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Hi all,

Anyone taken bazaar at marina barrage before?How's the crowds there & what kind of crowds are there any ideas?What kind of items are allow to sell at there?ANyone to comment?

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i would also like to know how is the crowd there as thinking to get a stall in the up coming event in July. Any one got comments?

Cheers

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my frene says that the location is very out of the place =(

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seems like no one have any comments.. i believe this is the 2nd event for marina barrage right? any vendors been to the first one?

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Such polls are really useful for vendors who are considering the venues to do their businesses. Thanks!:applause:

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going there this weekend.

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just came back from there.

as i wasn't the one who contacted the person, i guess there was a small misunderstanding. I thought it was a eco kind of thing, but it came out to be more of a 2n hand flea market thing. mostly clothes and accessories. there are some rather innovative stuff there though, like a guy who was selling something like the old time mr potato head or the girl doing customised tees. Perhaps i was selling the wrong things, but i din managed to break even. :laff:

Crowd wise wasn't bad. they kept coming in batches durring the day. alot of families. some youngsters. organisation wise was good too. when we were there, the tables were up and numbles there. saw some1 moved thoug, not sure why. the sapcing was fine, lots of place for ppl to walk around. the org was quick to return the deposit at the end of the day too.

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Hi mystech, if there is another fair of tis location, will u join again ? n wat will u be selling ?

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at this place, at this price, maybe... but only if the concept changes. My items were mostly above 10+, while thoses beside me are selling cloths which are all under 10... as for selling, most likely accessories, as they were my main seller this time round.

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hi Mystech what are you selling at there & where's your booth at?The flea market is really more suitable for selling 2nd hand stuffs,i went there sell all 1st hand stuffs are moving so slow most people just pass by see touch ask.They thought are all 2nd hands at there that they expect much cheaper & bargain for very low price.Some thinking is 2nd hands dont even dare to see/buy.Endup i got to keep telling customers that all are new.

Crowds there is but rainning almost the wholeday.Sales at almost cost prices yet could barely cover rental as buying power is slow.Sadly somehow i realise that the organiser is not being honest as there are some people looking for booth space at there for rent &got it at full rental price yet i was offer by the organiser to let go at half the rental price saying that IS the vendors that offer to take over at half the rental which later i realise was not true.On the day itself,my original booth space was occupy by another vendors which how could 2 vendors allocate to the same booth table?Which the organiser claim is the admin errors?

Which i was offer to take a lastmin rectangle table at the far end corner near the toilet?!As my display items needs a standard 3ftx3ft table & i know that vendor.He was easy-going & gentlemen enough to let me use my original booth space.

As originally i was looking for vendors to take over my booth space as i was sick yet when there i realise that there are people looking for booth to rent but cant find space & was charge at full rental when i was offers to let go at half rental price by the organiser??!& on the day 2 vendors was allocated to the same booth when the other vendor actually book last minute?So we can guess roughly why such things as 2 vendors allocate to the same booth could happen?

Lucky i didnt take the offer to let go at half rental space if not i will have make a big lost gana cheated & boiling hot now!Regarding of whether will i take marina barrage again or taking event thru the same organisers i will reconsidered & think twice about it.

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Hi secretgarden, once again thank you for buying my things at M.B:)

Regarding the sales at M.B, i agree with secretgarden that the crowd on that day is going for 2nd hand items. From what i see, only vendors selling 2nd hand manage to sell a lot and vendors selling new products can earn a bit or cover rental or loss money, except the vendor that is selling balloon :laff:

I was thinking of clearing my stocks there, my target on that day is cover rental and transportation only but in the end i loss money :(

There is a thing for sure, the restaurant beside the bazaar which took out a table to sell soft drinks hot dog and sandwiches will be smiling as they earn quite a lot from us vendors at the bazaar :laff:

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secret now u must think twice working with SUCH organiser...cus there are really bad comments abt this organiser that i heard when i do bazaar at other place until me and my partners decides to rather make less den sign up with them...

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hi Really,mind pm me the details?As its actually my 1st time taking up event with them i had no idea i thought its just a small matter that since i never let go my booth i escape being cheated.

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lol you all know each other on sight? I was selling gift items like brooches, hats, travelling utentils... table 14...

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hmm..you quite near my table but i didnt notice much as lots of them selling 2nd hand stuffs & dark without lights & rainning whole day.One of them actually met before at other event while some is thru conversations then realise they from pushcart forum too not really know on sight.I notice you going M.B too but forgot to lookout for you to say hi.

That time thru other topics under forums i thought you going to organise events or something?:)

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secret, I'm doing event displays, not events. lol got idea wanna move in that direction, but no experience, so go in and get my feet wet abit. as for 2nd hand stuff, my both side 2nd hand accessories and cloths, while my opp everything is under SGD$10... dunno how to fight. but the sunshades store seemed not too bad...

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Dont quite understand what is event displays is it those stuffs needed to setup for a event?:confused2: Ya the sunshades stores was one of those with the best SALES :laff: until it starts rainning.The others are the balloons booth follow by those selling 2nd hand stuffs.I havent open sales yet & my mum already wandering around & spenting $100+ buying from vendors.I'm not doing well either as i'm selling all 1st hand stuffs & all above $10+ .There's 3 little gals looking for accessories earrings at only $0.50??!Dont even know which store is selling so cheap.

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display stuff like pole and panels, pop ups, banners, etc..

did your mum buy a hat? if so, thank her for me. :thanx: next i'm targeting the lifestyle show. would you be going?

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I dont know as she buy many stuffs,i think she buy 2 blue hats is that from your store?The lifestyle i'm still considering but dont think will be taking as H1N1 kind of lesser the crowds & GSS kind of affects the sales too.Its a fleamarket too yakw?M.B my 1st kind of disappointed since i'm not selling 2nd hand stuffs.Have u go to the heart market before?

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I just came back from the heart market. Guess what, i got almost zero sales.:juggle:

Sales was better for me at M.B.

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Hi shadessettokill, where is the heart market? Is it the flea market near to the Night Festival opposite SMU on 10/07 & 11/07?

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It's not really opposite SMU, but quite near. Exact location is at sculpture square, middle road (Bugis).

The crowd is there but mostly looks for t-shirts.

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Oic, i was at the night festival selling and saw a flea opposite SMU, seem like very crowded and was wondering what is the name of the building and how is the sales there.

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Hi, what festival bazaar did u went to how's the sales crowds there good?

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Hi what were u selling at M.B & Heart market,is it 1st or 2nd hand stuffs?I see they put lots of publicities & would be very crowded with people & registration was full how come u almost zero sales?Its 2 days bazaar at there right,u mean both days the sales is that bad?

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hello

im interested in fleas also.
for marina barrage, wat type of 2nd hand stuff pple sell?
i have many. but some are like quite out of fashion le.
some look really old cus dump in my carboard for 3 or 4 yrs le nv touch
im willing to let it go very cheap lahs. like 4 or 5 bucks
those who went do u think my stuff will sell?

and wats the sculpture one u all were discussing abt in the later posts?

anyway have anyone done pre order at fleas before?
like get payments first then order and pass them another day

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I think you are talking about the night edition flea market at S.A.M! the crowd there is very good.. alot of young crowds.

I had a stall there and my sales was fantastic! the organiser is doing another night event in aug but not sure where yet

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Hi, i was at SMU Night Festival Event last fri and sat. The crowd is damn good but the rain on sat spolit the night :(

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Oic, thank you.
Ya i can see from my side that the crowd there is very good.

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sounds like its right up you ally. and without pics, hard to say. its only SGD$50, so go lor. take as outing with bf or something also good. :D

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i tried a flea at SAM before last time. crowd was so so. but the pple there seems to have more buying power =)

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Is there any differences between this SMU Night Festival compares to the normal SMU events?As i was told by many that SMU bazaars is not good & very quiet endup i never take & sighz miss this event.Whose the organiser for this SMU night event?So must be very good sales for everybody there,what items are selling there majority?

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last weekend was good due to the night festival that was happening along those museums with many advertisment on the TV and papers

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Yes, Night Festival is an event with lots of performance till 2am which happen once a year only. The normal SMU bazaar is a day event that happen once a month. The organiser for the day and night event is the same. Majority of the vendors are selling lady clothes and accessories.

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Sorry some of u guys did nt do well at this M.B flea. i managed to escape after seeing the theme is "2nd stuffs" or something like that, though that I cant make it as mine are new. When you go for shopping seeing so many people but actually only the sales there will know.

Anyway, been in few fleas, recently I find sometimes it depends on other factors which is I still not so sure what are they. Once I stucked between 2 stalls that sold 2nd T shirts. Surprise, surprise that one is doing much better than the other.(the other sold none). And I still managed to sold some of mine, new and more exp than other stalls.

For 2nd hand T shirts I usually see they prefer $2 T shirts

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Hi mystech that was me selling them:yippee: Based on the theme 'Go Green' we would have thought that it would be more of those environmental stuff but hey, we were wrong... well, sales was quite ok as i got a customer who bought $180 worth of goods <--my lucky day?