Running National newbie question thread

[polakoff]

So my circumstances have changed since my initial question, and now I am left with tons of more questions, so I figured I would turn this into a running thread in which I can pick your brains.

Turned out my friend couldn't come with me, and the same day I was approached by two other friends of mine to share a booth at the National, so now I am going to my first ever National...and selling!

I know everyone's tastes are different when it comes to how you shop. The few people on the board who have shopped with me at a Raleigh show (Tschock among them) can attest to the fact that I don't like to play games. I like to mark my items with the price I need. If you buy bulk, I will discount. I don't like to play games and mark book value, do percentage off sticker, etc.

My plan for NSCC is to bring mostly vintage. I do not deal in high end, mostly low to mid range vintage. At smaller shows I will generally have a box or two with cards priced as marked ranging from 25 cents to $40. For the National I will be bringing bulk, of course, and am trying to decide how to sort. Personally, I love nothing more than when there is a disorganized box on a table with a price per card and I can dig through hoping I find a treasure. Not everyone is like that though, and at a high traffic show I'm concerned that might cause a backup at my table (or maybe that's a good thing? I don't know).

In your opinion as buyers, would you rather see vintage cards:
A) Sorted by price only - i.e., $1 box, $2 box, $3 box, $5 box, $10 and up box
B) Sorted by sport only - i.e., baseball box all prices, football box all prices, etc
C) Sorted by price AND by sport - i.e., $1 baseball box, $1 football box, etc
D) Sorted by sport AND by year - i.e., 1955 Baseball section all prices, etc
E) Not sorted at all - boxes of cards priced individually
F) Other (please specify)

Thanks in advance as always - this forum has always been such a great resource for me!