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Anyone of my Eastern Ontario OOD folks going? Maybe tee up a breakfast or coffee?
Saturday March 7 0800-1600, Sunday March 8 0900-1400
Renfrew Armouries Building
115 Veterans Memorial Blvd
Renfrew, Ontario, K7V 2R5
http://www.valleysportsmanshow.com/r...show_TradeShow
My buddy and I are thinking about coming up, it's a long drive from here so not sure if we will have time. Have to be back for before noon. I'll let you know Fri eve.
Excellent.
Let me know Mike.
Pretty sure there's a couple coming up, Richmond, and Lanark...
Haven't decided yet, might go up Saturday.
I forgot to let you know last night, actually forgot it was Fri eve....didn't realize it was Sat morn until I turned on the TV and my News wasn't on...HaHa..Quote:
Originally Posted by Bluebulldog
We decide not to go this year. Long drive and we both had to be back by noon.
Definitely going to the Richmond show Apr 4th !!!
See you at the Richmond show.Quote:
Originally Posted by MikePal
Did you go to the show..was it well attended ??Quote:
Originally Posted by Bluebulldog
Went on Sat am.Quote:
Originally Posted by MikePal
Was fairly busy but not packed. Pretty much the usual vendors, and wares. A couple of good deals to be had if you were looking. Of course the number of whacked prices were there too.
I noticed a large drop in attendance at most of the guns shows last year. That Renfrew show used to be lined up outside and packed 'cheek by jowl' inside.
The fall Carp show was dismal, more vendors than shoppers on Sun Aft. I'm wondering if they are soon to become a thing of the past as the Older guys sell off their collections. There were a couple tables last year where wives were trying to sell off Hubby's estate.
It's a lot of older collectors as most shows, which in the short term is great for some good deals for the buyers, but not sustainable in the long term.
That and not near as many hunters in general, means smaller crowds.
I think one of the biggest factors is that there are lots of guns, but in some of the conditions, the prices asked are fairly steep. I saw a few "decent" buys, but in reality, I can find similar online with any number of vendors.Quote:
Originally Posted by MikePal
For example, there were a ton of sporterized Mausers ( Parker Hale, Husquvarna, etc) in some decent caliber offerings like 6.5x55, .270Win, and 30-06, but every table was asking over $500 per, where Trade-ex has a ton of them, for less.
That Hunting Store had a decent sized offering, and they actually had some pretty smoking good deals ( no tax), but they were the exception.
I also recall going to the show in Orangeville on a regular basis. There was one particular vendor who had some nice SxS on display. I asked if I could see one of them ( nice straight stocked, 20gauge), and the older guy basically told me if I couldn't afford it, I couldn't handle it.....( price was around $1700). In no uncertain terms I instructed him to perform an act which was likely physically impossible, as I could afford it, but sure as heck wasn't going to put a deposit down just to handle a nice shotgun. He'll likely pass on in the next decade or so, and I'll buy it off his widow for a fraction of what he was asking.
Oh yea, you have to barter..it's expected. Only newb's pay the asking price :)
Most guys price them 50% higher than they will take. We used to carry a few cards with our name/ phone# on them. Write the offer on it and tell him to give you call when the show is over and he hasn't sold it yet. Sometimes they would call even before we left the building.
There is one guy (standard vendor at all the shows) that won't barter. Saw him at the fall show with his wife and she's pretty much running the table. He's sick and won't be doing the shows much longer and she's was telling him what to accept on offers becasue she wasn't loading them back into the truck HaHa...
I know that whenever I go to these gunshows, I am constantly comparing in my mind the price the vendors are asking with the prices on places like CGN (which are already inflated), and I rarely find anything that is a good deal. I think the vendors need to adapt to the fact that most buyers nowadays are very well informed on prices.
That being said, every once in a while, you can find something you have been looking for for a long time without success, and you just seize the opportunity and buy it on the spot. And very rarely, the vendor will undervalue an item and you can get a really good deal.
Regarding bartering: I won't waste my time offering someone half the asking price. When I sell something, I ask a reasonable amount, and I don't appreciate people offering me half the asking price. If I see something that I think is twice the amount that I am willing to spend, I just keep walking because I assume the person priced it somewhere close to what they are expecting to receive, so I don't want to insult them with what they would consider a real low-ball offer.
Just seeing this...house reno's been consuming my time these days. Hoping to sell soon.
The usual way it works..he buys a gun for $450 knowing it's a $600 gun.Then he will ask $900 (+50%)..knowing that someone will bargain him down, so this way the guy thinks he got a deal and the vendor makes a few $$....so no, to offer $600- $700, is not an insult but what they are really expecting to get for it. (exaggerated numbers for ease of explanation)Quote:
Originally Posted by rf2
I used to see local vendors at local Gun Auctions and watched how they buy guns. ie: One fella outbid me on a 7mm Mauser, I stopped at $250. I saw that same gun not two weeks later on his table at a gun show. He was asking $500. We had a good laugh about it and he said for me, a special price $400 HaHa..
Is there any indication from if gun shows will resume any time in the near future?
Seeing that we cannot have more than what 10 people inside, I doubt there will be any gun shows until at least next summer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Badenoch
Glad I stocked up on 16ga over the last couple years, ha ha.
Let's resurrect this one....now that things are opening back up again.