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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Just Carl, post: 353076, member: 4552&quot;]Congradulations to our new coin show goers. I can&#039;t even start to remember my first coin show. Probably longer ago than the ages of most of the members here. I go to about 2 to 4 coin shows a month and I used to post somethings about them but since now so many I feel it would just get boring. </p><p>jeankay: you sure sounded like you enjoyed that show. Thought you mentioned your in Ca. If so I thought they had shows all over the place there but maybe I&#039;m wrong. Kind of a large state and I&#039;ve never been there so not aware of some of the distances between shows. I&#039;m lucky there. 3 of the shows I go to are about 10 to 15 miles from me. Parking is free, entrances are free. Usually only on a Sunday. Middle of April we are having a multi day show at a place called The Rosemont Convention Center, in Rosemont Illinois and&nbsp; about 4 miles from my house. Most of the shows I go to are about 20 to 100 dealers. This one in April should be in the hundreds of dealers and from all over the country and last about 3 or 4 days. I used to go to this one a lot but now stay away. The last time I went there it cost $5 to get in, $11 to park, food was outrageously expensive. Had to walk what seamed like a miles to go from the parking lot to the show. Mostly due to going the wrong direction inside the gigantic building. Prices of all coins are more than normal. This is due to the dealers having to stay at the hotel accross the street, also very expensive, eating and dringking food in the area, also expensive. All this is taked on to thier coin prices. </p><p>Most of the shows I go to are basically full of elderly people and although I&#039;m old, many are older than me. Makes me feel young sometimes. Seldom a female buyer unless with a man that is the interested one. Seldom any kids also. Only at one show is there a female dealer. </p><p>So my suggestion is on giving your next coin show report, include items such as amount of women, kids, cost to get in, cost to park, distance you had to go, amount of shows you go to, how many dealers, ages of dealers and ages of buyers, types of items being sold there. By items I&#039;ve found that at almost every show I go to someone is selling books, stamps, cameras, coin supplies, arrow heads, currency, belt buckels, watches ands other jewlery. That always amazes me but there it is. Then there is the food quality, cost and my pet peive is the prices on very, very, very bad coffee. </p><p>You noted how crowded it was. I&#039;ve found that at most shows if you go as soon as they open the crowdes are minimal. Most people just can&#039;t get up early I guess. If you do go early, you may find some of the prices lower since dealers are not sure of the upcoming crowd. Of course on the other side of the coin if you wait until near the end of the show, the prices also should be dropping due to the dealers knowing it is almost all over. If early, lots of coins to pick from. If you go late, most good coins are gone. </p><p>Like I said I go to so many it is almost as common as going shopping at Walmart. Now that I think of it I go to more coin shows than Walmart.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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