DOES ANYONE HERE DO FLEA MARKET BOOTHS? (8)
WitchaywomanCarpentersville, Illinois USA97 Threads 13 Polls 4,344 PostsI tried doing one today. It didn't break even. I was just a few dollars short. Most of the customers seemed to be Latin. So now I am wondering if fellow CS ers do flea market booths. What sells? Who buys it? What doesn't sell? I was expecting a gazillion women to come buy crafts and home decor. Instead the latin customers seemed to not want anything to do with my stuff and there were a handfull of men scouring the place for resellable treasure.
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One guy swore he made a fortune buying electronics for a dollar and reselling them for way more than a dollar online. that sounds possible because My dad's store does Ebay and electronics do seem to sell. I think people buy new copies of their old stuff if they really liked their old stuff. People also buy all manner of gaming equipment. I always hated video games and I am clueless about which piece of gaming crap is the good pieceto look for. But if you buy it for one dollar and sell for 10 on Ebay you did something right.
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Witchaywoman: I tried doing one today. It didn't break even. I was just a few dollars short. Most of the customers seemed to be Latin. So now I am wondering if fellow CS ers do flea market booths. What sells? Who buys it? What doesn't sell? I was expecting a gazillion women to come buy crafts and home decor. Instead the latin customers seemed to not want anything to do with my stuff and there were a handfull of men scouring the place for resellable treasure.
My brother does pretty good with used cds and dvds along with whatever antiques they happen to find.
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That's a cool idea. I want to try the bigger flea market. I was going to go today but I had a prior engagement. Tomorrow is Cinqu De Mayo, a Latin holiday so it is probably going to be jammed with Latin people. It would be a good day to just go and eat churros and stuff.
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this may, or may not, be relevant to what you were selling WW, but...
years ago I had some of my dealers setup in flea markets doing those "Photo on a Mug" businesses. They took off once the people knew they were going to be there, but they started off slowly.
In Toronto a couple of years ago, we setup organic vegetable stands at open air markets and did okay, but nothing to scream about
I think the important thing is time... if you have something to sell that can be repeated week after week... they you may develop a following through word-of-mouth. I wouldn't give up after just one try.
Good Luck to you!
years ago I had some of my dealers setup in flea markets doing those "Photo on a Mug" businesses. They took off once the people knew they were going to be there, but they started off slowly.
In Toronto a couple of years ago, we setup organic vegetable stands at open air markets and did okay, but nothing to scream about
I think the important thing is time... if you have something to sell that can be repeated week after week... they you may develop a following through word-of-mouth. I wouldn't give up after just one try.
Good Luck to you!
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I like going to flea markets. There is a big indoor/outdoor one about 15 miles from my house. I'm pretty sure there's a big difference in price between the two locations.
People buy the weirdest things. A friend of mine had a gas grill to sell and someone wanted to buy the fake lumps of coal but didn't want the grill
Years ago when I was married we had a tag sale and I sold my wifes old breast pump to a 60 year old woman and I had to explain how it worked. My wife got a lot of enjoyment watching me stumbling all over the place. So did the woman which I think was really what she paid for.
People buy the weirdest things. A friend of mine had a gas grill to sell and someone wanted to buy the fake lumps of coal but didn't want the grill
Years ago when I was married we had a tag sale and I sold my wifes old breast pump to a 60 year old woman and I had to explain how it worked. My wife got a lot of enjoyment watching me stumbling all over the place. So did the woman which I think was really what she paid for.
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All of those ideas sound cool. I sew tote bags that I thought were just ok but people bought a couple which sent me on a sewing spree. I might concentrate on tote bags, framed pictures, and vintage crap.
I'm using vintage suit cases as displays. Tote bags might sell because people buy all this stuff and they can carry it home in a tote.
I'm using vintage suit cases as displays. Tote bags might sell because people buy all this stuff and they can carry it home in a tote.
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So, I sold damn near everything last Sunday. I am buying more stuff. One guy gave me a few greatpieces of advice. He said don't put tags on everything because people won't buy it but if you don't put any tags they will offer you a good price. He also said that in summer when it gets hot people buy carts to drag their stuff around. That sounds logical.
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