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<p>I dont know Timonium much anymore having not had an oppertunity to go these last few years. But in the day that was the show you went to, might take you 3 acres of tables to go over but usually something good was availible.</p><p>I have pretty much quit spending money at the local shows here in Arkansas and all except for two have quit being in operational. A great part of the problem is that pricing is just too high. I think when you go, the first 4 hours the good stuff is cleared out and the rest of the time it's the left overs.</p><p>All things aside, I have found it to be a good source of out of production Walthers Kits and a few other things just dont exist in the Internet, ebay or LHS situation. However that is dependant on one or two specific Vendors who are pretty reliable with thier stock.</p><p>One thing I do is evaluate a potential item against my current skills in repair, repaint, re-building and perhaps chances of restoration to use again. Some items are good deals, some.. well.. you might as well throw the money into a trash can.</p><p>Our show in Pine Bluff has many children and operating layouts and deals with the Museum down there where the 819 shops are and it is pretty good. Just be cautious to understand that those Kit-built Athearn Blue-Box boxcars are not worth 16.00 apeice or a RTR caboose with a 1.50 LED is not worth 60 dollars.</p><p>Shows I have been to in the past usually ended up back in the LHS for a little bit of buying of things I can use that month at the workbench.</p><p>The best tables are those that engage the customers and shows genuine interest in the potential for business and perhaps a little bit of getting to know ye. The worst are those which the person hides 10 yards away chomping on a 20 dollar delivery pizza while trying to sell 10 dollars worth of badly maintained stock.</p>
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