[Jewelry making - Article 00512] - [Orchid] Laughlin Show Review

[Glenn Klein]

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Hi Everyone:

    Well, I finally attended a Cloud Jamboree show at Laughlin. For me,
    it was a total waste of time. I have heard about the show for many
    years, and have noted that the reports by others was not too
    complimentary. Although the show gets wide publicity with nice and
    beautiful ads in the magazines, I think it falls drastically short
    of rewarding the people who travel to attend. 

    The full page magazine ads led me to believe that the show would be
    located at four hotels, at least four. I left home early yesterday
    morning to drive the exactly three hundred miles from Lake Forest,
    CA to Laughlin, Nevada. When I was about ten miles south of Laughlin
    I visited the first show site, at the Avi Resort & Casino. The show
    there consisted of four rows of RV's and Motorhomes in the RV
    parking area, with the dealers displaying their products consisting
    mostly of slabs of cabing material and used lapidary equipment. That
    is OK, if you are looking for the swap meet atmosphere for your
    buying. There was nothing to get my attention there, since I like to
    see equipment and material that is meant for faceting. It took me
    less than an hour to move on to Laughlin. 

    Once at Laughlin, I first went to one of the listed show sites, the
    Ramada Express Hotel & Casino. There, upon checking with employees,
    I found out that the show was not at that location this year, nor at
    the Edgewater Casino as listed in the ads. It is only at the Avi
    Resort and at the Riverside Resort Hotel & Casino. So I went to the
    tent that was outside the Riverside Casino. There I found dealers
    displaying some nice colored stones mounted in gold findings. Not a
    lot of diamonds to be seen. Colored stones are my thing, so I looked
    the displays over in the tent and in maybe one hour I had seen what
    was of interest to me.

    Now what to do? I had two nights hotel reserved and paid for. I
    thought that I was going to have a busy two days there! Throwing
    away the little money I have by gambling does not interest me. I
    know that many would be happy to be there just to enjoy the
    gambling. Each hotel had plenty of couples doing exactly that. Maybe
    you and your wife have been uptight with life, the job, the kids, or
    whatever, and you needed a weekend away from reality. For you, the
    gem show might be the added dessert for your interests. But for me
    it was different.

    It was only about three in the afternoon and I was bored with
    Laughlin. I decided to drive back home. But wait! I checked with the
    front desk at my hotel, and found out that I could not cancel my
    reservation since I reserved on the computer. I called the correct
    number to find that they would make an exception, waive the
    canceling fee, and refund my second nights lodging. The first night
    was on me. So I said OK to that, got into my car, and headed back
    the three hundred miles to home. I arrived about seven PM. That was
    not bad for driving 600 miles and attending a gem show all in one
    day. I was not even tired, just mad at myself for being suckered in
    to going in the first place. 

    Different strokes for different folks, you know. I will continue to
    do my gambling in the form of driving cars and flying airplanes. 

    In a couple of weeks I head for Tucson. I know what is to be found
    there, show after show of great presentations.....more than any
    human can possibly see in the first two weeks of February.

Glenn Klein, G.G.
Lake Forest CA USA
Web Site for book information, FACETING HISTORY: CUTTING DIAMONDS & 
COLORED STONES: www.glennklein.com
Email: glennklein AT yahoo.com

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