闲置物品扔了可惜,“贱卖处理”给收废品的又难免心疼。记者近日调查发现,最初在校园、社区小范围尝试的“跳蚤市场”已经转战网上,淘宝二手、阿里闲鱼、58转转、微博、百度贴吧等均有闲置物品的交易平台,估算下来每年成交总量近亿件。
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Experts say the online flea market is expected to grow further as online shopping continues to develop, but more regulation is needed to protect the rights of consumers.
专家表示,随着网络购物的发展,网络二手货市场还有继续发展的空间,但还应出台更多的监管措施来保护消费者权益。
网络二手货市场(online flea market)也可以用digital flea market来表示。网络使得二手货(second-hand goods)有了新的去处,满足了大家的多种需求(meet diverse demands),促进了二手市场的交易。
但随着网络二手货交易的发展,货品缺乏售后服务(after-sales service)的问题也使不少消费者头疼。关于旧货的质量标准也容易引起买卖双方的纠纷。
【“跳蚤市场”的起源】
Flea market, 顾名思义,就是“跳蚤市场”。可是为什么经营旧货的街头市场被称为“跳蚤”市场呢?
有关flea market的 另一种说法是,flea market起源于19世纪末的法国,Le Marche aux Puces(法语,字面意思相当于英语中的 market of the fleas)是巴黎专门卖便宜货的地方。早期的英国人经常将自己的旧衣服、旧东西在街上卖,而那些旧的东西里时常会有跳蚤、虱子等小虫子。逐渐地,人们就将这样卖旧货的地方叫做flea market。而我们中国人呢,也就直译成了跳蚤市场。人们半开玩笑地说市场内的破烂商品里很可能到处都是跳蚤,该市场因此而得名。
不管怎样,二十世纪二十年代flea market第一次出现在英语中,flea market指的是一种往往在周末举行的非正式集市,一般都是在户外,那儿有许多摊贩出售各种各样的东西,有不少都是用过的旧东西,新的东西也有,价钱也很便宜。
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