Ramona Flea Market

The story starts with one of our competitors on the same row (K-row), who sells some of the same and other similar products as ourselves. Well, under the old ownership, this competitor could get away with anything and management would not limit him in any of his unethical behavior. This man would set up right next to us and sell identical products at ridiculously low prices below cost just to discourage us from staying on the same row. He did this same thing multiple times and to many other vendors. His intention was to pressure every competitor to leave the same row he was on, so that he would have no competition on the same row. Another unethical thing he would also do is, he would go as far as stopping customers and ask them where they bought that merchandise (footage available to prove this claim). And, then he would tell them to go back and return it and to get their money back and he would sell them the same thing at lower prices. Other times, he would tell them that’s a knock off (fake merchandise), go return it get your money back and I’ll sell you my “original” “legitimate” product (eventually we discovered he was selling counterfeit merchandise, see section: Counterfeit Merchandise below). He did this regularly on an ongoing basis. We all had to tolerate this unethical behavior because management would not do anything about it. On April 1st we had our first opportunity to return the favor to our competitor and rented an additional booth right in front of him. Well, he raised hell and complained to the administration that we were causing trouble by being so close to him selling the same and/or similar products, accused us of being the bad guys. We informed the new management that this guy had done this several times in the recent past (under the old ownership) but they did not care. The new management led by the general manager took our competitor’s side and removed us from the booth and wanted to place us in a booth in another row we did not want. We told him, we wanted a full refund for the booth we had paid for and he would not give it to us. He only gave us a credit to use in the future. We did not make a big deal because we still had our permanent booths (on the same row) and did not want to jeopardize it. However, we had a full right to demand our money back because the general manager did not deliver as promised. We rented a particular booth and that’s exactly what we expected, no more no less. Now throughout three years we’ve heard many rumors concerning counterfeit merchandise being sold by our competitor. We never paid any mind to it nor reported such actions because it was only rumors, we had no real way to determine if it was true or not, neither that was any of our business. Surprisingly, one customer shopping for counterfeit MK purses discretely approached us thinking we were the person(s) selling the fake merchandise. On April 21st we were approached by a woman asking us “Are you the Arab guy that sells mattresses, sheets, and rugs and has the purses in his white van?” We replied, “No, that guy is further down,” (there is only one guy in K-row that fits that description). After she went to his booth, we noticed he took her to his van and don’t know what happened after that. We were unaware that this guy was actually selling counterfeit merchandise (all the rumors were and may still be true). After discretely asking several neighboring vendors if they were aware of the counterfeit activity going on with this guy, amazingly several vendors were fully aware but just kept it to themselves. The same day, we took the opportunity to inform him of the counterfeit activity going on. He immediately said oh those are not counterfeit purses, I’ve seen them, the label states “Mary Kay or something like that.” We said no those are not the purses this guy is selling because if there is nothing wrong with them why does he keep them hidden in his van? The general manager was 100% informed that a specific vendor at an exact booth location was suspected of selling counterfeit merchandise.
1 7 years ago (14-05-2018)

There were so many vendors you could possible find anything you were looking for end even what you weren't. They have fresh produce. There is plenty of food places to choose from to eat. There are used good and new goods. There is auto tinting. There is also animals. You name it the flea market had it. I was surprised to see how many vendors were there. That was the most I had seen maybe ever,which is great. There waa jewelry and plants. Shoes, clothes, pots and pans. Everything. Bring your kids there was a circus and pony rides.
4 7 years ago (19-02-2018)

This is a large flea market. 50 cents each to get in of over 11yo. There's a pretty diverse array of second hand items to purchase. I bought an igloo cooler for $5 and my husband bought a bunch of old movies and video game discs and cartridges. There are some vendors selling "new" items as well, from appliances to phone accessories, but I don't know about the quality. I was happy to see nice furniture (dining room chairs and tables) for decent prices. I definitely prefer this flea market to the one on Pecan Park Rd
4 7 years ago (12-02-2018)

I miss the guys who use to sale magazines out there, man do I got a fantastic collection ... And you gotta be careful what you buy out there, bought a phone case from some great vendors out there, but the clip broke 2 weeks later... Even for $15 It still shouldn't have broke.. To hot & over crowded honestly, So if you suffer from PTSD or Have Panic issues this is not a good place for you to go, Especially if you're not into crowds or People Possibly bumping in to you that could cause triggers...
3 7 years ago (04-05-2018)

Doesn't seem to be as big as it use to be. But a good place to go hang out walk around look at things somethings r cheap some aren't... But something to do. There's a few places u can eat there.. does cost to get in where as before I don't think it did u paid to park.. now it's per person....
5 7 years ago (10-04-2018)