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Re: My flea market adventure
« Reply #20 on: November 27, 2005, 09:13:23 »
That just looks like the best way to spend 3 hours and if I'd gone, the kitchy red hanging lamp in hall 6 would be mine!  :love:
That is the great thing about flea markets (and especially the big dutch ones ;D ): people sell almost everything there, like we say in the Netherlands (translated):they sell the devil and its old mum >:D...
It is St. Nicolaas time over here, so there were on average more toys for sale than usual (lucky for us Playmobil collectors 8-) ;D ).
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Re: My flea market adventure
« Reply #21 on: November 27, 2005, 09:31:38 »
Obviously a good weekend for you.   Thanks for sharing it with us.
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Re: My flea market adventure
« Reply #22 on: November 27, 2005, 16:56:45 »
You got some nice items there. Good for you  :)

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Re: My flea market adventure
« Reply #23 on: November 27, 2005, 19:16:08 »
Hmm! maybe I should book a trip there, this time next year. ;D

That's a great lot, those catalogues would of put me on a high for the rest of the year.
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Re: My flea market adventure
« Reply #24 on: November 27, 2005, 20:34:28 »
Thanks for the photos Jean - Luc . the flea market looks huge!  You had a fine haul.. some of the `kraam´ looked pretty good too ;D

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Re: My flea market adventure
« Reply #25 on: November 28, 2005, 16:00:29 »
With flea markets of this size I always have a certain budget to spend. I have this ability to scan every table within a good five seconds, which is enough to determine whether there is Playmobil present or not. I use the technique of basic association; very effective, but also exhausting in the end.
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Re: My flea market adventure
« Reply #26 on: November 28, 2005, 20:18:11 »
With flea markets of this size I always have a certain budget to spend.

Well that certainly takes the fun out of it! Isn't the goal to go broke saving money?  ???

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Re: My flea market adventure
« Reply #27 on: November 28, 2005, 20:36:11 »
Well that certainly takes the fun out of it! Isn't the goal to go broke saving money?  ???
The sport with this is to make a good decision based on what you have seen that you would like to have. With flea markets this size there is an extra dimension to it; since the location is so vast you may be too late if you saw something at first, but wanted to look further. In other words: you have to trust to luck and act on instinct.
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Easy for you to say (what the heck is kraam? Does it taste good?)
I'm not sure what your preferences are; it is the dutch word for stand.... ;D
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Re: My flea market adventure
« Reply #28 on: November 29, 2005, 00:00:36 »
The sport with this is to make a good decision based on what you have seen that you would like to have. With flea markets this size there is an extra dimension to it; since the location is so vast you may be too late if you saw something at first, but wanted to look further. In other words: you have to trust to luck and act on instinct.

That's the trick, alright.  Also, a good measure of, "How much would I be willing to spend on this item anywhere else?"  It's all too easy to get caught up in the excitment of it all (as some people have on ebay ... or, so I've heard  :toot: )
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Re: My flea market adventure
« Reply #29 on: November 29, 2005, 18:26:34 »
It's all too easy to get caught up in the excitement of it all (as some people have on ebay ... or, so I've heard  :toot: )

I know! Can you imagine someone just spending wildly...on little plastic toys of all things??? Some people have no self control.  :hmm:

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