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Quoted from cfh:Steve Young (pinball resource) stopped doing shows 10 years ago.
About the same time the vendors ran out of rare playfields and plastic sets they could make big money on. Now so much has been reproduced, and you can order on line. How many flipper rebuild kits do you need to sell to break even with travel, booth, room, and food ?
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Quoted from frolic:I think the only kind of vending that makes sense for most shows
I liked what Rick at Bay Area Amusements did at Expo a few years back. He had a laptop there. And you could order online from the show. And I believe he gave free shipping in the continental US.
No need to drag parts around or take on a plane.
LTG : )
Quoted from nwpinball:Don't shows get a lot of requests for parts vendors?
I'm sure they do.
Which puts you back to square one. How many coil sleeves do you have to sell to pay for travel, food, hotel, and table at the show. And be closed for business to be at show.
Support the vendors that do attend and thank them. A good word goes a long way.
LTG : )
Quoted from too-many-pins:It drives me crazy with 52 weeks in a year
But when you consider winter, summer, holidays, etc. etc. There isn't really 52 weekends available. Sadly, hard to avoid overlaps and still have a good turnout.
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