Re: SHOT show question...
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: shaggyback</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Erud</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Hey Sean,
I think you misread MY post - maybe you should try reading IT again. I am asking if I can go to the trade show if I'm not in the industry. I already gave a good job and I'm not looking for a career or even a part-time job in the firearms industry. I also have a wife, kids, and all of the time commitments that go along with that. To tell me that nothing is impossible if I'm willing to work hard is a little patronizing and seems to make the situation a lot more important than it really is.
So, on to the question of what I'm willing to do:
I'm willing to pay my own way and spend a shit-ton of my hard-earned money every year on guns and related gear.
How's that?
If that's not enough to get me into the SHOT Show, don't worry - I can find something else to do and I'll be just fine. Just sounds like it would be fun to go.
Chad - very nice of you to offer - I will shoot you a PM.
Thanks,
Erik
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Youre pretty fucking thick arent you.
Shibs was stating the truth about getting in, not giving you life advice. Let me spell it the fuck out for you: IF you can offer something to a vendor, they will probably get you in, assuming you have a good relationship with them. In other words, "Hey ____, I will help you set your booth up and take it down, and go grab lunch for the guys every day. Can I go with you?" THAT might get you in.
No one cares about your fucking tiny wallet-share in the industry. What you spend is SHIT compared to the guys walking around with orders for thousands of rifles, pistols, packs, etc at a time. Drop your fucking attitude and listen to people that were actually there, who are trying to help you - like Shibs was.
Better yet, stay the fuck home. There were enough assholes there already. We dont need another.
Chad, I see him with a DCR badge on next year, I will cockpunch you. </div></div>
Cool Bro, thanks!
Boy, the way some of you guys talk about SHOT Show you'd think I was trying to get into the skull & Bones club or onto the field at the Super Bowl or something... Sheesh, like I said in my 2nd post: let's try to keep this in perspective. It is a TRADE SHOW. If anyone wants to go the the Minnesota Cable Communications Association show next month in Minneapolis, just drop me a line and you can be my guest. You don't even need to do anything for me.
Funny that you use the word "cockpunch" - I'd never heard that in my life before last week when I heard the neighbor kid say it to his buddy while they were digging his car out of the snow. now twice in a week? Must be the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon, huh?
Thanks,
Erik