Today I went to a gun show in Monroe, MI about a half hour east of me and was really disappointed with it. They claimed 400 tables and the tables were sold out it seemed but out of that many tables there were maybe 20 % of them that even had a gun or ammo on them.
I seen people selling T shirts, candy, honey, snake oil mixtures, pots and pans, and I mean their whole display were just these items. I have only lived here in MI less than a year and both my wife and I have found that nearly everything in MI is much higher in cost , electricity is more than double per kilowatt hour, internet is 2 x, and on and on but the tables at this show were $ 70 ea. for the weekend and the shows in OH that I usually frequent are either $20 or $ 25 ea.
I just don’t see how some of the table holders could ever even break even selling the junk they were selling and pay for the table(s) at that price ?
The price people were asking for their guns was really high, I know people can ask whatever they want but I didn’t see anyone buying today, not one !
I usually go to 3 to 5 shows a year and this was I believe the worst I have seen yet. My inner voice told me I would be wasting my time going to this show but I didn’t listen.
I know inflation is everywhere but just since December when I went to a small show in another town
asking prices have gone crazy, I didn’t see any primers at all and the few who had powder were asking $ 70 for a pound can of OLD stock.
I guess I had to get that rant out to feel better.
Jedman