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The Marketplace => Selling Venues => Flea Markets => Topic started by: fredgsanford on March 18, 2012, 06:16:34 PM

Title: 3/18
Post by: fredgsanford on March 18, 2012, 06:16:34 PM
beautiful day and sold a lot of crap close to 4 hundred most if it free from dumpster diving  ;D
Title: Re: 3/18
Post by: money4nothing on March 18, 2012, 06:35:44 PM
Wow that is great.

Love the dumpster husband hates them.
Title: Re: 3/18
Post by: fredgsanford on March 18, 2012, 07:07:40 PM
lol thank you

also wanted to get post # 50 in ;D
Title: Re: 3/18
Post by: craiglstauction on March 18, 2012, 08:16:08 PM
That is great Fred.  I don't find much re-sell stuff in trash/dumpsters but I do scrap a bunch from it.  I check every dumpster when at the auctions.  Is amazing what you can find if someone just cleaned out their unit or was moving and couldn't take it all.
Title: Re: 3/18
Post by: Shmoopy on March 19, 2012, 05:46:07 AM
Forcast was cloudy with a 30% chance of rain (thunderstorms) but it didn't end up raining. Still, people were scared off, and it was a slow day. Ended up with $48 in profit. Less than what I've been averaging, but oh well.
Title: Re: 3/18
Post by: craiglstauction on March 19, 2012, 06:39:38 AM
We had the same type of forcast, but it did rain that morning.  Rest of day was nice Sunday.  I took a break from flea to get house work done.  Next weekend is the flea again for me.  Same type forcast however as this weekend.  Mid 80s with a 30% chance of T-storms.

$48 isn't much but better then nothing.  Just sucks you spent how many hours out there selling.  Not counting the packing/un-packing.  Better luck this weekend Shmoopy.
Title: Re: 3/18
Post by: MovieMan on March 19, 2012, 09:31:28 AM
Saturday forecast for my area was 30% chance with rain coming in around 9 a.m.

Got there at 5:45 as usual; if reserved people aren't signed in by 6 their spots are sold to daily vendors.

Maybe 1/3 of regulars were there with others either scared off or just decided to take the opportunity to take the day off.

I "shopped" the few who were actually setting up and while I usually start setting up at 7, I didn't get started until 8...latest ever I have done that.

AND...the day turned out good. No rain and with fewer vendors more money came the way of those who DID sell. Can't complain about that.