> "Paul Finch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Skipp,
> How would inflating the prices be a "good" thing?
It's probably not a good thing. From what I understand it was
done to discourage people from overkill hogging of space when
the flea market was greatly impacted. Many of us know people
who rent the extra spaces just to have the ticket to get in
early and have a parking place for the extra cars/trucks.
Abuse happens and it is/was a way the now 86'd Corporation
People thought up to keep the space hogs under control. I'm
sure things will change if much open space is left over each
year. It's my opinion the flea market is the big part of
the event and many of the various event operators just don't
realize it. Hamcon out here in Northern California is a big
dud each year and they have yet to catch on about it. One
year the Hamcon people had lots of flea market space and the
place was nuts busy. Then they hosed up the flea market and
the event has been in the tank ever since.
> This Hamfest is much higher that any other I have ever been
> to! Granted, it is the largest but does that make it right
> for the to double the charge for one more fleamarket space?
There is no "right" in any example.
> $70.00 for one space is really high enough, I don't
> understand the $90.00 for the 3rd and 4th spaces and
> even higher for more! Amateur Radio operators are not
> rolling in dough, at least most of us. I don't understand
> the tiered pricing that they have. Most people give a
> discount for multiple of anything they sell, not the
> Hamvention crew.
> Paul
>From what I've heard, the higher prices applied to spaces
next to each other... not to spaces per person away from
each other. There was great abuse of the space allocations
years back. People with money were renting the prime spots
in many rows. There were cases of business people buying
large groups of prime row spaces months ahead of time...
many were resold for a hefty profit.
Small item hams were given a chance to sell at the single
space price. If you needed more than one space, you are/were
not considered a small item or one time item person... but
a dealer as the majority are/were.
I'm waiting to hear (read actually) the answers to the
questions I forwarded along. We'll see what turns up.
Cheers Paul,
skipp
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