What did forget to add here in Australia the woodworking show is $15 per day for each of the 3 days plus $5 or $6 parking a day not $15 for the 3 days total I know I can only afford to go one day usually the first day to get all the best wood. If I went all 3 days it would cost me over $60
Bill From: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com [mailto:legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of mwfos...@earthlink.net Sent: Sunday, 6 January 2013 2:48 PM To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: The Woodworking Shows $10 TOTAL for all 3 days (whether you go for 1 day, 2 days, or all 3 days - still $10) and parking was free. Here in N. Va./DC area the shows have been $12 at the door unless you had a "$2 Off" coupon from the mailer/flyer they sent you. If you went on-line and pre-paid for your ticket you got an "email ticket" that would only cost you $10. In all cases, unless you paid at the door with no coupon, admission was $10 - and that was good for as many days as you wanted to come. Three or four years ago(?) you had a choice with the coupon - you could either get $2 off on your ticket or get "free admission" for your spouse. >From reading the input/comments so far, I think we all agree that $10-$12 admission for 3 days of the show is "A DEAL!". Sounds like in some places folks have to add parking to the cost. Perhaps something some of the "higher priced tool/equipment venders might entertain doing is what several stores and hotels around here do - "validate your parking". Meaning: "if you buy one of my Mega-cyclotron Ultrasonic, Wobble-lazer table saws (for a mere $1,995), I will validate (pick up the tab) for your parking today." Mac _____ -----Original Message----- From: curt george Sent: Jan 5, 2013 5:13 PM To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: The Woodworking Shows Was the $10.00 for one day or two? The last wood show I went to is was $15.00 plus parking and that ticket was for all three day, (But it did not count the parking $5.00 fee..) So I spent $15.00 for parking and $15.00 for two days. ($30.00 total wasn't to bad of an expense.) Lots of Vendors like Forest, and Grisly, and General were not there last year.and the REAL DEALS were not there ether. ;-( As far as Legacy goes they have not been in my neck of the woods for a few years now. but when they were, they always put on a good show, although they did not bring anything for sale. you needed to buy it and then you would get it through the mail in a few weeks. I always like the mediate gratification, CASH IN HAND, EXCHANGE OF GOODS. is what I like. ;-) Well since there are not Wood Working Shows this year, Perhaps I will go to the home improvement show? Just perhaps they will have something that I need? ;-) Have a good day everyone. and thanks for your reply Va.... C.A.G. _____ ----- Original Message ----- From: Va Oak <mailto:mwfos...@earthlink.net> To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2013 2:25 PM Subject: The Woodworking Shows The Woodworking Shows has begun their 2013 "Tour" - starting in Baltimore, MD. If anyone in the Group has been to it, please provide us with feedback and photos (if you took any) - especially of what Legacy presented there. I was told by Legacy that the Denver Show will be the first where they will have the Evolution. Besides Legacy, what other booths, presentations, or products di you find noteworthy? Since I live in the DC area (N. VA.) I am bummed out that The WWS folks cut out the DC Show. They usually held the show here in March each year - either in Chantilly or Fredericksburg, VA. I have attended the DC area shows for the past 8+ years - and every year I got a mailing from them promoting the event - both the Baltimore one as well as the DC one. This year, I received an email, which was in my Suspect email/Spam folder - no mailings at all. I heard that the 2012 show in Fred'burg was not that well attended. For that one, I think they "missed the boat" by not advertising in Richmond - since F'burg is half way between DC and Richmond. I really don't want The WWSs to fail/have to cease operations because they provide a conduit for companies like Legacy, Kreg, DeWalt, Apollo, etc. to get their products in front of potential owners at an event that concentrates companies and venders for those of us interested in woodworking. It seems to be a Win-Win proposition - we get a bunch of woodworking focused manufacturers wanting to demonstrate and sell their products and they get an audience that consists of folks wanting to learn about/buy what they have to sell. Let;s all hope that "IF" our US economy ever turns around, that the WWS is able to add MORE venues and venders and that more of us will attend and buy. In case someone says this is a chicken & egg situation - my reply is more like "The Field of Dreams" - "Build it and they will come". Over the years I have noticed that the numbers of booths/venders and demos has been getting fewer - although the number of seminars seem to have remained the same. Unfortunately, the one vender that seemed to have been getting bigger was a guy with a eclectic mix of "stuff" that seemed to me to belong in a flea market rather than the WWS. I know one vender that has a business that sells production machinery (table saws - SawStop & others, band saws, lathes, etc.) and he said that based on what it cost him to participate (registration, trucking his equip. to & fro, and paying employees involved in transport & manning the booth) compared to sales, he lost considerable money and is unlikely to participate again anytime soon unless the show makes changes. Can't say as I blame him. I don't know about others, but I feel the cost of "admission" ($10) is very low if you factor in that it grants you access for all 3 days and that you can attend so many VERY WORTHWHILE seminars. (And you could win one of the "Give-a -ways" they conduct at each show or The Big One at the end of the Show's year.) If The WWS raised the ticket price by a few dollars (like $10 for one day or $15 for all three), Expanded back out to the cities they used to go to, AND brought in a Show like they used to be (LOTS of venders & products) I would not complain. Thanks for sharing. _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2805 / Virus Database: 2637/6012 - Release Date: 01/05/13 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. 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