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Post by Traindiesel! on Feb 1, 2024 2:58:02 GMT
WARNING !!!!
ACCORDING TO THE YORK MEET NOTICE RECEIVED IN THE MAIL (On page 14), THE SAME UPS STORE THAT BOTCHED SHIPMENTS FROM MEMBERS THAT NEVER RECEIVED THEIR PURCHASES WILL ONCE AGAIN BE WORKING THE MEET IN THE SILVER HALL LOBBY!
I suggest using another source.
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Post by madockawando on Feb 5, 2024 7:49:04 GMT
Attendees for April only 7200 or so? That’s half as many as it was back in 2007.
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Post by eddieg on Feb 5, 2024 15:15:46 GMT
madockawando, So what is the point?
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Post by superwarp1 on Feb 5, 2024 17:09:06 GMT
madockawando, So what is the point? The show is not what is was.
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Post by runamuckchuck on Feb 5, 2024 18:43:23 GMT
madockawando, So what is the point? The show is not what is was. Well since I am not what I used to be either it seems as though York is the perfect meet for me! 
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Post by healey36 on Feb 5, 2024 19:26:33 GMT
madockawando, So what is the point? The show is not what is was. It used to be awesome...now it's just really great.
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Post by Traindiesel! on Feb 5, 2024 20:31:39 GMT
It’s still awwwsome!
It’s a week long party!!!
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Post by eddieg on Feb 6, 2024 1:42:55 GMT
You said it BRIAN.
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Post by superwarp1 on Feb 6, 2024 14:51:26 GMT
It’s still awwwsome!
It’s a week long party!!! And that's great. I'm glad you all enjoy it. For me in my point in the hobby, a six hour drive, expense of fuel, hotel, and food plus the time off from work. York is just not worth it IMO. Eddie, God bless you. You are the York ambassador, you should get paid.
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Post by healey36 on Feb 8, 2024 17:54:56 GMT
Got my badge today! Still not 100% sure I'm going, but...
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Post by Adam on Feb 8, 2024 18:00:02 GMT
Got my badge today! Still not 100% sure I'm going, but... Badges? We don’t need no stinking badges! |
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Post by healey36 on Feb 8, 2024 18:25:28 GMT
Until the Eastern Divisions gets their retinal scanning ID sorted, you gotta have a badge, lol. Besides, no badges, what would everyone do with their York badge-holders?
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Post by superwarp1 on Feb 8, 2024 18:42:04 GMT
Until the Eastern Divisions gets their retinal scanning ID sorted, you gotta have a badge, lol. Besides, no badges, what would everyone do with their York badge-holders? I have OGR badges I'm not using. Anyone want to buy them? 
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Post by dlagrua on Feb 9, 2024 15:13:15 GMT
I find it hard to believe that the ED will ever use retinal scanners instead of badges. The York meet can never be what it once was. Its still a decent large size event but the numbers will continue to edge down. IMO, being a TCA member to attend the full event goes against everything we see at other shows. The fall car show at Hershey draws 250,000 people and you do not have to be an AACA member. Anyone can come and that's part of the success formula. Same at Carlisle; just pay your admission and enter. I found it an insult to be forced to be a perpetual TCA member just to attend. WE can theorize the changing demographics of those that buy the trains may be the issue but if that were the case then how come Allentown and Amherst have not lost attendance?
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Post by healey36 on Feb 9, 2024 16:26:30 GMT
"I find it hard to believe that the ED will ever use retinal scanners instead of badges." Comment made tongue-in-cheek, lol.
"I found it an insult to be forced to be a perpetual TCA member just to attend." If you're joining so you can go to the Eastern Division's twice-per-year meet to just buy stuff, you're likely missing the point. The TCA is an ASSOCIATION, a group of like-minded members with subject interests other than simply accumulating stuff. The Eastern Division's meet is but one of many events across the country sponsored by various TCA divisions. The TCA membership fee goes toward supporting the resource library, the bi-monthly publications, the museum, the annual convention, not to mention the vast transfer/availability of information amongst the membership and the buy/sell/trade venue. For the first sixty-plus years, you couldn't attend without being a member, period.
As described here on the forum, there are a number of good alternatives if your interest is just buying new stuff.
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