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    EXTRA SPACE CHARGE IF $28 for a 4 foot table with a tub of children's clothing and tub of kids gift bags @ Tanque Verde Swap Meet.
    Darla K.

    I was selling at the TVSM Saturday night and got charged for an extra space for small 4 foot table, a tub of children's clothing, and another tub of kids gift bags. I was packing up (9pm) because no one was buying and they still charged me for the space $28, she gave me a discount of $8, as if that made it right. Then she said she could charge me another space for parking my vehicle in back of the spot I was selling. She said you need to unload your vehicle.Go park it in the parking lot.And then when you're done you bring your vehicle back to load. Honestly that's how they treat the seller's who are responsible for bringing customers into there business. WITHOUT SELLERS THERE IS NO TANQUE VERDE SWAP MEET! It cost $36 for Saturday 11am - 11pm But buyers don't show up until after 5. Spend most of their money on food and drinks. So they are just looking and not buying and by 8-9 no more sales. So as a seller who "sold" not going back... you only have a couple of hours of sales compared to all the work preparing your items to sell, loading up into your vehicle, driving there, unloading your vehicle, loading your vehicle, driving home, unloading your vehicle and putting away your sale item. Is not worth it! $156 in sales minus the cost of goods $64 for two spaces $30 for food I have two words YARD SALE

    Michael G.

    What a disappointment. We trekked south to see what we thought was a huge swap meet and we arrive to an empty parking lot. That was the first sign. The land mass and the number of stalls is amazingly huge. Problem, 90% were closed or out of business. There were a few vendors hanging out with some nice wares, but overall it was empty. Are we missing something? Clearly their website presents a different picture.

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    Edgar S.

    The wings are 10/10 must try again and the memories that this place brings basically grew up here and find a bunch of stuff here such as piggy banks chips drinks perfumes games trading cards and backpacks

    Michelle B.

    Traveled over a hour, only to find an empty lot and no vendors. 11am on a beautiful Saturday in December and no one there. Spoke to the office and was told that we can't get the vendors to open. Won't be going back.

    From the DC Area so this was a great find- "The Big Train"
    James M.

    Crazy times so definitely took that into consideration, not very crowded with buyers or sellers. Local told us to go early because of Crowds (I think they was thinking Pre-Covid) it was Sat and we got there around 1100am. Started to pick up a little when we left around 130. I can see potential as the space is huge, got my steps in just walking around. There was a Kid area with some rides, lot of food places, and even has a stoned in Koi Pond. Restrooms were plentiful and pretty clean. Spoke to a few vendors, everyone was pretty friendly & polite. Made a couple of purchases, some from the booths, and from tables. Picked up some cool items, what you would expect from a Swap Meet. We will have to try at night and maybe after Covid settles down. Plenty of Parking, and signage insisting on Masks being worn. Overall, not a bad place to kill a couple hours & maybe find some deals.

    Lindsey J.

    Ok so this place was cool and interesting. I can totally see why people like it but you have to be seriously dedicated to find some gold here. I never knew these sorts of places were even a thing until my friend and I were watching "Slobby's World" on Netflix and realized the eccentric star of the show was actually an owner of a flashy vintage store called "Generation Cool" on 4th Ave here in Tucson, and that HE GETS HIS STUFF AT THIS SWAP MEET... so obviously had to check it out. Think of it like a garage sale the size of Disneyland. (ok maybe not THAT big, but this place is HUGE!!). The parking lot alone was like something you'd see for a theme park. Speaking of... they do have rides that you can buy tickets for, which we did. We were the only ones riding them and they are by no means impressive, but hey! Anyways, imagine taking all the garage sales in Tucson and plopping them down all in the same location. That's what this is. Separate booths filled with anything and everything you might possibly find at a garage sale. There are also specialized booths for trinkets/tech accessories/MATTRESSES (lol), etc. This swap meet even has a huge permanent billboard sign to alert you where to turn... I don't know why I was so impressed by this. While my friend was sorting through all sorts of vintage jerseys and piles of shoes, I was paying $5 to hangout at the VR station where you get in a special chair, they put high quality headphones on you, and these intense goggles. You choose which adventure you want to go on and boom you're in a different reality. I chose the horror one which was quite entertaining! They also had some high school kids (I think? Or a club) having a dance off with music... watched that for a bit. They had large bathrooms (nothing glamorous by any means, but what you'd expect I suppose) and a little area with tables and food/drink stations all around, like an outdoor mini food court, if you will. My friend got some beers and you can just walk around the place drinking. If you live in Tucson, you should check this out at least once... but go in with the same mindset you go into a large Forever21 or Nordstrom Rack with. Can't say I'll be running back here anytime soon but also can't say I'll never go again.

    7pm on Friday night and they're out of Budweiser?

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    Went in January, only two booths open. It was a ghost swap. Obviously a seasonal event.

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    Haven't been there lately interesting suk sp like marketplace. The beat goes on , busy weekends nights , days .

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    esta muy sucio y los postes de la luz estan en malas condiciones . No ay seguridad como antes

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    Thank you so much Vicente!

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    Don't bother showing up until5 or 6 pm. No one open. Very few sellers. Even though website says open, don't bother until then.

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    Can I find Mexican bricks at the swap meet?

    I never saw them there ? You might check on ft lowell rd East of stone south side there's a burnt adobe yard in a burnt adobe building ? Update wilford construction burnt… Read more

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