In ne.forsale Mike Diack wrote:

Do you guys have to pay to go to ham fleamarkets as BUYERS ?
(Here, you pay as a vendor, but buyers get in free...mind you it pays
to be a vendor as you get a headstart of a couple of hours)

Yes. The Flea at MIT charges a nominal admission. Other area flea
markets do too.

--
In the councils of government, we must guard against the
acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought,
by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the
disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
-- Dwight David Eisenhower