Correct me if I’m wrong, but are you talking about all the “bargain hunters” who are looking for deals prior to the actual event time? ( I could use other words to describe these people but I won’t here). That is the case at every single Hamfest I have been to and Swapmeet. As they say, “ the early bird gets the worm“ and sometimes you just have to deal with it. The only fix is to come earlier. Ha! Mike R. Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. On Feb 28, 2022, at 11:02 AM, Dave Shevett via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote: Thanks for running it - i was super-happy to be there and do shopping. Unfortunately, the real 'problem' is something that's the case in any hamfest, swapfest, etc. 95% of the 'dealing' is done before hte public arrives. I am as guilty of this as the next person, but I was in there 20m after the official opening date, and the piles of 'sold!' gear was enormous. Too many buyers, too little gear maybe? I don't really have a fix for this. Perhaps a chunk of it is post-pandemic "YAY we can start doing this again!" enthusiasm. On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 10:58 AM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Just looking for feedback from everyone.
What went well?
What can be improved?
Feel free to reply to this or send me a private message.
Thanks!
========================================= Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity http://www.vcfed.org/ jeffrey@vcfed.org
-- Dave Shevett shevett@pobox.com