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Originally Posted by mikecc
8x10 space at fishing shows starts around $400 double space $600 then you have to have power $80 .
a week of planing ,rooms ,gas ,food after that 2 days to get back to normal all in all cost is about $1000,
I don't miss it at all.
I can lower my prices even more than at a show and just have a sale in the shop that go thru all that again.
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Same here Mike.
You can add "ponder where that reel went" that you can't seem to find after a show and can only conclude it was stolen since it didn't sell during the show. And the inevitable breakage and wear and tear on products from traveling.
Also a full store inventory to get things accurate again. Phones not being answered while we're away, web orders not being pulled and shipped, and customers who didn't know you were at a show getting pissed when they show up and the doors are locked.
Parking expenses for the whole staff. Uhaul truck. Payroll and food for extra staff. The list goes on and on. Nearly getting in a brawl every year with the oh so helpful dock workers at the Providence Convention Center. Sitting on the access ramp for hours on end before beginning the 10 hour set up of the SWE booth. The inevitable post show cold and or flu. Vendors parking small vehicles in the area set aside for those with big trucks that can't go in the parking garage taking up all the space resulting in me having to sit around in the street and nearby parking lots for hours on end waiting for one of the morons to finally show up so I can give him a piece of my mind and finally park the U-Haul. That last one really chaps my ass every year.
But I'm not bitter or anything.
Not going to miss RISAA this year. Planning to enjoy it from the other side of the fence. Maybe. Maybe I'll just go throw a fly line at some largemouths or something instead.