anyone ever been a vendor at a gun show?

[TAB]

no, I will not be selling guns.  thinking more along the lines of selling of my extra 22 ammo and some of the  accessories that I'm not used for years.   I have about 100000 22 shells, I figure I can sell of 50,000 of them and be ok.   I purchased them off of a y2k prepper for almost nothing.  I figure if I ask the same price as places like midway. I can make a killing and not really deprive myself of anything.  SoI would be under cutting all the guys buying and selling, and still making good cash.  It costs about 75  a day per table.  If Ican sell a couple thousand worth iI woukd be worth it.  What do you guys think?l

[kmitch200]

Why buy a table? Just walk around with a hand truck or a kids wagon and a sign and the other vendors will buy it.

[TAB]

I don't want to sell to vendors, I want to sell to shooters.  want people that either can't find it or are getting ripped off to buy it.    Other wise I would sell it at 40 a brick like every one else there will be.  The exact same ammo only new is, 25 on midway right now.  I think thats a fair, if you buy a case, make it 20.  Atleast that is my thinking. Maybe do some thing like if you bought your kid a 22 at the show, 10  for a brick.  I want people to enjoy it.  Its just collecting dust in my garage.  I shoot a couple bricks a year.  Its more then a life time supply.  I don't need it.   If you can't tell I have been trying to simplify my life.  Getting rid  of stuff like this is abig part of that.

[tigerclaw]

Why buy a table? Just walk around with a hand truck or a kids wagon and a sign and the other vendors will buy it.

In the custom knife show world this is called "brown bagging", ie not paying for a table/vendor space and selling out of your car in the parking lot.  This is the fastest way to piss off guys to do these shows for a living as they've paid money to present their products. 

At several custom knife shows that I used to do every year (like the Badger Custom Knifeshow in Wis this coming weekend), it is forbidden and will get you kicked out of the show.  It's not forbidden at the WAC gunshows here in Washington, but I wish it were.  I've been a vendor here and it just pisses me off seeing guys walking around the show trying to undercut guys at tables selling the same products.

[TAB]

Every gun show I have ever been to has had strick no parking lot sales rules.  Here is my thing, I want to get rid of the ammo, I want for people to enjoy it, not see it got to what ammoumts to a scalpers.  I already donated a case to the local boy scouts camp. If knew of other similar youth groups, I would give it to them.   For me this is about simplifying my life.  If I get to make some one happy and make it so they can shoot, all the better.  The tables are 65 per 8' then there is parking and a sign up fee.  With fuel it will cost me a hundred.  Its 100 bricks, I would think I could do that in a day, or the very least make a big dent,  besides chance are good I will find something I want there.  :-)    I will have a looking for list, on a white board.  Hell the I may even give boxs away to every one I see that brings a kid at the learning too shoot age. 

I know a lot of the dealers/ scalpers will hate me, but I don't care. Yes I get it, you are there to make money, but 100% mark up and buying every thing you can get your hands on is wrong.  I remember all the dealers that jacked their prices to crazy levels and will never give them a dime.

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[brushmore]

If your selling for $25 a brick don't mind dealing with the shipping hassles you could probably sell most of that just right here on this forum easy.

[Ranger Dave]

Contact your local Boy Scout or Girl Scout council they are having a hard time finding .22lr for their shooting programs.

Ranger Dave

[MikeBjerum]

Contact your local Boy Scout or Girl Scout council they are having a hard time finding .22lr for their shooting programs.

Ranger Dave

What Dave said!

Organizations that cater to family oriented shooting is hurting for supplies.  Offer it to them at your best price, and help expand the sport.

[TAB]

See post 4.  I already set them up for atleast the next 5 years.

I don't want to ship them, more trouble then its worth.  I live in a small town that is a resort community.  Most people are retiredand at least a quarter are snow birds.

[Magoo541]

I've worked a table at the last 6-7 Gun shows and Sportsman shows here in the Willamette Valley.  It is more fun than I thought it could be.  I work for Oregon Firearms Federation, the NO COMPROMISE Gun Lobby of Oregon  , so I don't talk to everyone but the people I do talk to are the best.  Sometimes you'd think I was selling Gay Pride trinkets the way people avoid even looking at me-I guess not all gun owners/buyers feel the duty to protect their rights.  But that's why I do it-duty.