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cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
It’s a good way to make some money for used items that you no longer need. I wouldn’t necessarily say “good money” unless you had a lot of items that are in high demand to sell. I took several car loads to a flea market about 13 years ago and made a bit of side money in my spare time on the weekend. I takes a lot of energy to pack up everything in a vehicle (and get as much as you can inside), wake up early in the morning and get there before the sun comes up, set up a folding table & clothes rack and unload everything & display it. You have people coming up to you with flashlights before you get anything out of the boxes to see if they can get first dibs on the goods.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@popmol At the flea market where I sold stuff people were very specific about what they wanted, some were regular customers. What sells good is cast iron cookware, camping, fishing & hunting equipment, camouflage clothing, tools, musical instruments, sports equipment, baby items, large-size clothes, bird cages (because they also sell parakeets there), and other such things. There were people who just liked to browse and I always put out a container of 25 cent items for them to browse through and many would find things they wanted each time.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@popmol well as opposed to decorative items and other such things. They wanted something in season at the moment, not buying anything ahead of the season like I do at yard sales. For example, if it was getting cold weather they’d want to buy a coat but you couldn’t sell one cheap any other time of year. I think some of the people shopping at the flea market didn’t shop in retail stores except maybe grocery stores, they looked for secondhand things at flea markets instead.