Two Beers, Three Rails posted:Although not directly tied to negotiating, I haven't seen one of the main rules of train shows addressed yet.... if you see something you always wanted and you buy it, a seller two aisles over will have it in better condition for $30 less. If you take the opposite approach and decide to peruse all the tables before going back and making offers, your dream item will have been the only one of its kind there and it will be sold by the time you get back to it. Danged if you do, danged if you don't!
Been there, done that. At Allentown's First Frost meet a seller had bags of O54 tubular track. Complete circle for $25.00. he also had some O72 Lionel switch tracks for $20.00/ea.
My first trip around the hall wasn't completed, so I decided to come back to his table. When I arrived, he had only one bag of track and another guy was buying the switch tracks.....UG !
