New Gun show table price....

[Xfuzz]

Setting up today for a small (around 350 Tables)
Texas gun show.
Been doing shows here for years.

New non-FFL dealer price.
$150.00 8-foot table.

That stings a bit.

 

[Truckman]

And as the collector vendors drop out, the tables will be filled by the typical flea market sellers, hastening the end of gun shows as we know them...We are our own worst enemy...I;ll see you tomorrow, Howie......Ben

 

[glenwolde]

... the end of gun shows as we know them...

From the ones I've been to, that day has passed. I don't go to them anymore.

 

[DWalt]

I quit going to gun shows in 2022. Skyrocketing admission and parking fees, mainly garbage on the tables inside. I have way too many guns anyway. I don't miss gun shows at ail.

 

[SPEEDGUNNER]

I don't think the collector vendors dropped out per se, I think they were forced out due to changing rules in a changing world. Many promoters now require an FFL and/or a sales tax license to do business and many of the municipalities have jumped on the bandwagon by requiring a "business license" albeit sometimes only a temporary one. It's all about the Benjamins...

 

[PatriotX]

Wow. $35 here.

 

[pharman]

MOVE to Ohio!

$150 a table is ridiculous...Move to Ohio...we have a 1 day show coming up in October in a small Amish town and the table rent had been $12...another small show in Clyde, Ohio has been $20 for 2 days OR $10 for one day...

 

[rockquarry]

I've done big gun shows on an irregular basis for more than forty years. Sure, table prices have gone up, but it's still pretty cheap entertainment for a weekend. I've never gone to these things to make money, but I guess it happens sometimes. I suppose it's all in your perspective.

 

[375hh1973]

Yeah, I quit going to gunshows too.

Too many purses, axe handles, that guy who has all the books on how to overthrow the gov't.

Tables of peepaw's old pump 12ga priced more than a new gun.

Then you get the table of a bunch of nice guns that aren't for sale, just a HEY LOOK AT MY COLLECTION guy.

Hard pass

 

[Muddyboot]

Setting up today for a small (around 350 Tables)
Texas gun show.
Been doing shows here for years.

New non-FFL dealer price.
$150.00 8-foot table.

That stings a bit.

What was the previous price?

 

[BKLooney]

I quit going to gun shows in 2022. Skyrocketing admission and parking fees, mainly garbage on the tables inside. I have way too many guns anyway. I don't miss gun shows at ail.

Yep, I'm quickly getting to this point as well...

 

[Truckman]

What was the previous price?

$100 per 8 foot table, up from $75 a couple of years ago......Ben

 

[ditrina]

I don't think the collector vendors dropped out per se, I think they were forced out due to changing rules in a changing world. Many promoters now require an FFL and/or a sales tax license to do business and many of the municipalities have jumped on the bandwagon by requiring a "business license" albeit sometimes only a temporary one. It's all about the Benjamins...

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

THIS!!!

9 Years on the gun show circuit I could not have said it better!!
( If your familiar with Florida you know who.)

Great guy to work for but the county rules changed. No more walking the isles with Pops gun on your hand.
Orange County ( Orlando ) OMG.. anybody can buy a gun at a gun show without a background check!!!

The print and TV media made a big deal out of it!! The only way to protect the business was to have FFL's in attendance.

 

[OldYooper]

The 3 gun clubs I belong to charge $25.00 a table up to 5 tables per-seller.

 

[paplinker]

I've done big gun shows on an irregular basis for more than forty years. Sure, table prices have gone up, but it's still pretty cheap entertainment for a weekend. I've never gone to these things to make money, but I guess it happens sometimes. I suppose it's all in your perspective.

I still see some pretty good guns and grips at the shows I attend. More so in the colder months. Even when I don't it's a fun couple hours browsing. Meet some pretty nice people.

Tables are $100 here.Up from $75. One of the shows you do need a tax license for a table.

One of the main complains I hear is that the promoter has so many a month in Pa he is watering down the need. Also to keep your spot you have to buy tables at a bunch of shows.

 

[pharmer]

Gun shows have changed, I haven’t in almost 45 years. FFL for 13 years, I could routinely make bank. 20 years up till maybe 2017 I could make up to $500 in half a day at the Lakeland show. Orlando Fairgrounds show is Khaled’s inventory, which you can see free at Apopka store. Lakeland hasn’t been the same since leaving the Center but still worth the drive. Zero deals anymore unless you’re willing to search mightily. Still better than what they will be on a few years. Joe

 

[Retired W4]

The shows I do around here are $85 per 8' table. Non gun tables are more. $100 I think? That doesn't stop the riff-raff.

Headed out to one now.

 

[fordson]

Haven’t been to a gun show since …… well, can’t even remember the last one. I do remember they use to be an enjoyable afternoon entertainment and the occasional bargain. I stopped going because, here at least, they stopped being “fun”……..

 

[gjgalligan]

Never found any really good deals at gun shows but I didn't start going to them until the mid 90s.
Once it occurred to me that with the cost of travailing to the show, parking fee, and the cost of admission I was better off going to the local gun store.
I have never had a LOS charge me for parking or admission. Plus the there are several LGS that are closer to me then most of the gun shows.

 

[S&W Fan]

Now that we have a 3 day waiting period here in Colorado the lane gunshows have become no goes for me. Outside of guns there’s been nothing I can’t cheaper at local shops or online/forums.
Table prices are making to harder for the little guy but maybe that’s the reason, hmmm.