Texas gun shows are pretty horrible IMO. Why go through the hassle of a crowd of fudds, pay $15 to park, $15 to get in, walk through tables of beef jerky and cheap chinese shit, and see a bunch of stuff I could buy online for 20+% cheaper online?
The great era of gun shows died a long time ago. Now it's nothing but gunbroker left overs.
The problem is these guys don't realize that the smart buyer will go to the internet and avoid the tax on the sale. I wanted one of those Vickers Glock 17 pistols and I found a good sale price at the latest dallas arms show. Then when he calculated tax is was $75 bucks more. So I noped out of that one and went home and bought one for the same price shipped.
Texas gun shows are pretty horrible IMO. Why go through the hassle of a crowd of fudds, pay $15 to park, $15 to get in, walk through tables of beef jerky and cheap chinese shit, and see a bunch of stuff I could buy online for 20+% cheaper online?
The great era of gun shows died a long time ago. Now it's nothing but gunbroker left overs.
What is the good one to go to in Dallas? i heard there are 5011 of them. Our Austin shows are now nearly non-existent.
Some promoters (names will remain nameless) ban honest vendors from shows because the honest vendors refuse to sell their reasonably priced products to other neckbeard vendors who buy then sell the marked products up 50% Don't ask me how I know this.
Do buyers really buy the first item they see? .
This goes on during setup? Wow. That is really gross.yes. I can't tell you how many times I've heard the "doh" from the customer who just paid a lot more % for the same item. The customer needs to walk and take notes and ask questions.
Also, as I allured to, suck ass vendors try to buy honest vendor inventory and flip it. Honest vendors tell suck ass vendors to $#@! off. Sometimes that don't work as sometimes honest vendors get kicked out of shows for trying to be honest vendors. Again, names remain nameless.
yes setup mostly. i'm a regular guy, I sell to regular guys. I can't judge people and their intentions easily. I was selling to another vendor, who I thought was a regular dude...who liked to reload. Once I figured out his game, I said "no sale". That got me kicked out of a certain nameless promoter here in central texas north of austin. I started covering up my shit during the morning setup after that crapola in anticipation of neckbeards. I've pissed off several neckbeards so far by saying "it's for the customers only at that price, not you to resell"This goes on during setup? Wow. That is really gross.
yes setup mostly. i'm a regular guy, I sell to regular guys. I can't judge people and their intentions easily. I was selling to another vendor, who I thought was a regular dude...who liked to reload. Once I figured out his game, I said "no sale". That got me kicked out of a certain nameless promoter here in central texas north of austin. I started covering up my shit during the morning setup after that crapola in anticipation of neckbeards. I've pissed off several neckbeards so far by saying "it's for the customers only at that price, not you to resell"
SI like to believe that we live in a world where the good guy always wins because he has the power of right on his side but sadly I must admit that is not reality in most cases.
Mr TxArGuy, Trust me, we win not in numbers, but in truth and good faith and good word of mouth (reputation). I think I can say this for a fact based on the reputations you and I have both tried to deliver and repeat !!!!!!!!!
'tis always been this way. its up to you (and me) to discern right from wrong and make judgement calls. 'tis up to folks like you and me to call BS when we see it. Trust me, I've seen it..I'm there for my customer, my client... not at all there for the the neck beards. If I go out this way, I'm fine with that.s feasting on itself from the inside.