Thinking of becoming a gunshow vendor.....any advice?

[jsalcedo]

Good luck. Let me know when you're making the loop through here and I'll buy your lunch...if you don't have any Beanie Babies.

Thanks.

I use beanie babies for target practice or let the dogs play tug of war with them. I've never seen a gun related Beanie though.....

 

[The_Antibubba]

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-Leonardo Lab Rat, who comes from the woods courtesy of PETA!

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Hurry, supplies are limited.

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(Not for use with choked barrels)

 

[Majic]

One thing that seems to be more and more common at gunshows today is to "LEARN TO LIE WITH A SMILE".

 

[Rimmer]

Best advice I could give is to know your product.

I get really tired of hear'in a song an dance when it's obvious that some of these guys have no clue! Believe it or not a few of us actually know what you have and what it's worth and ya, as mentioned earlier, give us the straight story and we will probably be back next time look'in to buy again from you.

 

[wardog]

Whatever you're gonna sell you've got to make sure you buy it for the best price. Then, charge just a bit more and do some volume. Most of the people selling at shows think their stuff is worth too much, probably because they didn't shop around.

There's a guy at our local shows in Denver. www.ak-47man.com
He sells Mosin Nagants for $90, Yugo SKS's for $169, ammo, etc. All of his prices are pretty good, and he's ALWAYS got a crowd around his booth and is actually making sales.

 

[ken w.]

vendor

I think that as a vendor,I sell the products that actually work,and not the gimicks.I always have the stuff that the other vendors don't have like .17 cal,.20 cal, & .22 cal bore brushes and bore mops.I have a large selection of rimfire ammo and sell per box,not bricks.Don't you ever want to try new ammo without buying a brick ?I feel that I have the most variety of any vendor at most shows.That is why I usually do good at the gun shows.
But,most of all,I'm not arrogent of nasty to anyone at my table(no matter how much of an a$$ he is or how stupid I think they are) and will help them out weather or not they buy something.If they don't buy this time,they will later.

 

[Texian Pistolero]

Convince yourself that you really look cool in fringed buckskin and coonskin cap,

or full Nazi regalia.

Also, have wife/girlfriend wear tight hot pants and haltertop, (no matter what heft or relative attractiveness.)

 

[Majic]

One of the last shows I went to had the biggest crowd selling camo clothing. Of course the girl modeling the camo bikini did help a little by attracting attention.

 

[Kodiak AK]

dukeofurl

Thanx . That was what i was talking about .

 

[SunBear]

Ditto what WayneD said about the display cases and deal with one customer at a time so one doesn't walk off with your product while another distracts you by arguing about prices, etc..