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Old 09-28-2015, 06:54 PM
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Every time I go to a swap meet I bring something to swap . But everyone just wants to be sellers .
 
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Tons of stuff if it's something somebody wants and has stuff I want but this was before swap meets became vendor fests too.
 
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Originally Posted by TwiZted Biker
Tons of stuff if it's something somebody wants and has stuff I want but this was before swap meets became vendor fests too.
Exactly .... it use to be you could almost build a scooter from parts at a Swap Meet. Now it's more like a fashion boutique. I did a lot of "swapping" on my FXEF
 
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Originally Posted by Iron lHorse
Every time I go to a swap meet I bring something to swap . But everyone just wants to be sellers .
...Huh?

Originally Posted by Uncle Larry
Exactly .... it use to be you could almost build a scooter from parts at a Swap Meet. Now it's more like a fashion boutique. I did a lot of "swapping" on my FXEF
Larry...ya still can, what kind of swap meets y'all have up there?
 

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Originally Posted by Tampa Fatboy
Larry...ya still can, what kind of swap meets y'all have up there?
The good ones are all gone. Detroit use to have a wide array of parts. Lansing too. The guys who ran it have sold out and the new venue was a "Hoity Toity Showplace Venue". Hell parking was $6.00. It has bellied up also. I just heard that there's one in Birch Run ( halfway between Detroit and Saginaw ) and I'll give that a shot to see what shows up. Wouldn't mind picking up another project to pass the winter. We'll see.
 
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Damn it, man...Detroit?
I need two guns and three blades, just to get there.
It's the same down here, turned into flea markets selling BS, but every once in awhile...
 
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Around here the same old tired overpriced crap just gets dragged from one swap meet to the next. Most vendor spaces I wouldn't give them $11 for everything in it.

I don't even bother going any more.
 
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I think it's just that 'swap meet' sounds better than,
'over priced **** you don't even need in boxes meet.'

 
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I've actually never have been to one...or wanted to
 
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Yup....my hard bags and mount bracket....got battery box, solenoid, front brake banana caliper anti rattle spring, couple of other things I can't remember at the moment.

Still love the swap meets...frequently go and snag something. But yeah technically I have "swapped stuff".
 


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