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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 1783173, member: 66&quot;]I&#039;ll say it&#039;s a vicious circle.&nbsp; Most shows used to be open through Sunday, but so many dealers left on Saturday or early Sunday that the shows were ghost towns on Sunday.&nbsp; So they dropped Sunday.&nbsp; Now the dealers leave on Friday or early Saturday and the show is a ghost town on Saturday.&nbsp; One show tried Wednesday - Friday hours.&nbsp; it was a disaster.&nbsp; no public Wed or Thursday, and when people got off work Friday and came to the show they found it closing down.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The incentives work better than the penalties.&nbsp; The ANA tried the penalty route.&nbsp; They informed the dealers that those who left early would be fined and next year their tables would be in the back of the hall.&nbsp; Well a bunch of the dealers still left early including the major dealers withthe multiple tables just inside the entrance.&nbsp; The ANA tried to levy the fines and told them they would be moved to the back.&nbsp; The major dealers said &quot;well then we just won&#039;t take any tables and we&#039;ll just come work the floor dealer to dealer.&nbsp; Well since that represented a lot of tables, and the big dealers were a major draw for the show, so the ANA caved.&nbsp; No fines for the big dealers and they could still have their front tables.&nbsp; The small dealers were fined and moved to the back of the hall.&nbsp; Money talks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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