I hope I am not hijacking this thread but it reminds me of what I just experienced this past weekend. I had 1 table at a local gun show with my wife. This was the first time I have went to this show so really no one knew me there.
I took 10 guns and some old scopes, dies, knifes, and misc. gun stuff for sale. Over the 2 days of the show I sold 6 of my long guns and at least 50 % of the small items.
My neighbors that had tables around me sold 0 guns and very little else.
They were nice people and I did look at most of there items and seen how high they had there items priced but wasn't about to say anything about prices to them.
I just don't see how most of these people can pay for the tables, cost to drive to the show, haul in loads of goods and set it up , spend 16 + hours watching people walk by there tables without stopping to even look ?
They would need to sell quite a bit to break even in my mind.
I made a small profit on my items but I had the stuff priced at what I would consider paying if I was looking to buy used items.
The people who did have powder for sale were asking from $ 28 to $ 34 per pound and I can buy it at local shops for 4 to 10 dollars less per pound.
I just don't understand why they would price items so high ?
Jedman