San Telmo Flooded With Street Vendors . Business Protest..!!

[Rich One]

Established businesses and neighbors of San Telmo are suffocated by more than 2500 registered street vendors/manteros. So claims The Assoc,of Anticuarios Pres, Medrano, wants them all out NOW, Residents are held prisoners in their homes can't circulate freely, cars forget it on weekends.

Anticuarios claim they pay taxes and staff and sell silch..!! Also the drug and theft situation is extremely high they claim. Trapitos scalp tourists.

 

[El Cipayo]

They Should kick them out.

In argentina only the force And/or thread of violence rules

 

[Montauk_Project]

I like them. I buy clothes from them. I prefer to give to the person making the object.
I still have four pairs of shoes that I purchased in 2003 from a street vendor, made by himself. They will probably last for 10 more years.
What is wrong with someone working?
What is the alternative for them?
The street fair is one of the biggest tourist attractions in the city, causing spill over traffic into the businesses. The business owners aren´t thinking this though. Their sales will go down if they kick them out.

 

[JamJam]

Wow some people really don't like competition.

 

[Rich One]

I like them. I buy clothes from them. I prefer to give to the person making the object.
I still have four pairs of shoes that I purchased in 2003 from a street vendor, made by himself. They will probably last for 10 more years.
What is wrong with someone working?
What is the alternative for them?
The street fair is one of the biggest tourist attractions in the city, causing spill over traffic into the businesses. The business owners aren´t thinking this though. Their sales will go down if they kick them out.

I feel empathy for the business owners that have to pay rent, taxes, salaries, etc. and have this informal manteros take away their business. Fortunately they kicked out the manteros out of Florida St. everybody is happier now, business is up!!

Your gut feeling is that formal sales will go down if they kick out the manteros from San Telmo?? The Stores owners figures show the opposite? What do we do ?? a DILEMA...!!

 

[PhilipDT]

I like them. I buy clothes from them. I prefer to give to the person making the object.
I still have four pairs of shoes that I purchased in 2003 from a street vendor, made by himself. They will probably last for 10 more years.
What is wrong with someone working?
What is the alternative for them?
The street fair is one of the biggest tourist attractions in the city, causing spill over traffic into the businesses. The business owners aren´t thinking this though. Their sales will go down if they kick them out.

What's wrong with people using public space for personal profit and not paying any rent? Seriously?

 

[Rich One]

What's wrong with people using public space for personal profit and not paying any rent? Seriously?

Nothing wrong unless the space is in front of your store selling the same clothing items, not artisans..!!! jajajjajajajaj

 

[Dublin2BuenosAires]

Am all for street vendors once they sell their goods via a licensed market, of which there are many. Protects the customer and vendor as the vendor is officially represented and legally protected.

 

[scotttswan]

Simple solution is to create specific areas for them and charge them rent for using that space.

Kick out the ones who aren't paying.

 

[Jaredberryman]

It is somewhat unfair because they often sell the same things as the store owners, yet they pay no rent, often pay no taxes, and are using public spaces to do business. They have no insurance, and it is also against the law in Argentina to sell those things like that in the public space without permission. But I can definitely see both sides of the argument. I might be somewhat skeptical of it if someone was selling the same thing as me at a cheaper price right out in front of my store. On the other hand, it might actually be good for sales. Not sure what to think.