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Message:: [QUOTE="lvetterli, post: 9562873, member: 130"]I have booths in 3 malls, all three having vintage, upcycled and crafts as well as specialty food items (maple syrup, maple syrup popcorn and maple snack mix YUM!) All 3 do very well and I do well on my booths there. There are others that I'm told do well but don't offer the things I want in a mall. The one that is furthest from home is 85 miles away but I do better there by far than either of the others. My best friend and I have so much fun building our displays and sharing our finds. A couple of times a year we go about 2 hours away to a mall in an enormous old power company building, all cinder blocks, adjacent to the railroad and a river, 3 huge floors full of "stuff". She and her husband and I, and sometimes their adult son go in my big van and spend the day shopping. By the time we go to dinner the van is chock full. There have been times there have been items riding on laps on the way home!  We always plan our trip for the first day of "Customer Appreciation Week" the first full week of every month. Everything not marked "firm" is 20% off.  Unbelievable fun, tremendous buys. I usually spend $400-$600. They spend more than I do but Jim buys sports memorabilia and vintage toys. I think I'm getting too old for it though. I'm wiped out for a day or 2 after a trip like that. Linda[/QUOTE]