Last-minute back-to-school shoppers flock to bazaars in Cebu City’s downtown area for cheaper finds of school items. | Rosalie O. Abatayo
Several parents and students were in downtown bazaars as they searched for school supplies sold at cheaper prices than those at department stores and malls. For example, customers, who bought wholesale or by the dozen an 80-leaves notebook at P140 to P180 depending on the design compared to those buying an 80-leaves notebook by piece, which would cost them P12 to P16 each.
Mercy Hart, 42, is among those who were hoping to get cheaper finds for her incoming daughter, Maria Ray, who is an incoming Grade 6 pupil at Pinamungajan Central Elementary School, Pinamungajan town, in Cebu’s midwest.With about P600, Hart is able to buy 13 notebooks, pad papers, pens, drawing books and other art materials for Maria Ray’s school requirements.On Monday, at least 560 thousand elementary and high school students in Cebu province are expected to be back to their respective schools.
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