Flea market
UnclaimedPackwood Flea Market
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Amenities
Amenities
Gender-neutral restroom
Children
Good for kids
Accessibility
Wheelchair accessible entrance
From the business
Small businessIdentifies as women-owned
Thought we would give the largest flea market in the Pacific Northwest a try this year. If you are a reseller, this is not the place for you. You can expect to pay at or above full retail prices for nearly everything and double for food and drink. Knowing how to work a sale, we were able to find a few deals after an exhausting effort and literally miles of walking. The vendors were unwilling to move more than five bucks to make a sale the first two days until Sunday morning when we noticed may 50% off signs going up on our way out of town so if you go, do it the last day or two if you want a deal. Several vendors had no pricing so you had to ask repeatedly which is very irritating to any buyer. One clothes vendor had a box van with a "Wizard of Oz" in there...the employees would take clothes to the back of the van and the Wizard would bark out the price...a total turn off! Examples of food pricing at the flea market...we did dinner there one night. Two large lemonades $14, Two BBQ corn cobs $10, Two Chicken Kabobs with rice $30 for a grand total of $54.00 dollars on dinner for two so be prepared to bust out you wallet if you want to eat on the fly. The market environment has a good mix between newer stuff antiques and junk but more of a carnival feel to it rather than flea market. If you are a retail buyer looking to save a buck on a tool this is a good place to go. If you are looking for a Coleman lantern, hunting knife or ax blade this is the State Capitol for those three and if you want expensive carnival food this is your place. All in all this was a fun weekend away and we did make the trip pay off but only by leaving the flea market and working the surrounding area garage sales so I doubt we will be back any time soon...love the Packwood area though, very beautiful country and we saw a cow elk walking from yard to yard chowing down on grass, how cool is that?
