Some critique's and compliments on this years Indy Show.
Critiques:
1. Saturday foot traffic was light. Way to light. Why? Not enough advertising to the Mopar world that show is going on? Maybe because people got a (rightfully so) massive bur in their *** over the parking situation, due to the construction, at the venue last year. Add to that, the general nastiness of the parking people, and the way they treat you while you're handing them $10. You get in, and you have people who can't seem to park their trucks into just one parking space. Parking spots to small, or people who don't know how to park? I dunno. Now that you parked in the north 40, you get hit up for another $20 coming in the door, after you peeled off $10 to park.
2. The PA announcer that A. wouldn't shut up, and B. was to loud. Couldn't do business with people because you had the PA guy talking over you. I get what you're doing, but I don't need you as much as you need vendors.
3. Indy Cylinder head staff being assholes! Yes, they were screaming at people this morning because we came in thru the unlocked and open doors near our spaces. There was a few dozen of us who were forced out and told to back out and wait until 8:00am. BTW, this was at 8:03am. I won't repeat my response.
Now for the compliments!
1. In spite of the low foot traffic I actually made some money on Saturday. Not as much as I have in the past, but I did OK. Friday was a real good day!
2. Last year, for the entirety of the year, over 3 shows, I sold a grand total of seven (7) 66-72 Trunk Lock Cylinders. I brought ten with me thinking I would take most home. I sold out on Friday and could have sold another 8. I counted lost sales. Lot of people with holes in their decklids!
3. My swap neighbors were decent people! Man it goes a long way when you don't have someone bogarting into your swap space.
4. I got to talk to (when the PA guy wasn't talking over them) a lot of nice people. Met the guy who has the same name as me. It's a long story, but he got my room at Carlisle, and I ended up with his. He got the better end of that deal, and I got a partial refund. We had a good laugh over it, mostly because they tried to give me his swap space this year.
5. I got to sit and visit with KeaganB for about and hour or so. That was nice.
6. I got to meet and chat with
@Jadaharabi Nice guy. I wanted to talk more, but we both got busy and it didn't happen. Hopefully we can catch each other again at Carlisle or Mopar Nats.
So, am I going back? The positives outweigh the negatives, so yeah, I'll be back. There were a lot of vendors this year. More than in the past couple of years. I hope someone from Indy Cylinder Head sees this. I'm not expecting much there, but hope springs eternal.
Oh, heard 1 rumor, and 1 fact this weekend.
Rumor is, the venue is wanting to charge considerably more so the show may be moving????
Fact, Holley MoParty announced the 2024 dates. Sept 13-15 at Beechbend in Bowling Green.
