31 Mar
1999
31 Mar
'99
4:19 a.m.
In my experience with Hamfests and swap meets is that
your chance of
finding what you want goes down exponentially with time. Thus starting at
perhaps 6AM the curve plunges rapidly until about 8AM where it begins to
level off. (Cheesy graph to follow ...)
That's my experience too... but there is another part of this. At the
beginning, the prices are maybe a little higher and a little more
fixed, which means it costs more to get what you want... The closer
you get to the end of the day, the more willing the vendor is to
deal considering he is otherwise faced with having to load the
remainder of his/her goods for the trip home. I've heard a number
of people offer better prices because "I don't want to cart it home."
Good Stuff --| * <- higher, more fixed prices
| *
| *
| *
| *
| *
| **
| *** <- approx best price/value ratio...
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Just Junk --| *** <- lowest prices
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