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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;omahaorange, post: 2041575, member: 28199&quot;]I&#039;m not exactly sure what the difference is here.&nbsp; No matter what color you paint it, if you set up a table and try to sell coins, you are &quot;acting and representing&quot; yourself as a &quot;dealer&quot;.&nbsp; Whether it&#039;s your own inventory or selling other&#039;s coins on consignment (which in essence is what you propose to do), you&#039;ll be in direct competition with the other dealers who are probably paying for table space, and rely on the sales to supplement or provide their income, and I think this is a bad idea.&nbsp;&nbsp; It&#039;s a losing proposition, because if you try to sell for &quot;retail pricing&quot;, the bigger dealers would undercut you.&nbsp; If you try to sell at a discount, undercutting the paying dealers will pretty much insure they won&#039;t be back next year.</p><p><br /></p><p>It sounds to me like what you&#039;re trying to do is &quot;fund raising&quot; for the club.&nbsp; Nothing wrong with that, but you need to find a unique way to raise money for the club that (1) doesn&#039;t directly compete with the paying dealers and (2) enhances the show in some way.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rather than sell coins, find something else to sell.&nbsp; Is there a food vendor?&nbsp; If not, consider setting up some type of concession stand, even if it&#039;s only donuts, hot dogs, and soft drinks. You&#039;d be surprised with what you can do with an ice chest and a couple of roasters.&nbsp; A lot of retailers with work with a non-profit organization to help them out by donating or providing discounts.&nbsp; If you already bring in a food vendor, consider taking a percentage of the sales rather than a flat rate from them.&nbsp;&nbsp; Design a club logo and sell items imprinted with that.&nbsp; T-shirts come to mind, probably not practical but there are all kinds of items (use the internet and your imagination) you can put a logo on and sell.&nbsp; Add a collection can asking for donations.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not trying to downplay your ideas.&nbsp; If what I think is true, it&#039;s admirable that you want to get involved in this.&nbsp; I just think you might be more successful at what it appears you want to accomplish by avoiding selling coins at your own show.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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