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yeah good tips. i cant stress the circle around multiple times thing enough. also the dont buy on the first time pass, especialy for new stuff. for used stuff i try to live by it too but if i see an item that i want and its a good deal then i will usualy go for it. going around more than once is especialy good b/c sellers will some times put more stuff out. at one of the last shows i went to i got a couple blue box athearn cars with kadee couplers on em for $2 and $3 a peice. later when i stoped back at that same stand the guy had more out. so i picked up some extras. as for going with a group of people it make the experience much funner. i usualy go with my dad and my two younger brothers. we all like differnt railroads so we will all keep a look out for stuff that each other may like, and we have a good time chatting about the different things we see. it also gives you more buying power. if me and a brother are both interestood in buying some thing then sellers will often be more resonable in lowering prices. talking about lowering prices, if they dont want to lower the price on a peice of equitment then walk off and come back later. some times as your leaveing they will even offer you a better deal. last show i was at there was a guy selling a walthers H-10-44 for $40 which was a lil more than i wanted to pay for it. i tryed to bargin him down but he didnt wanna go down. My little brother found a front range products GP-9 that was put together all wrong for $5.00 that he wanted. after the guy still wouldent give us a discount i told my brother that we would come back later for his engine. as we were walking off the guy offered s both for $40. i figured this was a lil better, and since i really wanted a H-10-44 we went for it. but i saved 5 bucks by being stuborn. as for carrying our purchases we ususaly bring at least one back pack. in it we put some lunch and paper towels and bags to wrap trains in if they dont come wraped or in a box. but yeah... just go to shows to have fun, and know that you wount always come back with anything good, but you may =)
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