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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 107828, member: 360"]I've never known anything to be stolen at our flea market. At least one item a week (usually something made of glass) is smashed, by a careless stallholder or an inattentive bargain-hunter. I think the worst one was some poor sod who knocked a crystal chandelier off of a chair. It hit the ground like a fragmentation grenade and glass went EVERYWHERE. </p><p><br /></p><p>Almost anything and everything is sold at our market. Silverware, antiques, bric-a-brac, cutlery, brassware, ivory, books, DVDs, clothing, furniture, jewelry...</p><p><br /></p><p>Occasionally we'll have a couple of local constables wandering through the market to keep an eye on things, but other than that, it's very much the-stallholder-takes-the-risk. </p><p><br /></p><p>I've never known anyone to actually steal anything at the market, although I'm sure it does happen. The biggest controversy was some guy selling militaria and he got in hot water with the management or something because someone objected to his Nazi stuff. I remember it hit the local newspapers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 107828, member: 360"]I've never known anything to be stolen at our flea market. At least one item a week (usually something made of glass) is smashed, by a careless stallholder or an inattentive bargain-hunter. I think the worst one was some poor sod who knocked a crystal chandelier off of a chair. It hit the ground like a fragmentation grenade and glass went EVERYWHERE. Almost anything and everything is sold at our market. Silverware, antiques, bric-a-brac, cutlery, brassware, ivory, books, DVDs, clothing, furniture, jewelry... Occasionally we'll have a couple of local constables wandering through the market to keep an eye on things, but other than that, it's very much the-stallholder-takes-the-risk. I've never known anyone to actually steal anything at the market, although I'm sure it does happen. The biggest controversy was some guy selling militaria and he got in hot water with the management or something because someone objected to his Nazi stuff. I remember it hit the local newspapers.[/QUOTE]
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