Re: 2021 convention IOWA
[Re: Nittany Lion]
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07/25/21 02:51 PM
07/25/21 02:51 PM
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Steven 49er
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I like the way Bogmaster thinks. If the convention is advertised to run until the end of the day Saturday the vendors should stay. You don't see a business that has regular hours from 8 to 4 close at noon. Eventually, if that business doesn't have the financial incentive they deem worthy, they'll start closing at noon. Problem solved.
"Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon". Milton Friedman.
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Re: 2021 convention IOWA
[Re: Trapper Dahlgren]
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07/25/21 03:42 PM
07/25/21 03:42 PM
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ND FTA
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Hats off to the Iowa boys and the NTA for a really good time. We were there Thursday afternoon until just before noon on Saturday. If you do it again in a couple of years, we will be there. Well done folks.
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Re: 2021 convention IOWA
[Re: Trapper Dahlgren]
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07/25/21 04:15 PM
07/25/21 04:15 PM
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wissmiss
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Requiring a deposit that is non-refundable if you leave early, won’t work. 2 reasons.
- if it is a small deposit, say $200.00 - dealers will just forfeit it and consider it part of their booth rent or other business expense.
- if it is a large deposit, say $1,000.00 - dealers, especially the small ones, won’t pay it to begin with. They might consider setting up in the tail gate area, when they can leave when they want. And pay less booth/space rent. Or they might not attend the event at all.
Another suggestion has been that if a dealer packs up early, they aren’t allowed back at future events. If this is enforced, after several years you won’t have many dealers.
In my opinion, this entire situation is a No Win.
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Re: 2021 convention IOWA
[Re: Trapper Dahlgren]
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07/25/21 04:35 PM
07/25/21 04:35 PM
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Boco
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ts just a symptom of the times. Everyone just thinks of themselves only and couldnt give a crap about anyone else unless their wallet is opened.
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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Re: 2021 convention IOWA
[Re: Trapper Dahlgren]
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07/25/21 05:07 PM
07/25/21 05:07 PM
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martyd
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Bico….. you are 100% correct. I was at Walmart today. Old guy like me a head of me getting ready to check out our own groceries. He said out loud …Now a days customer service means a business only provides a roof over your head so you don’t have to wade mud to buy their product and lights to see the product that they are re-selling to you. And if you are lucky Air condition. When we were going out the door he said he was at a local store 1 hour earlier and he said big sign on Door that said no public bathroom. That is what business is coming too. I can see both sides of the issue but a vendor can not complain if his sales are low because of a low show turn out if vendors are allowed to leave early ( might not catch up to them the first time but if it is a pattern it will ). I set up at gun shows and almost all show promoters tell you that you must stay open till at least 2:00 pm on Sunday on a Friday , Saturday ,Sunday show. Promoter even reminds dealers on loud speaker at 12:00 noon on Sunday’s of the policy. Trapping supplies are a lot like gun shows because they target a buyer that in many cases work Monday through Saturday. Maybe if I am not scheduled to work next year Monday through Saturday I can attend. I am sure every one had a good time. MD
Last edited by martyd; 07/25/21 05:08 PM.
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Re: 2021 convention IOWA
[Re: Boco]
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07/25/21 05:24 PM
07/25/21 05:24 PM
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LLtrapper
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ts just a symptom of the times. Everyone just thinks of themselves only and couldnt give a crap about anyone else unless their wallet is opened. Unlike Canada the USA especially IA is a free state where one can come and go as pleased. If you do not like it you just don't have to go or you can order on line. It totally has nothing to do with symptoms of the times other than there seems to be a lot of folks that are wanting to impose their desires on others and then blaming them. BOZO read what you said and turn it around and you will be right. Lots of folks don't give a crap about others. Especially people who want venders to come early and stay late so everyone can come and go as they wish. Don't care about the venders. Geez what a way to look at things. Shame on venders who sat all week in the heat and wanted to get home. lol, LLL
Isaiah 51:6 But my salvation will last forever, my righteousness will never fail.
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Re: 2021 convention IOWA
[Re: Trapper Dahlgren]
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07/25/21 05:27 PM
07/25/21 05:27 PM
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Nittany Lion
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Don't call me Mister, Mister
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You can please some of the people all of the time and you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can't please all of the people all of the time.
I got myself a seniors' GPS. Not only does it tell me how to get to my destination, it tells me why I wanted to go there.
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Re: 2021 convention IOWA
[Re: Yooper1978]
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07/25/21 06:18 PM
07/25/21 06:18 PM
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Nittany Lion
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Well, this used to be a good thread to come too and see how the convention was going. Now, it’s turned into whining.
Those that are complaining about the days/times etc, how many conventions have you put together? How many hours have you sat behind a booth at a convention? How many of you belong to the NTA, FTA, local trappers organization? How many of you have volunteered to help at these conventions? I get it, it’s hard to attend. Unfortunately, if you can’t get the time off to go, I guess you miss out. I couldn’t attend the NTA due to only having so much vacation time. Oh well, that’s the way it goes. If you are directing questions at me I will give you the answers. I never kept track of the hours I sat behind a both at a convention, but I helped a vendor at 7 National conventions. I am a lifetime member of the NTA, I belong to the FTA and I belong to 6 state trappers associations. I have helped at several Pennsylvania State trappers conventions.
I got myself a seniors' GPS. Not only does it tell me how to get to my destination, it tells me why I wanted to go there.
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