It was actually great if you had quality items at reasonable prices. A crowd would gather as you were unpacking your items, and usually they would find a buyer even before they hit the table! Your table wouldn't really get fully setup until around 11 AM, but half your items would already be sold by that time! 
York was the place where you brought mainly your best items to sell/trade. As C.W. said, it was a meet for members of a private organization.
Sure there were a few bad apples, but there was a lot of trust among members, and nearby table holders always looked out for each other.
The York meet was one of the benefits of membership to be able to buy/sell/trade in such an environment. Unfortunately, many here cannot understand that concept or believe that this benefit should be traded off in favor of making the meet a recruiting tool for the hobby.
Jim
