The colourful plastic trumpets, a symbol of South Africa's World Cup, hang forlornly at the edges of stalls or have been consigned to cardboard boxes, as the buying frenzy which swept across the country two weeks ago slows.
After a rush of vuvuzelas came on to the market from China prices slumped from 60-70 Rand (about $8-9) to 30 Rand.
"What am I going to do all with my vuvuzelas?" said stall holder Amadou Sise. "I have no idea. I have hundreds left."
"An American man just bought 15 to take home with him but other than that I'm not selling many," he said.
"We need the Chinese to come and take them all back again. Maybe they can melt them down into something useful like cups or bowls," laughed stall-holder Ochi Nyamori.
"I've put my African products back at the centre of my stall," she said, pointing to an impressive array of carvings and Zulu basketweaves.
"I bought mine on a street corner on the way in from the airport," said 22-year-old Australian student Sam Banting from Melbourne, showing his dark green vuvuzela with a South Africa sticker.
"I've got one but I left it in the hotel. I'm sick of the sound," said 21-year old German fan Hanno Weiss waiting to watch a match in Cape Town's fan fest.
