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March 8th, 2021, 10:11 AM #21
Re: Gun show etiquette?
Having worked both sides of a gun show table, I feel perfectly fine with it. Vendors have expenses; anywhere from $25 for a small firehall show table to $75 for a table at a larger venue in a more metropolitan area. Multiply that by 6, 8, or 10 tables, and that's a heck of a lot of overhead to cover only by making profit. Vendor buying and selling starts the minute the second vendor shows up during setup on Thursdays or Fridays, and continues even during show hours, and doesn't stop until there's only one vendor remaining Sunday evening. At ages 10-17 I used to "watch tables" for a local gunsmith who would set up at the gun show in the Saint Eulalia Roman Catholic Church parish hall in Coudersport, PA (1960s to early 70s) while the gunsmith would circulate and buy/sell before and during show hours. It's part of the gun show "thing." Want to participate? Buy a table or two and sell your excess or unwanted stuff, and then horsetrade to your heart's content on Friday night, and Saturday and Sunday mornings until the doors open.
2- Seeing the people walking around with signs on them trying to private sell ammo/guns in the parking lot. Do any shows restrict this? Would they allow someone to rent a table for $50 to sell off their ammo instead of walking around like that?
3- The lack of beef jerky, I am the only one bothered by not having someone selling beef jerky or other smoked meats?
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