Part of the problem is this..I think a lot of people have this idea that the place should be full of $5 frags and that's never the case at any show. It costs a lot of money to do a show like this especially traveling. The booths for this show were very expensive then you have to think airfare,hotel for several days for I'm sure about 150 or so a night,the cost of shipping down their tanks, equipment and livestock,the cost of those items themselves they have to eat etc. It's thousands of dollars for a vendor to be at a show like this. I guess unless you have done it (Which I have) you don't figure those factors in but believe me those numbers are very real. The point is for them to make money..this is how a lot of vendors make a living full time. It's not worth it to do the shows if you can't make any money. That's really what it comes down to at the end of the day. You can't expect someone to spend all that time and money into coming to a show and giving their stuff away. When you want rare and good stuff you have to pay for it especially having the ability to see so much different livestock and pick it out in person rather than buy it online. What you see is REALLY what you get.
