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Computer/Tech Flea Markets?

Posted by timothy on from the the-bazaar-for-the-bazaar dept.

Spamlent Green asks: "The recent 'Cashing In On Antique Computers' thread, and the PBS Flea Market documentary made me all misty-eyed for the MIT Swap Fest. I moved from Cambridge to D.C. last year, and haven't been able to find anything like it down here, and I don't mean those bogus 'Comptuer Show and Sale and Monster Truck Rally' events advertised constantly on cheapo UHF stations. So I was curious -- do any DC-MD-No.VA-area Slashdot-ers know of events like this down here -- or anywhere else in the country for that matter? They must be out there ..."

There's something called First Saturday in Dallas, too, and a google search turned up a number of interesting possibilities. What recommendations can you make for the seeker of swap?

2 of 254 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Sorry Offtopic by Dr.+Prakash+Kothari · · Score: 5, Funny

    You're going to miss ComputerFest for some silly wedding. I'm sure your fiancee will understand your need to put off the wedding until another weekend.

    --

    "Technically, a cat locked in a box may be alive or dead." -Kurt Cobain

  2. Re:First Saturday is AMAZING by Gannoc · · Score: 4, Funny
    Every time I go to First Saturday I make it a point to go to Fry's the next day and browse for exactly the items I just bought off the street the night before. I've been stopped several times by people asking why I was laughing, and one time escorted from the store for laughing too hard at their prices.

    So you take a trip to Fry's to laugh hysterically at price tags? They probably make you leave the store because you were scaring the other customers.