Re: Vendors at auctions/shows

Posted by Allen on April 04, 2002 at 08:55:46 from (207.44.55.181):

In Reply to: Vendors at auctions/shows posted by Dave on April 03, 2002 at 13:45:39:

Lets see, how to explain this without starting a row? As a small supplier of steam models and toys, I've found that while most people are nice, in "the public" there are an awful lot of jerks.

YES, customers are the reason for anyone's business, but that doesn't mean anyone couldn't have a bad day. or a REALLY crummy show.

There are quite a few venues that till the space is paid for (plus gas, food, and hotel), you actually MAKE didly, but you hope that someone who saw you there will eventually call with an order....If you get several shows of these in a row you tend to get rather burned out, discouraged, and perhaps crabby, that's just human nature.

Also, having people tell you (over and over); 1)that a certain $200 item "USED TO BE $35!!!" (yeah, it was... in 1968), or 2) "so and so (who doesn't come to this show, never has, and never will) lists this item in their catalog for $x less, or 3)that they'll "be back" (after they spent 45 minutes fingering the item blocking others from looking, dickering, and you had agreed on a price),...can make even the most jovial vendor just a little short.

As for the fellow below sitting on the fender, if he had damaged the paint would he REALLY have reimbursed the supplier for the cost of refinishing it? Stop and think: How would YOU feel if someone SAT on the hood of YOUR CAR to eat their pie??????? The vendor had to PURCHASE said trailer (in hopes of reselling it at a profit), doesn't he have some right to protect his investment?

Or perhaps he was simply getting tired of picking up after all the slobs that kept dropping their peanut shells, used gum, cigarette butts, pop cans, coffee cups, empty food wrappers, etc. all over his space, and turning his "store" into a pigpen. (The trash can is only 5 steps away, but WAY too many will just drop the stuff (or worse yet put it on the table with the merchandise), and expect him to clean up after them.)

In some ways he IS doing you a favor by paying for the space and allowing you to touch, fondle, and play with HIS (bought and paid for) stuff, before (or without) buying (rather than just ordering sight unseen out of a catalog). He took a financial risk to bring the items there. Yes, of course, he hopes to be reimbursed for his efforts in the form of sales, but there are no guarantees, are there?

Go ahead, complain about "rude" vendors. Yes, there are a few real bums, they don't stay in business long. But perhaps consider giving the guy the benefit of the doubt, and please don't abuse him.

Follow Ups:

• Re: Re: Vendors at auctions/shows big fred 11:20:51 04/04/02 (1)
  • Re: Re: Re: Vendors at auctions/shows Allen 13:52:04 04/04/02 (0)

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