[SEL] Portland PROBLEMS????? (not in this case)

[Arthur Southwell]

I hear ya, Mike.


Arthur Southwell
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Royster" <mr at carolina.rr.com>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 9:50 AM
Subject: Re: [SEL] Portland PROBLEMS????? (not in this case)


> Don't ya just hate it when Arnie makes sense?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Arnie Fero" <fero_ah at city-net.com>
> To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 8:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [SEL] Portland PROBLEMS????? (not in this case)
>
>
> > G'day Reg,
> >
> > The "selling thing" at Portland is one thing I think they do have right.
> > Since they charge ALL of the vendors for their "selling spots" (which
> > helps the overall finances for running the show), they do have to draw a
> > line somewhere on folks selling who have NOT paid for a "selling spot."
> >
> > The line that they've drawn is NO SELLING; nothing, nada, zip, zilch.
> > That is a clear, unambiguous rule.  Even a FATG can understand that one.
> >
> > If I bring a few items to Portland that I want to sell, I have two legit
> > options.  The first is to put them into the Trading Post.  There the
club
> > takes 10% off the top on everything that sells.  I've got no problem
with
> > that either.  The other option is to ask one of many SEL friends who ARE
> > sellers if they would mind me putting my "For Sale" item in their area.
> > Courtesy dictates that you offer to buy 'em a sandwich or offer a beer
as
> > a "thank you."  If it's a big dollar item, I think it's also nice to
offer
> > a financial "thank you."  But that's just me.
> >
> > See ya,  Arnie
> >
> > Arnie Fero
> > Pittsburgh, PA
> > fero_ah at city-net.com
> >
> > On Tue, 23 Nov 2004, Reg & Margaret Ingold wrote:
> >
> > > While I can see the sanity in having traders separated from the
> exhibitors,
> > > When my mate Tom Ball set up a table with his Eclipse model and
castings
> in
> > > the ATIS area and was prepared to sell a few sets of castings, I
really
> > > could see no problem. He was showing with his group of friends.
> Technically,
> > > he was in the wrong.
> > > So just where CAN you draw the line? I feel that there should be a
very
> > > flexible dividing line so all can be accommodated without a lot of
'set
> in
> > > concrete' rules.
> > > The solidifying of 'rules' always drives people away and causes
> friction.
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