That's the whole basis of the stock market in this country! It's great if you're a seller. My '57 T-Bird is worth about 10 times what it sold for new . . . Sometimes the old stuff is simply worth mor
Steve Thanks for the update. A thought re your comment that "The bad news is that the Hamvention continues its attendance slide." This is a trend, particularly since 9/11, seen in conventions/confere
in About the time the local gasoline suppliers started gouging us. 30 cent a gallon hikes in the price in one day have contributed to me not going anywhere. I have a 3.5 mpg Ranger Bass boat which h
in This is not a recent development and has been occurring at least since 1996 - around the time when it changed from April to May. I have worked at a booth every year since 1995 and attendance is vi
We need the motel/tourism industry to throw some weight around in congress to get gasoline prices stable at 99 cents per gallon if you want to see attendance figures go up. What? I got my driver's li
Is it gas prices or greedy hams trying to get $$$$ for junk. Maybe folks are tired of all the rude dealer staff and tail gaters that would just as soon punch you in nose as lower their inflated price
I have seen this "problem" at Rochester too - but luckily only with a few. It seems that some have forgotten (or never knew) the "art" of bargaining and some sellers (both commercial & tailgaters) ha
This is the first Hamvention I have missed in a long time... So far nobody has mentioned why I like to go....comradery. I usually do not see all the new exhibits but make an effort to see the flea ma
When it comes to sellers with ridiculous prices, it's always a good feeling to do what I did last year: Friday morning: Seller #1 had a nice multi-section, motor-driven K&L bandpass filter that cover
Even 1996 is recent in the attendance slide at Dayton. Having been there every year from 1970 through the mid-1990's (before the move south), the decline really started in the early to mid-1980's. I
I just returned from Dayton and for the second year in a row I didn't buy anything big (really wasn't looking) but some valid points were made about prices. There are some exeptions though. I ran acr
Author: rmoodyg@concentric.net (Richard M. Gillingham)
Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 15:53:48 -0400
Which Dayton are you attending??? I hardly saw anyone treating or being treated poorly here. Altogether a really nice bunch of folks. Both sides of the counter. Flea markets (errr.. 'Outside Vendors'
The Contest dinner on Saturday night was sold out! In fact they had more people this year than ever before!!! The lines for the bus at Salem Mall were the biggest that were seen!! You couldn't move a
Should we blame the people selling the stuff for better then new prices for a 20 year old piece of equipment, or the people who bid on it? Nothing is more frustrating to me then to find something I w
The contest dinner was not sold out until after it started. Tickets were still on sale when the dinner started. 73, Bruce K1MY -- Original Message -- From: <k2qmf@juno.com> To: <k4oj@tampabay.rr.com>
Another few reasons that attendance may be sliding and will continue to slide unless the organizing committee gets more user friendly: 1. Dayton programs that used to be given to all attendees for fr