OGR Webmaster posted:eddie g posted:I think Rich Melvin should check on what is going on the the Blue, Silver, Red & white halls. I doubt he checks those halls. Friday morning I could barely move thru the aisles in the Red Hall.
ThePUBLIC can't go in those halls, Eddie! So your point is meaningless.
Restricting the public to only part of this show/meet is another of the arcane rules that are present at York that are very counter-productive. It is confusing to tell the public, "You can go in this building, but you can't go in that one over there." I'm sorry, but that's just silly.
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Changing that would likely end the meet even more quickly.
I'm sure many members who are not already running a business would not want to go through the hassle to obtain a PA tax/resale number (whatever the proper term for it is) so that they then get to add the joy of collecting taxes and filing with the state at each meet.
IIRC, there was a dealer who used to sell in the Orange Hall (maybe Moonson?) who has stated he needs to continually file even though he hasn't sold at the meet in several years. The PA taxman is apparently not a believer of not filing = not selling anything unless you formally file to say you didn't sell anything.
If members need to obtain tax numbers and file every meet to have a 6 foot table space (which has been described as what would be required to allow the public in), I'm out. I only tried selling at York because it's very easy. I never will be motivated to sell at any other meet for the same reason.
"Silly" or not, that's the reality for the member halls to a great extent, I suspect.
-Dave