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COMMENT: Why do you or why do you not shop at flea markets?
Thursday, October 09, 2008
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One of Turtle Creek Flea Market's owners, Ryan Levin looks at paint swatches as Tom Kresky, owner of Pheonix Flooring, works on the pirate painting inside the newly renovated building.
Tom Kresky (right), owner of Pheonix Flooring, and Ryan Levin, one of Turtle Creek Flea Market's owners, work on a large pirate painting together Oct. 6, 2008. 
A large number of wall dividers lay on the floor of one of Turtle Creek Flea Market's buildings after being painted with fire-retardant paint Oct. 6, 2008.A rebuilt Turtle Creek Flea Market is on schedule to open in mid-November with a new name and theme after a June fire damaged 50 percent of the facility.
The flea market, on Garver Road in Monroe, will be billed as "Treasure Aisles, the barrrgain hunter's paradise." The interior will be pirate-themed in the expanded main dinning area with bright colors, said Greg Dove, president of Levin Associates, which owns the flea market.
Tropical island and pirate ship murals also will be painted at the end of the six buildings that make up the market, he said.
In the refurbished main dining area, Dove said the aisle floors are being treated with an epoxy coating featuring a waterway and beach with hammerhead sharks, turtles, stingrays, star fish, crabs and sand dollars. Ice cream and donuts also will be sold at Shiver Me Timbers Frozen Treats and Yo Ho Donuts stands, he said.
The area also will have a game room and Captain Jack's Snack Shack, which will feature pizza and plunder or funnel cakes.
Advertising agency BGH Studios of Dayton was hired by Levin to help it rebrand the market. The company came up with the new name, he said.
The name is being changed because the flea market has changed, Dove said.
"The main folks that we compete with are the big-box discount stores and Internet sites like eBay, and things like that. And to compete with those things, you've got to offer more than just good prices because you can get that by just a click," he said.
"What we want to do is what we term retail-tainment ... so that we provide more of a fun experience for people to come out and shop."
He said the name change also lets the community know that the flea market wants to be a part of the positive things happening in the area.
A 14- by 48-foot billboard showcasing the market's new name will be erected on the site and visible from Interstate 75. About 25 percent of the billboard, which will provide market and community information, will feature an LED screen, officials said.
The 126,000-square-foot flea market sustained heavy smoke, fire and water damage in a June 12 blaze. There is still no final damage assessment for the fire, which Monroe Fire Chief Mark Neu said is believed to be electrical.
The fire caused an estimated at $2.5 million in damage to the structure and the content of the vendors' booths, Dove said. About 85 to 90 percent of those vendors plan to return to the market, Dove said.
How to go
What: Turtle Creek/Treasure Aisles Flea Market
Where: 320 N. Garver Road, Monroe (off Interstate 75 at exit 29)
When: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sundays
Cost: $1 per car admission
Comments
By Babyblues107
July 26, 2010 7:49 PM | Link to this
By the way I work at Treasure Aisles
By Babyblues107
July 26, 2010 7:47 PM | Link to this
EVERYTHING in life is what you make of it but as for flea Markets. I’ve never really gone to them until coming to Ohio and I took a job at one and it truely is a great place to be. I go to work every day happy and watch the management staff killing themselves to keep the riff raff vendors and people out so those of you that are normal can have a good time. I get to see new things every day and work with a happy staff in a great place. Try it you might like it…
By Debt Reduction
February 25, 2009 10:54 PM | Link to this
Woefully, the explanation is typically an approximation that is so effortless it would simply necessitate a brief moment of time to put into position, but is generally left out.
By rose
October 25, 2008 9:08 PM | Link to this
The flea markets are whatever you make of them.Being outside on a great day,smell of the grill,colors,varieties…the exercise..I like to look,browse,see people i know.Much better than a stuffy overpriced mall.You should know the difference in counterfits any way.Lots of different things.On the port o lets…go inside.Turtle creek has a cleaning crew,Traders world doesnt.Have fun,give your kids a buck!
By David
October 13, 2008 12:30 AM | Link to this
I quit going to Turtle Creek because of all the counterfeit merchandise being sold. Gucci purses for $50…lol give me a break.
By Missed One
October 11, 2008 4:10 PM | Link to this
If you don’t like foreigners perhaps you should move back to the plantation- I thought this country was the melting pot of the world. As far as flea markets go, I heard that Turtle is under new management. We went there a couple of weeks ago, and even though part of the building was closed because of the fire, the market was busy, and we ate at the new outdoor food court and listened to a great band for free. I for one will go back. Everyone was nice and we had fun.
By angel kins
October 8, 2008 11:27 PM | Link to this
You would think the owner would help out the vendors that lost everything instead of pirate junk. What about going after the guy that had a power strip overloaded that started the fire to begin with or tell everyone how much was paid to the fire inspector(s)to say that the fire walls worked when they didn’t. What a joke!
By TDP
October 8, 2008 10:42 PM | Link to this
Flea Markets are what you, (the individual) make the markets. It can be a very intersting as well as eductional place to shop.
Some great values - just buyer be ware as everywhere!
By Scott
October 8, 2008 7:39 PM | Link to this
I do go to Turtle Creek about every other week. I admit very little changes from week to week as far as selection in “most” dealers but occasionally you may find something out of the ordinary. A quick line about the dealers - most are friendly and eager to make an honest buck. I have made good friends with a few of them & try to haggle the price at Wal-Mart or a big chain store -ain’t gonna happen! In closing I just wanna say, flea markets are OK to buy occasional odds & ends.
By Sean
October 8, 2008 6:21 PM | Link to this
Garbage, both of them. At Traders World you have to enter the gate with that old wrinkled handed lady if whom is as rude as it gets for a good time pay her a large bill like a 50 or a 100 and watch her get ticked off i gave her a 100 dollar bill once and i got in for free. If you go to turtle creek it is Little Havana. So many foreigners. Go there with your wife or girly friend and watch how she gets eye rapped raped by all of them and dont use the crapper unless you want the hiv!
By Sean
October 8, 2008 6:21 PM | Link to this
Garbage, both of them. At Traders World you have to enter the gate with that old wrinkled handed lady if whom is as rude as it gets for a good time pay her a large bill like a 50 or a 100 and watch her get ticked off i gave her a 100 dollar bill once and i got in for free. If you go to turtle creek it is Little Havana. So many foreigners. Go there with your wife or girly friend and watch how she gets eye rapped raped by all of them and dont use the crapper unless you want the hiv!
By Sean
October 8, 2008 6:21 PM | Link to this
Garbage, both of them. At Traders World you have to enter the gate with that old wrinkled handed lady if whom is as rude as it gets for a good time pay her a large bill like a 50 or a 100 and watch her get ticked off i gave her a 100 dollar bill once and i got in for free. If you go to turtle creek it is Little Havana. So many foreigners. Go there with your wife or girly friend and watch how she gets eye rapped raped by all of them and dont use the crapper unless you want the hiv!
By bowhat
October 8, 2008 4:32 PM | Link to this
This isn’t emailing, it’s a message board. Not typing or punctuating is a style? Wow, I didn’t know “dumb” was a style. You keep commenting and sounding even dumber. It’s “too”, not “to”, as in you’re “too” stupid to understand the difference. No, I have a professional career, in an office, and yes I drank beer. Go get a keyboard where the shift key works so you can use capitals. You probably think the capital of Montana is Hannah.
By Jenna
October 8, 2008 3:48 PM | Link to this
I’ve gotten some really great antiques at flea markets for very little money. I’ve restored some and use them in my house, others I’ve resold for a profit. I can spend $20 and make $100. A 500% return is pretty good in any economy.
Plus, it’s fun to sort through the junk looking for something wonderful.
By ee cummings
October 8, 2008 3:34 PM | Link to this
Patience, bojangles. This comment board is slow sometimes. And what’s wrong with drinking beer, working in a mill or driving a truck? There can be nobility in simplicity as well as crass boorishness among the so-called “culturally elite”. These boards really aren’t a place to judge anyone. Never stopped anyone, though. Chances are you can find something at any flea market that you could use, and for a great price. If you’re (not a specific you) not above trying new things and places, go.
By bojangles
October 8, 2008 3:19 PM | Link to this
bowhat-a perfectly acceptable form of e-mailing.i doubt if you read much but no capitalization is a style.one you probably do not see much in your comics.so go back to your menial(low brow,back breaking-since you are to stupid to know that.)job and leave the computer alone.are you a middletuckian? is you yer own daddy? be yo sister yo mommy and yo wife?do ya werk at da mill? drive a big ole truck? drank beer? its always the stupid hilljacks.
By Phil Man
October 8, 2008 2:51 PM | Link to this
I don’t shop at the flea market b/c I won’t contribute to the economy of a toilet community.
By boWhat?
October 8, 2008 2:48 PM | Link to this
Bojangles,
You’re going to comment on how someone else posted? you posted four times, no capitalization, barely punctuation, barely readable. You must actually work at the flea market.
maybeyou should tacke.a class on the computer.keyboard sew youkan lern butter. how to yuse it.instead of gong to the flee.market
By bojangles
October 8, 2008 2:37 PM | Link to this
1st-tfs-you may have a masters and taught spanish for 40 years but you need to brush up on your composition.and its flea-not flee.turtle creek was a tad trashy when i went.looked like darwins waiting room.the used headstones were cool.but the names were wrong for me.but i love to flea market and hit all the others-the 1 up by waynesville is my favorite.i’ll give this one a try when the fix up is done.
By bojangles
October 8, 2008 2:37 PM | Link to this
1st-tfs-you may have a masters and taught spanish for 40 years but you need to brush up on your composition.and its flea-not flee.turtle creek was a tad trashy when i went.looked like darwins waiting room.the used headstones were cool.but the names were wrong for me.but i love to flea market and hit all the others-the 1 up by waynesville is my favorite.i’ll give this one a try when the fix up is done.
By bojangles
October 8, 2008 2:37 PM | Link to this
1st-tfs-you may have a masters and taught spanish for 40 years but you need to brush up on your composition.and its flea-not flee.turtle creek was a tad trashy when i went.looked like darwins waiting room.the used headstones were cool.but the names were wrong for me.but i love to flea market and hit all the others-the 1 up by waynesville is my favorite.i’ll give this one a try when the fix up is done.
By bojangles
October 8, 2008 2:37 PM | Link to this
1st-tfs-you may have a masters and taught spanish for 40 years but you need to brush up on your composition.and its flea-not flee.turtle creek was a tad trashy when i went.looked like darwins waiting room.the used headstones were cool.but the names were wrong for me.but i love to flea market and hit all the others-the 1 up by waynesville is my favorite.i’ll give this one a try when the fix up is done.
By justme
October 8, 2008 2:32 PM | Link to this
too many redneck hicks
By tbill
October 8, 2008 2:08 PM | Link to this
Google “counterfeit flea market” and you’ll get nearly 53000 hits. Yeah, you should work for the DA’s office since you can tell a counterfeit CD or T-shirt from the real thing. Yeah, right! And Monroe is a high-class area, right next to the Hustler store. I’ve heard it all, now. Hasta la vista!
By scott
October 8, 2008 1:59 PM | Link to this
TRADERS WORLD IS THE BETTER PLACE. YOU SAY YOU BUY DVDS FOR $5 EACH AT TURTLE CREEK. WE PAID $10. AND GOT 4 DVDS AT TRADERS WORLD. THATS ONLY 2.50 EACH. HALF THE PRICE YOU PAY. AND NO THEY WERENT BOOTLEGS! NOT TO MENTION THE CHICKEN! THE ONLY THING ABOUT TRADERS WORLD I HATE IS THAT GOD AWEFUL MUSIC THEY PLAY!
By FunnyLady
October 8, 2008 1:34 PM | Link to this
You need to go to these places with eyes wide open. If it sounds too good to be true it probably is. But for fun gifts and unusual items it’s great. I’d go more if I had the time and a better car. I hate the places that buy the stuff at Goodwill Warehouse and resell them for 10 times the price. I go to Goodwill regularly and you’re not fooling me. And besides, you p**s me off when you break 20 things going through the bins and throw things or put bowling balls on top of glassware.
By Cheapbychoice
October 8, 2008 1:10 PM | Link to this
Actually, Turtle Creek is a great place to buy many items, like DVDs for example. We pay $5 there compared to new ones or used ones other places with higher prices. They also have good produce when it’s in season. It’s fun to walk around and see what is out there….remember another man’s trash is another ones treasure
By TFS
October 8, 2008 12:25 PM | Link to this
I go there because I like the exercise of walking around and I enjoy talking to a variety of people. I also enjoy collecting carved birds. Actually the only place in this area where you can find carved birds is the flea market. In response to “tbill”, I am not white trash. I have a masters degree and I have been teaching Spanish for 40 years at a local High School. Flee marketing is fun and I don’t buy counterfeit anything.
By Chef V
October 8, 2008 11:37 AM | Link to this
Queen, I’m assuming you are a racist to boot. The United States is not the only country on this wonderful Earth. There are many other countries with many different people. Have you ever taken a Geography or American history class, or are you completely uneducated? What makes you think that you are not a foreigner here anyway? Regardless, the new concept of a themed flea market is neat. I may stop by one day.
By tbill
October 8, 2008 11:37 AM | Link to this
How about this for a new name: Counterfeit Corner. That place is best known for selling fake/counterfeit merchandise and ought to be shut down. Why don’t I shop there? Because I’m not White Trash.
By hairy hole
October 8, 2008 11:30 AM | Link to this
lack of quality. as posted above too many foreigners. prices are only good on junk. yes, certain items I do buy at other flea mkts. the turtle previously was the very bottom of the what to do list today. hopefully the fire burnt all the junk that was there.
By M005E
October 8, 2008 11:28 AM | Link to this
Haven’t been to turtle creek for years. When we do go, we usually just go to Traders World because it is bigger and we don’t have the time or energy to due both. We can’t go as oftens as we would like due to distance (56 miles) and busy weekends but we try to go 1-2 times/year. It is always a fun time when we do go.
By Apple Annie
October 8, 2008 11:23 AM | Link to this
CORRECTION on the photo caption. It’s paint swatches, NOT swabs. DDN web content is not edited. That’s why I still subscribe to the paper!
By QUEEN
October 8, 2008 11:13 AM | Link to this
I don’t!
TOO MANY FOREIGNERS!!