-23-2008 at 02:47 PM

Second hand store. I browsed a few of them in Ensenada once - the area where they're all right next door to each other. I was looking for books in Spanish. There were none. And the prices on other stuff was a bit higher than you can find at yard sales and segundos in the US. When I go to AmVets on Pacific Highway in San Diego, you will find Mexicans with their shopping cart piled high with stuff. I think the goods are headed for Baja norte segundos - stuff from yard sales too. So shop the mother lode - San Diego yard sales.

DianaT - 1-23-2008 at 03:04 PM

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Originally posted by wilderone
Second hand store. I browsed a few of them in Ensenada once - the area where they're all right next door to each other. I was looking for books in Spanish. There were none. And the prices on other stuff was a bit higher than you can find at yard sales and segundos in the US. When I go to AmVets on Pacific Highway in San Diego, you will find Mexicans with their shopping cart piled high with stuff. I think the goods are headed for Baja norte segundos - stuff from yard sales too. So shop the mother lode - San Diego yard sales.

Seems like almost everything is cheaper here, but then there is the problem of transporting the items.

There is one full time segundo in Bahia Asuncion and then there are the traveling ones from time to time. Also, there is a good appliance one in Vizcaino. We have shopped at all of them---bought a number of items that we know would have been cheaper in San Diego. We wish we had easy access to more segundos.

One interesting thing that we have discovered in a couple of segundos. The man will give us a better price than will the woman. If Raul is not at his shop in Vizcaino, we don't shop there----prices suddenly increase.

And when we were buying a chest at the one in town, the owner quoted us 1000 pesos, and his wife poked him and in Spanish, said no, try 2000 pesos --- we only shop when he is there.

Just an observation.

Oh, in Asuncion, it is always a rush when a traveling segundo shows up in town---sometimes it can be difficult for them to unload as everyone wants first choice. They bring things into town that are not readily available there.

Diane

[Edited on 1-23-2008 by jdtrotter]

DENNIS - 1-23-2008 at 03:09 PM

This is driving me nuts. In Ensenada they're called "Segunda" with an A. Are they called "Segundo" down south?

DianaT - 1-23-2008 at 03:12 PM

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Originally posted by DENNIS
This is driving me nuts. In Ensenada they're called "Segunda" with an A. Are they called "Segundo" down south?

The one in Vizcaino is called a Bazaar. :lol:

I don't remember if it is segunda or segundo??? But I think segunda is correct.

Then again a local in the hardware store told me that they were called someting totally different in Mexico, but since I didn't write it down, I don't remember. :spingrin:

Fortunately, they don't sell drums.

Diane

[Edited on 1-23-2008 by jdtrotter]

DENNIS - 1-23-2008 at 03:14 PM

Diane...

They sell them but, they go fast.

CaboRon - 1-23-2008 at 03:16 PM

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Originally posted by DENNIS
This is driving me nuts. In Ensenada they're called "Segunda" with an A. Are they called "Segundo" down south?

I don't know either Dennis.... if I knew how to do proper conjugations I might have a chance at speaking more than pidgen Spanish :lol:

CaboRon

DENNIS - 1-23-2008 at 03:25 PM

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Originally posted by CaboRon

I don't know either Dennis.... if I knew how to do proper conjugations I might have a chance at speaking more than pidgen Spanish :lol:

I used to worry about my Spanish too, Ron. When I quit worrying about it and just started talking, everything improved. Half the time I make up words but, I just keep talking. It works, probably because most Mexicans are too gracious to correct you and if only one word out of five is correct, the point will be made. Try it....you'll see. When the other persons eyes glaze over, you know, the thousand yard stare.......you'll have to start over.

bajalera - 1-23-2008 at 04:15 PM

There'a a great place to buy furniture at one of the segundas on the left, as you enter La Paz from the north. As you face this cluster of second-hand shops, the walkways through it are shaped like an upside-down "U." The first segunda on the left, as you enter this U, is run by a lady who has posted PRICES on everything--a real miracle.

The lady who runs it has buyers in the States and is picky about qualilty, so you don't have to wade through a pile of junk to get to good stuff, and her prices are reasonable.I don't know whether she speaks English.

BajaGuera - 1-23-2008 at 04:25 PM

No hijacking intended - just clarification - it is segunda because it is a tienda.

Oso - 1-23-2008 at 04:33 PM

In my experience, a swap meet or flea market is a "Pulga" and a second-hand store like Goodwill etc is a "mugrero". :lol:

CaboRon - 1-23-2008 at 04:45 PM

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Originally posted by BajaGuera
No hijacking intended - just clarification - it is segunda because it is a tienda.

Then that must be the "female" conjegation. No ?

CaboRon

Martyman - 1-23-2008 at 04:54 PM

There is quite a pack of segundas in the San Quintin area right on Hwy 1. Never stopped, but maybe I will pickup a couch next time down

DianaT - 1-23-2008 at 05:22 PM

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Originally posted by Hose A
Diane does this ring a bell?

In D.F.--------Tianquis.

In interior de la republica---Chiveras

Not sure --- but I will ask.

CaboRon - 1-24-2008 at 09:21 AM

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Originally posted by BajaGuera
No hijacking intended - just clarification - it is segunda because it is a tienda.

Is that kinda' like "which came first the chicken or the egg"? :lol:

CaboRon

bajadedom - 1-24-2008 at 10:55 AM

Not positive but I believe 'segunda' is second as in second hand , and 'segundo' is second, as in second in line,or a race position......I do not think gender is involved.

vandenberg - 1-24-2008 at 10:58 AM

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Originally posted by bajadedom
Not positive but I believe 'segunda' is second as in second hand , and 'segundo' is second, as in second in line,or a race position......I do not think gender is involved.

What if you someone's second husband :?:

Would that make you segundo or segunda :?:

Or both

bajadedom - 1-24-2008 at 11:06 AM

"Esposo segundo" I believe..........notice I now state 'I believe' in every post.....Nomads are wonderfully brutal if I am off the mark at all!!!
(I guess second husband could be considered a race position!)

Al G - 1-24-2008 at 11:17 AM

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Originally posted by bajadedom
"Esposo segundo" I believe..........second husband could be considered a race position!)

One I would not bet on....women learn quick..... :biggrin:

bajadedom - 1-24-2008 at 11:29 AM

:biggrin:

CaboRon - 1-24-2008 at 11:36 AM

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Originally posted by Al G

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Originally posted by bajadedom
"Esposo segundo" I believe..........second husband could be considered a race position!)

One I would not bet on....women learn quick..... :biggrin:

And they never forget ...... you can get hammered for something that happened years before :lol:

CaboRon

DENNIS - 1-24-2008 at 11:42 AM

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Originally posted by bajadedom
..........notice I now state 'I believe' in every post.....Nomads are wonderfully brutal if I am off the mark at all!!!

Effective BajaNomadism is a very political skill.....I think....maybe.

DianaT - 1-24-2008 at 11:45 AM

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Originally posted by CaboRon

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Originally posted by Al G

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Originally posted by bajadedom
"Esposo segundo" I believe..........second husband could be considered a race position!)

One I would not bet on....women learn quick..... :biggrin:

And they never forget ...... you can get hammered for something that happened years before :lol:

CaboRon

Now, now, now, are you saying that perhaps our brains have a special little memory bank that stores everything you ever did that might come in handy later---like when you missed the birthday 15 years ago? :yes:

But the really important question, is that called a segunda or segundo memory bank? :lol:

Diane

Al G - 1-24-2008 at 11:54 AM

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Originally posted by CaboRon

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Originally posted by Al G

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Originally posted by bajadedom
"Esposo segundo" I believe..........second husband could be considered a race position!)

One I would not bet on....women learn quick..... :biggrin:

And they never forget ...... you can get hammered for something that happened years before :lol:

CaboRon

But the really important question, is that called a segunda or segundo memory bank? :lol:

Diane

All I know is The 3rd husband usually sticks around because he benefits from the segundo husband :lol:

CaboRon - 1-24-2008 at 12:02 PM

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Originally posted by Al G

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Originally posted by jdtrotter

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Originally posted by CaboRon

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Originally posted by Al G

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Originally posted by bajadedom
"Esposo segundo" I believe..........second husband could be considered a race position!)

One I would not bet on....women learn quick..... :biggrin:

And they never forget ...... you can get hammered for something that happened years before :lol:

CaboRon

But the really important question, is that called a segunda or segundo memory bank? :lol:

Diane

All I know is The 3rd husband usually sticks around because he benefits from the segundo husband :lol:

vandenberg - 1-24-2008 at 12:10 PM

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he benefits from the segundo husband :lol:

Yeah, true,
but he's still segunda, right

rhintransit - 1-24-2008 at 12:14 PM

back (sort of) to thread but not quite cause I'm gonna jump to Loreto. where the few segundas I have encountered are very proud of their merchandise. way way too expensive for stuff that Goodwill shoppers rejected in the states. and much more expensive than those I have encountered in other Mexican cities. I've heard there are some in the Miramar area, anyone tried those? directions?

in La Paz I prefer the ones out Forjedoras on the left to those entering from the north. okay I mangled that spelling, feel free to correct.

CaboRon - 1-24-2008 at 12:42 PM

Where is Miramar ?

CaboRon

Miramar

Loretana - 1-24-2008 at 12:59 PM

Is the colonia in Loreto on the west side of the highway.

I often see a segunda dealer right up on the road there, usually on the weekends with lots of car and truck parts, sometimes some furniture.

But generally the second hand stuff available in Loreto is junky and overpriced.

I had a garage sale years ago (1986) in my front yard in Colonia Zaragoza and one guy came over and bought everything! He was a tough customer, we were haggling all afternoon, and it was great fun!

All extranjeros need to learn the fine art of the "Regateo"!! :dudette: