12-22-2010, 01:15
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Asset
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Abroad
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Beer-30
For the QP's attending the Shot Show this year, I would be honored to meet you and could give you insight as to what to do as I work next door to it and should be there as a vendor/spectator. PM if you'll be up for a drink
R411
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12-22-2010, 11:30
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Guerrilla Chief
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Omaha, NE
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I really wanted to go this year. Would have been my first SHOT. But I have to stay here and work on knives - duty must come first.
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12-22-2010, 20:13
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Auxiliary
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: CONUS
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Soo, I found out that my unit is going to send me TDY to SHOT show to scout out high speed shit for deployments and myspace photos.
Yep, you're jealous.
(It's actually for official bidness on Nellis that happens to be while SHOT is going on and happens to be about gear to issue)
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12-22-2010, 21:18
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Quiet Professional
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Occupied Pineland
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Originally Posted by J8127
Soo, I found out that my unit is going to send me TDY to SHOT show to scout out high speed shit for deployments and myspace photos.
Yep, you're jealous.
(It's actually for official bidness on Nellis that happens to be while SHOT is going on and happens to be about gear to issue)
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Yeah - A couple of the guys in my office are using the same lame excuse. Annoying that I have to approve the TDY but if I want to go it costs leave and money out of my pocket. In case you can't tell, I'm jealous.
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12-22-2010, 23:55
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A solution
For those not attending....
I have opened an account to help those who want items from the SHOT show. I can accept funds by wire, cash deposits and will take orders.
PM me wish lists.
Wet Dog
Last edited by wet dog; 01-08-2011 at 11:52.
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01-08-2011, 11:53
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Bump
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Originally Posted by wet dog
For those not attending....
I have opened an account to help those who want items from the SHOT show. I can accept funds by wire, cash deposits and will take orders.
PM me wish lists.
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01-08-2011, 12:39
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Area Commander
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Clay House Stuttgart, Germany
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Sounds like a pretty interesting event. Does anyone have any creative ideas on how a member of the general public could gain entry? 
I'll have to start a small business that caters to the industry so that I can go as an exhibitor and hang out. 
Last edited by mojaveman; 01-08-2011 at 14:08.
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01-08-2011, 12:42
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Area Commander
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: OK. Thanking Our Brave Soldiers
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wet dog
For those not attending....
I have opened an account to help those who want items from the SHOT show. I can accept funds by wire, cash deposits and will take orders.
PM me wish lists.
Wet Dog
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PM SENT!
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01-08-2011, 12:53
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Originally Posted by echoes
PM SENT!
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Got it, you're a very bad girl!
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01-08-2011, 13:30
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Area Commander
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: OK. Thanking Our Brave Soldiers
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wet dog
Got it, you're a very bad girl!
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Yes I am....hehehhehehehe
Thank You WD!!!
Holly
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01-08-2011, 14:02
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Area Commander
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Southern California
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mojaveman
Does anyone have any creative ideas on how a member of the general public could get in the back door? |
MM--
I think that method of access is closer to the focus of the NSFW trade show currently running at the Sands Expo and Convention Center.
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Originally Posted by mojaveman
I'll have to start a small business that caters to the industry so that I can go as an exhibitor and hang out. |
A way this might be done is to start a company that specializes in trade shows/exhibitor services/logistics. After the e-bubble burst and then 9/11, corporations started to take long looks at how they spent money at trade shows ("Do we really need to pay $17 bucks to rent a seven gallon garbage can?"). This process greatly impacted the bottom line of exhibitor houses like MC^2 and Freeman while opening up opportunities for smaller companies willing to get the job done with smaller budgets and tighter margins.
One's marketability in this field would be greatly enhanced if one has membership in the carpenters or electricians union. That way, when your clients finish glaring at loafing union workers on yet another break, they could look at you, smile sweetly, and ask "How's the setup going?" as they head off to lunch--without you. (The silver lining here is that staying behind to work means that you won't have to foot the bill for an outrageously expensive lunch.)
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01-09-2011, 09:11
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Quiet Professional
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Free Pineland
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SHOT is not a "gun show" and retail sales are prohibited.
The intent is for the industry to gather and show firearms, hunting, and related products, as well as for dealers and distributors to come and order products for their businesses.
Tons of stuff to see, but you are not going to leave with a gun or ammo you picked up there.
Sigaba is correct, and the trade show companies have made a killing for years. The Sands Convention Center sucks, and as proven last year, cannot accomodate a show the size of SHOT. Fortunately, I expect that this will be less of a problem this year, as both vendors and customers vote with their feet. We won't even discuss the parking concerns.
TR
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01-09-2011, 12:48
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Asset
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Delaware County, PA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wet dog
who wishes they can but can't?
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Even if I could afford the trip, I don't qualify for a ticket. Though I'll bet if they were militant about adhering to the rules on admission, half the people that normally go would be kept out.
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01-10-2011, 04:02
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Bladesmith to the Quiet Professionals
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Oregon, Land of the Silver Grey Sunsets
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Y'all are welcome at both the Spartan Blade and Chris Reeve Knives camps at SHOT.
see ya there.
Yep, the Sands sucks big time as a venue. We make do as best we can.
Yep, the companies that put these things on charge a lot for everything. Haven't seen the fee for breathing air... yet.
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01-10-2011, 08:55
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Auxiliary
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 71
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Booth # 10267
I will be at the above mentioned booth. Anybody from the community feel free to stop by and get introduced.
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