Hi,

Being somewhat new to the soaring supplies business (2 years), I really like
having a booth at the SSA convention every year. It is expensive and I
don't necessarily sell enough at the show to be worth my while, but I do get
a lot of sales after the event. The main benefit for me is that I get to
meet many of the customers I've been selling to, and establish relationships
with new customers. It is very nice to meet people face to face rather than
via e-mail!

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring Supplies

"Pete Russell" wrote in message
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I think every other year would be best. I think some people out there may
be
under the impression that you can actually make money off soaring speaking
as a vendor look around do you see anybody in the business driving fancy
cars most people just scrape buy. I work 51/2 days a week at a regular job
just so I can pay all the bills. most of the people at the conventions
aren't there to buy anything just see what's new and see old friends in
fact
it's mostly the same people year after year. I am already on the at least
every other year program the problem is that I may have missed some
potential customers in the years I did not attend . I think you also need
to
look at the design cycle of the new products I think if you went to two or
three year cycles you would see more new products at each show and vendors
would actually try to have new products ready for the show this would make
it a much more exciting convention.

Pete
Sage Variometers