Quote Originally Posted by weimers75 View Post
That's funny that the guy switched them - but now that you mentioned what you did it made sense in the beginning

It is tough with the tables thing. The guys bringing a ton of stuff don't camp out. What I've seen happen is various levels, basically if you're setting up a tank, you pay one rate (these are usually all called vendors), and those who just want space another rate (usually cheaper because they aren't using electricity, etc.). Any number of levels could work, except if you had too many. Honestly, this was the first swap that I didn't buy a table partly because I didn't want to pay the same amount to have a spot to park my stuff as the guy who has a huge set-up going with lights and everything else. Also, I only had a few things, so I figured there would be first-come, first-serve type tables to park. Usually other swaps have first come type tables. Again, not a criticism at all - I know space was an issue - these are just suggestions.
i like the whole no power table idea, say we had some spare tables left you can park 2-3 people on a table and charge them $5 each for a 1/3 table or something because they are using no power. one reason i commented on this is meisens setup, he has no power or water being used at his stand, he has a great setup and has some great sales to go with it, he has detailed pictures of all of his things on the bags of what he is selling and people buy them, some people like to see it live in the tank more but still it works out good, i am considering doing what he did next time, a lot less hassle of lugging water/tanks/lights/power cords/ etc. i could just get some nice colored labels and stick them on my **** cups and sell away! however i would still like to provide either a LED actinic flashlight or LED actinic plug in light to show people the color of some of the hard corals assuming most softies will be closed. its just so much less to deal with, i dont gotta worry about bagging corals or anything because they will already be prebagged and ready to go.