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Old March 4th 04, 05:52 AM
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For years many of us sellers have left on Sat afternoon to go to Butler =
PA for the Sunday Hamfest , Breeze Shooters .
Some years this has been a great show with dozens of sellers that were =
at Rochester and lots of buyers from the Pittsburgh area--=20
I missed last year but plan on being at both again this year.
Port

"Martin Potter" wrote in message =
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Bob ) writes:
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My question for those who attend BOTH Friday & Saturday:
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We always go on the Friday, but notice there are usually a quantity =

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empty tables / vacant spaces. Does the place fill up even more on =

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Saturday, or is it pretty much the same number of vendors Friday?
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For many years I have attended both Friday and Saturday, usually =

arriving
around noon on Friday and leaving by noon on Sunday. Friday is best =

for
bargains and now that they open before noon I will try to arrive even
earlier. Saturday is definitely the best attended day (sellers and
buyers) although there is a disturbing trend for sellers to pack up
mid-afternoon on Saturday (maybe they have sold evrything?). As =

mentioned
by another poster, Sunday is pretty poor but there are other bargains =

to
be had ("Please buy this, I don't want to take it home"). I wish more
sellers would stay for Sunday as I have usually made up my mind what I
want to buy by then HI. =20
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As mentioned, weather can be a big factor. Since starting to attend =

in
the early '80s I have seen it all (well, all but a tornado!). =20
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See you there!
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... Martin VE3OAT
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