Doreen Mitchell, higgler at the Kellits Market in Clarendon. - Ian Allen
THERE are some higglers who are able to peddle goods worth thousands of dollars. These are the higglers who after a day's sales can boast of having made a profit.
However higglers like Doreen Mitchell may only be able to make a few hundred dollars after a day's sales.
Why is this so, one might ask?
Doreen sells cheap items like kitchen towels and she does not have a large supply either. Apart from kitchen towels, Doreen sells lotion, wash rags, hair oil, cigarette lighters and toilet tissue.
"I mostly cater to housewives," she explains. "Women passing by and might want to buy a kitchen towel for the kitchen.Mainly small items," Doreen told THE STAR.
Doreen has been selling for only a month in the Kellits Market and this has helped her to have a greater understanding of people.
"As a higgler one has to watch your goods as people will come by, pretend they are buying and in a swift second everything is gone. Even if I am leaving my goods I have someone keeping a close eye on them," she said.
With the rising cost of living and six children to take care of, Doreen feels she should try and "make a little money whenever the opportunity comes."
