Flea markets, who doesn’t love that? If you recognize these things, you are a real flea market fan.
Flea market fan?
The early morning rise, the rare pearls, the smell of antiques and piles of clothes: there is always something to find on the vintage market. If you look closely, you will see more than you are looking for. Do you also enjoy the antique markets? Then read on, because you will undoubtedly recognize these things.
1. Early birds
The very best deals can be found in the morning, and you know it. That’s why you get up extra early, even on your day off, and go to the market as quickly as possible to score the best pearls. The earlier, the better: after all, you don’t want all the beautiful things to be stolen from right in front of you.
2. Strolling, strolling, strolling
It’s not as easy as it seems, and it certainly isn’t just walking around the stalls. It really is an art not to miss a stall, to find your way through the crowd, to dig through boxes of stuff and mountains of clothing and find that one perfect item. You take your time and make sure you don’t have to rush through everything.
3. Community
Flea markets bring people together: communication between seller and buyer is friendly and open-hearted, and the shared interest in vintage items between market fans almost immediately means a good friendship. That is, as long as you’re not both after the same item.
4. Negotiate
You cannot enter any vintage market without first summoning your inner negotiator. Whether it concerns a nice top, a piece of furniture or bundling several items, it can always be done cheaper. You like to make a game of it, and you feel like a real winner when you’ve saved a few euros.
5. Sell yourself
When you, as a buyer, walk through the flea market, you start to get the itch: you have already found so many pearls in recent weeks, months or years that you could even be behind a stall yourself. Think about it carefully: if you sell the stuff you no longer need, you can buy even more new stuff. Girl Math.
6. Adrenaline
Nothing beats the feeling of happiness when you find a rare item among the other stuff. Or just that one thing you’ve been looking for for months. Whether it’s a unique designer item or something that gives you personal sentimental value, it makes your whole day complete.
