Santee Swap Meet

04/18/2026

330pm. Spots 509, 706, 821, 909, 1004 will not be available for selling tommorrow. They're not available because I'm done picking up people's garbage on OUR property.
Guess we'll just keep going until the swap meet is one big dumping ground, and then We'll just close the gates!

It's truly unreal. We're 50% less cost than any swap meet, we let Sellers come and go as entrepreneurs - without having to stay until 3p like all other swap meets...BUT ITS NOT ENOUGH.

Yep, sounds like I'm negative. But, Ive never been told I am in 37 years being an entrepreneur. But, Sellers and all you coffee cup throwing, dog p**p tossing, beer can chunking people - You sure are being the first people to ever make me want to quit a busniess.

Man, out I go, to clean all the broken glass out of the sellers booth. 5 windows broken out. I dont need any remarks really - I'm just sure Dad and Walt Long, would roll in their graves seeing what they built in 1958 - being treated by today's """""""customers""""""

04/16/2026

Afternoon Everyone!
Offering Sellers $20 spots if they bring a New Seller with them!

Looking for someone who'd like to help organize a Car/Bike/Truck Show Memorial Day weekend, Saturday the 23rd.

Don't forget to get in SOME FUN FOLKS! This One Life GOES FAST!

04/04/2026

WE ARE OPEN TOMORROW, EASTER SUNDAY!!
HISTORY SHOWS EASTER IS AN EARLY SWAP MEET; PEAKING FROM 630 TO 9AM.
SO COME EARLY, SHOW THAT YOU POSTED SOCIAL MEDIA TWO TIMES THIS WEEK AND GET $5 SELLERS.

WE ARE OPEN AT SANTEE LOCATION THRU AUGUST 31 2026 AT THIS TIME.

BUT
A FAMOUS QUOTE APPLIES TO THE SELLERS WHO ARE STILL DUMPING HERE AND ONE DAY WILL RUIN THIS SWAP MEET FOR EVERYONE:
"ALL IT TAKES FOR EVIL TO THRIVE, IS FOR GOOD PEOPLE TO REMAIN SILENT".

03/21/2026

Here thru Summer 2026 at least!
Saturday's - We all need help to make them Great again - please post social media. If a Seller we give $5 off Saturday, Shoppers get in for a dollar if they show social media post!

Sundays we open for Sellers at 440am, lately we are 80% full by 630am, so please come early. Sunday's are $40 no matter what time you arrive Sellers, so please come early.

Take out what you brought in Folks. I appreciate everyone spreading word about Swapmeet, it gets us More Time here!

03/14/2026

AND FOLKS, SO WE'RE CLEAR : WE HAVENT RAISED RATES IN OVER 4 YEARS.
KOBEYS BEGINS AT ABOUT $60. SPRING VALLEY IS ABOUT $35 A SINGLE SPOT.
WE GIVE DOUBLE SPOTS, 18X20 FOR $30 SAT AND $35 SUN. YES WE HAVE CHARGED $5 TO GET IN AT 445AM UNTIL 559AM FOR ABOUT A DECADE.

03/14/2026

Thank you to the Awesome Swapmeet Community, for contributing to the longest running Swapmeet in CA. You know, the next generation will probably not have access and honor of negotiating, finding treasures, etc - Swapmeets will go the way of the Drive-Ins.
ALL things Change. MOST things end. We have this one until August, but, like I mentioned before, why would we all fight to keep this going?

To that end, last Sunday was worst trash day in 20 years that I've been personally involved in swapmeet operations. Took 5 men and myself about 20 total hours to clean this 13 acres.

Sellers - YOU ONLY HAVE TO CLEAN A 18 X 20 SPACE. 360 sq ft!
WE CLEAN 13 ACRES. 585,000 SQUARE FEET

But no more. Starting tomorrow, Saturday, March 14 - none of my team or myself is picking up garbage. NOT SATURDAY, NOT SUNDAY. Yep, NO LEO picking up after you on Sundays.
SO WHEN Y'ALL COME TO THE SWAPMEET AND ITS A MESS - Y'ALL DID IT: NOT MY TEAM WHO HAS PICKED UP AFTER YOU FOR YEARS AND YEARS.
So, I'll place 5 oversize garbage cans on property. Anything else left on property - that garbage will sit there until the ruinators, the dumpers, the scammers - ruin this decades old swapmeet.

We will also now take photos of every Seller in every spot, before and after you leave. Leave Garbage, you'll never sell here again.

It's too bad. Two WWII Decorated Vets built this place and ran it to their deaths. They were such honorable men, but I guarantee our Fathers would be way more harsh if you did this to them.

Love, Dusty and Augie (31 years now here), Wendy, Josh, Arianna, Cody, Colin, Troy, Elias and LEO.

03/06/2026

Sunday begins more daylight hours!! Spring Cleaning Time Everyone. Last year I probably sold or donated 60% of my "possessions". I learned how much emotional ties, even some light trauma, and brain clutter those possessions were causing.

Try it. Going light is the way to go! Haven't really used something in a year? Sell it to someone who will treasure and use it!

See you tommorrow, Seller line opens at 450am! Anyone who wants to bring their truck, car or motorcycle can do so for just $10 any Saturday. Sorry, cant do Sunday, too full!

Would really like something Fun for Family on Easter weekend the 4th and 5th, so bring us your ideas

02/22/2026

02/22/2026

Well this month is 68 years Santee has been in business in 1 Family.
And I pick up garbage from swapmeet sellers until 245pm(I start at 230am). GARBAGE, I ALLOW YOU TO COME ON PROPERTY AND THIS IS HOW YOU RESPECT OUR BUSINESS - YOUR BUSINESS - ALL MY WORKERS. Then, I go out this afternoon, like I always do, to get our signs by 7Eleven and the Stop sign out front - NOPE, STOLEN.
Someone stole my $500 signs.
So, it's taken me 3 years to secure a place for swapmeet to continue at Grossmont College - WHY WOULD I DO THAT FOR YOU PEOPLE??
We get barked at for a $2 entry - Kobeys is $3, SPring Valley is $2.
We get barked at about a $30 Sat, and $35 Sun sellers entry - YET, Kobeys is $60 and SpringValley is $35 a SPOT.
We give you two spots, both larger than any competitor.

I've kind of had it.

This swapmeet is NOT MY RESPONSIBLITY ALONE.
IT IS ALL OUR RESPONSIBILITY, AND OBVIOUSLY ALOT OF DISRESPECTFUL PEOPLE DONT CARE, POLLUTE, RUIN MY BATHROOMS, STEAL MY SIGNS, THROW GARBAGE EVERYWHERE POSSIBLE, AND COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN.

Yeah, 68 years, and Ive done all I could do to maximize people's great experiences here. My whole staff has.

SO when i close, dont be surprised - y'all did it to yourselves.
SO you say whatever you want - I KNOW nobody here can say Ive ever been unfair to them. Time to get priorties straight.

02/08/2026

SUPERBOWL DAY TOMMORROW FEBRUARY 8!
RECORD NUMBER OF RESERVATIONS TO SELL AT SANTEE SWAPMEET, OLDEST SWAPMEET IN CALIFORNIA!
MENTION WALT LONG TOMMORROW MORNING, OUR DAD'S FOUNDING PARTNER IN 1958 AFTER WWII, AND GET $10 OFF SELLING!!
PLEASE TRY NEW SELLER MARK IN 326 THRU 331 - LARGEST SELLER FROM KOBEYS MOVING TO SANTEE! THIS GUY HAS TREASURES GALORE!!
BRING ANOTHER SELLER WITH YOU TOMMORROW, GET IN FOR ONLY $25 - BACK TO BACK PLEASE.
DUSTY

01/23/2026

SATURDAY JANUARY 24, OPEN AT 450AM FOR SELLERS AND 505AM FOR EARLY SHOPPERS!
KETTLE CORN BY ERIC, FAMOUS BACON WRAPPED HOT DOGS FROM BETO ALONG WITH HIS CHICKEN PLATES - AND MUSIC BY PALI!
COME TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EVERYONE CLEANING OUR THEIR GARAGES AND HOMES FROM XMAS!
MENTION THE WORD "WALT" FOR $5 OFF SELLER SPOT AND $1 SHOPPER ENTRY - ON SATURDAY - TO HONOR WALT LONG, WWII VET AND BUILDER OF MOVIE SCREEN AND RAN DRIVE IN FOR 40 YEARS WITH HIS SON MIKE LONG