Narbc

Well, we've got about 33.5 hrs left til the doors open in Anaheim! I can't wait. Anyone here a banker that can get me a good deal on a loan? I have an arm and leg, possibly other body parts for collateral

Whelp, I am now late for getting the geckos loaded up! I get distracted way to easily... of course it could be the fact I am not looking forward to driving for 6 hours!

Anyone that comes to the Anaheim show and mentions this thread at my booth will get 20% off Leopard Geckos.... including APTOR X's. Now, I need to get my behind out the door!

OMG, I can hardly wait . . I feel like a kid that is going to go to Disneyland.
hehehe . . . I wonder if Steve is getting cold feet yet.
I am hoping to meet all you guys at the show. FYI, Nancy and I are going to be meeting up at Steve's booth around 10-10:30 am to bug him. hehehe
See you all there!

Hmmmm, I just found out that I too will not only be there but will be there as a vendor.

The only question now is should I let you, The Faithful Fauna Readers know now, or should I just let you find me.

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have fun in anaheim guys!

I am definately gonna go to the Tinley Park show, I'm about 3 and a half hours away from Chicago. I wanted to go last year but couldnt. And now one of my friends lives there so i dont have to drive back the same day if i dont want to

wish i could but i am in az for work until december. i was so looking foward to it

1st off I thought it was pretty cool running into some of you at the show! I could list but if I leave someone out I would feel bad so I won't list who I ran into!

I am curious as to the thoughts and opinions from the "customers" point of view. I personally thought the show sucked. And what I wanna know is what was with all the WILD CAUGHT reptiles? The last time I looked at all the forms and other gobble de gook it said that this is a CAPTIVE BRED ONLY SHOW! There were at least 15 tables with wild caught animals on them, specifically the large corporates ... so much for rules.

I won't be doing the NARBC show anymore. I don't feel it is friendly enough to the customer... many of my customers are families and when it costs the $15 each and $8-10 to park, a family of 4 ends up paying a small fortune before they even get a foot in the door! Not only does this screw the customer but the vendors that are doing the show.

I thought the show was somewhat less 'charged' than the 2003, but NARBC did manage to keep the admission charge the same as last year in spite of the loads of bureaucratic BS of having to deal with the Teamsters Union at the Anaheim Convention Center. I have no complaints about my sales, but talked to several other vendors that were very disappointed. I will continue to support the show.

since it looks like I'll be going to the Chicago show I really hope it's good...lol I'm organizing a group of people to go and I wouldn't want a mutiny...lol

My sentiments are pretty much in line with Marcia's. I think that the war, the hurricane, and gas prices all also had something to do with the more subdued atmosphere. I personally feel less financially secure this year than I did last year at this time. I imagine others feel the same way and were less inclined to spend $ on their hobbies / addictions.

That said, I did have blast at the show and spent more than I intended, but I'm the low end morph type = small spender The best part of the show for me was getting to talk face to face with peope who I've previously only spoken to through the forums and email. I can't wait to do it again next year and hopefully I'll be able to make the Saturday!

-Alice