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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
Around me in Illinois this is getting well overdone with all the coin shows. I don't mind one a week but when they start overlapping it only hurts them all. Maybe having two or three on the same day is OK for some but I find it hurts the ones I go to. An example is the one I went to last sunday. Only about 15 dealers. When I first walked in I almost fainted seeing so many empty tables. That is when a dealer told me there is two other coin shows going on today. The one in Rockford is eating up most of the dealers. They go there since those are so seldom the people in the area go buying happy. There are at least 9 coins shows advertised here in September. If this keeps up there will be one every day around here.
Anyone else have this problem? I know some people are in areas where there are no coin shows at all. Sure wish I could send you some of ours.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2797 Posts |
Not here in S. Illinois Carl. There have been about 5 since May. You're too close to CHI-TOWN and that's a problem on multiple levels.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1231 Posts |
There are no shows around here where I live. There is one once a month but it is 2 hours drive to get there. I wish there were more around here.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
628 Posts |
I hope this is a sign interest in coins is growing. Sounds like your kinda spoiled  |
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Moderator
 United States
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If I had that many coin shows in my reach, there is no telling what sort of trouble I would get into!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
14454 Posts |
I am lucky to have one a year here, and that is a couple cities away
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Rest in Peace
United States
9104 Posts |
Used to do 40+ coin shows a year, 95% of them within 100 miles. Today, that would have to be 300 miles.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12437 Posts |
One thing to keep in mind is that Chicago is the 3rd largest metro area in the US with a population of almost 10 million. That kind of population is bound to have many collectors which equals many shows. I can think of maybe 10-15 shows annually in the St. Louis metro area, a few big ones but mainly small shows with less than 40 dealers. BTW, the St. Louis metro area has a population of about 2.8 million.
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Valued Member
United States
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As far as I can tell there are only two a year within a hundred miles of me, so... yeah, feel free to send a few down this way
(metro area population est. 600,000)
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
20753 Posts |
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As far as I can tell there are only two a year within a hundred miles of me, so... yeah, feel free to send a few down this way
(metro area population est. 600,000)
Wish I could. Maybe a little spoiled with so many and so close but it gets a little irritating that so many shows and not the same amount of dealers. I mean the amount of coin shows is constantly growing around here but there is not a substantial amount of new dealers appearing. This means that instead of the average show of 100 dealers we end up with several shows of 15 to 50 dealers. Closeness is another killer for me though. Three of the constant coin shows each month are within 15 miles of me so just who could afford to keep buying, buying, buying? Then there is the occational really big ones of hundreds of dealers from all over at a place called the Rosemont Convention Center and that is only about 5 miles from me. |
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Valued Member
United States
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Having never been to a coin show,I have no comment...:(
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Pillar of the Community
United States
628 Posts |
I think I know what you mean, Carl, too many shows, mostly the same vendors, over and over. I worked for Northrop in Rolling Meadows for a while out of the service, I used to go to shows at the Rosemont, 26 years ago! Small world!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I think I know what you mean, Carl, too many shows, mostly the same vendors, over and over. I worked for Northrop in Rolling Meadows for a while out of the service, I used to go to shows at the Rosemont, 26 years ago! Small world!
That's the one that really ticks me off. I understand that many of the dealers come from far off areas so they must stay in the hotels in the area, eat the foods in these areas and Rosemont knows this so they jack up the prices of everything. Obviously the dealers much recoop their expendatures by raising the prices of all their coins. Then too parking cost $11/day the last time I went there. $5 to get in also. What makes me mad though is I live about 5 miles from there and have to pay all that for an overpriced show. Maybe the constant same dealers at the smaller coin shows appears repeditive but they do get to know you and you can make deals with them. |
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Valued Member
Canada
464 Posts |
I have never gone to a coin show...:| The only one I know about in my city is called Torex, and I think they have it after every quarter.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Shows aren't cheap to put on. Hundreds or thousands of dollars for room rent, $15 a gallon for kaughy for the dealers, $30+ an hour for rent-a-cops, liability insurance, table and cover rental, display case and lamp rental, plus door prizes. That's where the $5 cover goes.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Shows aren't cheap to put on. Hundreds or thousands of dollars for room rent, $15 a gallon for kaughy for the dealers, $30+ an hour for rent-a-cops, liability insurance, table and cover rental, display case and lamp rental, plus door prizes. That's where the $5 cover goes.
Mostly true. However, that Rosemont, Illinois coin show is held in the Rosemont Convention Center. Rosemont owns the place. All security is the Rosemont police. The place is built in such a way there is no parking anywhere except in their parking lots. True you may get a door prize though. |
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Posted 09/25/2008 5:29 pm
