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Sunday 9-4
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I just posted this because I didnt see any info on it here.
From what I have been reading the monroeville show sucks.
However it seems like everyone wants AR stuff or specialty guns/parts.
I have never been to any show, and Im looking for 243 Bolt Action rilfles, and handguns like bersa 380.
Are these shows good for things like that, or is it all overpriced specialty stuff.
btw, I might check out the Washington show april 9-10, I have heard better things about it.
All shows have good deals sometimes you just have to look harder than other shows...Quote:
Originally Posted by Saddlerocker
I will be setup at this show selling my normal stock.
12 gauge exotics, fuse, tannerite, holsters, knives, and I will also be selling a ton of 30cal cans.
Stop by and say hi...
Bump for this show... Less than a week to go... Should be a pretty packed with vendors show with the NRA convention this weekend as well.
I'm curious.... why have a show in Monroeville the same weekend as the NRA Meeting will be held at Pittsburgh Convention Center. I assume it may be a weak gun show, like quite a few have been lately so it seems, with people attending the NRA Meeting/Show. I read where they can't sell guns or ammo at the NRA meeting in the Convention Center but can take orders for delivery later. Wouldn't the Gun Show be a waste or are they hoping that the NRA Meeting will increase traffic to Monroeville for the show??
They are hoping the traffic will be increased due to all the extra people in the area...Quote:
Originally Posted by PAVTXER
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Originally Posted by Saddlerocker
The C&E Monroeville show is fairly "young" and needs some time to establish itself. Some of the C&E shows in Monroeville have been limited in the number of dealers for two reasons:
1) Schedule conflicts with longer-established shows at other PA locations. For example, if dealers have historically set up at Harrisburg's Farm Show Complex, Valley Forge, or Washington County Fairgrounds, many of those dealers will choose to go to those shows rather than risk losing their tables, or table location.
2) Weather. A few of the C&E shows at Monroeville occurred on weekends during snow or ice storms.
OTOH, if the C&E show at Monroeville is held on a weekend where there isn't a schedule conflict with another gun show, the show hall is usually more filled with firearms dealers instead of "junk" dealers.
With respect to the NRA Convention in Pgh this same weekend, I would tend to think that the C&E show may do better this time for crowd attendance, drawing some of the NRA exhibit-goers away after they reach saturation there.
Finally, there is the issue of C&E management's "my way or the highway" policies which may drive away some dealers, but that's a different question.
I have to chuckle when I attend the C&E Monroeville show. When C&E first announced their Monroeville show, the Directors of the PGCA vehemently denounced the C&E show. However, that doesn't stop several PGCA Directors and past Directors from setting up at the C&E show.
Noah
I'll be attending. Being able to go to a gun show is rare for me. A lot of times they intersect with a drill weekend. I always go in knowing what to expect and at times I'm pleasantly surprised with some sort of deal that I get. Ammo and Mags are usually a never fail.
I've always been tempted to bring a rifle or two that I am trying to sell on here but I would feel awkward with a "for sale" sign on them like flags. Just my thought.
This show is show and sell, the NRA is show and Tell! Thats the big difference. You never know what you will find at these shows, and it is all for sale! Support your local economy.
If you want crappy chinese knock-off kinfes this is the show for you!
There you go, start with the chinese knives to cut your jerky up while driving home in your foreign ....Something for everyone
Will be there with lots of goodies and American Made Knives (in response to poster above)
Haha. There is no such thing as an american made car. American built is as close as it comes. At least mine was built by Americans in Canton, Mississippi. Not canada, mexico.......like GM and Dodge. Besides, we are talking about the trash for sale at this gunshow not my crappy truck.....lolQuote:
Originally Posted by mike_g
Hopefully this weekends show will have less crap and more of the good stuff. I attended the last 4 shows here (that weren't affected by inclement weather) and it seems that every isle has some garbage knifes for sale. One place to buy beef jerky is fine, but 12 places to buy crappy knockoff knifes is about 11 more than needed. I remember one vendor of handcrafted knifes at the last show.
This show has the potential to be great one day but until the organizers weed out the crap it will continue to be lackluster. The building is the best that I've been in when it comes to gun shows but the vendor quality just isn't there yet.
I was jokin about the chinese knives, you get what you pay for. Reminds me how dude said that the $200 white dress shirts at the custom taylor are the same as walmart's $12 ones. He didnt understand that the only thing the same was the color! Hell- he would be all over that chinese knife crap. Too bad about the jerky overkill and I'd come but got plans. Good luck to all the vendors and attendees- may the 4 winds bring back safely home!
Yeah I hope this weekends is better than past ones as well, for the atendees sake!
Oh, the title from the OP states that the show is at the Expo Mart, this is incorrect. It's at the Monroeville Convention Center which is within eeshot distance of the expomart. The convention center is a beautiful facility to host a gun show!
That is a nice building. I went to a show there recently, don't remember the hosting organization though. It has decent bathroom access and areas to duck into in case you need to get some quiet for a phone call. "Honey, I found such a good deal on this 9mm, we can't afford not to get it, and about those shoes you wanted, we can't afford those."
I like the Monroeville Gun show. The best of facilities of any Western PA Gun Show. Great A/C, I can't smell Bubba unless I'm standing right next to him. :) The parking is a bit tough and so is waiting in line in the rain, but heck it's better than going shopping at Macy's with the wife.
I think of these gun shows as a gun guys flea market. I don't go for the deals. I go to look around at guns and stuff. If I see something I was looking for or want, I'll buy it, even if it's not the best price available.
I don't think I've ever paid the asking price on a used gun at one of these, so you should at least ask if there is any wiggle room on the price. ;)
Bump... Show is today and tomorrow. Hope to see some of you there...
If anyone goes and sees any SKS's give me a shout. I really don't want to drive all the way up there without a little knowledge of what they have for sale up there.
Grab the brooms; I call shenanigans on this show. To label this a "Gun Show" is a travesty. Cheap knives and other novelty weapons have taken over this show, not to mention the tables selling furniture, jewlery, candles, basement waterproofing, gutter shields, and other non-gun related items. I understand filling space, but this is getting ridiculous. Plus, it seemed like there was a whole lot less of merchandise at most places as well. Is something going on behind the scenes with this show that they constantly are losing quality dealers?
Props to Dry Tavern for consistantly showing up to a GUN SHOW with a variety of firearms at better than average pricing.
*Rant Over*
^^what he said! Even quality parts and accessories are missing. Did the NRA convention take away?
I didn't make the NRA Convention yesterday due to parking issues and traffic.... today I didn't get to the Gun Show or the NRA Convention due to great weather for a motorcycle ride.... and I could slip the gun events to tomorrow during the not so good weather.
Am I reading this correctly that the Monroeville Gun Show was a flop... and it's being blamed on the NRA Convention?
So should I attend the convention or the show???? Not looking to buy anything really, just see what new stuff is out (like the new Ruger 1911) if it is on display?
Feedback please?
Well I made the mistake of going today purely for the entertainment value and this was by far the worst "gun show" that I've ever been too. I had the lowest of expectations and I was still dissappointed. The foot traffic was way down which could be in part due to the NRA show, however I think that the word is out on the quality of this show.......or should I say lack thereof.
More than half of the tables had crap knifes, 2 different types of gutter guards, basement waterproofing, furniture, fudge, beef jerky, jewelry, and other junk that has no buisness being at a gun show. I think I might of accidently seen a few guns there. Dry Tavern and a vendor that had some real nice steel plate targets were the only tables that had anything worth giving a look at. The only item that my friend and I left with was 2000 mastercast bullets from a vendor that I had seen at this show the last two times. As we were walking out to the vendor's truck to get the bullets he said that this time would more than likely be his last.
If you are thinking about attending this show my advice would be to punch yourself in the balls. You'll get the same affect as attending this show and will and save yourself the $8 admission as well as the $4/gal in gas.
The NRA convention rocked. You'll never see such a selection at a PA gunshow. Ex: How many vendors at a gunshow have a DSA FAL for sale? The DSA exhibit at the NRA show had pretty much every FAL they make there to fondle. Only gun I couldn't find was an example of the H&R AR15's I have heard exist.Quote:
Originally Posted by PAVTXER
Ditto on what's been said above about the C&E show. Let's walk down a typical aisle:
Gun dealer - Chinese knife dealer - Chinese firearm accessory dealer - Chinese knife dealer - Jewelery dealer - Knockoff magazine and cleaning brush dealer - Some private seller with horrendously overpriced used Cowboy action shooting guns and high-cap semi-auto pistols - Chinese knife dealer - ammo dealer. At the end of the aisle, Glasses cleaner dealer AND the annoying asshole with "boomerang" toy helicopters who seemed to be entertaining himself by timing the flight of his rubbish with passersby. One passed by me so close that I heard the beat of the rotors.
As for the jerky dealers, I watched one of them selling bags of Jack Links products, I should say TRYING to sell Jack Links products with a pair of tongs trying to give away little chunks for free. I was waiting for a friend for about 10 mins and the whole time not one showgoer took a sample, or bought an overpriced bag of Jack Links shoeleather that could be had at a lower price at Giant Eagle.
Three actual GUN dealers I know well were complaining that the crowd was "looking, not buying." A few 4473s were being filled out here and there, Dry Tavern and Bravermans seemed to be busy.
The couple from "Indian River Trading" with the little dog and the display cases full of Lugers, P38s, 1911A1s, 1903 Colts, and the obligatory Nazi-marked European pocket pistols, none of them price tagged, seemed to be answering questions and doing no selling. I asked about the price for guard screws for a 1903A3, and the guy's cell phone rang. I listened for several minutes while he told a customer he didn't know where his gun was, he'd have to trace it down through the carrier. This was repeated several times. I walked off and came back later, and the asshole jammed me up for leaving. I handed it back to him for taking a call when he could have let it go to VM, I'm a customer too. He tells me I don't spend $20,000 to $30,000 a year with him like the caller does. I told him, "I'm not spending ONE CENT with you," and walked away.
The highlight for me was meeting Bige64; pleased to meet you, hope you did well despite.
And I found a nice, hardly used, older German-made SIG 228 for $520 OTD. Hardly a "smiley" on the barrel and NO wear on the rails or slide.
I've been giving C&E the benefit of the doubt as it tries to develop this show, but this is, er, was the last C&E Monroeville show for me.
Noah
I didn't bother going, after listening to the guy with the coupons outside the NRA show arguing about how he's all in favor of people having guns, if they are registered . . .
Ahhhh, the NRA show was much much better than expected. Today was the day to go I think. I'm so glad I went there instead.... I have been to the last few CandE shows or so and have been very disappointed to say the least. It's better than some others... but seems to be going down instead of growing.
As a recommendation, if they take em, they should have a list of Vendors attending on their website so we can see if there is someone there we want to do business with. But... back to reality.... that will never happen or no one would go i guess.
Noah... I'm sorry there weren't more quality tables but it is greatly appreciated that you were pleased to meet me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Noah_Zark
I as well as many many other vendors were irritated with this show. First off the crowds were just not there either day. I don't think I have ever been to a more dead show. Not sure if it was the NRA convention, the random orange cones sprouting up all over the parkway or the shitty quality c and e has turned into (or a combination).
The quality of the vendors was horrible. I don't sell guns on my table but I try as hard as possible to keep things as "gun related" as possible. I saw maple syrup, rocking chairs, jewelry, stupid assed helicopters, and just all around garbage. C and E needs to be more selective real quick or they are going to start loosing the few quality vendors remaining.
Number 1 thing that got under my skin....... (DrumRoll)........ The MF'ing ATM was broken. Bingo lost a ton of sales for that simple fact right there.
On top of that somewhere between saturday morning and sunday Night I got Bronchitis and had to hit up one of the clinic type places, after todays show, to get meds.
I'm hitting the couch to burn off this sickness and hopefully I feel a bit better tomorrow.
I was extremely disappointed with the show. I was hoping that it would be better than the last one but I was wrong again. Braverman's and the table right a the entrance (Dry Tavern?) had some nice priced items.
Other than that there were way too many used guns going for NIB prices. I will be doing my buying from local shops from now on and will not be going back to this show unless its has a transformation. It's a shame too because its in a great location and could be great.
This is all bad news.Quote:
Originally Posted by bige64
The downed ATM had to be a bitch.
The show organizers should find a way to call ahead the day or two to before to someone in charge of the facility and insure the damn thing works and is loaded.
Regardless; do these knucklheads take any feed-back from you table-holders in terms of how their shows have become Trader Jack's?
Is it their table fees that are generally scaring vendors away? I know I'm not happy with their outrageous entry fee - that's a fast-food lunch for two - but I still try to go. Maybe no more.
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Originally Posted by nfafan
I wasn't a table holder but I let the C&E staff know my impressions of their flea market, er, gun show on the way out the door.
Noah
What was your booth called and where was it? Had i known before i woulda stopped and said sup.Quote:
Originally Posted by bige64
Easiest way to describe my tables are exploding and exotic... I had the tannerite and exotic ammo.Quote:
Originally Posted by dead zen
I honestly don't think c and e cares what I say. If we got half or more of the vendors to bitch then something might change.Quote:
Originally Posted by nfafan
The fees suck horribly. $50 per 6foot table plus an extra $45 if you want electricity. Comparatively the washington county show I pay $35 per 8foot table and zero if I want electricity.
Sucks that there isn't another big show nearby that I could move to...
I went to the show Sunday morning. Had 2 goals: sell off a few guns and look at / buy a Taurus 1911 in SS. I didn't have any trouble getting my guns looked at. I was carrying a black double pistol soft case and a small rifle case. Two steps past the LEO putting zip ties on weapons I was jumped by people at the first table asking what I had. He directed me to a guy that was polite and informative. I sold two of the three pistols and could have sold the rifle but it wasn't worth quite what I was thinking it was worth. Which didn't offend me, these guys know what they can buy and sell things for.
As far as buying... there really weren't that many GUNS there, as has been previously mentioned. And certainly fewer tables with pistols than I expected. Still for $7 (you did use the $1 coupon right?) I didn't feel ripped off. I'd go again.
Oh... the scary guy trying to molest people with jerky offerings? UGH. That doesn't belong anywhere. Who doesn't know what beef stick tastes like? And it wasn't like he cooked it; just bagged garbage. F- for him.