The world of commerce is changed forever. You can find whatever you need from your home computer, buy it on your credit card and never have to look some sales weasel straight in the eye.
But across the ages, there's one form of shopping that hasn't changed much since the time of the cave man: the flea market. It's where everybody's equal and if you don't pay cash, you go home empty handed.
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