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<p>[QUOTE="Just Carl, post: 789815, member: 4552"]Not really true at all. Flea markets today are a real mass of varieties of people and items for sale. If you watch that TV show The Antique Road Show you would hear many times people saying how they purchased a thousand dollar item for a dollar or so. And true, as already noted, lots and lots of stolen goods are sold there and it really is difficult to no what is a stolen item and what is not. </p><p>Many flea market sellers are nothing but just buisness people. They know where bulk items are being sold from warehouses. Others find lots for sale from rail yard box car sales from defaulted property. Some find entire warehouses being sold for back taxes. My son found a place where you could buy an entire semi trailer truck full of merchandise for one bulk price but no idea what is in there. He tried selling at flea markets for a while but married life and kids make for very little time. </p><p>The main seller of coins at the flea market I've been going to has very little idea of the value of coins. This is odd since that is his primary item to sell. Have no idea where he gets all his coins but usually has a small fortune in coins to sell every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, all year long. He dresses like he really needs the money, sleeps in his van at night too until the flea market is over. </p><p>The local and State police wander around this flea market all the time but so far all is OK.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Just Carl, post: 789815, member: 4552"]Not really true at all. Flea markets today are a real mass of varieties of people and items for sale. If you watch that TV show The Antique Road Show you would hear many times people saying how they purchased a thousand dollar item for a dollar or so. And true, as already noted, lots and lots of stolen goods are sold there and it really is difficult to no what is a stolen item and what is not. Many flea market sellers are nothing but just buisness people. They know where bulk items are being sold from warehouses. Others find lots for sale from rail yard box car sales from defaulted property. Some find entire warehouses being sold for back taxes. My son found a place where you could buy an entire semi trailer truck full of merchandise for one bulk price but no idea what is in there. He tried selling at flea markets for a while but married life and kids make for very little time. The main seller of coins at the flea market I've been going to has very little idea of the value of coins. This is odd since that is his primary item to sell. Have no idea where he gets all his coins but usually has a small fortune in coins to sell every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, all year long. He dresses like he really needs the money, sleeps in his van at night too until the flea market is over. The local and State police wander around this flea market all the time but so far all is OK.[/QUOTE]
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