Do you go to flea markets to find things for yourself or do you look specifically to resell?
2007-03-23 14:46:42 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Decorating & Remodeling
Great place for people watching :)
2007-03-23 14:55:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I buy for myself, cause it seems too much a pain to get something used inexpensively and try to resell it, unless it is actually worth something, like a 1955 Startocaster or other valuble items that are underpriced.
You can get some cool things at flea markets. I bought a used computer CRT monitor for $10. It has a max resolution of 1024x768. Pretty small by today's standards, but it works great and have had it a long time.
It is also a good place to find rare items or rare video games. People are oblivious to their values. Final Fantasy III for Super Nintendo at EB or GameStop goes for $150 used. You can get it for practically nothing at a flea market, that is, if you can find one, or if nobody else gets it first.
2007-03-23 15:03:59 · answer #2 · answered by audio, BMX, 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Flea Markets r great especially the ones in big cities b/c u can find lots of nice things including furniture, clothes, jewelry and other such things. If u have alot of things r can get your hands on things other people do not want u can resell at some reasonable prices and make some big bucks.
2007-03-23 16:13:25 · answer #3 · answered by Angie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I buy more than I sell, I usually use something until it is worthless and then recycle it or toss it. If it is something I just don't enjoy as much as I thought, I would rather give it away than monkey around trying to sell it...good karma too!
As far as anything like this goes, if you have the money, the space, and if you know what you are looking for...or looking for that perfect thing for a gift or a space...great.
If you are just shopping for "retail therapy" and mindlessly browsing, chances are you live a very unhappy cluttered life. I know because I have done it before.
The low prices at flea markets look very friendly to people who need junk around them. But you don't just pay with your wallet, and collecting clutter isn't just a one time expense. If your clutter is out of hand, you are dealing with emotional chaos that can really affect your mental health. And financially speaking, owning a lot of possessions often means you "need" much more house and are working too hard to accumulate, store it, only to seek things to help you relax/cope/make you happy...see the problem swing back to the beginning?
The trick is to shop wisely for whatever, wherever...and not get your happiness from stuff.
2007-03-23 14:58:28 · answer #4 · answered by musicimprovedme 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
exciting question. I appeared it up and that's why: Why is it called a flea marketplace? this could be a jocular term for an open-air or highway marketplace for especially secondhand merchandise, which may well be the form of things that would desire to be infested with fleas. the 1st flea markets have been in Paris and that they have been called marché aux puces which interprets to 'marketplace with fleas'. Flea marketplace first regarded in English in 1922 as a translation of the French marketplace's call. Flea is of Germanic beginning (fleah) and grew to become into no longer spelled flea till after 1550. A synonym is flea honest.
2016-10-20 07:53:16 · answer #5 · answered by binnu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I go to find things for myself and gifts for others. Im not very good at finding antiques or collectors items that are worth money. But I know a lot of people who have found items of value at Turtle creek and Traders World ( exit 29 off of I-75 in ohio). I am going there today. I would also never buy Produce or pets from these places.
2007-03-23 19:02:45 · answer #6 · answered by gwen0674 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
find things. Specifically we go for razor blades (way cheaper than store) Avon (there's a counter there) and electronic accessories (chargers, etc) I once got a monitor from there for $20, it lasted a year (till I could afford a flat). I also have a costume jewelry lady there EVERY TIME i wear her stuff, I get compliments!!! Its out mini-mid-morning outing.
2007-03-24 01:48:01 · answer #7 · answered by Freakgirl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
personally i like flea mkts i find lots of things i need at a very decent price . things i would otherwise have to go without there is a very good one at denver colorado and i used to go to that one constantly
2007-03-23 14:58:26 · answer #8 · answered by chaluppa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
find things I like, I love them. Everything there is cheap as hell. I just got a boombox for my Ipod for 35 bucks thats 99 in the stores and it works perfect.
2007-03-23 14:54:48 · answer #9 · answered by alinsocal21 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As an interior decorator, I buy a lot in flea market.
You can buy cheap and unique pieces that you can restore, repaint. I buy for myself or for clients.
2007-03-23 15:08:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I luv, luv, luv flea markets! They are the perfect place to find home decorating treasures.
2007-03-23 15:35:38 · answer #11 · answered by dracenalady 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋