Dave45681 posted:Dan Padova posted:....... Lower the high entry fee to York. I'm still a TCA member and I paid I think $23.00 to get in the door that last time I attended York. That's after driving two hours.Perhaps I am simply feeling a revolutionist mindset against any sort of organized establishment. The good old boy mentality simply does not fly with me.
Have you compared the number of tables vs any other show/meet when you decided $23 is too much?
The York meet dwarfs anything with perhaps one or 2 exceptions (Big E in Amherst, one in CA that I forget the name of?).
When all tables are included in the evaluation, it's probably 5-7 times as large as Allentown and/or any Greenberg show that is put on anywhere. The Orange Hall alone is probably most comparable to a really big Greenberg show.
Even at only 2 days, $23 for such a huge amount of items to have a chance of finding for your particular "needs" is a pretty darn good deal, IMHO.
Not sure what your personal drive time has to do with the admission price? I don't consider how long it would take me to get to meets/shows I don't deem worth it, I just don't go. I also don't claim they are not good meets/shows though, I just don't attend as they are too far for me. I wouldn't suggest the Big E should be cheaper(or move, or change anything else about it, etc.), as whatever it's cost to attend is would be dwarfed by my expenses to get there (gas, tolls lodging, etc).
Like Art said, why do we need to revisit this every 6 months? It's pretty simple.
-Dave
Your point about the sheer amount of stuff for sale at York is well taken. Personally, it's too much for my brain. Allentown is about as large a meet as I can handle.
My drive time doesn't seem worth what I come home with. But that's me. Others, I'm sure have their own opinions.
Lastly, referring to Art's comment, apparently York causes alot of anxiety among the model train community. So twice a year we bring up the same questions. But each time we get a myriad of answers. None of which are the right answer, because there is no right answer.
