By NESTOR C. CUARTERO
NEW MARKET PLACE: Facebook and the rest of social media have become one big (super) market place in the time of pandemic.
Name it, from chicken wings to eye make-up, from liempo to face mask, from tenderloin steak to bopis. Like SM, they’ve got it all for you on this new platform.
They’re selling everything on line, including pride and prejudice, if I may say.
Social media has become no different from Divisoria, the sprawling Quinta market in Quiapo, or the neighborhood talipapa on the side streets of Trabajo in Sampaloc.
Every other person, friend or stranger alike, is selling something or other.
The line-up of sellers is made more colorful by the presence of personalities, like Marvin Agustin, one would usually not imagine indulging in such mundane, ordinary activities, like cooking and selling.
Well, it seems this pandemic has neutralized people from all levels of society. It is proving to be the great equalizer where earning a living is concerned.
In the absence of regular work from TV and movies, both partially shut down by COVID-19, actors and assorted personalities have turned their kitchens into their new home studios.
ONLINE SELLERS: Here’s a note to online sellers: Please state the desired prices and your location whenever you post your products or services.
These matter a lot when an interested party wants to make a purchase.
Your products—dish, clothing, pre-loved appliance, gadget—may whet my appetite, but if your asking price is beyond my budget or your location is too far away from mine, then it won’t be worth my time.
