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Swapmeet ripoff

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by mongo4u2, May 26, 2013.

  1. junkyardjeff
    Joined: Jul 23, 2005
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    I used to sell at the local big swapmeet with a friend before he moved out of state but you used to get two passes with each spot until they raised the spot price up a little and started charging for the extra pass,I called it quits after a couple tries after the price increase but for what I had to sell it was not worth it so if I sell its online or craigslist.
     
  2. 5window
    Joined: Jan 29, 2005
    Posts: 9,947

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    Same with the NSRA York nationals-the swap meet is a couple of rows off to the side at the far end of the activity. I always look, but I've never found anything to keep. BTW-supposed to be in the 90's all this week in York.
     
  3. jazz1
    Joined: Apr 30, 2011
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    $55.00, Dang Kings randsom in this day and age. Up north we pay .25 a day however that includes beer and hotdogs all day!
     
  4. rbonazzoli
    Joined: Feb 16, 2012
    Posts: 141

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    from Dallas, TX

    And it is an awesome swap meet.
     
  5. lump
    Joined: Nov 17, 2011
    Posts: 141

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    Heck, just come together inside one vehicle, and you both get in for same price and only need one pass. Or, if you have too much inventory for one space, then get a 2nd vendor space. At most shows, that would give you two passes...one for each space.

    Parking all those extra vendor cars & trucks can be a problem for any large event, so many promoters today are trying to prevent vendors from buying only one space, but arriving with one, two, three, or more buddies who all have vehicles loaded with parts, and expect to ALL get in on one vendor-space pass. When they cannot get all those parts on the one space, they start spreading them all around in the aisles, etc. Sometimes even more folks show up later in the day, asking to get in free, telling staff members at the gate, "Oh, I get in free. My _____ is already here, and he has a space."

    This is not a gripe, of course. Just trying to explain another perspective on this issue.
     

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