Crocodile productions shows - worth going?

[FJ540]

Crocodile is responsible for allowing the same vendors to do business at their events. It's them we're paying at the door, so it's their responsibility to provide a good experience via who they allow to represent them in their "show."

It's not that difficult a concept to understand. The State Fair has a waiting list for companies who want to participate - not everyone makes the cut.

[cobb]

Crocodile is responsible for allowing the same vendors to do business at their events. It's them we're paying at the door, so it's their responsibility to provide a good experience via who they allow to represent them in their "show."

It's not that difficult a concept to understand. The State Fair has a waiting list for companies who want to participate - not everyone makes the cut.

The state fairgrounds has much larger building to hold the couple of year gun shows that are held there, yet they have a waiting list for vendors that want tables. In many cases the shows put on by Crocodile are held in smaller buildings several times a year and has to work to fill those smaller spaces, many times still left with open tables. So Crocodile should turn away many of these vendors that want tables, therefore having maybe half the tables left open and this would be more appealing to those that attend? The shows at the state fairgrounds also has a ranking of the vendors that want tables and they decide who can have tables and who doesn't by this ranking, or is it the vendor that gets his money in first gets the tables and when the tables are gone, they are gone?

Simple concept, still don't get it.
I barely know Jim that puts on Crocodile shows, so I am not siding with him, just have a problem of why Crocodile gets all the blame for all the over priced items at their shows.

Also, I have not been to one of the state fairground shows for years, did not realize the prices for guns and ammo are so much less at those shows compared to a Crocodile show.

[FJ540]

I wasn't even talking about the gun shows at the state fair grounds. I was talking about the State Fair - the thing they have that facility for. There's a big waiting list of vendors who want space, and they don't get it until the Fair decides to kick someone out, or someone ceases to retain their space.

Croc probably has trouble filling their venues because enough of us have stopped going that vendors have stopped going to them too.

AC Expo's last show at the Elk River ice arena was a good 3/4 of the rink. I didn't make it to the show during open hours, but I was there prior to it's opening Friday night. Kenny has a good group of vendors who actually have some bargains and it's worth sneaking in ahead of the masses to scoop them up.

[cobb]

Croc probably has trouble filling their venues because enough of us have stopped going that vendors have stopped going to them too.

Probably very true.

[Speeter]

I have gone to a few of their shows up at the Anoka Armory, and found a couple really good deals. Space is small, and can get crowded, but its worth stopping in to see if you can find a nice deal. I have spent $5 on a lot worse things.