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<p>[QUOTE="Joan, post: 859213, member: 5398"]I rented space in an antique mall (in a town of 16,000) for 6 months last year and did well selling mainly mid-century stuff and vintage clothing/accessories. But I had to price things relatively low and bring in replacement merchandise every week (I had a small space). I thought I could combine it with my ebay business, but found I didn't really have enough time to do both well.</p><p><br /></p><p>I might have been able to eventually do a better job of juggling both the antique mall and ebay, but when it starting getting into winter weather I realized I didn't like lugging stuff a block away from my car on slippery streets/sidewalks in freezing cold weather (close parking was hit and miss because of the mall location near the college campus). The mall is open 7 days a week and dealers aren't supposed to bring in merchandise during business hours, so that meant bringing in stuff early or late when it's dark outside during the winter months. </p><p><br /></p><p>So....I better understood why other dealers seemed to have the same merchandise in their spaces month after month. I think the mall does well overall because it's located off the interstate highway that runs between Chicago and Minneapolis/St.Paul (I was told that dealers from the big cities are some of their best customers).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Joan, post: 859213, member: 5398"]I rented space in an antique mall (in a town of 16,000) for 6 months last year and did well selling mainly mid-century stuff and vintage clothing/accessories. But I had to price things relatively low and bring in replacement merchandise every week (I had a small space). I thought I could combine it with my ebay business, but found I didn't really have enough time to do both well. I might have been able to eventually do a better job of juggling both the antique mall and ebay, but when it starting getting into winter weather I realized I didn't like lugging stuff a block away from my car on slippery streets/sidewalks in freezing cold weather (close parking was hit and miss because of the mall location near the college campus). The mall is open 7 days a week and dealers aren't supposed to bring in merchandise during business hours, so that meant bringing in stuff early or late when it's dark outside during the winter months. So....I better understood why other dealers seemed to have the same merchandise in their spaces month after month. I think the mall does well overall because it's located off the interstate highway that runs between Chicago and Minneapolis/St.Paul (I was told that dealers from the big cities are some of their best customers).[/QUOTE]
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