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| - This place is uh-maaaaay-zing. It's kind of like browsing a hundred Etsy vintage shops in person, all in one place. Even if you don't buy anything it's really fun to browse through all the cool, cultivated objects at all the different stalls. Some stalls are a mish mash of random stuff but most have a 'theme' which is really fun to peruse. You'll see all kinds of neat stuff you didn't even realize existed.
As another reviewer remarked, prices do range from "what a deal!" to "haha, you must be joking." But that's due to the fact these are all individual vendor stalls so every single one has prices set by a different seller. Right now there's a lot of sales going on though, I would guess for the holiday season, which is great. Some stalls even go as high as 50% off. I'm a big thrifter so I really enjoy going to thrift shops to root through all the crap to find that one diamond in the rough that's been vastly underpriced because the store doesn't realize what they have. That's not the experience here, because you're paying the convenience for someone to have already done that for you, and this is the results of their labor. Instead of searching for the one good item in a sea of crap, it's like you've found the sunken ship with a belly full of treasure and you don't know what to load your pockets up with first. Even considering all that, most of the vendors have priced their items very fairly and the eyebrow-raising prices are few and far between.
I discovered this place a month ago and I've already been here three times. I've bought something every time except for the first time (when we showed up only an hour before they closed and accidentally stayed past closing time! Whoops, but they were very gracious about not hurrying us out the door anyway!). As a collector of old radios, WWII memorabilia, mid century tools and gadgets, and vintage dishware, this place is pretty much the tops.
The only thing I'll say is, if you're a person who's serious about her vinyl (like me) don't bother coming here for the records for listening - though you might find some unique collection-filling pieces. There's one large record vendor and many of the stalls have some records as well, but for the most part they are overpriced (and of really mixed condition!). Save the record buying experience for a specialist - aka a record shop. Better bang for your buck at one of the many awesome record shops across the valley.
But for everything else, this market is pure awesomeness! Oh and I LOVE that the employees come by to grab my stuff from me to hold it at the front. Leaves my hands free to paw at and grab up more cool stuff! :D
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