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It's certainly not an opinion that less than 50% of the available flea
market spaces were taken by people selling. That's a fact. I should be
more specific, by "vendors" I mean dealers, not "tailgaters". The big
ones (including manufacturers) weren't there and say they will not
return due to low attendance and sales. That's also a fact. Ask the
folks who run the hamfest, though unless you know somebody you'll get
the runaround. It gets worse every year, only a matter of time until
it's over.

I lnow better than to use my real name and e-mail address on Usenet.

"AL GOSS" wrote:

well it's HIS opinion
some of us did very well in flea market
saw a LOT of nice old stuff but not much NEW for sale
all the BIG spenders were holding onto $
looking for that Orion at 1000 $ or FT1000MP at 1000.
why NO SPAM?
too embarrassed to I.D.?
de al g.

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I've been at every one since 1992. The flea market at this one was not
even 40% of capacity, not even close to the attendance of a few short
years ago also. Entire rows were skipped for parking, wide areas were
available everywhere. That would never have happened as recently as
2000. It's just a fact of life nowadays. The inside was barren, but
attendance has been shrinking each year anyway, few vendors bother,
they say it's not worth the trip for the low sales. The good stuff is
on eBay anyway.

John wrote:

I was there on Sat. Hadnt been in 6 or so yrs. I would say the flea
market was about 90% full or less. Inside I don't remember it being so
sparse. They say hamfests are declining except maybe in retirement ares
like Florida.