We checked in on our booth and we have made enough to cover the booth rent for this month and a little besides! Yay!
I have decided it is a game...what can we buy that truly interests others? DH is having to learn that just because he likes something, doesn't mean a lot of others do. I bought a couple trinkets that he questioned me on last week. I put them in the booth and they both sold over the weekend. It was luck, shot and simple, but it wasn't something I would particularly like for myself. So, it is learning to think beyond my own likes and dislikes.
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Also, if you factor in your time spent searching for things to buy for resale and then factor that into your gross sales, your profit will probably turn out to be very little, especially when you're not selling big ticket items. Meanwhile, you've got to pay your monthly rent month in and month out, regardless of your sales, so you've got that pressure to be constantly attending to finding things to sell if you really want to treat it like a business. In that sense, having your own tag sales a few times a year would be better because you wouldn't be paying "rent" to someone else for the space. The traffic at the booth location would have to be really good to justify that additional cost.
I know this is probably not what you want to hear. I like to be supportive as often as possible on SA, but I also like to think that people want your honest opinion on various topics. So, just my .02 which you can of course ignore.
June 23rd, 2013 at 02:46 am 1371955617
The two sale might work where you are, but where we live, unless the whole subdivision is having a sale, people won't come out. We tried it.
Thanks for your realistic view.
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I have a friend who buys and then resells stuff on eBay. I was surprised when she said she never goes to flea markets anymore because everyone wants too much.
You often hear of someone getting some rare find at a tag sale for a song and then learning it's worth thousands of dollars. Around here, everyone is so well educated, thanks to shows like Antiques Roadshow and Pickers, that would never happen. People often want real money for things like those glass jars you get with delivered flowers, or old clothing that should probably be tossed.
June 23rd, 2013 at 01:22 pm 1371993732
Marantha...I try to look up stuff, but still put lower prices because our economy won't bear it.
Patient Saver...I think most of the folks at flea markets watch the same programs ...