The horror is just around the corner: on Sunday, witches and horror clowns roam the streets in search of sweets. American Horror Day has long been an important holiday in the Swiss diaries of young and old. But where you get the party accessories, there can be big differences.
Buying a disguise online saves money, but delivery times take a few days. The quality also leaves a lot to be desired. The Simsalabim costume rental company in Elgg ZH is also experiencing this. Compared to the «Landbote» the owner says: “It happens again and again that people come to us with costumes that they have ordered online because they are broken or do not fit.”
Unbeatable price for online junk
The comparison of Blick shows: Cheap Halloween goods are available in a number of online shops at low prices. A witch costume for children on Amazon costs around 20 euros. The witch disguise for the little ones is even cheaper to find on the Chinese online sales company Wish. You can get there with around 12 francs.
With these prices, the costume rental is very difficult. This is shown by the price comparison for costume rentals in Elgg: Customers can turn up to 50 francs for the loan including cleaning. You pay extra for accessories such as wigs or stockings. But even Swiss retailers cannot match the prices of online junk from China.
“The Halloween business is important”
At Migros, a witch costume for girls in the online shop costs around 30 francs. At Manor you get around 40 francs. The spokeswoman for Manor knows why Halloween is so popular this year: “The Halloween business is an important business for Manor. After the pandemic, people have a great urge to come out and catch up on what they have missed. “
The spokeswoman also reveals to Blick which costumes are particularly popular this year: “Especially costumes from TV series are currently very popular, for example from ‘Scream’, ‘House of Money’ or ‘Squid Game’.” (knr)