Friday national

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by sflayank

Wall to Wall people STOP
Prices higher than you can pay at auction STOP
Teenagers walking around with 1000s of dollars STOP
Buying and selling shiny STOP
Dealers with the books of 50s and 60s commons are mobbed...people making sets like crazy and charging stupid prices...amazing STOP
If u want regional and test issues and unusual STOP
Nothing exciting STOP
One dealer wanted 80k for a 66 punchout yaz koufax that was trimmed altered STOP
Traffic is nuts..Will easily surpass the # of people from last year STOP

Since it seems like you're reporting from the front lines via a telegram communiqué, I 'fixed' it for you.

[BigfootIsReal]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Since it seems like you're reporting from the front lines via a telegram communiqué, I 'fixed' it for you.

Bullet Points!!!! Gotta love it, straight to the point!! Don't need to know what he ate or when he took a piss. Post of the month!!

[Kzoo]

Maybe just a rumor, but my son heard they ran out of parking spots this morning. Cars were parked in a grass field when we exited at 3 pm. Also, we weren't in a big rush to get there at 10 and we paid for it. Had to wait outside on the sidewalk in a line for half an hour to eventually get the wristbands. Crazy busy inside and out. Good for the hobby, I guess.

[raulus]

Sucks to be me.

I always miss out on the best shows.

I guess there’s always next year!

[Jay Wolt]

Originally Posted by raulus

Sucks to be me.

I always miss out on the best shows.

I guess there’s always next year!

I dunno!
I'm glad I missed this one, there's lines to park, get inside the show,
to the bathroom, food concessions & its so packed, many dealers aren't
discounting, because there's a constant flow of customers.

[Fballguy]

Originally Posted by Jay Wolt

I dunno!
I'm glad I missed this one, there's lines to park, get inside the show,
to the bathroom, food concessions & its so packed, many dealers aren't
discounting, because there's a constant flow of customers.

What he said.

[Jewish-collector]

Rick Haskins and I missed you.

[conor912]

Originally Posted by raulus

Sucks to be me.

I always miss out on the best shows.

I guess there’s always next year!

You and I must be reading different threads.

[jimtodd]

Honestly, I had heard so much complaining, that I was dreading going today, but I've gotta say I was really impressed and had a fantastic time.
I got there around noon, and yes, had to park in the grass lot, but didn't have to pay for parking and after I got inside, I walked right in with no lines.
Its huge.
There was more vintage by percentage than I've personally ever seen in the past other shows (except Strongsville). The hobby is definitely not dying, and neither is vintage.
People are buying up vintage everywhere (albeit at 60-70%) and I was able to make a deal for some of my cards, and I bought a nice 1933 Delong Klein.
There was a ton of space in the isles between vendors.
It was much cooler in there for there being that many people.
The food trucks and drink stands throughout were really useful, as well as a lot of seats to sit down when you've been walking too much.
I didn't pay for autos but got to at least see Johnny bench, Dr. J, and Dennis Rodman, as well as several vintage baseball you-tubers.
I timed myself from the time I got in line for the bathroom, to when I left the bathroom, and it was 8 minutes. Not too bad considering the amount of people and how much people were complaining about it. I've seen worse in airports.
I for one, had a great time.

[vintagerookies51]

Cons- autograph pavilion was ran pretty poorly, my first one was cancelled 10 minutes before the scheduled time. Second one they went out of order and ended up being about 45 minutes later than the posted time. Extremely long lines for a lot of things - PSA pickup, food, etc… and I have no idea why they felt they needed to start a giant line outside to get through one set of doors when there were 20 doors that you could just easily walk into with no one stopping you.

Pros- met a lot of great people, some booths were willing to pay some fair prices for some cards I was looking to unload, really cool items on display especially in the Heritage/REA auctions

[GRock]

Got there just after noon and lot was full, I parked in the field.

Long walk all the way around the building.

Jam-packed inside, definitely 2-3 deep at the shiny stuff tables.

There were a few good deals if you were willing to negotiate.

Many of the old school guys still have the museum prices, many were knocking off decent amounts from sticker.

Was only looking for a few old cards, they were priced 2x from eBay so didn't pull the trigger.

Bought some shiny stuff, the guys I bought from were willing to sell at eBay and even a bit less, happy with those buys

[keithsky]

Promoters dodged a bullet the past 2 days because there was no rain. The amount of people that had to stand outside to get in would have been a nightmare with alot of pissed wet people.