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Electronics Flea Market

by irsagent on 12/28/23, 9:05 PM with 33 comments

  • by ipsum2 on 12/29/23, 10:28 AM

    https://web.archive.org/web/20231229033137/https://www.elect...

    The most important information:

    The Electronics Flea Market tentatively resumes on March 10, 2024. The planned location (directions) is parking lot 3 at West Valley College in Saratoga:

    West Valley College 14000 Fruitvale Ave Saratoga, California 95070

    The hours are from 6:00AM until 12:00 Noon.

  • by neilv on 12/29/23, 3:32 AM

  • by tverbeure on 12/29/23, 5:48 AM

    My wife is no fan of the SV electronics flea market…

    20 years from now, I expect to be the one with a booth there trying to sell all the test equipment that I’ve gathered over years.

  • by Scoundreller on 12/29/23, 6:47 AM

    > Sellers must register with form CDTFA-410-D upon entry to the flea market as required by the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration.

    wow, California has thought of everything!

    > For example, a person who is disposing of unwanted household items, and does this no more than twice in any twelve-month period, is generally considered to be an occasional seller

    Sounds unfortunate if your unwanted stuff is illiquid, but I guess there's some wiggle room if the official form phrases it that way

  • by dang on 12/29/23, 3:42 AM

    Related:

    Electronics Flea Market - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30965183 - April 2022 (38 comments)

  • by hawflakes on 12/29/23, 7:25 AM

    Had fun browsing there twenty years ago after a fellow older tinkerer told me about it. I once managed to get a motherboard for cheap to replace my friend’s “server” that was hosting his homepage over his very fast at the time 768kbps DSL connection.

  • by mikewarot on 12/29/23, 3:02 AM

    I'd love to see what shows up at a Silicon Valley hamfest. Having it outdoors cuts way down on Covid risks, so that's a big time plus. Does anyone have any good stories about unusual finds at past events?

    Unfortunately, I'm 2000+ miles East of there.

  • by WalterBright on 12/29/23, 6:35 AM

    I bought a couple very nice oscilloscopes from the pawn shop for $40 each. One for me, one as a gift!

    I enjoy browsing thrift stores and pawn shops because you never know what you'll find there, and it's all dirt cheap.

  • by johndmcmaster on 12/29/23, 7:07 AM

    Glad its coming back. Need to feed the microscopes fresh silicon!

  • by sneak on 12/29/23, 6:08 AM

    Is there an online equivalent that isn’t eBay?

  • by MiscIdeaMaker99 on 12/29/23, 3:01 AM

    (( sigh )) I wish I lived closer.

  • by joshxyz on 12/29/23, 9:15 AM

    you guys rekt the site, amazing.