But even there, some of the regular vendors said they would be unable to offer their usual goods.
"Gaming (PC makers) look for the latest and the greatest, which regular vendors cannot supply," says Kumar of Piper Jaffray.
The regular vendors and patrons were like family, with The Garage as their home.
Morse Pitts is an owner of Windfall Farms in Montgomery, N.Y., and a regular vendor at the Union Square Greenmarket, where he can sell about 10 pounds of sunflower shoots in a day.
In one case raised with the agency by Representatives Jerrold Nadler and Nita M. Lowey, both New York Democrats, the agency denied help to a disabled veteran who sold hats and gloves on the sidewalks of lower Broadway, even though he provided sworn statements from shopkeepers confirming that he was a regular vendor in the area.
Many once-regular vendors are no longer homeless, he said.
On Nov. 21, regular market vendors and others will sell fruits and vegetables, sausages and pies, among other products.
From the regular weekly vendors, shoppers can expect potatoes ($1 a pound) and greens, like bright green cabbage ($3 a head), fennel ($3 a bulb), leeks and lettuces.
Small size does not preclude regular market vendors from trading in bats, however, because individual customers usually buy small amounts.
Even so, some vendors and regulars to the celebration said the crowd -- which city authorities expected to reach 750,000 -- looked thin.
Vendors pay regular debit card fees while the customer pays no fee.
