A little different prespective here: when I have set up at gas shows in the past, my best "customers" (biggest spenders) were other vendors. If there are people that truly just come to browse, most times they aren't goint to drop $5K on my Minuteman sign, but another vendor (who also happens to be a collector) will. I'm not taking sides here, just putting a different slant on things. A lot of shows seem to just be reunions for collectors & pre-arranged meeting places to deliver and pick up presold merchandise. Not there's anything right or wrong with that. The only comment I'll take real exception to is that producing an event is mostly time and not money. My bill for printing and mailing my auction brochures alone is enough to give you severe heartburn, if not a small coronary, & that's just a portion of the expenses. I've often thought about doing a Gas Show here in Oklahoma, apart from the auction, maybe in the fall.
[This message has been edited by Seth Robbins (edited 08-10-2005).]
