• In case most of you have not noticed, I made changes to the donation amounts as well as the durations for all of the paid membership levels. Things are winding down here, and this seems to be the most prudent way to deal with the "end of life" period of this site.

    Contributor level members - $10 per 30 days
    Sponsors - Eliminated
    Benefactor level members - $25 per 30 days
    Endowment level members - $50 per 30 days

    Account Upgrades Page
  • Responding to email notices you receive.
    **************************************************
    In short, DON'T! Email notices are to ONLY alert you of a reply to your private message or your ad on this site. Replying to the email just wastes your time as it goes NOWHERE, and probably pisses off the person you thought you replied to when they think you just ignored them. So instead of complaining to me about your messages not being replied to from this site via email, please READ that email notice that plainly states what you need to do in order to reply to who you are trying to converse with.

Come and see me Sunday the 15th

T

TheKeeper

New member
Joined
Dec 28, 2004
Messages
333
Reaction score
0
Points
0
Age
57
Location
US
I am doing my first show of the summer on Sunday and I am nervous like always. I should change my site name to OCD Geckos, but I don't know if that would catch fire like The Gecko Basement has LOL.. Anyway, I love doing shows to meet and talk to people, but they make me nervous, transporting all those leos and such.. The show is in St. Robert, MO, there is a post in the event forum. I would love to see any of you guys/gals that just happen to be driving through the middle of nowhere on Sunday. When I feel that I am ready for it, volume wise, I would like to do bigger shows, but for now smaller local shows are just fine. I get really nervous till the show starts, then once a few people mingle by to talk I relax. Its not about how many I sell, I really don't have the numbers many here have, its about the fun and excitement of the hobby. So many people I have met at shows have stayed in touch via e-mail, I like that. Anyway, just wanted to ramble a little, I really would love to meet any of you in person...till then, Shalom.
 
MO might be a bit too far for me but I would like to try and make it to the East Peoria show :hehe: when in June is that?
Sandy
 
Good luck and be sure to pass out flyers or something with your contact info on it that people can take home and use to contact you after the show.
 
I was very nervous for my first show. I was concerned that I was charging too much, that people might think my leos looked too thin (which they weren't), that I didn't bring enough animals to sell, and then that I brought too many.... Jitters and butterflies all week leading up to it.

Then the day of the show came, and I set up still nervous, and BAM, I made a sale within minutes from another vendor. Lifted my confidence a bunch, and I had a great day. I received compliments on how well my animals looked, and how great my prices were (in retrospect I could have charged more). All in all it was a success, and I worried for no reason. LOL now I just have to worry about if I will have enough animals to sell by the next show.....

Good luck, and if I was in the "show me state" I would attend!

Tony
 
how do you

display your gecko's on a show, and how do you setup your stand?
I would like to get some ideas on how other people do it. Do you just use the deli tubs or is there other people with custom build display units.

Can we see some show stand pictures maybe?

thanks

paul
 
Back
Top