I have fuzzy memories of the 80s', but I did think I remembered dirt. Glad it was confirmed. I also remember it being an endless bunch of stuff that was unique compared to everyone else. There was probably some good stuff there, but I would've been too young to know, and within a half hour I was just walking around looking at the ground waiting to do something more interesting.
There are a lot of stores being called "outlets" now that are nothing of the sort. That used to mean discounted stuff up here, or closeout. Now it just means factory stores in cheaper-rent areas than malls. I am too cheap to shop in any of them, especially if they are mostly made of tag-price retail items.
Malls and flea markets are going the same way around here. The only successful ones that I can think of are the ones that went upmarket (the malls)..I can't remember the last time I went into a mall, the internet has really changed things. We do have one good flea market left here, but it doesn't have much of anything that you can readily sell on ebay - that's obviously already on ebay. Most of the stuff looks like it's been passed around from dealer to dealer (as they all raid booths of newbies before opening if someone new shows up). I've gotten a few things, but if I counted mileage, it would all end up being a waste of money.
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Originally Posted by Mel Fulks
