phoenixb34•21d agoProlific Poster

Went to a flea market in Atlanta last weekend and watched a guy spend 20 minutes haggling over a $5 screwdriver set

I get it, we all like a deal but that was just painful to watch. The vendor was some old dude who clearly didn't care, he had a whole table of rusty wrenches and random pliers. The buyer was going on about how the ratchet didn't click right and the grips were loose. I was just standing there trying to look at a box of vintage tapes and I couldn't escape the back and forth. Meanwhile there was a lady selling handmade quilts two tables down and nobody even glanced at her stuff. It made me wonder if we care too much about tools and not enough about the actual things we make with them. Has anyone else had a flea market interaction that just made you want to walk away?

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robinf5121d ago

That guy probably just needed a working ratchet that day.

wesley_adams21d agoMost Upvoted

Not sure that's the whole story. That guy broke the ratchet borrowing it, then tried to return it broken like it was nothing. Being in a hurry doesn't excuse dropping someone else's tool without a word.

olivia39821d ago

Stood at that same type of table once watching a guy test every single pair of scissors. Snip snip snip through cardboard, then paper, then fabric. Took a solid 15 minutes. Meanwhile the lady next to him had these cool vintage salt and pepper shakers shaped like penguins. Nobody cared. I think flea markets bring out this weird hyper focus in people. They'll spend forever on a $3 widget but walk right past something actually interesting. Makes me wonder if half the fun is just the arguing and not the item itself.