Wonder why big Gun Shows are the same.

[wareagle50]

http://thegunwriter.blogs.heraldtribune.com/15795/the-gun-writer-floridas-gun-show-mafia/

That's why I love doing the Milton gun show, and the Mobile Abba shrine show.

 

[JohnAL]

Good info. No big surprise. Greed has taken over this country.

 

[FrankT]

This is why the gun shows suck and I have stopped going to them. These people put on the same shows, same vendors, same over priced merchandise, I will not give them my entrance $$ That is how to make them change! The show promoter is the worst I have ever seen. These shows should include, seasonal types of merchandise, like deer products, turkey, hog, stands, blinds, trail cams and such to make them much better. This promoter is too shallow and closed minded.

 

[Gunslinger82]

http://thegunwriter.blogs.heraldtribune.com/15795/the-gun-writer-floridas-gun-show-mafia/

That's why I love doing the Milton gun show, and the Mobile Abba shrine show.

I go to a lot of gunshows in south fl and they are pretty good. Way better variety and prices than we have in the Panhandle. Local shows are always the same people with the same over priced junk. I won't be attending any more of the Suncoast sponsored shows after reading this article. F 'em!!!!

 

[Welldoya]

I thought it was the Bean family who had the monopoly on gun shows in Florida ?

 

[TraderDan]

sunds like a stupid move out of desperation, and borderline sueable, I dought if they had an exclusive clause on sign up form.

 

[Viking1204]

This is why the gun shows suck and I have stopped going to them. These people put on the same shows, same vendors, same over priced merchandise, I will not give them my entrance $$ That is how to make them change! The show promoter is the worst I have ever seen. These shows should include, seasonal types of merchandise, like deer products, turkey, hog, stands, blinds, trail cams and such to make them much better. This promoter is too shallow and closed minded.

I go to a lot of gunshows in south fl and they are pretty good. Way better variety and prices than we have in the Panhandle. Local shows are always the same people with the same over priced junk. I won't be attending any more of the Suncoast sponsored shows after reading this article. F 'em!!!!

+1 on both of your comments. Hell, for me and my oldest son to walk in the door it's $14 so why throw away money there I can spend on ammo. There is a show in FWB this weekend and I'm not going, I'll go to my local dealer stores instead if I need anything. I already have plans to check out that Tactical store in Destin this weekend.

 

[Urbanfuturistic]

So are we definite that this is representative in the change of atmosphere at gun shows?

If so, why don't we stop going and/or vendors step away from those kinds of promoters?

 

[FrankT]

I been saying that for 2 years, stop going and supporting the promoters, it will teach all of them a hard lesson. Go to the Milton show and non promoter shows.

 

[1956_4x4]

I've never been to the Milton show. I might just need to check it out.

Smitty

 

[Medic]

I'm all for any gun show that isn't full of beef jerky vendors and extremist groups. I just want to see guns and ammo and may be some surplus stuff.

 

[wareagle50]

As a guy that does gun shows, one or so a month, you are limited to which ones you can do. I sell mainly holsters, so I can sell them at the shows in Alabama, Mississippi, and elsewhere, but if you sell guns you are limited to your state. I use to do the Victor Beans shows, but they screwed me around trying to get a table at the Pensacola show, so I quit doing their FWB and PCB shows. I only do the Milton and Mobile and sometimes Robertsdale. All three of those shows have great promoters who appreciate their vendors. After expenses, I make a little $, but I enjoy the shows and talking to gun folk the most. I do it as a hobby, it would be a hard way to make a living if you did it full time.

 

[FrankT]

Now that is what we need to know, Thanks WE

 

[Viking1204]

Question, how much does a dealer have to pay per table at the shows put on by promoters?

 

[2ndAmendmentShooting]

Victor bean has screwed me at Pensacola also...Billy in Milton is the best promoter. Great guy!

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[wareagle50]

Question, how much does a dealer have to pay per table at the shows put on by promoters?

Any where from $45 to $90 depending on the show and what city.

 

[HR Custom Holsters]

All the local VB shows are $75 a table. I didn't want to turndown Billy for the last Milton show, but family trumps business

 

[FrankT]

The real rip off to me is the entry fee, we are customers, they need us to come and buy or there is no show! I refuse to pay them unless it is an independent show and I am not happy about that either. They would get double the people if the fee was $2-3 instead of 7

 

[posthuman13]

Is the Milton show at Santa Rosa Auditorium?

 

[Urbanfuturistic]

I been saying that for 2 years, stop going and supporting the promoters, it will teach all of them a hard lesson. Go to the Milton show and non promoter shows.

Ive been to the Milton show, its where I bought my first firearm ever in 2005. What/where are the non-promoter shows?

Is the Milton show at Santa Rosa Auditorium?

Yes. Its a pretty decent show, but in a very small venue.