Vending at Tanner?

[sneakerd]

I can tell you absolutely that there have been several instances where a guy with a table has lost a sale from me. Once for sure a gun sale- because of a bunch of non-business shoot-the-breeze guys right in front of his table. Yes- I could say "excuse me" and then get quick access. But I'm weird, I don't do that. I know that I don't "need" the item or even the gun. I "want" it. So I'll stand right there off to the side, next in line so to speak to look at the table. I'll stand there with an obvious look on my face- clearly indicating that I would like to look at something blocked by the bodies of a couple of chit-chatters. If after a literal 3 or 4 minutes, (just count to 180), I just walk away. There's plenty of other stuff to look at, and maybe I'll find something at somebody else's table, and I usually do. I remember specifically a Tanner show a year or so ago, a guy had on his table a nice S&W 4" K-frame .22. I had it in hand once and gave it a good lookover, put it down and came back twice later, both times standing there waiting longer than I was willing to. If the gun had gotten back in my hand that day, I would have bought it. I was on my way out the last time. Just trying look at it from the other side.

[R&S]

I will be there with some great deals, just sold a Ruger SR1911 that came in and I started with the waiting list from May of this year. It went for $645.00 and the next one will be mine (perks of owning the biz). will have LC9s for $345.00 (cash price). Just a note to those new commers, you should bring cash for the best deals.

[funkymonkey1111]

i'd echo sneakerd's comments--tables where folks are BSing don't even get a look from me. If you're not there to buy something, you're wasting this guy's time and costing sales.

of course, i don't know the guy and he may genuinely enjoy endlessly and politely talking to people with no intention of buying anything at the expense of making a sale at a show where's he's paid to have a table.

[roberth]

I will be there with some great deals, just sold a Ruger SR1911 that came in and I started with the waiting list from May of this year. It went for $645.00 and the next one will be mine (perks of owning the biz). will have LC9s for $345.00 (cash price). Just a note to those new commers, you should bring cash for the best deals.

I echo 'bring cash' if you want to deal, I think the ATMs at MM charge a usage fee. People aren't so willing to negotiate when they have to add the costs of credit card processing to the transaction and alot of people simply don't take credit cards.

[alxone]

i'd echo sneakerd's comments--tables where folks are BSing don't even get a look from me. If you're not there to buy something, you're wasting this guy's time and costing sales.

of course, i don't know the guy and he may genuinely enjoy endlessly and politely talking to people with no intention of buying anything at the expense of making a sale at a show where's he's paid to have a table.

i dont mind when forum members stop by to say hello or use my table as a meeting point . at the new spot there will be more room for folk to hang . ill be close to r&s by the bathroom at the lone table behind the book lady . its kind of a shit spot but ill be able to spread out a little and make it work .

[sneakerd]

I think maybe I got a little carried away on this. Don't want to discourage people from meeting up and/or hanging out at Alex's table. Just want folks to be conscious of why he's there.

[Byte Stryke]

I think maybe I got a little carried away on this. Don't want to discourage people from meeting up and/or hanging out at Alex's table. Just want folks to be conscious of why he's there.

too late... made other plans

[Buckaroobonsai]

Any venders taking consignments? I don't feel like walking around all day with a "For Sale" sign sticking out of a barrel!

[alxone]

Any venders taking consignments? I don't feel like walking around all day with a "For Sale" sign sticking out of a barrel!

depends , send me a pm i might have room on my rack for one more depending on what it is .

[BlasterBob]

Any venders taking consignments? I don't feel like walking around all day with a "For Sale" sign sticking out of a barrel!

Individuals (NON-FFL dealers) might take one of your guns and place it on their table but any FFL dealer should really be careful of this as they legally would have to enter the GUN (IF you want to leave a gun on their table for consignment) into their bound book. If it doesn't sell at the show, then LEGALLY you would have to go through the background check to get your own gun back. It's a real can of worms doing the consignment thing. IMHO
If you find an individual (NON-FFL dealer) willing to place your gun on their table, someone could want to buy it and the table holder could just locate you and you could make the deal with the potential buyer. Of course, the background check would still have to be made if this happens at a Colorado gun show.