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.
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".
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.
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".
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 [i]for you/I> then put a down payment on the shit.
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 [i]for you/I> 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!?!?!
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
i still have decent come up for cheap at the flea markets.
wackest experience is i was trying to get some salsoul lp, i forget which one, had a girl's ass barely sticking out of her shorts/skirt. Anyways, dude (some white guy dressed in all black white kid with long blond hair) said 2 dollars, and then notices the cover and snatches it away from me.
then he showed the cover with the girl on it to his pops in amazement and said, only the record is for sale and its 1.50. Of course i laughed and walked away.
cover was something like this, i think this girl may have been on the cover
I hate it when I'm buying some so so records from one dealer and I look over and I see Fatback, Nightcrawler and Harry going crazy on some crates across the way.
people selling LPs at flea markets, think that the shit is worth something just because it a flea market, or I don't know what else. Usually, its just garbage dollar records in a plastic slip-cover.
Going to flea markets in Ohio is an interesting thing, depending on where you go. There are 2 kinds:
1.) The former Hills / Ames / name-your-1980s-big-box-that-went-out-of-business store flea market, complete with leftover shopping carts.
These have dedicated dealers as well as the random crap dealers, along with the obligatory past-date spraypaint guy, new cheap Chinese tool guy, and the new cheap random weapons guy.
I find the record inventory tends not to cycle. Why this is I have no clue, but I've sorted through the same Lena Horne cover-with-Pearl Bailey record inside many a-time. These vary from "6 for $5" on up to the $20 Springsteen guys.
2.) Outdoor flea market in a dirty gravel parking lot.
These are more like the random basement junk crowd interspersed with the occasional "NatureStone" and bootleg Tommy jeans booths.
Records here are usually garbage but if you'd like some records that would be good had they not been used as a cutting board, this is the place.
These also have a higher percentage of Amish/Menonite patrons, which does nothing for records but surely is a bonus for those of us that need a new butter churn.
These are going upscale as of late because, well, Amish stuff is kitschy.
I had a dude do this to me at a local hip hop spot, fronting like he was looking to sell some of his collection. I wrote out a wantlist for him, never heard back. I guarantee he took every one of those records straight to ebay.
I had a similar experience. A fellow flea hunter once asked me to give a list of local wants and they'd let me know if any came by their spot. I said sure (as I thought I knew this person well enough), gave a short list of some top wants, and waited. Soon after this, I come by this person's place and they tell me "hey my friends say thanks, there were some local things on that list they didn't know before". I'm annoyed and face is turning red but ask, "so what have they found for me", and this person claims "nothing, I'll let you know.".......riiiiiiight. I ask "well how bout then they let me know of anything local they think I may not know of, to be fair". This person claimed they would get back to me. Thanks for distributing my list and helping me find nothing. To this day, "apparently" nothing has shown up. This really bothered me for quite some time, you think people are trying to help eachother sometimes and then you realize how alone you are in this game from time to time. It took me a while to regain enough trust to discuss my top local wants with anyone local.
I had a dude do this to me at a local hip hop spot, fronting like he was looking to sell some of his collection. I wrote out a wantlist for him, never heard back. I guarantee he took every one of those records straight to ebay.
It took me a while to regain enough trust to discuss my top local wants with anyone local.
I had a dude do this to me at a local hip hop spot, fronting like he was looking to sell some of his collection. I wrote out a wantlist for him, never heard back. I guarantee he took every one of those records straight to ebay.
It took me a while to regain enough trust to discuss my top local wants with anyone local.
Send me that list again Kevin!
haha smartass, you know whom I'm refering to though. BTW you already know my top want, I ought to give you a list though. You're good peeps.
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.
Nah, but I've got some kicks devoted to the deed. Some comfy gravis slip-ons, for all the crouching/scrambling (no homo) to find the right records.
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why feel guilty? youll never know less'n you try, right?
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.
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.
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Real men don't use portables.
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 [i]for you/I> 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.
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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
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.
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.
Thats cute.
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.
wrong brother.. you forgot I have no job my man.
"They come as a set. This is the FLEA market not the FREE market! HISSSSSS....."
wackest experience is i was trying to get some salsoul lp, i forget which one, had a girl's ass barely sticking out of her shorts/skirt. Anyways, dude (some white guy dressed in all black white kid with long blond hair) said 2 dollars, and then notices the cover and snatches it away from me.
then he showed the cover with the girl on it to his pops in amazement and said, only the record is for sale and its 1.50. Of course i laughed and walked away.
cover was something like this, i think this girl may have been on the cover
In all fairness, Harry kills it way more than me.
1.) The former Hills / Ames / name-your-1980s-big-box-that-went-out-of-business store flea market, complete with leftover shopping carts.
These have dedicated dealers as well as the random crap dealers, along with the obligatory past-date spraypaint guy, new cheap Chinese tool guy, and the new cheap random weapons guy.
I find the record inventory tends not to cycle. Why this is I have no clue, but I've sorted through the same Lena Horne cover-with-Pearl Bailey record inside many a-time. These vary from "6 for $5" on up to the $20 Springsteen guys.
2.) Outdoor flea market in a dirty gravel parking lot.
These are more like the random basement junk crowd interspersed with the occasional "NatureStone" and bootleg Tommy jeans booths.
Records here are usually garbage but if you'd like some records that would be good had they not been used as a cutting board, this is the place.
These also have a higher percentage of Amish/Menonite patrons, which does nothing for records but surely is a bonus for those of us that need a new butter churn.
These are going upscale as of late because, well, Amish stuff is kitschy.
I've never seen a cover charge for a flea market.
I had a similar experience. A fellow flea hunter once asked me to give a list of local wants and they'd let me know if any came by their spot. I said sure (as I thought I knew this person well enough), gave a short list of some top wants, and waited. Soon after this, I come by this person's place and they tell me "hey my friends say thanks, there were some local things on that list they didn't know before". I'm annoyed and face is turning red but ask, "so what have they found for me", and this person claims "nothing, I'll let you know.".......riiiiiiight. I ask "well how bout then they let me know of anything local they think I may not know of, to be fair". This person claimed they would get back to me. Thanks for distributing my list and helping me find nothing. To this day, "apparently" nothing has shown up. This really bothered me for quite some time, you think people are trying to help eachother sometimes and then you realize how alone you are in this game from time to time. It took me a while to regain enough trust to discuss my top local wants with anyone local.
Send me that list again Kevin!
haha smartass, you know whom I'm refering to though. BTW you already know my top want, I ought to give you a list though. You're good peeps.
Nah, but I've got some kicks devoted to the deed.
Some comfy gravis slip-ons, for all the crouching/scrambling (no homo) to find the right records.