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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Publius2, post: 24798832, member: 105571&quot;]Tips:</p><p><br /></p><p>Parking is $10 per day if you reference the FUN show.&nbsp; Considerably higher otherwise.&nbsp; They don&#039;t take cash.</p><p><br /></p><p>Food inside the venue is somewhat expensive.&nbsp; Quality and variety is about what you would expect.&nbsp; Again, no cash transactions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Study the layout of the bourse and adjacent halls beforehand.&nbsp; The FUN website that [USER=11540]@ldhair[/USER] linked gives excellent maps, lists, schedules, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do not ignore the educational presentations.&nbsp; There are often a few standouts.&nbsp; Ditto with the displays such as presented by our own [USER=101855]@johnmilton[/USER], always a great one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Club meeting occur during the show, such as EAC, LSCC and others.&nbsp; You do not have to be a member in order to attend most of these and they can often be amusing, entertaining and educational.&nbsp; Good way to meet folks including luminaries in their field.</p><p><br /></p><p>You will walk your feet off:&nbsp; Wear comfortable shoes.&nbsp; It helps to have a plan since you will waste a lot of time just wandering around otherwise.&nbsp; If you have a target want list, it pays to scope out the likely dealers of such material in advance and then get to them early.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a big show, maybe the largest.&nbsp; If you spy something you really like/want it is possible you might find it elsewhere in the show for less.&nbsp; It is also very likely that while you are shopping around, someone else snaps up your prize.&nbsp; It&#039;s happened to me several times. </p><p><br /></p><p>Have a notebook and a pen.&nbsp; You will use it.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you are part of the general public, there is no admission fee.&nbsp; But you do have to register each day and get a color-coded sticky badge to wear for that day.&nbsp; If you&#039;re a dealer, early bird or other entity that requires a photo ID card, then you have a choice of registering Wednesday or at any time thereafter.&nbsp; There&#039;s a big crush of dealers on Wednesday because they all need their credentials to get set up.&nbsp; So, if you need a badge and don&#039;t have set-up issues (like Early Birds, Club reps, etc.), I recommend you get there early on Thursday morning, say 7:30 and get ready for when registration opens at 8.</p><p><br /></p><p>It gets crowded on the bourse and at dealer tables.&nbsp; Be polite to everyone.&nbsp; Give busy dealers a bit of time to get to you.</p><p><br /></p><p>Have FUN![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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