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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Amanda Varner, post: 1855646, member: 59002&quot;]Sorry I wasn&#039;t on for several hours there, but I was running around like crazy to get ready for Long Beach!</p><p><br /></p><p>As someone else said, it can be difficult to turn a profit at some of these shows, especially when you factor bourse fees, hotel, travel, etc ... We had an amazing show, but we were (and continue to be) lucky ... a friend of ours told us that for the whole weekend he sold $210.&nbsp; FOR THE WEEKEND.&nbsp; Suffice it to say he went home with a loss.&nbsp; You can never tell how a show is going to go; it&#039;s always a calculated risk, but one with a reasonably high chance for a favorable outcome.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>We only just found out about the Old SF Mint show ourselves, and apparently he has one table left -- we&#039;re going to talk it over tomorrow, but we may end up sneaking up to SF again at the last minute!</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, I&#039;m glad to see my purple sparkly nails meet with everyone&#039;s approval ... my sister hates them! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; I chalk it up to jealousy -- she&#039;s a lawyer, and so the craziest she can get with any sort of ornamentation tends to be neutrals and white.&nbsp; I can get away with it, and I think it&#039;s fun, so I do! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sent from my iPad</p><p><br /></p><p>Junior Numismatist, Alhambra Coin Center</p><p><br /></p><p>lifeatthecoinshop.com</p><p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/lifeatthecoinshop" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.facebook.com/lifeatthecoinshop" rel="nofollow">www.facebook.com/lifeatthecoinshop</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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