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Originally Posted by boxbuster7
It may be the 100 recession/inflation/crash is coming threads posted a week also. But to answer your question:
"--Did not sound like any high end was moving at all and it seemed like it was because the price was just too high / people did not have interest in buying or putting out the cash."
"--Heard more than one dealer say they are getting concerned about the costs of doing a show now (gas, tolls, hotel, table cost) and this will play a bigger role going forward."
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We get asked A LOT if we go to shows and this is why we don't. Ive been trying to do projections about how much money is OUT of the hobby because of shows. Shows do not bring in new collectors, investors, or speculators it just sucks money out of the hobby. Sure, it's cool to see your friends and go to shows but from a business perspective it is a complete waste. You will get more money for your cards from somewhere else and not have the insane overhead of a show. We ONLY do the National, we have considered traveling to shows to see people and meet folks but setting up is basically out of our minds.
I think 8 figures+ have been given to other industries just by having the influx of shows in the past 2 years.