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Numismatic News says high priced early bird badges at Long Beach push coin business off the bourse f
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and into hotel rooms. The argument being why pay $150 for early entry when you can do business at a hotel. When fees were $25-$50 it was not a big deal but at $75-$200 it is. The writer says this is why the set up time was less active at the show than it has been in the
past. Your opinion?
past. Your opinion?
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Too many "business" people don't seem to understand there are "happy spots" where you get the most $ for the buck, and instead, feel they should gouge to the point that very few will pay it (but there are always those "very few that will pay it".
Unless they are doing it to really cut down on the number of people who will pay the extra charge, for crowd control or whatever, it sounds like a dumb decision that is, rightfully so, backfiring on them.
It's like a convention I used to doubledip on in Vegas.....it went hand in hand with another convention and was free and very crowded. Then, it was a nominal charge. Fine. Still crowded. Now, it is pretty expensive. I haven't been to it in more than a few years now, largely because of that. I think it still has a crowd but nowhere near what it used to be.
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rainbowroosie April 1, 2003
Coin's for sale/trade.
Tom Pilitowski
US Rare Coin Investments
800-624-1870
<< <i>Come to Florida. Screw California.
Better yet, Come to Illinois. Like Florida, only colder!
Although the Auction front in California was as strong as ever.
<< <i>I hear the California show is dying a slow death every year and all the action is in Florida.
Although the Auction front in California was as strong as ever. >>
I believe that the reason that the shows in California are having problems is due to taxes. This was an issue when the ANA wanted to have conventions there.
<< <i>FUN charges $75 for the January show and FUN has no problem attracting early birds. Draw your own conclusion. >>
Fla doesn't have the taxes or the gestapo-like tax collectors.
Coin's for sale/trade.
Tom Pilitowski
US Rare Coin Investments
800-624-1870
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<< <i>FUN charges $75 for the January show and FUN has no problem attracting early birds. Draw your own conclusion. >>
Fla doesn't have the taxes or the gestapo-like tax collectors. >>
Neither does Illinois. And at the ILNA fall show, the cost of an early bird badge is $30, but with a new location, that may change.