Originally Posted by ThatOne

I lived in South Florida for a while and used to visit the World Famous Thunderbird Drive In Flea Market (tens of thousands of people on Sat and Sun) tools and construction stuff was always a great seller; but, I ran into some wild and crazy biker chicks who collected and resold baby clothes! They would pick them up at thrift stores and places like that, they drove a big stake-side pickup truck and it would be full of bundles full of baby clothes. They'd park their truck and unload the bundles which were usually a large piece of cloth like a King size bed spread or something like that. One of boys stuff, one of girls stuff, one of infants one of toddlers and so on. Apparently kids grow fast and grow out of close so fast the clothes are often in quite good condition after they're too small to wear for the original owners.

When they rolled up it was like a scene from a UN rescue mission, people would surround the truck and as soon as the bundles were unloaded and spread open on the ground the customers started sorting through them looking for what they wanted. That went on for only a couple hours before they were sold out. They charged 50 cents or a dollar per item and I watched them take in over a thousand dollars on numerous occasions. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes I'd never have imagined there was such a market and demand for the baby stuff!

I'd bet it would be very much worth your while to attend some flea markets and maybe get an idea about what's selling and what's not, before you spend any money and get your hopes up.

Might not be practical but maybe bringing a half dozen used working mowers, string trimmers etc. to sell might be something as well. Around here things like mowers and bicycles are often abundant and free for the taking. Maybe have your cards and a flyer available at the flea market and you can cross pollinate your sales and your repair side of the business.

Like I said decent tools almost always sell even if you have to accept maybe less than you imagined they should sell for.

Most of the flea markets I've ever been to the food and drink stuff is a locked up concession that with require some significant up front outlay.

Good luck whatever you try!