July Wash-in travels to Brimfield

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After a fabulous nite of fun, great food,lots of laughter and bonding, Rich, Chuck, John, Ray, Gary, and Bobby headed out for Brimfield on Friday morning 9:00 a.m. The day was hot, humid, and sticky(as described by Bobby in the first thread---Ahem!) and we started out looking for those wonderful 'treasures'.

You never know what you are going to come across in Brimfield.
Sometimes you just gasp at what you see.
 
Lots of tents......

Booths set up everywhere.
So much to see, so little time(hey, they ought to make a disco single out of that!)

Lots and lots of stuff.......

Searching for that special treasure....
 
What makes you think his gouging Jason??

Jason,
You should not just assume that he is gouging people. People who don't restore electrical small appliances just don't seem to get the fact that a lot of time and effort can go into just cleaning, polishing and or repairing a vintage small appliance ( wether it be a toaster or a Stand Mixer)...Yes even one of our precious and almost always working Sunbeam T models usually needs a good cleaning or polishing (especially if it is found in a thrift shop and I also would like to see how long it would take the uninitiated, including MYSELF, to really clean otut the inside of a vintage 1931 Toastmaster toaster without hurting the works). A good polish alone can be a little expensive to buy. For example The polish I use is called Simi Chrome and while it does not necessarily break the bank at $7 for a small tube it ain't cheap either. Now think about how much of a compound like that the guy selling the toasters in the pic above had to spend on enough polish to do all those toasters and you can see the costs starting to rise quite a bit. Also one last thing folks who do not do these types of shows don't realize is that the fee for setting up at shows can cost A couple $100 to start with, My friends doing the DC Big FLea have to pony up a total of $300 just to DO THE SHOW!!!!! That of course means just to break even for what they had to shell out for the entrance fee they haveto sell $300 worth of stuff!!!!! Kind of makes ya think huh?I admit I do not restore my stuff electrically but I have a friend who sells at the DC Big Flea with another friend and he tests, repairs, and restores all his blenders, mixers, telephones, and etc before he sells them and it takes a lot of his time to get ready for a show. As the old saying goes time is money so why shouldn't these folks get a little something besides satiusfaction for their efforts HMMMMMM? In closing I would like to say it is fine to expect to pay cheap prices for unrestored, uncleaned, and untested small appliances you find at thrift stores and flea markets but when a person puts their time and effort in to restoring the piece, then that's something else again. Ok, I said it....I am glad I said it.....know I am getting down off my soapbox ok? ALRIIIIIGHT!!!! PATRICK COFFEY
P.S This is not a personal attack against Jason or anyone else it is just my opinion from what I have observed.
 
gouging, bargains, and Brimfield

Hey,

Actually, the booth Gary showed is loaded with toasters, blenders, and the like. This guy does take some time with his stuff and doesn't buy restoration pieces, but in general, I think Rich would agree with me that the prices are pretty well in line, maybe high retail sometimes, but there are a few things to be had at 'good' prices too. His profit margin isn't that high, which we know for a fact as some of the pieces in the pic are duplicates he bought from us last show!

But, this is Brimfield. It's almost a mile long on both sides of Rt 20, and each major field of dealers is about 10-12 double-sided rows deep! Much bigger than the Big Flea, Scott's, Renninger's and the like. That's a lot of stuff, and there's stuff there you didn't even know existed! I'm posting a pic with this message that shows maybe about 1/3 of the whole show. When one collector went with us in May, he wanted a certain coffee pot and almost ponied up $40 for it. We told him he'd see a lot more, and he did. Same pot for about $30; didn't buy it. Finally got one for $22, then kicked himself an hour later when he saw one for $14. Each of the ones he looked at was clean, not chipped, complete, and in good condition. But, the highest priced one was at a dealer who specializes in these types of things. There is a premium to be paid at these booths, and sometimes there's a guarantee with these kinds of dealers. With some variance for location, the booth with the $14 pot cost the same to rent as the one with the $40 pot. It's just that some dealers are willing to make a little profit and turn goods over, while others like to get every penny something's worth, even if they have to sit on it a while.

Appliguy, you might want to look into getting Mother's Mag and Aluminum polish. Works great on chrome and it's at least half the price of Simi Chrome. Look at Walmart in the automotive polish section.

Thanks for posting the poodle lap Gary! When I saw that Friday morning, my Gay-O-Meter pinned!!!! The only way it could have been more gay was if it was pink (well, and maybe in Ron's house!!!)!

Chuck
 
the beehive

Gary- I missed that beehive thing! I can't quite read the tag, but are they stacking measuring cups? I have three words for that... FAB U LOUS!!!!!

Chuck
 
Chuck, how did you get the aerial shot of that part of the show and don't start in about the fairycam hovering high overhead. Does the road in go across a dam where the water in the lake stops? Thanks for all of the shots from the big event.
 
What a market! This reminds me of that antique flea market we went to in Orinoco, MN - remember how hot it was, Tom?

I've seen that Campbell's soup thingy before - at a sale not that long ago in fact. The lady there told me it was used in cafeterias, etc. to heat up your choice of soups that were sold there. I'm not sure how accurate she was, but it sounded plausible. Is the price on it $45? That would be much more reasonable than the one I saw - they wanted $180!
 
How much were they gouging for the Sunbeam T- toasters?

Perhaps it's only an expression of speech.

It is also human nature to ask for a zillion dollas as the seller and want an item free when the buyer.

As we all may recall, when the donward slope of demand meets the upwards slope of supply we have a deal!

and finally... more on human-nature (from the self-procalimed expert authority HA!) *I dont want it, I don't need it, I won't use it and I dont like it..... but because it is avaialable, I will buy it*. YAY to Keynsian economics...... Supply creates it's own demand.

As I rule I generally tend to want to pay no more than half of an item's orignal price when it is used. Or half of what the item would cost today, depending. Ca va?
 

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