The Yakima show is a poor one, has been for several years, my wife doesn't like to go..etc.
Its in a poor location, the building is small, and cramped, and some distance from the parking. Its been going downhill for years.
The Richland show is no better, but with better parking...
The Pasco show is held at the TRAC and is better, and bigger, usually.
The Kennewick show was killed a couple years ago by the asst.DA deciding that ALL vendors had to carry $1million insurance. Even the t-shirt lady and the hot dog guy.
The $70-80 bucks the insurance cost ate the profit of the little guys, so we just quit trying to use that venue. I've had tables, have friends who do, we're not "dealers" in the commercial sense, we're traders & collectors, who sell no longer wanted items. For us, its a heck of a good show when we make enough money for lunch at Wendys after expenses are covered. Often we don't have even that much "profit"
The guys running tables representing FFL shops are another matter. They whine about "how bad" the shows are, all the way to the bank.
EVERYTHING is overpriced, and somehow every old gun they have is a rare one in top condition, but yours are just old junk...
A buddy and I go to the Spokane shows regularly. But even they have become a shadow of what they used to be. Still more people (better selection) than in the valley though.
Admission price is up, true, and a bit of a shock, and many shows don't seem worth it, especially when you don't find what you were looking for. But if/when you DO find a score, its more than worth it.
Sadly that seems to happen less and less these days....
