I Went back to Quinlan after a long pause in buying and trading. The new improved trading spot here is growing, but not with more used items that I love to dig into and talk to people about, but more appliance and furniture, Gobs of it. Not that it's bad, just not what I want. There was one particular "Seller" or "Merchant" there which but a terrible taste in my mouth for what vendors are suppose to be like. Maybe it is the fact that I do not like dealers in general. I guess it is just me. The Lady in question was very rude. She had a stall stuffed with items. i pick through a dirty gross box with my bare hands, getting mucky from years of someone elses sweat and tears, (apparently cleaning things before taking them down to the shop is way to difficult for her). So I see a few broken bead necklaces, One has some pretty crystals and they other i fugure I can take apart and possibly sell the beads. ( I recycle old crap, clean it and send it off to people who will benifit from having older unique materials to work with, and I do this at a low price so everyone wins) One of the necklaces has a $2 price tag on it, the other doesnt. So I ask "How much is your jewelry?" She yells back the typical response from lazy people who don't like to get off their ass and actually help you. So, reluctantly she walks over since I cannot describe the junk in my hands to her satisfaction. One she says was her grandmothers and it is not for sale. Ok.... Um... Why is it out there? The other, The Crystal necklkace with the $2.00 price tag on it, she says $26.00 for that one. Then she looks at me rudely and tells me I am not going to get a deal at her place and that she knows what she has. I say back "Maybe you should take off the price tag , then. " And I walk out. But... Why are people so rude? I did nothing to make her attack me like that. I am not technically a dealer. I like beads and buttons, I sell patterns and fabrics. She looked at me like I was trying to pull a fast one on her. What?
Anyway, My experience there stunk, everyone wants enormous amounts of money for things that are not worth anything, like a bass guitar that looked like it had been in the sun for generations for 85 dollars with a name on it that was so low quality I had never even heard of it before. Where are all the normal people ? I felt like i was at the Rose Bowl with the stupid prices they wanted for crap they couldnt even clean before throwing it out there for sale. come on people. Do I need to write a book about how to sell things at flea markets ? Feels that way .
