1 review of Barn and Field Antique Collectible Flea Market
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Jason C.
Place rating: 1 Beecher, IL
Me and my father go to flea markets during the spring through late fall every week and this is easily the worst one we’ve gone to. We’ve been to this place about 3 or 4 times Tiny amount of sellers… like less than 30. Some of these guys just slap a couple things on a table and sit there all day waiting for that one person who’s looking to buy whatever it is they have. Why someone would waste their time to set up a place at the flea market to sell one or 2 things is very confusing but whatever. Then when you do come across a person selling a good amount of stuff its usually A. dirty as hell, or not working. B. Very expensive C. Nothing of interest. There are 2 examples that i remember(its been about a half year since we’ve been here) One lady who resells video games had a copy of Vigilante 8 for the ps1 and some GBA game. The price for both of them together was 6 bucks. I asked if she would take 5 bucks instead of breaking a 10. She looked at me and groaned and replied with«eh if i have to» You could have just said either yes or no. Whats with the attitude? I almost bought something else from her but her shitty attitude killed it for me. Then there was this other dude in the far back of the place selling fireworks, children’s toys and video games. As soon as we walked over there the guy was eyeing me like i was going to steal something. I saw a SEGA Game gear on the table with about 30 games. I opened the case to look at it and this guy flew off his chair and stood next to me. I asked how much he was asking and he came up with 400 bucks. He also for the record smelled terrible… You know when you get the paper or some magazine there’ll be a sample of perfume or cologne? It was like he opened the samples and rubbed them all over his body. Fowl… I quickly shut the case and said ok thank you. He bullshits and says something like how it comes with all these expensive games and whatnot. I didnt say anything to him but i wanted to tell him he was full of shit. Game gear games… well at least the ones he had i could pick up at DiscReplay for less than 3 bucks each. Plus none of them had any cases or manuals which for me as a collector is a big factor. I dont really see any reason to come to this flea market to either buy or sell when the Uncle Johns market is not even 5 minutes away and is a million times better than this one. Hell maybe thats why it doesnt have much going on, maybe all the people go to uncle johns instead of this market. Who knows either way i wouldnt come here if i were you.