This is to repond to Kevin question and concern on the other thread that was closed before I saw it.
Kevin for you, I compared you to a piece of used toilet paper that stuck on the bottom of my shoe.
Kevin - as far as I know, your freshwater expo was a failure, your marine expo is getting less vendors this year then last and I expecting it will be for next as well.
I will continue to support you and whenever I have a chance I make sure the customers and other vendor know about you and your tactic.
Take your show somewhere else because my store and I personally don't need your show to survive and it's already show with this last event. Instead of paying $800-$2000 for a booth and 2 days of hard work. I will use MAX to my adventage by having sale and showing up at MAX to buy items at close out or at discount price like I did with this last show. I call it a win and win situation without losing any money and time.
Lie ? which part ? don't you personally ask me for my permission to put my business name on the floorplant and we will talk later ? I am sure you probably doing the same with other vendors. Kevin - that is common sense because you need business name on that floorplan in order for you to sell, if the floorplan is empty noone will go. You can't sell at for higher price.
Another business 101 lession for you scum - I don't rely on 1 supplier or certain product to stay alive in this business. I also can buy that particilar product from 10 different suppliers. So if one supplier stop supplying me with their product, I can buy that same product from the other 9 suppliers. So far I am about to pull a plug on some of the products. The suppliers need us the retailers and us the retailers need our customers. I take care my suppliers and I take good care of my customers.
For your show, we don't need you, you need us. The more of us sign up the more it would attract attendee. The less of us sign up the lesser the vistors coming to your show. This number is already showing this year, less vendors = less attendee and the important thing is less hobbiest talking about MAX.
But again I will continue to support you and your show next year.