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It would certainly be interesting to see the accounts for the organisers as someone is making money from it and its not the retailers for sure, also normally rule of thumb is that caterers are normally charged double if not triple the normal sellers fees, that's why the food and drink is so expensive in these places.ovenpaa wrote:I agree Primer, given the price of a stand at the show the vendors are going to have to shift a lot of items to even recoup the stand costs so there is little incentive to sell at discounted prices.
As an example we were quoted GBP640 for a small stand with banner (Ex VAT) We would have had to sell a lot of stock to get that back, let alone make a profit if we discounted our items for the show.
I do not expect to find any true bargains at the show, yes some people may be knocking a fiver off here and there, the real advantage is it is a one stop shop for all of your shooting needs and you should be able to find everything from a broken case extractor to a .50BMG rifle if you so desire
We are there to meet up with people we know and have a peer at the latest products.
Dromia, I do agree the Strange Old Wooden Rifle collector is not particularly well catered for at the Shooting Show and the older rifles are always optimistically priced if they are available. Is there such a thing as a bargain these days?dromia wrote:I would challenge that it meets all the shooting needs, certainly a lot of stuff, especially new mainstream and fashionable, However my interests for example old, out of production and second hand aren't well represented as a minority market. The cost, as you have pointed out, cuts against the small, low volume, specialist interest business attending.
ovenpaa wrote:Dromia, I do agree the Strange Old Wooden Rifle collector is not particularly well catered for at the Shooting Show and the older rifles are always optimistically priced if they are available. Is there such a thing as a bargain these days?dromia wrote:I would challenge that it meets all the shooting needs, certainly a lot of stuff, especially new mainstream and fashionable, However my interests for example old, out of production and second hand aren't well represented as a minority market. The cost, as you have pointed out, cuts against the small, low volume, specialist interest business attending.
dromia wrote:I would challenge that it meets all the shooting needs, certainly a lot of stuff, especially new mainstream and fashionable, However my interests for example old, out of production and second hand aren't well represented as a minority market. The cost, as you have pointed out, cuts against the small, low volume, specialist interest business attending.
Well said :lol: :lol:Rearlugs wrote:
Chris Smith and few other historic arms RFDs will be there; he'll have some of my stock with him. Problem is that our stuff is so low-margin and low-volume that its hard to cover show costs. I usually make a loss even on the Bisley arms fairs - I only do them for the social pleasure of meeting our shooting bretheren and seeing their happy faces. O.k., some of them are a bit dour, but its the thought that counts...