Vip Bags Peddi Raju Bag Centre

If you are walking down the main road near Santhi Nivas Centre, you will see Vip Bags Peddi Raju Bag Centre. We are right there on the street, and we have bags of all kinds hanging up everywhere. We have school bags, travel bags, and small pouches all over the place. The shop is quite narrow, so when we get a few customers at once, it feels very full. I spend a lot of my day checking the zippers and the handles on the new stock that comes in. Sometimes a customer brings in a bag with a broken strap, and if I have the time, I try to help them fix it right there. It’s a lot of manual work and being on your feet most of the day. The main road is always noisy with bikes and cars, so we have to talk loudly to be heard. We don't have a big fancy sign, just the name and all the bags displayed out front so people can see them as they pass by. Most of the people who come in are from the neighborhood, and we know many of them by name. It’s been our spot for a long time. The floor is concrete and we have to sweep it several times a day because of all the street dust. It’s a simple business, selling and looking after bags, but it keeps us busy from morning until we close the shutters at night.