In many locations in the city, the number of street vendors has increased. The sellers can be seen near the former Small Market, in Ivan Vujošević Street, in Blok five, in the center, and most of them are in front of the market in "Gintaš".
Tenants in "Gintaš" complained to "Vijesta" that vendors from the street in front of that shopping center were unfairly competing with them and that the Municipal Police "cannot put an end to illegal sales."
On the street they offer socks, cigars, CDs, vegetables, fruit, eggs, household items... The sellers are mostly older, there are also younger ones, and most of them sell on the street because they claim they cannot get a job or their income is low to feed their families.
"I don't know what's worse, not doing it or doing this," said Persa Šćepanović, who is 74 years old.
She has been selling handicrafts and home-grown vegetables for four years, in order to earn money for her grandchildren's school fees, because no one in the family works. She worked for 30 years as a cleaner for a salary of 170 euros, and as he claims there are days when he can't even earn 20 cents.
Although he claims that what he is doing is ugly, he states that he has no choice. From the Municipal Police, street vendors, all the time they have to run and look for others locations.
Several street vendors told "Vijesta" that the Communal Police chased them several times, confiscated their goods and fined them from 35 euros to 300 euros.
The seller, who wished to remain anonymous, claims that he has been supporting five family members for 20 years and that he can earn 200 to 300 euros per month.
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