Van Buren Swap Meet

There are a few questionable people walking around and lots of petty thievery. However, I got a gigantic rabbit cage I can fit in from here for only 25 dollars. They have great deals on many things, you just have to do a bit of digging.

The only thing I bought was a new iPhone charger, $ 5. Now that’s a good deal, at the mall it’s at least $ 10. Other than that, they didn’t really have anything interesting, just a lot of shoes, soccer shirts, toys, cleaning supplies and tools. If you want to start your own taco shop, they’ve got the grills for that, pretty cool. I don’t think I’ll be back, unless I lose another charger.

This place is a complete dump, so much of the same junk up and down every aisle. Parking is easy to find but a disaster trying to leave with everyone trying to cut in the line. Will not return under any circumstances

Total waste of time! They collect people’s money knowing damn well there is absolutely no parking. I was in the parking lot 40 minutes looking for parking. Never coming back!

I am an avid swap meet visitor and this swap meet was by far the worst I’ve ever seen. Everything is overpriced! Most items were purchased from downtown LA fashion district or pulled from the Goodwill clearance centers. The brand new clothes are comparable to Ross prices @ $ 10-​$ 30. Used clothing are mostly junk and start at $ 1 and up but their quality is nearly unwearable except for the kids clothing. Also, it’s a bi*** to get out of the one way exit. Took 30 minutes just to get out of the parking lot. Ridiculous!

Not a big fan of this swap meet they don’t sell fresh peanuts or any fruit like belair swap meet they mainly sell thrifty items. Didn’t think there was much to see.

My dad’s new favorite swapmeet! Lol it’s only .50 cents to enter & park! Which is actually pretty cheap. They also wash cars for you! But I think that’s an additional price. They have a nice variety of stuff my dad bought tools, and garden decoration for cheap! The time I got there they were already packing so most of the good stuff was already gone! I’d come back here but earlier in the morning! You can find good deals here if you actually look!

I can’t believe there’s only one other review for this place before mine! This place is big. I’m not to sure about all the deets, ie… Hours, days, admission, food court and stuff like that! But…
It is a pretty big spot… I just always leave with the feeling that prices aren’t so great, they’re just average. I feel that it’s the same crap isle after isle! If fake Mac products are in… U bet be sure there’s going to be a Mac vender every 5 spots. There are only a couple of «cool» unique little spots that have alternative music merchandise… Example: Bob Marley stuff, Metallica… Stuff like that. The rest of the venders can provide a thug with a whole new wardrobe. It’s the same shoes vender after vender.
Matter of fact I’m deciding on driving here which is only 15 minutes away or driving down to Paramount which is over an hr. from me??? Maybe I’m giving this place to many stars!

I came here last weekend with my husband due to «word of mouth». Yes, the parking was cheap (50 cents) on a Saturday but the parking is Tight and Horrific. For some reason I was under the impression that it was more of a «haggle» type place but that’s not how it turned out. Actually whenever I asked about a price they were very «matter of fact» about it with no intensions of entertaining another amount which was odd because A LOT of the items were off brand, very cheap merchandise that looked like it had been used already several times and even when a product appeared «new» they wanted regular STORE prices for them. If I wanted to buy something from the store at a high price I would go to store and just buy it not go to a «discount Swapmeet» to Not get a discount. We walked and walked searching for a good deal at this point on ANYTHING so we wouldn’t feel like we wasted a trip out there and we ended up buying a batch of 12 forks for $ 3.00 which lasted 2 HAND washes and then started rusting and bending. Anyways, they are completely useless now. We wasted $ 3.50 cents that day plus gas to get there just to throw away our terrible product. We won’t be back.

I don’t even know how this place has 3.5 stars. Traffic to get in, out, or park was terrible. Ended up parking at del taco and walking. Somehow it’s 50 cents at one entrance and a dollar at the walk up, seems shady to me. Sellers either had junk for too high, the usual cheap clothes, weird supplements, phones and video games.
Don’t get me wrong, I love swap meets and have been going since I was a kid, but the fun is digging through hidden treasure, not power tools and crusty baby toys. No raspados or vendors walking around, just one snow cone place with two flavors, and they are somehow able to charge tax on them? I was shocked.
I suggest drive the few miles extra to the chino swap meet, or anywhere but here.

I haven’t been to a Swap Meet in many years, but when I have gone in the past, I found a lot more items that interested me than I did at the Van Buren Swap Meet.
At least it was only 50 cents per person to get in, and parking was free and convenient. There were vendors there selling junk like you’d find in a garage sale, and there were many vendors selling the same items as a dozen similar booths. I was hoping to find some nice house plants, but found only one vendor that had 4 – 5 pathos, and nothing more. I was also hoping to find more jewelry and decorator items for the home. Oh well, I managed to find a hat and a reasonably priced 200′ roll of tin foil (on my shopping list), and my boyfriend found a gun for his Halloween Costume. Not a total waste, but next time we’re in the mood for a swap meet, I would try some place else.

This swap meet has been going on for decades, and it’s not just on the weekends. It has transformed into more of a remate, which is a Mexican outdoor market like you’d find in various parts of Mexico. This is the real charm of the place. It does lack the food stalls like you would normally find in a remate, but it does still capture the feel of strolling through the weekly market in a small town in Mexico. The merchandise is almost totally geared toward Mexican/​Hispanic immigrants. While the quality is often cheap and Chinese-​made, you could find: clothes, tools, pet supplies, fresh produce, household goods, plants, electronics, dvds, toiletries, etc., and of course used goods. On a Thursday it was free to park and enter. We found a used but great condition Coleman camping stove for $ 5. On used stuff all prices are negotiable. Bring the kids and explore.