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We're celebrating flea markets around the country this week with tips and insider notes. Today, expert flea market shopper advice on how to talk dollars with vendors.Check out this story from our friends at Real Simple!
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Get on the vendor's good side. If you regularly shop a market, visit the same booths over and over, says Chip Cordelli, a collector and a prop stylist in Brooklyn: "Once you develop a relationship with a seller, you can get better deals based on repeat business-and they'll put aside items they think you'll like." If you only occasionally go flea-ing, make conversation with the vendor about your similar tastes and the history of the item you're interested in before starting negotiations.
For more expert advice, including tips from Man Shops Globe's Keith Johnson, head over to Real Simple.
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