[Jewelry making - Article 00129] - Re: [Orchid] First Long Distance Show!

[Rodney Carroll]

========[ Invite a Friend - http://www.ganoksin.com/invite.htm  ]========


    Donna, I work for a display company and I am the person responsible
    for putting the shows together. There are a number of issues here. I
    do not know what show you are attending in the DC area. We just did
    the IJO show in DC, just did a show in Atlanta and shipping a show
    Friday to Chicago. When shipping product you have to always think
    about can this be shipped UPS. Most of my stuff is shipped by truck.
    We are talking 1200lbs to 2 tons. Most trades shows we do, we have to
    ship into an advance warehouse. When it get there the warehouse
    charges a handling fee at $40-55 per carton weight (carton weight =
    100lbs). Or you can ship direct to the show site during your setup
    days. They charge for the handling of the freight direct into the
    show too. This tends to be a better rate but has more risk of not
    showing up on time. I have in the past setup the JCK Orlando show and
    find the tough part is dealing with the union labor. I always have to
    deliver a pickup truckload of goods at the last minute. When you do
    that, they make you hand carry everything in or you pay them $75 per
    hour maybe more to hire a person and a cart. Its ashame when you only
    need them for 10 minute! You pay for the whole hour! 

    There is also the issue of how much can the shipping company/storage
    warehouse destroy before you get it. I ship in plywood crates and
    the still manage to break them. My salesman in Atlanta wanted to know
    what to do when they delivered a crate shrunk wrapped together
    because they had busted a whole corner off of it. So you can never
    over protect your show material. If you ship stuff be sure to carry a
    digital camera or a Polaroid camera to document for your freight
    claim. 

    Make sure you fully read over all show material they send you. There
    can be something about electric lights. We had it out with a show in
    Chicago because of the transforms on our lights did not have a
    ground. 

    At the end of the show if they try to get you to sign up again for
    next year because they tell you "that you might not get back in next
    year". That money is gone when you give them that check. There are NO
    REFUNDS PERIOD! We did that last year with a big show last year that
    was a money pit and the salesman signed the dotted line. We did not
    want to do the show this year and was told no refunds unless the
    building burned down. So we burned $6000 to do this money pit show
    again. 

    This is how the jewelry trade shows (JCK, IJO, SJO, MJSA, etc......)
    work. All shows are different. This is just my experience in my small
    part of the world. 

Rodney
RC Gems
rcgems AT ij.net
(Still having to work a real job with a boss)

____________________________________________________________________
T h e   O r c h i d   L i s t
Open Electronic Forum for Jewelry Manufacturing Methods and Procedures
____________________________________________________________________
Orchid FAQ:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/faq.htm
Orchid Archives:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/archive
Orchid Galleries:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/gallery.htm
Invite a Friend:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/invite.htm
____________________________________________________________________
Tips From The Jeweler's Bench - Article Archive
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/tip_sear.htm
The Jeweler's Selected Bibliography List
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/jewelry-books
Buy Orchid Jewelry:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/shop
____________________________________________________________________
-Unsubscribe:
-Email: orchid-request AT ganoksin.com Body=unsubscribe subject=blank
____________________________________________________________________