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Often heard comments from hams attending a hamfest:

Where are all the dealers? How come there are way less dealers
this year? Why don't dealers come to hamfests anymore?




Often heard comments from hams at a hamfest when speaking
to a dealer at a hamfest:

Hey, how come youze guys dont have special hamfest prices?
Your prices are way too high.
Will you take a $100 less for this rig, since we're at a hamfest?
When are youze guys going to bring rigs to hamfests that people


On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 13:55:35 GMT, Steve Stone
wrote:


So what you are saying is that hams attending hamfests should buy damaged radios at list
price ?

Everyone likes a bargain. Everyone likes to make a profit.

Somewhere in between there is a middle ground.

Steve
N2UBP

Besides... If we wanted to pay retail, we'd just go mail order.
Hamfests are where one goes to look for a bargain.

Raymond Sirois KU2S
SysOp: The Lost Chord BBS
607-733-5745
telnet://thelostchord.dns2go.com:6000

Subject: Hams Gripe At Hamfests
From: KU2S
Date: 7/9/2004 10:27 PM Central Standard Time
Message-id:

Besides... If we wanted to pay retail, we'd just go mail order.
Hamfests are where one goes to look for a bargain.

Not me!...I go to check out the hot babes!

(gurglegurglechokechoke ! ! ! !)

73

Steve, K4YZ

Steve Robeson K4CAP wrote:
Subject: Hams Gripe At Hamfests
From: KU2S
Date: 7/9/2004 10:27 PM Central Standard Time
Message-id:


Besides... If we wanted to pay retail, we'd just go mail order.
Hamfests are where one goes to look for a bargain.


Not me!...I go to check out the hot babes!

(gurglegurglechokechoke ! ! ! !)


I've actually *seen* some at the last several I've gone to! Real ones,
not the "2:00 am in the bar" babes.... hehe


- Mike KB3EIA -

Subject: Hams Gripe At Hamfests
From: Mike Coslo
Date: 7/12/2004 7:32 AM Central Standard Time
Message-id:

Steve Robeson K4CAP wrote:
Subject: Hams Gripe At Hamfests
From: KU2S
Date: 7/9/2004 10:27 PM Central Standard Time
Message-id:


Besides... If we wanted to pay retail, we'd just go mail order.
Hamfests are where one goes to look for a bargain.


Not me!...I go to check out the hot babes!

(gurglegurglechokechoke ! ! ! !)

I've actually *seen* some at the last several I've gone to! Real ones,
not the "2:00 am in the bar" babes.... hehe

Imagine the sales at HRO, AES, etc, if we start having "reps" like the
ones you find adorning the cover of some of the automobile specialty mags...! !
!

73

Steve, K4YZ

Steve Robeson K4CAP wrote:
Subject: Hams Gripe At Hamfests
From: Mike Coslo
Date: 7/12/2004 7:32 AM Central Standard Time
Message-id:

Steve Robeson K4CAP wrote:

Subject: Hams Gripe At Hamfests
From: KU2S
Date: 7/9/2004 10:27 PM Central Standard Time
Message-id:


Besides... If we wanted to pay retail, we'd just go mail order.
Hamfests are where one goes to look for a bargain.


Not me!...I go to check out the hot babes!

(gurglegurglechokechoke ! ! ! !)

I've actually *seen* some at the last several I've gone to! Real ones,
not the "2:00 am in the bar" babes.... hehe


Imagine the sales at HRO, AES, etc, if we start having "reps" like the
ones you find adorning the cover of some of the automobile specialty mags...! !


Burghardt has or had a nice young lady working for them (Michelle) that
graced their pages for a while.

- mike KB3EIA -

Subject: Hams Gripe At Hamfests
From: Mike Coslo
Date: 7/12/2004 10:18 AM Central Standard Time
Message-id:

Burghardt has or had a nice young lady working for them (Michelle) that
graced their pages for a while.

Oh yeah...Sweater Gal.

I'd like to see the gal who hawks stuff for "Watson's Furniture" in
Nashville at a Hamfest.

73

Steve, K4YZ

Steve Robeson K4CAP wrote:
Subject: Hams Gripe At Hamfests
From: Mike Coslo
Date: 7/12/2004 10:18 AM Central Standard Time
Message-id:


Burghardt has or had a nice young lady working for them (Michelle) that
graced their pages for a while.


Oh yeah...Sweater Gal.

I'd like to see the gal who hawks stuff for "Watson's Furniture" in
Nashville at a Hamfest.


There's also a lady that works at one of the battery booths in Dayton
and other hamfests. Not a YL, but quite easy on the eyes!


HAR! we're sounding like a couple adolescents! No matter.

- Mike KB3EIA -

Hot babes??? Which hamfests are you going to?? LOL Mostly guys at the
ones I have been to.


Ryan KC8PMX

Besides... If we wanted to pay retail, we'd just go mail order.
Hamfests are where one goes to look for a bargain.

Not me!...I go to check out the hot babes!

(gurglegurglechokechoke ! ! ! !)

73

Steve, K4YZ

Subject: Hams Gripe At Hamfests
From: "Ryan, KC8PMX"
Date: 7/13/2004 8:42 AM Central Standard Time
Message-id:

Hot babes??? Which hamfests are you going to?? LOL Mostly guys at the
ones I have been to.


Ryan KC8PMX

Besides... If we wanted to pay retail, we'd just go mail order.
Hamfests are where one goes to look for a bargain.

Not me!...I go to check out the hot babes!

(gurglegurglechokechoke ! ! ! !)

Hence the reason I added the "gurglegurglechokechoke"...! ! ! !

73

Steve, K4YZ

From: (Steve Robeson K4CAP)
Hamfests are where one goes to look for a bargain.

Not me!...I go to check out the hot babes!

Actually, thats not a bad idea. There have been a few good looking women there,
at a couple of hamfests. However, only occasionally, not at every hamfest.

Who knows where they came from. Some were helping set up the booths. Some were
relatives of ham, perhaps?

Also, you will be among hams. Most of them will be too occupied with ham stuff
and not be interested in the women there. So there will be much less
competition.