18 Street Vendors Who Should Absolutely Not Be Selling What They're Selling

Daniel Bonfiglio Published 08/16/2024 in wtf

Buying from street vendors can be a bit of a crapshoot, especially in foreign countries. Are you about to get the best and most authentic local experience, or totally scammed?

These 20 street vendors definitely should not have been selling what they're selling, either for business or ethical reasons, yet the fact they're in business indicates people are buying their products anyway.

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In China, vendors sell baby turtle or fish keychains, with live animals inside them.
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“Street vendor selling telephones, glasses and dildos at his stand.”
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Fishballs street vendor in the Philippines.
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“A street vendor in Krabi, Thailand was trying to sell these bracelets to us.”
5.
“Ordered a Coke from a street vendor in Thailand.”
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Amsterdam street food: raw herring with onions.
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Asam fish from a street vendor in Malaysia.
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Street food and bees.
9.
“90 degrees outside and this street vendor stopped by to show off his wares.”
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Street vendor in China opening a manhole cover to make her “gutter oil.”
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Egyptian street vendor selling mummies, circa 1870.
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Fur vendor on the streets of Shanghai.
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A street vendor selling Nazi flags in Thailand.
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Vendor sells hot dogs out of a hearse.
16.
Chinese vendors caught selling fake walnuts.
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“And this is why you don't buy an iPhone from someone who approaches you on the street in China.”
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Iraqi street vendor selling prescription drugs on the street.
19.
A street doctor vendor of cough lozenges and healing ointment, London, England, 1877.
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“This Vietnamese street vendor.”

1.
In China, vendors sell baby turtle or fish keychains, with live animals inside them.
2.
“Street vendor selling telephones, glasses and dildos at his stand.”
3.
Fishballs street vendor in the Philippines.
4.
“A street vendor in Krabi, Thailand was trying to sell these bracelets to us.”
5.
“Ordered a Coke from a street vendor in Thailand.”
6.
Amsterdam street food: raw herring with onions.
7.
Asam fish from a street vendor in Malaysia.
8.
Street food and bees.
9.
“90 degrees outside and this street vendor stopped by to show off his wares.”
10.
Street vendor in China opening a manhole cover to make her “gutter oil.”
11.
Egyptian street vendor selling mummies, circa 1870.
12.
Fur vendor on the streets of Shanghai.
13.
A street vendor selling Nazi flags in Thailand.
14.
15.
Vendor sells hot dogs out of a hearse.
16.
Chinese vendors caught selling fake walnuts.
17.
“And this is why you don't buy an iPhone from someone who approaches you on the street in China.”
18.
Iraqi street vendor selling prescription drugs on the street.
19.
A street doctor vendor of cough lozenges and healing ointment, London, England, 1877.
20.
“This Vietnamese street vendor.”