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[Sega Hitman]

Apologies to the moderators if I'm in the wrong spot. Kind of a weird post to make in general...

I've worked flea markets in the Detroit area for years, most recently at Dixieland in Waterford, selling stuff like video games, magic cards, dvd's, and so on. I recently moved to New Orleans, and in a few week I'll be back in the Detroit area for good. I'm looking to setup downriver, most likely at Taylortown Trade Center, Gibraltar Taylor, or the Weekend Pickers place in Lincoln Park.

Digital Press members have been amazing to me, so in general, I'll reply to this later with a heads up of where I'm at. However, at the moment, I'm just looking for reviews of these buildings in general. I want to hear about what kind of vendors these buildings have, what kind of selection they have, prices, and so on. I would love to hear stories about how "this vendor always prices too low" or "this vendor always prices too high". Any help would be greatly appreciated, as I have a very small window of time between when I arrive in MI, and when I'll actually be setting up shop and opening at one of these places. Please pm me with anything!

*****Edit: I did end up opening at Taylortown this past weekend. If you walk in the main entrance, I am in the far right corner. Only a few hundred games at the moment, but lots of complete NES, SNES, and Gameboy stuff. Prices should be 10-30% lower than pricecharting.com. Also selling around 1000+ dvd's, 300k Magic: the Gathering cards, and I'm sure I'll be picking up tons more randomness soon. I'll be there this Friday-Sunday. Not much to see yet, but come say hi if you're local!

[segafan1989]

I can't answer your question, but your statement generates one from me. Why did you move to NOLA and what made you leave? I'm from the area is why I ask.

[Sega Hitman]

My wife wanted to live near family in NOLA after we got married, and after a year of being down here we're both miserable. Nothing against New Orleans, but there's one season and we've had too much crime hit too close. Detroit's pretty awful, but the suburbs are not bad at all.

[segafan1989]

My wife wanted to live near family in NOLA after we got married, and after a year of being down here we're both miserable. Nothing against New Orleans, but there's one season and we've had too much crime hit too close. Detroit's pretty awful, but the suburbs are not bad at all.

I hear ya. Crime is inevitable in big cities. I live in Vegas and it's not so great here either. I miss the good ole south and the humid weather it brings.

[coleconut]

Im not from the area, in fact I am not from the country but my employer is in Livonia so I have spent some time there and visited all the flea markets I could find. The only one that I found worth while for video game hunting was I believe Taylortown. If that's the one with a bunch of mostly empty storefronts at the front of the building and a large flea market at the back, in 2 sections. Casual sellers to the left, more established sellers to the right hand section. It had a good selection of vendors at quite good prices, I bought a lot of stuff there. The rest of the flea markets I went to, and I went to a LOT, were mostly a waste of time.

[Sega Hitman]

I just edited my original post, but has anyone been to the flea markets in the Flint area? Specifically City Market? For the time being when we get back, I'll be staying in Lapeer. Long term I'll be living around Taylor, but I'm still weighing the pros/cons of working in Taylor with that long commute every day. In any case, City Market appears to be a close place, and there is one particular non-game vendor that has an amazing setup. Not sure about the rest of the building though.

[Joe West]

there's a waiting list at taylor town trade center, theres 8--10 people waiting to get tables

[Sega Hitman]

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[DK1105]

I will have it hit you up sometime soon. I'm about just north of Detroit so I might make a day game hunting out there soon.