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Message:: [QUOTE="The Penny Lady®, post: 879275, member: 16948"]Thanks all! To answer a few questions.... PeacePeople, it's hard to determine if the Milwaukee people specifically were "cheap," since in my experience, generally speaking, most coin people would fit into that category, and I can say that the coin collectors who went to the Milwaukee show didn't dispell that generalization. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Panda, I too was surprised about all the interesting places to see and in downtown Milwaukee. There were some great pubs and restaurants, wonderful buildings to gawk at, of course the casino, and Milwaukee sure has some avid sports fans! Victor, yes, it's a sand rail and pretty fast and very fun to ride. We take it out to Glamis which is 40 miles of nothing but sand djunes (Glamis is 20 miles north of Mexicali, 40 miles west of Yuma).  Tommybee, we sure love that cantankerous cat, she's very noisy but has a lot of personality, and she especially loves my husband who was not a cat guy til she came along! And Doug, I appreciate and thank you for your confidence in me. I try to be honest and factual in whatever I post without being too negative. As far as your question about how the shows have been over the past year, here's my take. Most of the dealers always ask each other how the show is going, so besides how I do, that's where I get my "feel" for how well a show went.  Any way, personally and from my observations, I think the shows have been slowing down attendance-wise and sales-wise this past year but I wouldn't say they were going downhill or anything along those lines. I have had some fantastic shows this past year, and have heard the same from other dealers, but it can be hit and miss. I think some of the show promoters have cut back on advertising expenses which always hurts a show's attendance. I believe the economy has hurt sales, how could it not, but not to the extent you would think. I did just hear the MidAmerica show just folded, and the Santa Clara show has definitely gone downhill with less of the out of state dealers wanting to participate, though it is still one of my favorite shows and I usually do very well. I also do very well at Long Beach (probably since it's in my "backyard" and I have a lot of regulars) but I keep hearing from other dealers that it too is slowing down, both dealer-wise and attendance-wise. However, most dealers feel it is because they charge really high table fees and some of the dealers just don't want to keep paying those high fees and are moving towards the back to save money. However, I just attended the PNNA Taquila/Seattle show a couple weeks ago for the first time. There were probably 100 tables or so, so I would classify it as a medium-sized show, and surprisingly it was one of my best shows this whole year, including Baltimore and Long Beach which both have probably 600+ tables. I believe the success of that show is due to the lack of many other quality shows in the Pacific Northwest, so they are pretty hungry for fresh material.  So was the new Ontario, California, show I attended last December, which had only 75 or so tables. I sold the same amount there that I sold at my best Long Beach Beach show. And I heard many other dealers did very well there too. I credit the success of that show with the huge amount of money the promoters spend on advertising for that show. So to sum it up, I would say that coin shows have slowed down this past year but they are "holding their own" in general, though it is in the nature of coin dealers to whine and complain more so when they personally don't do well and for some reason don't seem to like to brag as much when they do have a good show. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]

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