National Dealer Pass

[Blunder19]

Johnny

I am not a dealer. I am not looking to sell any cards. Thus the reason I don’t want to pay full price for a dealer booth when I won’t be selling any cards. I simply want to walk around on Tuesday and BUY cards for my collection a day before the general public walks in....

But your right .... the hobby never stops surprising me... including your unecessary reply to this thread...

[Johnny630]

First off I don’t beilve you do not buy and sell cards. Second you’re undercutting people who do this for their business. People are always looking for a edge like yourself, ie being cheap. Wait in line and pay just like the rest of us in the collecting world.

[JollyElm]

He would be stupid if he DIDN'T look to find and exploit an advantage. Plus, he's doing it right out in the open. Good luck, OP!!!

[CobbSpikedMe]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

He would be stupid if he DIDN'T look to find and exploit an advantage. Plus, he's doing it right out in the open. Good luck, OP!!!

This ^^^

It's common practice for folks with friends who are dealers to get into the show this way before everyone else. The best deals are made before you walk in the door.

[Gradedcardman]

A couple of years ago, the prize for some of the final price contests was dealer badges I believe. Some form of badge to enter the show early.

Jamie if you find three let Ryan and I know !!

Thanks,
Adam

[Johnny630]

How is this fair to the general public/collector who spends airfare, meals, and lodging to show up on Wednesday for all the good material to be gone? This is why my dealer friend refuses to put any of his material out for sale until Wednesday for the collector base which is the customer he wants to have around :-) not the vest pocket dealers looking for wholesale prices.

[Rich Klein]

This makes an interesting discussion.

it's one of the things I'll try to write about in my monthly GTS column. This will be part of the pre-National column I'll write.

And trust me, I get all sides of this discussion and I know from personal discussion that some vendors who pay good money for tables/booths would be upset at Jamie for this. I know this can't be stopped and at least Jamie is open about his wishes.

Regards
Rich

[Rhotchkiss]

So, I am likely going to buy a table at next year’s national just so I can get in Tuesday. I am not a dealer and I will likely set nothing up at that table, which means there will be one less dealer to buy from. But I will have paid full freight, and even though everyone else will be out one dealer Johny630 will be happy and that all that matters.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

So, I am likely going to buy a table at next year’s national just so I can get in Tuesday. I am not a dealer and I will likely set nothing up at that table, which means there will be one less dealer to buy from. But I will have paid full freight, and even though everyone else will be out one dealer Johny630 will be happy and that all that matters.

I'll take the table off your hands

[tschock]

>>> I am not a dealer. I am not looking to sell any cards. Thus the reason I don’t want to pay full price for a dealer booth when I won’t be selling any cards. I simply want to walk around on Tuesday and BUY cards for my collection a day before the general public walks in...

This response just leaves the taste that the OP is trying to 'justify' his actions. I'm not faulting him for trying to get the pass (or using it), I just wonder who he is trying to justify his actions to. The person who responded or himself.

[markf31]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

So, I am likely going to buy a table at next year’s national just so I can get in Tuesday. I am not a dealer and I will likely set nothing up at that table, which means there will be one less dealer to buy from. But I will have paid full freight, and even though everyone else will be out one dealer Johny630 will be happy and that all that matters.

My father buys and sells Lionel trains and always has a couple of dealer tables at one of the larger North East regional train shows in York, PA. This train show is biannual, and the organizers of the shows stipulate in the contract for a table, that the dealer must have a presence on the table from show's opening on Thursday afternoon through the shows end on Sunday morning.

The organizers keep pretty good tabs on this, and failure to maintain what the organizers consider a significant presence at your tables black lists the dealer for at least the following 2 shows, and their table requests will get denied for those 2 shows at a minimum. They had to implement this to keep dealers from leaving early and not showing up on Sunday morning as well as people registering for a table, only to walk around the show before the public opening to make purchases, sales or trades and never put merchandise out on their tables.

[RedsFan1941]

Originally Posted by Rich Klein

This makes an interesting discussion.

it's one of the things I'll try to write about in my monthly GTS column. This will be part of the pre-National column I'll write.

And trust me, I get all sides of this discussion and I know from personal discussion that some vendors who pay good money for tables/booths would be upset at Jamie for this. I know this can't be stopped and at least Jamie is open about his wishes.

Regards
Rich

please post a link to your column

[Rich Klein]

I will when I write it for my next column. Trust me, I get all the sides of this discussion.

These are the monthly columns I've already written

https://gogts.net/category/kleins-korner/

Rich