[Towertalk] First day at Dayton - Attendance continues to slide

[David Jordan]

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 for an
item.

The ebay mentality has infected our hobby big time...now what was a good
deal at $65 is now a good deal at $225.

Nuts to them that think they can make a living selling used radio gear at
inflated prices...keep the trailer load and haul it around from place to
place year after year...there's nothing new in the flea market, it's just
older, with more scratches and dirt, and the prices are as rediculous this
year as ithey were last year.  Folks are tired of it.

Why drive several hundred miles, maybe have to deal with bad weather (the
curse of Dayton in Spring), deal with rude idiots, etc.  I think it has a
lot less to do with 9/11, and fuel prices, etc.

Wish it was different....

73s,
dave
wa3gin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Gobleman" <k9zm@frontiernet.net>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 10:30 AM
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] First day at Dayton - Attendance continues to slide


> > "The bad news is that the Hamvention continues its attendance slide."
> >
> > This is a trend, particularly since 9/11, seen in
conventions/conferences
> in
> > the business world as well.  Many articles in the business press have
> > addressed the substantial downturn in the travel and
convention/conference
> > industries which actually started several years ago.
>
> 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 has seen little use for
> the last 3 years and it looks like this year is no exception.
>
> 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.  Sure, the wife and I have the money to get to
> Dayton, but unless she has some to spend shopping, we ain't going.  (she
> wasn't even concerned about me having the money for the fleamarket:)
>
> 73
> Greg K9ZM
>
>
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