I was there on Friday, figuring that there would be less people than on the weekend days. I was wrong. Picked up some reading material (books) at some great prices. I live in NYC so we're really only talking subway fare as an expense, but it was a crappy bus/train ride. It was soooooooooo crowded it was very difficult to get a seat, and even if you did, the narrowness of the aisles was a limiting factor. It was terrible for a person either way, sitting or walking. If you were seated you got smacked in the head with arms or bags. If you were walking in the aisles you had to go in-between the chairs and wait for the traffic going the other way to stop. Watch out for the guys with the pull behind roller bags!!!
The aisles at one end (the one with Allen Berman's table) were adequate in width. This pattern was not continued as you travelled in the other direction. I wanted to spend money, but I couldn't. Perhaps I should have went later, I was there about 11:30am, but when I left at about 12:30, couldn't wait to get the heck out of there, it was still crowded. The Coincraft booth was outside the main bourse area so I was able to comfortably shop and purchased some books the. Spinks table had books also that I was able to sit and purchase (I guess there wasn't much traffic for books) and then a I went to a dealer at the corner of an aisle (more room) and I purchased a bag of twenty of the new British Pound coins.
I'm thinking of going back tomorrow, but the bourse is shorter by 4 hours. I'll just head out to my local coin bourse and spend my money there, and be very comfortable in doing it. My wife was very happy when I got home and told her my tale of woe. I show her and spend money tomorrow.
The guy who runs the NYINC has to realize that there is a customer (i.e. coin collector) comfortability factor involved in visiting shows and the optimum is not achieved by trying to squeeze as many dealers into a specific sized space. Get more space or have less dealers.
KK
Posted 01/05/2018 2:06 pm
