AudioJumble in August or September?

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daves

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AudioJumble in August or September?
« on: 10 Jun 2016, 03:54 pm »
Is there any interest in an AudioJumble in August or September?

One possible site that I have loved for years is the Sylvan Spring Park Pavilion, with 27 picnic tables completely under cover, shaded until the afternoon, with 4 electric outlets. It also has a nice large, shaded and covered BBQ double pit on the other side for cooking.

We could also use St. Matthias Church gym again.

Any thoughts?









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Re: AudioJumble in August or September?
« Reply #1 on: 11 Jun 2016, 04:29 pm »
Has potential for sure.  Perhaps Sept when it is cooler.

I had some lessons learned from the most recent jumble:
1) standing up a simple website may be better than craigslist only.  CL can even link to the website.
People were flagging some of the CL posts.  It also creates a uniform message.

2) there was a bandwagon effect, whereby one person leaving early caused more people to leave early. :duh:
Also buyers kept showing up after lunch, but many vendors were gone!
If we do a small window, say 10-2 or 3pm, we should require sellers to stay the full time.

3) Vinyl was a big hit.  The vinyl dealers did well.

4) Events like this take time and multiple helpers.  Pick any of your favorite audio shows.  Year 1 was likely smaller with continued growth year over year.

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daves

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Re: AudioJumble in August or September?
« Reply #2 on: 11 Jun 2016, 08:30 pm »
Kyle, this is St. Louis. Cool usually doesn't happen until October.

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Re: AudioJumble in August or September?
« Reply #3 on: 11 Jun 2016, 08:42 pm »
Mmmmm..... BBQ in October is wonderful.

BaronKyle

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Re: AudioJumble in August or September?
« Reply #4 on: 12 Jun 2016, 05:32 am »
Has anyone ever gone to the vintage swap in July in Ohio?  (Part of the Parts Express show)

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Re: AudioJumble in August or September?
« Reply #5 on: 13 Jun 2016, 12:29 am »
Yes, I've been the last two-3 years, hasn't been going much longer than that.  Some cool stuff, but not much.  Unless you're buying at the PE tent sale or attending the speaker competition it's not worth the 7.5 hour drive.  More vintage stuff in Dave's basement than PE.

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Re: AudioJumble in August or September?
« Reply #6 on: 26 Jun 2016, 05:04 pm »
I don't even hear crickets....

Bob in St. Louis

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Re: AudioJumble in August or September?
« Reply #7 on: 26 Jun 2016, 07:30 pm »
Yup, it's confirmed, we are THAT old and THAT boring.
Shall I send out a "GAS Blast"?