Improvements to the N'atl

[toppcat]

Something like a twitter feed with a hashtag would work. Dealers could pick out the hashtag and tweet back if they have a match. Biggest problem is dealer multitasking as it seems like one more thing for them to do and would raise the theft proabbility I think..

[sb1]

While this sounds well and good. Please remember most dealers are 50ish and only use a phone(regardless of it's capabilities) to send and receive calls. They are not tweeting or following instagram. For them to do what most suggest would involve reinventing the wheel for them. Myself included.

Originally Posted by toppcat

Something like a twitter feed with a hashtag would work. Dealers could pick out the hashtag and tweet back if they have a match. Biggest problem is dealer multitasking as it seems like one more thing for them to do and would raise the theft proabbility I think..

[chris6net]

Some different locations. It is ridiculous to have Chicago, Cleveland,Baltimore and ocassionally Atlantic City. There are plenty of other great cities that are worthy of the National.

[uffda51]

On-site dentistry would be a plus . . .

[sb1]

Originally Posted by uffda51

On-site dentistry would be a plus . . .

There were more dentist's floating around that room that you could count!

[Texxxx]

I like the idea of having one out west sometimes. Las Vegas would work. Then again, dealers wouldn't want buyers blowing all there money at the tables instead of buying cards.

[GasHouseGang]

Originally Posted by Texxxx

I like the idea of having one out west sometimes. Las Vegas would work. Then again, dealers wouldn't want buyers blowing all there money at the tables instead of buying cards.

I think blowing all your money at the tables means something different to collectors at the National! On the serious side, I would like add my vote to those that would like to see another National west of the Mississippi.

One thing I have been wondering, is how does Comic-Con always make their event such a happening? They call it a comic book convention, but are there people actually selling comics at this show? I've never been there, so I don't know if you can even compare the two events, but maybe there are some things to be learned from how they have managed to make this such an great show.

[E93]

Originally Posted by uffda51

On-site dentistry would be a plus . . .

That is one of the funniest comments I have seen in a long time!
JimB

[ullmandds]

On location Dentistry sounds good to me...no insurance accepted...payment in vintage cardboard only!

[AgonyandIvy]

A Net54 Dinner every evening of the show.

[Rich Klein]

Originally Posted by AgonyandIvy

A Net54 Dinner every evening of the show.

+1000

Leon loves the work and thrives on planning dinners for hundreds

[Matthew H]

There's a cool app called "Group me" It works like text messages but with a group. The groups are private. If all the pre-war dealers/buyers joined say a "2013 National Pre-war collectors" group, then a buyer could send a text like "who's the guy with all the N321s?" Everyone will get the message, and the right dealer could respond. The down side would be that all buyers would get the message and another interested collector might be closer then you!