Question about Gun Shows

[Tomc1947]

I've only been to a couple of shows and I've noticed that , besides the vendors, there are always people walking around, carrying signs, selling their guns.
I know that private sales are legal, but why don't those sellers have to pay show fees like the regular vendors do?
Just curious.

 

[TopDog]

I've only been to a couple of shows and I've noticed that , besides the vendors, there are always people walking around, carrying signs, selling their guns.
I know that private sales are legal, but why don't those sellers have to pay show fees like the regular vendors do?
Just curious.

Because they pay a fee to get in?

 

[Cameramonkey]

Because they pay a fee to get in?

THIS...

You pay a fee to get in. If you want to be stationary and sell more than you can carry, you pay even more to become a vendor and get booth space.

 

[boogieman]

If you only have 1 or 2 to sell then why pay for a table for all weekend?

 

[pute62]

I noticed at the Greenfield show last weekend that they frowned on this. They had signs posted something to the effect of no private sales inside or outside of the building. People still walking around with rifles but no signs for sale.

 

[42769vette]

I was at a show once, and saw a guy walk in with a ton of stuff and a folding table. He set up in a corner, and lasted 30 seconds before being escorted out.

 

[ryan3030]

The vendors don't pay a fee to sell their guns at the show, anyone can do that.

The vendors pay to rent table space.

 

[Bradsknives]

I noticed at the Greenfield show last weekend that they frowned on this. They had signs posted something to the effect of no private sales inside or outside of the building. People still walking around with rifles but no signs for sale.

CIG is the promoter of the Greenfield show. They don't have any rules about buying, selling or trading for the people who attend the show. What they don't want is people "hawking" the door trying to deal with the people that are coming into the building for the show, and they don't want people dealing outside in the parking lot. Buying, selling, and trading is fully allowed, as long as it is done inside the building. I was set up last weekend at the Greenfield show, and I saw plenty of people walking around with dowel rods sticking out of gun barrels with for sale signs attached.