Talk:Flea market/Archive 1

Flea Market Montgomery
requesting more information on Flea Market Montgomery, it's owner, and his appearance on Ellen. Perhaps it'd be best to make a new article. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.122.12.209 (talk) 06:06, 25 January 2007 (UTC).

Perhaps you're speaking of Sammy Stephens. MrBucket 03:54, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Why the History of the Flea Market is incorrect or untrue
This page summarizes why we do not know the real history, despite the book that theorized its beginnings (listed in a discussion above - #3 at this writing). We must not only stick to facts, but follow up on references/sources to see if they are even reliable. MagnoliaSouth (talk) 04:07, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Why The Are Called 'Flea' Markets
Why they are called 'flea markets' is a good question.

Send an answer also to macguru@horizoncable.com.


 * Flea markets are known all over the world and have been in existence since civilization began with neighborly bartering. They are known by many names in the United States other than flea markets, such as swap meets, antique markets, collectibles markets, First Monday, traders villages, farmers markets, special events and many others. Where there is a gathering of vendors, there is a flea market.


 * It's explained right here in the wikipedia entry.--67.115.190.134 22:04, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

"They earned their name from the flea-infested clothing and rags sold there" - I think that's incorrect. As far as I know, Flea Market is originally a play on Free Market, because of how Chinese speaking people pronounced 'free'. ChaosFish (talk) 14:38, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
 * That sounds to me like original research (i.e., speculation). Wikipedia and I prefer sources like the folks who publish the Oxford English Dictionary (see What is the origin of the term 'flea market'?). --Orlady (talk) 15:25, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
 * That's why I posted it in the discussion page. I figured maybe someone could find a source or something. ChaosFish (talk) 19:33, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Tiangge
Hi, here in the Philippines, we have similar flea market-style collections of shops called tiangges. Would this be of value to the article? Shrumster (talk) 06:10, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

San Jose Flea market
I don't see why a specific flea market should be in the list of "See Also". It does not have any historical value, related to this article, so I don't get why it should be in there. I am removing it, listing every flea market in the world would be a terrible idea, not to mention undesirable, seeing as there are, rough estimation: hundreds of thousands of them. --Duckbaker (talk) 23:23, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Lead
The lead could use a major rewriting for clarity. Lots42 (talk) 12:13, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

Request for possible COI review
I'm the editor of FleaMarketZone.com, and I added a link to the External Links list. I see that the Conflict of Interests Policy suggests that I mention this and ask another editor to review the addition. For what it is worth, I've been an occasional Wikipedia editor for far longer than I've had my current job. Many thanks! -- Cayzle / Michael Moran Alterio —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cayzle (talk • contribs) 17:09, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Picture
I think we could find, for the first pic, a good one that involves actual tables. Lots42 (talk) 20:25, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

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Section on Social Structure and Consumer Behavior in Flea Markets?
https://www3.nd.edu/~jsherry/pdf/1990/A%20Sociocultural%20Analysis%20of%20a%20Midwestern%20American%20Flea%20Market.pdf http://umkeprints.umk.edu.my/5017/1/Conference%20Paper%2027%20%20ISEB%202015.pdf https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235489292_Consumer_Behavior_in_Flea_Markets_and_Marketing_to_the_Bottom_of_the_Pyramid — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eli 17 (talk • contribs) 20:49, 24 February 2018 (UTC)