Photos, Time Changes for York

Marty: I am SOOOOOO with you on this attitude!

- walt

Well Thursday opening time is a moot point anyway. That was not one of the items on the questionnaire so we "drivers" are safe for now

As for the importance of being there at opening bell, there are just certain people with certain wanted items that know for a fact they usually disappear within the first hour. A perfect example are the discount Atlas items that Andy mentioned. For me personally it's the harder to find K-Line and Golden Gate Depot passenger cars. For the longest time I have been after the add-on 2-pack for my K-Line 1948 20th Century Limited. At the last show I spotted one within the first five minutes of opening in the Orange Hall. The price was absurd so I passed on it, but another 5 minutes later it was gone. Turned out to be the only one at the show too. Would have only been snatched up faster (by me) if the price was better.

There are tables still covered over at noon on Thursday...why is that?

Because the sellers have not arrived yet.

Some years back, I did see some "scantily dressed girls" at York one October. They were in bikinis, and hanging on the sides of some kind of classic convertible (don't remember much about the car). Don't know who the late-middle-aged driver was, but I do remember the anatomical term used by some as he drove by. It looked like an ad for Viagra.

As far as opening time goes, Nick / PC9850 is right: there's things you only see for the first walk down the aisle. If the meet opened at 3 AM, I'd be there.

Opening time?

I'd also prefer an earlier start.

How about a compromise between 9 and 12? Make it 10. 

For some, it's part of the York "experience," I suppose.   For others, it IS the York experience since many of them have never even been there. 

Arrived from where? The tables have stuff on them, but they are covered. There were at least 4 in the Orange Hall last Fall.

Those sellers are out shopping for hard-to-find items on other tables that can only be had at the opening bell.

Bill

OK, makes sense, thanks. If I saw something (while setting up) I really wanted I'd do the same thing.

Joe, you know as well as I that on Thursday the line is long waiting for scrapple to go!

As far as photos, I also would like to see the ban lifted.  There is some great scenery and modeling ideas that I would like to have pics of to help me with my own layout.

You guy's just don't understand, collectors don't want you to take pictures of there trains.

On photos being allowed to be taken, if approved this would only be allowed in the dealer halls.

The question about tables being covered just means that the person who's tables they are, are not there. No trading or buying is allowed to happen before noon.

I have a question about the start time on Thursday. if the show opens at 9, why would it make a difference if you walked in at 11. is there a prize for getting there first?   and why would the kosher bbq be canceled if the show started early? can't you walk out of the show and eat and chat with friends and then go back in?

With covered tables in the ORANGE (dealer) halls...can't dealers set up early,

and then go home, or back to their business, and float back in whenever they feel

like it?   And maybe they are selling a service like the art and painter people, and

aren't worried about property getting liberated.  As for opening early, this is like

trying to get mfrs. to make something we want by discussing it on here...it is beating

a dead horse.

 Originally Posted by JohnS:

This question has already been answered. Read my last post.

Why?  They scared?  They doing something illegal? 

quote:

why would the kosher bbq be canceled if the show started early?

Just a guess: the fellow running it wants to roam the halls, not watch a barbeque once the show opens.

Here's an idea:  Open the Orange, Purple, and Brown Halls at 10 a.m. and leave the other halls locked up until noon.  Those three halls are almost entirely dealer halls (or should/could be), and most everybody in those halls should be ready to go by 10. 

That way, sellers from the other halls can visit the dealer halls, if they care to, before the full meet opens instead of dragging their butts over to the Orange Hall at 5 p.m. on Thursday (the time those other halls close).  ALL halls could then close up at 5 p.m. (or 6 at the latest) on Thursday, leaving more time for social activities.

Gotta vote nay. The Orange Hall is the one I rush through at opening time to catch all the steals / scarcities before others do. If they were to do this I would have to start my drive from NY at 4 AM, yuck.

I'm also still not sure why opening time has come under such fire in this thread. It's not even on the questionnaire so it's not gonna happen anyway...