Over the years, one of my favorite things to do is to visit local flea markets. The one I visit most often is over in Rogers, Ohio. I have been going here for over ten years now. I guess I could say I have had a lot of lessons in sales just through interacting with merchants and other sellers. I have had my fair share of bad deals and rip off deals. My very first rip off deal was an airsoft gun I bought when I was about eight years old. From that sales transaction, I learned to always inspect my product and make sure that the money is worth the product.
On the bright side, I have had a lot of great opportuities to learn from good experiences. I learned that there is almost always a diamond in the rough at the market. Almost every time I go, I find something I absolutely fall in love with or is a deal I can’t pass up on. On the buyer side, I have picked up on a few tricks that sellers try and do to get the most money out of me. I learned that sometimes you just have to tell sellers what they don’t want to hear. Like possibly, “The price is way too high” or “There are plenty of other better deals that I could get besides yours.” Over the years I have found a way to “stick up” and speak my mind when buying at flea markets. Mainly because most of the sellers there are trying to manipulate you and stiff you on their price. All in all, a flea market is a great place to learn how to buy and sell.
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Caroline Marie Dawson
I like the perspective of buying you took on this. In places like flea markets there is a lot of room for vendors to change prices and work out deals. This means their techniques for selling are different than in other sales settings. For buyers this can be good or bad, but either way buyers have more power in those situations than they think.
I like how you mentioned that sometimes you have to be assertive to get what you want…a good skill to have.