If attending coin conventions becomes passé, what can convention organizers do to spur intere
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Right now, the numismatic scene is hot. Anyone who is anyone wants to be a numismatist and run with the cool crowd.
I was wondering what will happen when the market actually slows a bit. Right now, show promoters put on large numismatic conventions, basically kick up their heels, and the cash flows in in bucketfuls from table fees and other sources of revenue. But what happens when attending large conventions is no longer the thing to do? What should show promoters be planning on now in order to meet this possible contingency in the future? Is the solution having fewer shows, in order to get people whipped up into a frenzy about an upcoming show? Should the promoters have tie-ins with other shows, such as book conventions, art conventions, etc., in order to generate larger crowds overall when there is a numismatic downturn? What else should be considered for the proverbial rainy day, which will certainly come eventually?
I was wondering what will happen when the market actually slows a bit. Right now, show promoters put on large numismatic conventions, basically kick up their heels, and the cash flows in in bucketfuls from table fees and other sources of revenue. But what happens when attending large conventions is no longer the thing to do? What should show promoters be planning on now in order to meet this possible contingency in the future? Is the solution having fewer shows, in order to get people whipped up into a frenzy about an upcoming show? Should the promoters have tie-ins with other shows, such as book conventions, art conventions, etc., in order to generate larger crowds overall when there is a numismatic downturn? What else should be considered for the proverbial rainy day, which will certainly come eventually?
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--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
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<< <i>Free booze. >>
Hey, it works for Vegas...
Thankfully, the convention center no longer charges to park.
First a huge virtual bourse will open on your PC, Blackberry, iPod or Cantaloupe. Next you view holograms of each item, chat with the dealers via your cochlea implant receiver, and make your selection – or wander to the next "table." You can stand in a queue to buy a virtual hot dog or stale chips and have the real thing delivered to your office for an obscene fee. (Is this where the Hooters' ladied stop by?) If you make a purchase, a huge armored truck will arrive at your office within moments bearing the real coin, pre-slabbed and pre-evaluated for crackout/upgrade opportunities and a price history covering the last seventeen centuries. When the delivery person places the coin into your hand, the touch less debit system automatically deducts the cost plus any other fees and delivery charges from your bank account. If you're overdrawn, a credit line will be automatically opened at 27% interest.
The moment you have taken possession of the coin, you will be inundated with purchase offers for similar coins (and similar hot dogs). There will also be many offers to sell your new coin at half of what you just paid.
The final step is to eliminate the coin entirely – you simply own a share of a congealed collection and have holograms of each coin. You buy and sell the images – the real coins (if they exist) are in a vault someplace at the bottom of Biscayne Bay.
Oh, and the no admission fee/no parking fee sounds like a winner, too.
<< <i>The next step is, like the folks who will change your car's oil or replace the windshield in the office parking lot, the show will come to you.
First a huge virtual bourse will open on your PC, Blackberry, iPod or Cantaloupe. Next you view holograms of each item, chat with the dealers via your cochlea implant receiver, and make your selection – or wander to the next "table." You can stand in a queue to buy a virtual hot dog or stale chips and have the real thing delivered to your office for an obscene fee. (Is this where the Hooters' ladied stop by?) If you make a purchase, a huge armored truck will arrive at your office within moments bearing the real coin, pre-slabbed and pre-evaluated for crackout/upgrade opportunities and a price history covering the last seventeen centuries. When the delivery person places the coin into your hand, the touch less debit system automatically deducts the cost plus any other fees and delivery charges from your bank account. If you're overdrawn, a credit line will be automatically opened at 27% interest.
The moment you have taken possession of the coin, you will be inundated with purchase offers for similar coins (and similar hot dogs). There will also be many offers to sell your new coin at half of what you just paid.
The final step is to eliminate the coin entirely – you simply own a share of a congealed collection and have holograms of each coin. You buy and sell the images – the real coins (if they exist) are in a vault someplace at the bottom of Biscayne Bay. >>
The upside is that the States will take a while to figure out how to tax holograms. Until that time, tax free sales!!!!!
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
<< <i>Waitresses from Hooters serving that free booze! >>
Well we didn't have the free booze, but for three years the Ky State show did have the hooters waitresses taking food orders and delivering to the bourse floor. Not sure if we can swing the free booze part. I've seen some of these dealers drink, and we'd like to try and make a profit on the show, or at least break even. (At the EAC convention Saturday night the people at the informal gab fest down in the hotel bar cleaned them out on the bottled beer. At $5 a bottle.)