Table Dealers at Local Shows

[Rich Klein]

Originally Posted by Laxcat

Yall should just come down to Texas. We, for the most part, are quite pleasant to deal with.

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[mechanicalman]

I was at the Chicago show last weekend and, for the most part, had a very pleasant experience. There are some guys like William (forgot his last name) from Indiana who is very fair to deal with and very accommodating. Jeff from Card Country has actually become someone I'd call a friend - he's incredibly nice, fair, and has great cards. There was only one dealer who wouldn't give me the time of day, which is sad, as I went there specifically to buy a four-figure card he had listed on eBay. Even as I visited his large booth twice, he didn't acknowledge me once, so I walked away without buying. Sometimes the "stuff" isn't worth the hassle.

[ValKehl]

Sam, I suspect that you are referring to William Chappell of Bluffton, Indiana, who is always attentive to his potential customers and enjoyable to chat with at the Chantilly, VA, shows.
Val

[mechanicalman]

Yes, Val! That's the William. Seems like I've made a purchase from him at every Chicago show and National for the last few shows. He seems to have a constant stream of nice cards, at fair prices.

I imagine the more hospitable dealers not only do better on the selling side but the buying side as well; hence the stream of inventory.

[Rich Klein]

When I'm both promoting and setting up at a show I can not be as talkative to collectors as I would wish. However, fine dealer/Collectors like Matt (Laxcat) take up that slack for me.

BTW -- Matt I will have more cards for you the next time I see you. That stream I can always find you more cards at no matter what, even when I start a show with nothing. Last show Roger N took care of the majority and then my former Beckett teammate Jeff got you a few more

Rich

[Butch7999]

Our experience with card dealers at shows and flea markets has been disappointingly, annoyingly similar to Kevin's. No excuse for it.
It often seems they've gone out of their way to be inattentive, uncooperative, condescending, and unfriendly for the sole purpose of
later being able to grouse about how little they sold.

There was a thread here last fall asking for advice for "first-timers" setting up at a card show. All the good advice given there in reply
seems to us to be good advice for any dealer, whether they've set up once or a thousand times, and we'd put things like "a friendly attitude"
and "acknowledge every potential customer" at the top of the list, with "realistic prices" and "prices clearly marked" close behind...
http://net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=213413

[ezez420]

That was the first time I had done this show in quite a bit to get rid of some stuff. I am sure I spoke to some of you and cant say I witnessed any of the references. For me this is all fun which I had. The people I was with were good company. there are definitely quite a few guys that still dont get it and pay $400+ a table and have garbage. That is just something to expect.

[Edwolf1963]

Originally Posted by mechanicalman

I was at the Chicago show last weekend and, for the most part, had a very pleasant experience. There are some guys like William (forgot his last name) from Indiana who is very fair to deal with and very accommodating. Jeff from Card Country has actually become someone I'd call a friend - he's incredibly nice, fair, and has great cards. There was only one dealer who wouldn't give me the time of day, which is sad, as I went there specifically to buy a four-figure card he had listed on eBay. Even as I visited his large booth twice, he didn't acknowledge me once, so I walked away without buying. Sometimes the "stuff" isn't worth the hassle.

William Chappell.

And the one who didn't give you the time of day - was he wearing a cheap tacky looking red top hat? It's usually Levi/707 and his nose is usually buried into his laptop to pay any attention to people at his tables.