The fallout of (Non)Reality Shows and toys.

[Splitty]

I read that it (Toy Hunter) has been cancelled by the Travel Channel.

- Ian

I hope that's not true.
I highly enjoyed a weekly dosage of Toys on TV. It will be missed.

[MIB41]

One prob with bigger feamarkets is the reseller-buzzards.

When newbee's first come to the fleamarket to sell (before the fleamarket even opens) the buzzards come and buy up anything that's cheap and resellable.

That $3.00 box of toys suddenely becomes $10.00 apiece.

This happened to me.

I was totally bought out and leaving before the fleamarket even opened.

Whenever you go to a fleamarket or dirtmall and see something you like keep this in mind, you're probably haggling over something the dealer payed basically nothing for.

This is exactly why I no longer waste my time at flea markets. Its really become something of a cut throat industry that makes car lots look innocent. I don't watch any of the reality shows anymore because ultimately their insanely self-serving. What better way to increase the value of your inventory than to script episodes that pretend to sell it all at high-end prices? I'm grateful every day that I indulged in my searches through the 90's and early 00's when you could recollect your childhood memories without taking out a second mortgage. These days nearly everything I buy is new because companies have FINALLY figured out there is a big market for remanufacturing the old product just as it first appeared. Maybe in a backwards kind of way we can thank people like Jordan for that. I can indulge myself with brand new product again the way I received it as a child. To me that is the new collecting high. Going through bins of old dusty, dirty, and damaged goods has very little appeal to me anymore.

[jwyblejr]

One prob with bigger feamarkets is the reseller-buzzards.

When newbee's first come to the fleamarket to sell (before the fleamarket even opens) the buzzards come and buy up anything that's cheap and resellable.

That $3.00 box of toys suddenely becomes $10.00 apiece.

This happened to me.

I was totally bought out and leaving before the fleamarket even opened.

Whenever you go to a fleamarket or dirtmall and see something you like keep this in mind, you're probably haggling over something the dealer payed basically nothing for.

That's why I'm always surprised about people here managing to find such great bargains at flea markets.