Tackle Show Etiquette Question

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Do you ask a show vendor for permission to handle items on their table?

Poll ended at Sun Jul 03, 2022 7:21 pm

Yes, before I pick something up, I ask for permission.
5
25%
No, if it’s on the table and for sale it’s fair game to carefully examine without an OK.
5
25%
Yes, but only if I have to remove it from a closed display case.
10
50%
 
Total votes: 20

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Mike N
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Tackle Show Etiquette Question

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I set up at a local antiques fair today and was interested in what ORCA members thought about this…
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If it’s on the table I pick it up unless there is a sign or something.
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I ask if i don’t know the vendor or if i think they would care. I never pick up things if seller not there.
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The questionnaire could be worded a little better in my opinion. In my view if it's in a case it's really not on the table and fair game so I would ask. If it's out in the open with a price tag I would examine it if I was interested in buying it. If I was interested in the reel but not in buying it I would ask to handle it.
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Much like a gun show ,if it’s of greater value,or whole gun I politely ask if I can handle it,if there’s a pile of jumbled parts or items,I’ll assume it’s ok to pick through them,if there’s a row of nicely maintained Senators I would ask,if there’s a milk crate of “stuff” with a few reels mixed in I’ll assume pick through!
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Like Shootrj, I guess I’d judge the scene.
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Mike: new at this reel stuff.being new i always ask regardless. every 1 seems to know you. i am a newbie. been to a bunch of huge gun shows. Wanamachers, others like them.takes 2 days of hard hunting, parts is parts . dig in.
finished good's ,always ask. also always say thanks if i don't know them. still feeling my way
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Final poll results.

240 page views and only 20 participants but probably a good representative sample.

Thanks for participating.

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