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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CoinGal07, post: 352530, member: 8843&quot;]Great report on your first time at a show. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Some advice for anyone else about to go to their first show and may be worried about the pushing or reaching:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Depending on the show, yes, attendance has picked up. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>BUT, so have the table fees and every dealer is there to sell. If you&#039;re interested in seeing a coin just ASK. Every dealer will make space for you somehow because they&#039;d rather hand a coin over the head of a &#039;camper&#039; to a potential buyer then miss a sale. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The other reason the pushing and traffic seems to have increased is actually because &#039;SOME&#039; (not referring to this show) show promoters are getting GREEDY and shoving 80 table shows in rooms with 40 table capacity. I was talking to a dealer recently at a show and he told me &#039;actually, the fire department threatened to shut this show down because of the small aisles - it&#039;s a total risk here.&#039; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Sometimes at shows the dealers behind the tables are wrapped up in their personal conversations and ignore the person standing at their table. I used to think &#039;hey, if they don&#039;t want to wait on me, I&#039;ll find another table.&quot; THEN, I remind myself *I* have paid my gas and taken my time to go THERE, and if it&#039;s an uncommon coin I&#039;m seeking that &#039;they&#039; have ... it&#039;s not like I&#039;m at Walmart where I have a choice. So I remind myself to make the most of my day and say, &quot;HI! May I see that coin, please?&quot; It helps remind them of why they are there.... breaks them out of the lull they slip in after the 1000th person passed their table and said &#039;oh, just looking, thank you&#039;.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>While I can certainly appreciate the YN&#039;s at the shows ~ I DO get a little bothered by being banged by strollers. I can appreciate starting them out young but geez.. I recall one day watching a &#039;Dad&#039; let his baby chew on a coin in a 2x2. I kept wondering which would happen first.. the child rip her lip on a staple or swallow the coin.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Congratulations again on your first show. Hope you get a chance to do it again real soon.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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