I agree that there is a problem at the 1500. I stopped going two years ago because it was just too much trouble trying to get a look at each table. I would like to see them get rid of the flea market tables. And how about getting rid of the baby strollers, they take up a lot of room and my ankles would be a lot happier.
I'm with ya. A stroller ban would be a great start!
Jeeze-louise same old record. The gun shop from Mooresville will not be in attendence , so there is your extra room. Go to the Nat-gun-day and see all the empty space and high entry fee. Tell the KNIFE-LADY she can't set up, because we all know that CHINA made knives are flea market treasures
IDEA #1- Why not convince the powers-to-be to have a special THURSDAY SHOW, just for the flowery odiforious, wide stance, and gun einstien's.Tell all the vendors,prices will be what the populous say and not a penny more. At the close you gather and praise Ivory Soap and sing
KOOM-BAH-YALL.
China made knives can consist of Ka-Bar, gerber, SOG, Buck, Spyderco, Benchmade, Cold Steel and many others, so are these considered Flea Market items because they are made in China? Also would the China made Norinco 7.62 x 39m SKS rifle be considered a flea market item as well. My statement previously was in reference to non- related items to guns or knives not the country of origin.
Donnie Baker? Is that you?Thought you were talking about the movement I had at the last 1500...
I swear they called out a haz-mat crew.
I'm with ya. A stroller ban would be a great start!
Lighten up Francis.
It's pretty obvious to anyone and everyone that's been recently that it's ridiculously overcrowded. You can call it whining if you want, but I hated the fact that I flat out couldn't move and I personally do not like having to elbow my way in just to look at one table. I love having all the vendors there. I love the big crowd - big crowds draw in lots of vendors and vice versa. Because of all that candy sitting there on all those tables, I love going. I'm a surplus junkie. But I dread the crowds that show up in the colder months.
It....needs.... more....space.
The original point of the thread was to figure out how to talk to the people that do run the 1500 and see if anything can be done about it. At some point when it turns into a general "let's bash the 1500" is when threads like this lose their potential. The original aim I didn't think was denigrate the 1500, but to make an improvement that I think EVERYone attending would appreciate.