2019 Train show.

[J. S. Bach]

I did have an odd experience. I had a Scalecraft(?) two-rail PRR K4 that I wanted $250 for at several shows and no one even asked about it. I went to a NJ show {hosted by Loco Workshop(?) I think} and put $350 on it; less than fifteen minutes after I set it out it sold for the sticker price!

[rogruth]

Guys will always try and beat you down....it's part of the game. Just start your prices a bit higher so you have room to move a bit. If they get too aggressive tell them: I can marl it up twenty bucks if you aren't happy with the current price. Have fun, it's not life of death.

Rich

There are guys that if you were to put a $100 bill on the table for sale at $10 will ask if you will take $1 for it.

After a few years of that it gets really old.

I recall my good friend Gordon Hinkle had a car marked at $50.00 at York and it didn't sell the first day.
The next day he marked it $75.00 and sold it for $65.00.
I tried that strategy this past weekend and got what I had it marked earlier.
At the local train shows the quibblers are the ones who know at least a little about it.

[MartyE]

I'm terrible at selling at shows. I usually under price stuff. Mainly because I don't want to haul it home. I do like to bundle stuff for folks and even give a car away to kids. I look at it this way, if someone wants something for their layout then I'll get it to them at a good price. I'm not looking to make a big profit.

[rogruth]

Marty,
I do the same.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Marty,
I do the same.

I am very generous or try to be to the young set when at meets - last year I sold a large wood 2-stall engine house that I had built for far less than cost (like for the cost of the paint on it) since I could see that the lad really wanted it and that if I sold it for a song, that his mother was willing to let her boy come home with a real prize. I give away other stuff to kids.

[rogruth]

I think when we do this type of thing it helps the hobby. Hopefully they return in the future.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I think when we do this type of thing it helps the hobby. Hopefully they return in the future.

Exactly. But just the short-term reward of watching a happy lad with a happy Mom departing with their prize made the day worth while.

[rogruth]

I think when we do this type of thing it helps the hobby. Hopefully they return in the future.

Exactly. But just the short-term reward of watching a happy lad with a happy Mom departing with their prize made the day worth while.

Once again I agree. Watching the eyes "light up" is worth what one might have received for the piece.