The Flea Market Pet Peeves Thread

i'm glad my procrastinating-ass can entertain the man.

but yo..

one time I went to a flea jump-off with Jinx and some old russian dude had a stack of not-so-raer-raers (which where pretty torn up). I asked dude if he could give me a break but instead he blurted something in Russian, grabbed the whole stack out of my hand, and broke 'em over his knee. I just laughed,walked away, and thought "damn, I should of asked if that meant the records where half-off now".

 
Or the akward times when I grab a stack of 10 records that look promising, and I sit down and do through the whole stack and none of them are really any good, and I have to put them all back, and I feel kind of like a jackass and almost want to buy at least 1 so i don't feel like I wasted anybody's time.
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why feel guilty? youll never know less'n you try, right?
 
i'm glad my procrastinating-ass can entertain the man.

but yo..

one time I went to a flea jump-off with Jinx and some old russian dude had a stack of not-so-raer-raers (which where pretty torn up). I asked dude if he could give me a break but instead he blurted something in Russian, grabbed the whole stack out of my hand, and broke 'em over his knee. I just laughed,walked away, and thought "damn, I should of asked if that meant the records where half-off now".
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Damn. What a fool. I remember one time I tried to bargain with some guy for some records that weren't even that great and he took the stack from me and put em back in his box. FUCKIN' DICK.

Also another time this guy had thousands of records and he had them all in the sun. Nasty hot. Dug through his shit asked him to hold a few records and he said ya for sure. Cam back he sold em. I hate them. I hated that he was acting like a dealer. Had some nice pieces too. If I had more $$$ on me I woulda bought a box off him. FUCKIN' DICK.
 
maybe you should have stolen them then
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More of that. I should've stolen em. Fuck them. They were being very greedy and stupid. I understand him selling all the records but it was just 3 records, not very hard to stick to your word. He didn't even have to show them to the guy who bought the whole collection. As for the other guy I wouldn't have minded if he said no but for him to take them out of my hand and put them back is stupid. Temper gets you no where. I passed by as the swap meet was closing and he hadn't sold them so it didn't get me too mad after that.
 
Truthfully I don't even fuck with the NY fleas anymore. NOT worth it. Of course, gems pop up. And I do pop up from time to time, no homo. But you get mobile junk guy yelling NORTHERN SOUL! about a skated Eddie Holman 45 and $300 on a thrashed soul stirrers and wtf do you want. Dude does "research".
 
maybe you should have stolen them then
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More of that. I should've stolen em. Fuck them. They were being very greedy and stupid. I understand him selling all the records but it was just 3 records, not very hard to stick to your word. He didn't even have to show them to the guy who bought the whole collection. As for the other guy I wouldn't have minded if he said no but for him to take them out of my hand and put them back is stupid. Temper gets you no where. I passed by as the swap meet was closing and he hadn't sold them so it didn't get me too mad after that.
Why would you get pissed? I'd hold shit unless someone else wanted them... and I'd do what he did. Do you know how many people at flea markets are "coming back" for something and never return? I've done the shit myself a few times. The only person who loses is the dealer, because he didn't make your sale and he may have lost it to someone else. If you want him to hold it for you then put a down payment on the shit.
 
maybe you should have stolen them then
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More of that. I should've stolen em. Fuck them. They were being very greedy and stupid. I understand him selling all the records but it was just 3 records, not very hard to stick to your word. He didn't even have to show them to the guy who bought the whole collection. As for the other guy I wouldn't have minded if he said no but for him to take them out of my hand and put them back is stupid. Temper gets you no where. I passed by as the swap meet was closing and he hadn't sold them so it didn't get me too mad after that.
Why would you get pissed? I'd hold shit unless someone else wanted them... and I'd do what he did. Do you know how many people at flea markets are "coming back" for something and never return? I've done the shit myself a few times. The only person who loses is the dealer, because he didn't make your sale and he may have lost it to someone else. If you want him to hold it for you then put a down payment on the shit.
I don't care as much now but he gave me his word straight up. If he would've told me I'll keep it for you unless someone buys it then I would not have cared but he said YA FOR SURE. He also told me to go the following Sunday because he is only there on Sundays. Then I went Sunday and he said he sold them on Saturday. WTF.
 
I just start thinking "this motherfucker was too busy putting out crusty ass pornos and baby-doll heads to actually pull out some merchandise somebody with money was looking for? WTF!?!?!
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Or even the worst: "come back next WEEK." This seller I had seen around a few times kept me coming back for fuggin weeks after I found one amazing dub LP in a box and asked if he had more. I was real specific in what I was looking for, stylistically. Week after week for maybe 3 weeks. I was a complete sucker. After a while he finally brought some records in and it was the most horrible classical and classic rock you've ever laid eyes on. I asked him where the reggae was and he said, "OH I had a box of that stuff weeks ago (a day I know I was there first thing) but it sold really quickly" then pauses, looking at the 3-4 records I'm holding "and the guy also bought the whole box." Me: "well I woulda bought the box too if you put it in front of me." I get no love from him now but fuggit. Now I just pick random days to go, figuring if he didn't have them when he said he would, I'm better off just going whenever I feel like
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Which brings me to my next peeve. I know I'm white, but that doesn't mean I only collect white artists. Even if I tell people specifically what I'm looking for, I get presented with a box full of ted nugent and herb alpert like it's caviar.
 
Which brings me to my next peeve. I know I'm white, but that doesn't mean I only collect white artists. Even if I tell people specifically what I'm looking for, I get presented with a box full of ted nugent and herb alpert like it's caviar.
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Well, you could dress "hip hop" and solve this problem, HAHA! Sike.

Does anyone else have pants specifically relegated for digging/digging trips? I hate ruining good pants while crouching in the bins at a dirty swap meet/flea market.
 
Guz, I think the West vs East flea is really the issue here. It sounds like Fleas/Swap Meets out there are almost like impromptu record shows, with dealers concentrating only on LPs. On the East Coast, I think that is more rare, I know in DC it is almost alway Fred Sanford types who buy out storage units, buy bulk junk, clean out dead people's basements. These guys don't know condition, don't have anything sorted, just bring out the stuff along w/the toasters and old furniture. I don't mind an inflationary bump to maybe $3, but it's silly to have record store prices at what is essentially a mobile junk shop.
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your right, Here in Los Angeles theres really only a handful of swaps that happen. Most nboatbly the PCC swap in Pasadena. There is an entire section of the flea market dedicated to just records and it's defintly the same cast of characters slanging. Truth be told I barely walk around the other sections of the flea cause I really don't think of myself as bargain hunting when I hit these things, I only got "digging" on my mind
PCC is not a "flea market". the part with records is a record swap/show. the part with antiques is an antique swap/show.

There are honest to goodness flea markets in California complete with Fred Sanford types.
 
I hate it when I'm buying some so so records from one dealer and I look over and I see Neville, Nightcrawler, Secret Chimp and Harry going crazy on some crates across the way.
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My girlfriend used to come with me to the flea market by the racetrack just outside of Philly. Blanking on the name. I never found anything great, but did get some cheap common records i didnt have so it wasnt a total lose. One day i was flipping through some records while my girlfriend was looking at some jewelry. My girlfriend comes over to where I am standing and tells me she asked this lady if she could have some ear rings for like $5 instead of $8 and the lady flipped out. Out of now where this lady starts yelling at her. "Don't fucking haggle with me!" Calling her a bitch and just freaking out. So we walk by the lady later and my girlfriend points her out its this little old lady, like the one in the weeding singer, white hair and like 80 pounds. She sees us looking at her and fucking flips us off. It was fucking hysterical we still laugh about that shit. Later one of the other vendors told me she was nuts and that shit happens all the time.
 
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