Re: [vcf-midatlantic] VCF/March swap meet
On Mon, Jun 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Let me be the first one to say thank you to all for the swap meet, it turned out to be very good.
Hello Mike, Yes. Indeed it was very good!
A lot of vendors maybe didn’t show because of the possibility of rain, but you know what, many did show and at 10am to 1030 am I was so busy, I was so overwhelmed and sold out a lot of stuff.
I'm glad that overall the swap meet turned out good in many ways. There were about 5 vendors registered that didn't show up, but there were 19 unregistered (paid at the gate) that took their place. Vendors: We had more than last time. Attendees: About the same as last time. Volunteers: Overall I had enough, but could have used a few more volunteers so that I could give volunteers more breaks and at least one more on Friday loading. Food Truck: They cancelled at the last minute, so Corey's idea of buying pizza worked out well. We would have just paid Wake $400 anyway (Food truck from October). So it worked out well for everyone. Vendors: Many reported lots of sales on their items. VCF/MARCH sold lots of surplus which benefits funding repairs and improvements in the warehouse.
So I guess Jeff Brace was right in a way, the rain held off just long enough to have a successful event. But I was a little annoyed that it rained anyway just when I was packing up.
Yes. The rain was annoying for all of us. I had to go with my gut about the weather based on being a local and knowing the quirks of the local weather patterns. I guessed that it would be light on and off rain with no lightning. So everyone that took my advice to bring a tent benefitted. The heavier rain didn't come until the show was already winding down.
And thank you for the pizza!
You're welcome! I'm glad that you enjoyed it! THANKS TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS WHO MADE THIS EVENT A SUCCESS! *Joe Giliberti*: For helping with Friday loading, driving and unloading the truck at 5:30AM and doing 3 loads, helping with breakdown as well. The hardest working volunteer who helped me in the weeks leading up to the event. *Rick*: For putting out and taking up signs, helping with canopy setup. *"Truck" Doug*: for his truck, setting up canopy, setup and breakdown. *Bill I*: For setting up and taking down the canopy. *August *for selecting surplus items and pricing them, monitoring the surplus items. *Thomas *for pricing surplus items and running the bull horn *Ian Litchfield* for monitoring the surplus items and running the bull horn *Keith *for helping with setup, admissions, breakdown. *Drew *for taking admissions. *Maki *for watching the exit. *Doug C*. for helping with admissions. *Corey, Ben, Liz and Bill D *for helping with admissions and swag sales. *David G, Crawford G, Maki, Andrew, Nick, Joe* etc who helped with breakdown. *Rich B & Andy B *for directing parking. I'm sure that I'm forgetting others just remind me. Thanks to all the vendors who came despite the unpredictable weather. You keep the buyers coming back again and again to this event. The next swap meet is Oct. 18! Same place and time. Hopefully we will get the Fire Museum to bring the portable kitchen truck this time!
Mike Rosen
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It was a great turn out. Let this be a lesson that even with a sprinkle of rain we can still have a successful swapmeet. Thanks everyone who came! ________________________________ From: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic-bounces@lists.vcfed.org> on behalf of Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2025 9:50 AM To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> Cc: Jeffrey Brace <jeffrey@vcfed.org>; vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] VCF/March swap meet On Mon, Jun 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Let me be the first one to say thank you to all for the swap meet, it turned out to be very good.
Hello Mike, Yes. Indeed it was very good!
A lot of vendors maybe didn’t show because of the possibility of rain, but you know what, many did show and at 10am to 1030 am I was so busy, I was so overwhelmed and sold out a lot of stuff.
I'm glad that overall the swap meet turned out good in many ways. There were about 5 vendors registered that didn't show up, but there were 19 unregistered (paid at the gate) that took their place. Vendors: We had more than last time. Attendees: About the same as last time. Volunteers: Overall I had enough, but could have used a few more volunteers so that I could give volunteers more breaks and at least one more on Friday loading. Food Truck: They cancelled at the last minute, so Corey's idea of buying pizza worked out well. We would have just paid Wake $400 anyway (Food truck from October). So it worked out well for everyone. Vendors: Many reported lots of sales on their items. VCF/MARCH sold lots of surplus which benefits funding repairs and improvements in the warehouse.
So I guess Jeff Brace was right in a way, the rain held off just long enough to have a successful event. But I was a little annoyed that it rained anyway just when I was packing up.
Yes. The rain was annoying for all of us. I had to go with my gut about the weather based on being a local and knowing the quirks of the local weather patterns. I guessed that it would be light on and off rain with no lightning. So everyone that took my advice to bring a tent benefitted. The heavier rain didn't come until the show was already winding down.
And thank you for the pizza!
You're welcome! I'm glad that you enjoyed it! THANKS TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS WHO MADE THIS EVENT A SUCCESS! *Joe Giliberti*: For helping with Friday loading, driving and unloading the truck at 5:30AM and doing 3 loads, helping with breakdown as well. The hardest working volunteer who helped me in the weeks leading up to the event. *Rick*: For putting out and taking up signs, helping with canopy setup. *"Truck" Doug*: for his truck, setting up canopy, setup and breakdown. *Bill I*: For setting up and taking down the canopy. *August *for selecting surplus items and pricing them, monitoring the surplus items. *Thomas *for pricing surplus items and running the bull horn *Ian Litchfield* for monitoring the surplus items and running the bull horn *Keith *for helping with setup, admissions, breakdown. *Drew *for taking admissions. *Maki *for watching the exit. *Doug C*. for helping with admissions. *Corey, Ben, Liz and Bill D *for helping with admissions and swag sales. *David G, Crawford G, Maki, Andrew, Nick, Joe* etc who helped with breakdown. *Rich B & Andy B *for directing parking. I'm sure that I'm forgetting others just remind me. Thanks to all the vendors who came despite the unpredictable weather. You keep the buyers coming back again and again to this event. The next swap meet is Oct. 18! Same place and time. Hopefully we will get the Fire Museum to bring the portable kitchen truck this time!
Mike Rosen
Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device.
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