What do you do with all the stuff your ex leaves behind and you don’t want? It’s a dilemma many people find themselves in after a breakup and it turns out, there’s an online shop that can help. “Once-Loved Store” is an Instagram account that promises to sell items from people’s exes.
Malaysia-based engineer Hazim Azaman was inspired to create the shop (called Kedai Pernah Sayang in Malay language) after seeing an Indonesian movie where someone runs a shop that, you guessed it, sells stuff from people’s exes. After coming up with the idea, he helped his sister get rid of a mug, a camera and a MacBook from her ex-boyfriend. And thanks to social media spreading the word, Azaman says within weeks, his inbox was full of messages from people ready to let go of memories from relationships past.
Clients send in photos and details of the items they want to sell and they’re asked to share their feelings in what Azaman calls a “note to ex,” as well as rate how much they hate their ex, on a scale of one to 10. He then posts the pre-loved things online and connects interested buyers with sellers and takes a commission on sales. He says most of the breakup stories he hears involve cheating and he hopes his shop helps people get past their pain and move on.
Source:Vice
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