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Warning, Budol Finds Ahead: 5 Bargain Stores in and Near Metro Manila For ~More~ Affordable Goods
Shopping in Metro Manila? And looking for bargains that fit your budget? You can find them here!
By: Eunice Sheene Fulgencio | December 26, 2022
If Manila is famous for one thing, it would be the extensive range of markets, thrift stores, and bargain shopping centers.
Images: Juvavelle Parale (L); Dapitan Arcade Facebook page (R)
Shopping in Metro Manila is easy since its streets are teeming with vendors and merchants selling all kinds of stuff to all sorts of people. What makes bargain stores in Metro Manila unique is that aside from selling everything from the common to the rarest, they sell them at a lower price than larger supermarkets and malls.
If you’re one with the crowd who believes shopping shouldn’t be too hard on the wallet, then it shouldn’t be a drag for you to roam the streets of Manila. Clothes, bags, trinkets, accessories, and gifts are within your reach. So get your walking shoes ready and see the best bargain stores in Metro Manila houses! From choosing your next wardrobe set to scoring a rare find you’ve been looking for all your life at these thrift stores in Metro Manila, you’ll be surprised about what you can buy with a limited budget.
1. Balikbayan Handicrafts
Store Branches: Muntinlupa, Pasay, Makati, Manila
Cheap For: Handicrafts, souvenir items (start at PhP100)
Balikbayan Handicrafts also has a website where you can browse their products.
Image: Balikbayan Handicrafts Corporation Facebook page
For almost 50 years now, Balikbayan Handicrafts has been supplying various wooden handicrafts, home decorations, as well as souvenir items that are all locally crafted. Examples of their wooden products that can spruce up any home include a capiz gold table lamp for PhP7,200, a rectangular abaca container for PhP540, and an acacia round plate for PhP100 to PhP510. Meanwhile, in this bargain store in Metro Manila, their souvenir items consist of bamboo chimes which sell at PhP120 to PhP180, a magic bottle bahay kubo only for PhP240, and a jeepney ref magnet for PhP108.
Visit their online site, https://balikbayanhandicrafts.com.ph/, for more information.
2. Vinyl Dump Thrift Store
Location: Inside Cubao Expo, 3 General Romulo Avenue, Cubao, Quezon City
Cheap For: Vinyls (start at PhP50)
The Vinyl Dump Thrift Store is open daily from 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM.
Image: Vinyl Dump Thrift Store
Vinyl Dump Thrift Store is a music bargain store in Metro Manila that sells vinyl records from different eras and genres. Some titles usually start at PhP200, but prices can drop to PhP50 for defective vinyl. Aside from vinyl records, this bargain store in Metro Manila also sells audio equipment to complete your vintage music experience. Before, this thrift store in Metro Manila also spearheaded the “Kagatan Vinyl Swap” event, where vinyl enthusiasts and collectors come together to buy, sell, and trade their vinyl finds.
3. Dapitan Arcade
Location: 39 Dapitan corner Kanlaon Street, Barangay Sta. Teresita, Quezon City
Cheap For: Christmas decors (start at PhP80)
Some stalls at Dapitan Arcade open as early as 8 AM.
Image: @lauch168
While Dapitan Arcade bargain stores in Metro Manila offer many products and stalls, it is undeniably known for its wide selection of Christmas decorations at affordable prices. For instance, this thrift store of Christmas items in Metro Manila Santa Claus figurines ranges from PhP130 to PhP4,000 depending on the size, while their Christmas balls are offered at prices that range from PhP250 to PhP1,800 a pack. Shopping in Metro Manila can also find non-Christmas items here, including vintage trinkets ranging from PhP150 to PhP2,500 and tableware such as cups and plates starting at PhP80 each.
4. Dangwa Flower Market
Location: 1506 Dos Castillas Street, Sampaloc, Manila
Cheap For: Flowers (start at PhP90)
Some stalls also offer flower arrangements starting at PhP300.
Image: @tj_tijam
There’s also a bargain store in Metro Manila for flowers! It is also known as the “Bulaklakan ng Maynila”. Dangwa Flower Market has over 50 stalls selling flowers from around the country. It even imports from all over the world. Suppose you are shopping for flowers in Metro Manila. In that case, you find some of the exotic flowers you can find here, including China Roses, which go for PhP90 each or PhP1,800 per bundle, and Ecuadorian rainbow roses, which sell at PhP180 to PhP250 a stem. The everlasting flowers they get from Baguio City are also available for PhP50 a bundle, depending on availability.
5. Chapter IX Bookstore
Location: 1150 Pasong Kasay St., San Vicente, Santa Maria, Bulacan (1 hour and 6 mins from Cubao, Quezon City)
Cheap For: Books (start at PhP79)
Chapter IX Bookstore was founded in 2011.
Image: @chubbyrina
To start, our list of bargain stores in Metro Manila is for people who love to read! What makes Chapter IX Bookstore a wanted destination for bookworms is that they sell book titles at a fraction of the price compared to big bookstore brands. It hardly matters that these books are sometimes secondhand because the genres are impressive nonetheless. Shopping in Metro Manila for books priced from PhP79 and up, they have them here! From titles under fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and literary classics, to other classifications. Aside from having a physical shop, buyers can also browse their selections online and have the books shipped directly to their doorsteps at a fee.
The metro is swarming with great bargain finds if you only knew where to look for them. And thanks to these stores, bargain shopping for you will become undeniably easier! What is your favorite bargain finds? We’d love to hear about them!
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This article was initially published in Yoorekka on May 04, 2018.
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About Eunice Sheene Fulgencio
Eunice knew that she’d be writing for the rest of her life from a very young age. Naturally introverted, she is selective with how she uses her time and who she spends it with. Has a penchant for sweet treats, sentimental proses, and online personality quizzes. A true-blue INFJ.
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