EBay, Collectors, Flea Market & Antiques

Didn't know this group exists. A very common Saturday activity for my partner and me is to go to the flea markets/antique malls (largely these terms are synonymous in my area) and thrift shops to look for goodies. $40 for a box of 500 45s? Sign me up! Not nowadays. But it is just a bummer for me.

It is far more than a bummer for those businesses. The flea markets and antique malls here are ALL locally owned. My favorite thrift shop is run to benefit a children's home. We are under a stay at home order, but it might affect 1/4 of all businesses. The local good old boy network made sure they wouldn't suffer. My partner went to get cat food yesterday because the cat had none and reported that traffic was as it is during normal times.

I feel for my favorite places to rummage in this crisis. Some may never reopen.