Tuesday, March 1, 2011

A visit to a Flea Market

A few weeks ago, I decided to visit one of the biggest flea markets in New Jersey. It was a nice drive on Saturday with not that much traffic that I reached there on time. Parking the car near the gates of the Flea Market was not a problem since not many people had come yet and it was cold.Most of the vendors had either put up the shop or were in the process of doing it and a small trickle of buyers were browsing around and some even buying. I just wanted to get a feel of how that market was working. Although I walked the entire length of the market, it was too cold to stay in on much longer.

You could find anything and everything you can think off in that market. Although I did not buy anything, but you can still be able to buy brand new stuff at reasonable prices. This is not the first time I have been to a flea market, so I know not to perishable or food or medicine from there since they can be of questionable quality or expired. Also unless it is a reputable vendor or who you can expect to be there every week, I would also try to avoid buying electronic stuff. These flea markets tend to going on all year round, usually on the weekends and it is not only outdoors but also indoors where you can buy electronics if you know the vendor will be there every week. I am read that the outdoor vendors don’t charge sales tax but the indoors more permanent ones do charge it.

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