Quoted from too-many-pins:

Last year I took 56 or 58 machines to the show (nothing sold before the show happened & very little sold Thursday because I held firm on prices Thursday). Friday I sold over 30 machines and Saturday I sold even more. I think when the show was over I brought home around 14 machines total and of those 14 something like 8 were sold "because of the show" but not picked up until after the show.
Ivan thanked me several times for doing things the way I did because he feels the same as I do about things and knows the shows future success depends on lots of selection for the general public when the show is actually open.
I agree some presale isn't going to kill a show and I also agree there always seems to be plenty for sale at Allentown. All I am saying is sellers need to consider the negatives of presale on the overall quality of the show. Thankfully Allentown is big enough a few machines getting sold ahead of time isn't a huge issue. But I would hate to see the show die over time because it just became a place to drop off or pick up machines.
This year we will be coming "very light" on machines due to some stuff outside of our control but I will still have a trailer & van full as well as 25 or 30 backglasses, some woodrail legs, EM back doors and other goodies. Wish I could bring more but I just didn't have the time to get more picked up from my Virginia deal yet. Can't wait for some Farmer's Market FOOD!