NCShows, Rockingham Park, Saturday, April 14th

[Steven W. Orr]

On Wednesday, Apr 11th 2007 at 15:14 -0400, quoth Ted Roche:

=>Anyone planning on going to the computer show this Saturday at
=>Rockingham Park? It's $6 admission, but there's a $1 coupon on their web
=>site at http://www.ncshows.com.
=>
=>Anyone been to the show before? Worth going? Good stuff cheap? Pointers?

I went to one last year and was disappointed. Just a few years ago it was 
great. Lots of merchants. Great deals. Now the total number of vendors and 
floorspace is decreased. It verges on depressing. The selection is bad and 
you're likely to not find what you want if there's something special you 
need. There's the ubiquitous porn dealer and the guy selling used 
monitors. The guy with every known cable connector stopped coming. There 
used to be two dealers with a good assortment of books; it's thinner now.

I think it's sad because it used to be a really fun thing to do. Dealers 
used to kill to be able to get in. It was crowded with people and deals 
were everywhere. Now if you find someone to sell you something you want, 
it's likely that you won't have a choice to select from.

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