Lancaster Market Place

Scored a fall protection beam clamp worth maybe $ 200, for $ 15. Grandma found one Barbie that was not overpriced.

Not my idea of a good flea-​market experience.
I stopped in here on my way home from another successful day at the Rietta Flea in Hubbardston awhile back, and was sorely disappointed. It’s an indoor style Flea (with half the place not even rented out) so you’ll have the Vendors all setup in their little cubby-​hole like areas allotted to them, so be prepared for that sort of browsing.
There were a few Vendors selling games, (which is why I frequent the markets).
One was the aforementioned in another review old lady who had a ton of stuff, but it was all ridiculously priced. Common NES titles for 6 $? Hahaha, no thanks. And the «well known» titles were all like 10 – 15 $. Is that a deal in **anyones** eyes? It only took me a second to gaze through her stuff to realize I would not be dropping any hard earned $ at her booth.
((I did get a kick out of the 2 20-​something year old highschool/​college guys who were busily looking through her stuff, as if they would find deals when obviously they weren’t going to. I know a reseller when I see one!))
Further in I managed to snag a few games off an old man who probably had them sitting on his table for years, and was happy someone was willing to barter/​buy them. He was pretty rude, suggesting I was getting a 30 $ game for 10 $ and I was lucky he wanted them gone… but he was not as rude as another lady vendor I dealt with on another side who was selling games as well. He was also selling an n64 console for 80 $ with Mario 64… and was firm on that price. Oh wow, what a deal! **snicker**
The other lady vendor, (an african female), was the first instance I’ve seen of a vendor actively using an Ipad to real-​time look up the game prices as I was making her offers. Needless to say I found it extremely distasteful and pretty annoying. Although I did buy something from her as well she was the **entire** time whining she should sell it for more and I was robbing her. It was an extremely painful purchasing experience.
In summary: if you’re driving this far west, spend the extra 15 minutes or whatever and just go to Rietta for a real flea market. Leave these rude, obnoxious, overpricing resellers to their fate (and pray they stay here far away from the good flea markets).

You have to pay to get in, and once you are inside I wasn’t finding much to my liking. Crowded aisles are inconvenient.

I already know what you’re thinking. «One star? Everyone else is giving 4’s and 5’s! Why are you hating?» Read on, and allow me to share my experience.
First off, I am a flea market junkie. Between Hadley, Lunenburg, Rowley, Revere, Raynham, Grafton, Rietta Ranch, and even Derry & Salem NH, I’ve been to my fair share. Lancaster’s position, sorry to say, co-​mingles at the bottom of the bunch for a number of reasons.
Admission is $ 2. That’s twice as much as any of the others (to my knowledge). You’d think that since their indoor space was half-​empty (literally– nearly one whole half of their venue was dark and closed off), they’d think of scaling down the admission. Nope.
The vendors that were there generally had as eclectic a mix of stuff as you’d find at any other flea market. I primarily go to find video games (I’m a collector, not some re-​seller who thinks «old ALWAYS = valuable»), and it came up a little short in that department, except from one vendor in particular.
However, that one vendor was responsible for such an uncomfortable shopping experience, I will never be back.
A woman with a wide array of games for sale was vigilantly guarding her booths, and made sure to keep her eyes on me the entire time I browsed. Was it my cargo shorts that made her suspicious? My pregnant wife? Or was she just a neurotic hoarder who didn’t want my touching her stuff? I will never know.
She had a good mix of stuff for many classic/​obscure systems, and while many of the prices were high ($ 25 for Virtua Fighter 2 on Saturn? Come on now…), the uncommon nature of some other items justified their tags.
As I leisurely examined the cartridges for sale (some of which were in carrying cases you had to open up to see inside of), she came over and abruptly asked me, «What’re you looking for?»
«I’m mostly looking for Atari, NES and Saturn stuff, but like to see what’s available.»
«Saturn stuff’s right there.»
«Ok, thanks.» *I begin to look at the games, which are arranged in such a way you have to pick up a box to see what game it is and how much it costs*
«They’re pretty expensive.»
«…»
Did she REALLY just say THAT? As a vendor? To a customer?! What the deuce?
I move on to another cache of generic jewel cases right next to the Saturn games, pull up a case to see what’s inside, and begin to place it back where it was, when she hastily blurts out, «You can just leave it there, I’ll put it back.» Throughout this entire exchange, she was very fidgety.
At this point, not only did this woman assume I didn’t want to spend money (I had a good $ 60 burning a hole in my pocket), but she was getting REALLY visibly uncomfortable by my being in her space. Despite the fact there were other more «expensive» things I was seriously contemplating purchasing, her uneasiness was making both me and my wife pretty uncomfortable, so I cut my stay short and took off.
I then took a quick look at the 10 or so tables set up outside, and left.
Not a good visit, and I can not in good conscience recommend anybody go here unless they’re bored and it’s raining, or they need some homemade dog treats. Your time and money would be much better spent at almost any of the other flea markets I named above. If you live in the area, go to Rietta or Grafton– they’re worth the mileage.

I love flea markets. More the type of flea market where you can buy vintage and older stuff. Something «one man’s junk is another man’s treasure… something something something.» I was visiting my cousin in Boston for the weekend and have been on the hunt for a few things, and while I didn’t find everything on my list, I did actually find a lot of really cool things and the people there were extremely nice and helpful. Kind of like cheers. It seems like there are a lot of regulars that all like to go and chat with the vendors.
I will agree, that it’s probably better in the winter, as half the place was empty, and it didn’t look like there was a lot going on outside, but it was a holiday weekend, and I’ll definitely want to go back when it’s got more to offer.

$ 2 admission for an empty barn, not enough vendors to justify the admission.

I like this place a lot, during the winter its one of the few flea markets open and of those few its the only one worth going to.
Its a large warehouse split up into two halves. On one half you have permanent booths where you have the people with mountains of stuff and others with more store-​like displays, some with specialties like coins or tools. The other half has daily booths that anyone can rent the morning of the flea market. Its a great combination with the weekly variety from the new booths and the usuals.
When April rolled around and the outdoor flea markets started to opening this place became a graveyard. A lot of the permanent booths shut down and people stopped showing up for the daily booths.
Hopefully it picks up again, I haven’t seen the outdoor area in use yet. If not its still the only game in town during the winter.

As long as you are into a flea market type of atmosphere, (it can be startling at times) then this here place is the bee’s knees my friends!
Located on the scenic Rt. 70 in Lancaster, MA, this flea market is a whole Sunday’s worth of digging and seeking for that perfect addition to your vintage bar sign collection, or a Bonanza t.v. dinner tray purchased on a child-​like whim. Some booths have been there for years, others are new, so you are constantly retracing your steps each week in order to stay on top of the haggling-​heap. Most of the vendors are real cool personalities that enjoy nothing more than chatting it up for a few minutes.
Half of the large warehouse style building is an Agway, so you can stock up on all of your home lawn and garden care needs which is radical.
In the nice weather seasons the vendors can set up outside, and they have a snack shack, which I often times skip over as it is standard fair food… meh. You do win big with the newly opened Kimball Farm’s Ice Cream stand that opened a rock-​chuck away from the front doors.
Only open on Sunday’s, we have an A-​mazing flea market AND A-​mazing ice cream combined, c’mooooon!