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Calls for Nashville
« on: January 05, 2010, 07:43:20 PM »
Just wondering how many calls u make & bring with u? Do u also bring calls to sell & how many? So what would the total be for both?
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Re: Calls for Nashville
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2010, 06:34:50 PM »
I sold a few when it was here in Atlanta. Wasnt looking to sell any, but I was working the state chapter booth and they asked me to bring some to draw attention to the booth. I am going to enter some calls this year for the first time. Just have to see what God has in store for that
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Re: Calls for Nashville
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2010, 07:08:47 AM »
If you take calls, with the intent to sell ?????  get a booth it's not fair to those who pay the price if you are walking around selling calls or atleast don't sell them in front of my booth. That all I have to say about that....

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Re: Calls for Nashville
« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2010, 08:10:15 AM »
We will have a booth for Derby City Calls. It will be our 1st time down there.  Don't know what to expect.  Brent and I were wondering how many calls to take, how many stirkers, box call blanks, etc...  Can you take too much?  Any insight would be helpful.  I think I would rather have too much than not enough.  Looking forward too meeting some of you guys down there.  Brent and I will be there Thursday morning through Sunday evening.

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Re: Calls for Nashville
« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2010, 08:23:51 AM »
We will have a booth for Derby City Calls. It will be our 1st time down there.  Don't know what to expect.  Brent and I were wondering how many calls to take, how many stirkers, box call blanks, etc...  Can you take too much?  Any insight would be helpful.  I think I would rather have too much than not enough.  Looking forward too meeting some of you guys down there.  Brent and I will be there Thursday morning through Sunday evening.

i'm not a call maker, but i would rather bring too much and have to take some back with you, then take too little.

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Re: Calls for Nashville
« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2010, 10:03:51 AM »
I will have a booth as always , and as always  ,haven't had much time to make a lot of calls to sell. I may have 10 or 15 fieldgrades and a few longboxes.Maybe a couple yelpers. Love Nashville , wouldn't miss it for the world !!! Hope to see and meet a lot of you guys there.

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Re: Calls for Nashville
« Reply #6 on: January 07, 2010, 11:53:47 AM »
Last time I was there I took 6 calls with me, sold 5 and traded 1. I didn't go there to sell calls but to meet people. People know me as a call maker and I knew that they would want to see my calls. I see nothing wrong with taking a few calls and if they sell so be it, if not they are fun to trade and make new friends!! If I go this year i will be carrying some with me but a few are all ready sold. Thats my take on it!!

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Re: Calls for Nashville
« Reply #7 on: January 07, 2010, 05:48:20 PM »
Well when you pay $725 for a booth the last thing you want to see is some guy selling calls in front of your booth. My take is if you want to sell calls then take it outside.  If you are deliving a call already sold then that's a different apple altogether. As for trade calls heck I like them as much as the next guy.  If I didn't like turkey calls I wouldn't be making them. I have to sell over $1500 worth of calls to break even and I haven't even gotten 1 nickel for time spent making those calls.  So my take is don't sell them in front of my booth....

I have a story for you .  Three years ago I was right beside of Scent Blocker, they had Lee and Tiffany signing pictures for 6 hours on Sat and 4 hours Sun, I sold 1 call on Sat in 6 hours, Sun they kept the asile open, you couldn't even see my booth and I had a corner booth.  I've even had 2 guys standing in front of my booth blocking the asile laughing about buying calls on the silent auction for 10-15 dollars.  They didn't care much for me when I told them to move on with that @#$%.   I didn't really want to hear about them paying less for a call than it cost the callmaker to have it judged.   

BD1
sorry,  I must have misread the post if you are asking how many calls to take take as many as you can or have room for, because the call you leave at home will be the call they are looking for.  If you are one of the callmakers in high demand then you probably don't have that many calls to begin with.  As for me I still have alot of work to get done before Feb.  Hope to see you there if you get a chance stop by.

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Re: Calls for Nashville
« Reply #8 on: January 07, 2010, 06:02:15 PM »
I'm not a callmaker, I was just wondering how many calls everyone brings?
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Re: Calls for Nashville
« Reply #9 on: January 07, 2010, 06:27:45 PM »
I could go on and on about what and how they screw the call makers in Nashville!! I'll take calls with me and if I sell them  better for me the NWTF gets enough of my money!!

Just to be clear here "IF" I was to pay for a booth and a guy sets up shot in front of me and started selling calls I "WOULD" get bent out of shape!!! If it was just a couple of good old boys that just happened to run into each other and started talking turkey and a deal went down good for them. There are probly more deals made on the floor then most makers do the whole convention. It was going on before there was ever a contest thats the reason they started the contest and started auctioning of the calls!!! They saw what was going on and wanted a piece of the action!!
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Re: Calls for Nashville
« Reply #10 on: January 08, 2010, 05:48:32 AM »
Like you I don't even want to get started on the NWTF.  *cry*

It's just that it can be a hard to take sometime and is a very touchy subject with me.  I love to talk and shoot the bull and anyone is welcome to stop and talk play calls and I really love to play calls.  The only reason I can afford to set up a booth is because I write the lose off of my taxes.  With grown children I need all the tax deductions I can get.  This will be my 6th year at the Nationals and I've been screwed one way or another every year.  It's really getting old and this may be the last one for me. 

You sad just a couple of good ole boys shoot the chit and a call get sold that's fine but some guys walk around with bags full of calls or keep going back to the room for a refill.  One of the thing I love the most is getting to see old freind and making a new one or two here and there.  You get a chance stop by I think it's booth 147 in front of the decor calls.

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Re: Calls for Nashville
« Reply #11 on: January 10, 2010, 06:29:40 PM »
I have had boothes at shows in the past. I know that I for one would be slightly irate if I discovered that someone else who didnt pay their hard earned money was selling to potential customers, thus undercutting my earning potential.
As for the prices set by NWTF, a few years ago there was a phenominal show for duck hunters in Memphis every year. It was called the Ducks Unlimited Great Outdoor Festival. It was a fantastic time for duck hunters to congregate and see what was going to be new for the upcoming season. Booth prices were decent, so vendors could afford to provide a decent discount for merchandise. As the show grew in popularity, booth prices went up. The last year of the show, Macks Prairie Wings refused to participate. Macks is the largest duck hunting superstore and is psynonemous with duck hunting. Not to desparage DU, it wasnt their fault as Prime Media was the company in charge and they set the prices per booth
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