CPBA Swap Meet
 

See flyer below:

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The Bill Goes To Bushy Hill Simsbury,ct 06070

looks good like that.im going to rage power boats next week i will let them no:drink:

I was down at Ocean Performance yesterday I can't believe all the parts they have for the swap meet, complete motors to heads, drive parts, tail pipes, header etc etc etc. If you are looking for parts you better get there early. Not to mention I know a bunch of guys bringing lots of parts down. This thing is gonna be great! See you there.

Cpba members call me 860 392 9608


I need to get guys set up to work at the event

Carol called me in a panic!

The phones at OP are blowing ip w calls

We need to get organized now for sat

if i join the CPBA, will you wave my $5 admission fee??????????????????????????? :angry-smiley-038:

hahaha talk to the prez. i cant make that call!!!

just a small taste

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If it rains tomorrow as forecasted, I'm going to have to work on Saturday... Which REALLY pisses me off!!!! :mad:

Scot how does the weather effect how your pencil gets pushed?

Jeff, Count me in for a boat spot at the swap meet....OK. George

Outside of my 'real job', I own a landscaping business which I'm heavily involved with the maintenance end of as well. We'll see what happens, but it's looking like I could be MIA tomorrow...

Now I see how you have all these cars and boats and live near the water, you are always working:signs069::signs069:

More than I care to Frank, for at least 1/2 the year anyway. Gotta do something to get by, wall street hasn't been doing much these last few years to let me relax!!!!

Trust me I feel your pain.

:lolhit:

Obama hasnt made you stock market guys billionaires????????

does anyone have an easy up tent that we can use tomorrow?

Hahaha Who Mr. Redistribution of wealth

Easy Up tent ? Are you concerned its going to rain? Or you dont want to get sun burn? Hahahaha, your funny.

thats him............

bro, you should know his hat cant get wet

no its needed to hang banners and t-shirts for the cpba booth...

Oh! Ok. Ill get one. I have one in my dog daycare. Your all set Justin....

thanks.

You got it Justin.......

Ahhh, you guys are just sour grapes! If you had immediately shifted your holdings into arms and ammunition manufacturers, you would be rolling in dough by now!
http://www.ammoland.com/2009/01/14/o...n-of-the-year/ :lolhit::lolhit::lolhit:

Anyway, I'm going to try to make the swap meet, it sounds like it's going to be a great event!

Swap meet going on now. Come on down.

Still going

how did it go, we were testing the boat so we missed it.

It was good for the first run, we'll do better in the spring and better each time we do it.

Spring? Dont you think it would be a mistake doing too many of these things? I think so. There's not a lot of HP boating people in the area, it's not like cars... I would do it once per year, any more and I think you'll get minimal interest and people wont return.

I would say if you ate going to do it once per year doing it in the spring would be better. Next time around we should get other vendors such as Defender, West Marine, get a boat insurance company, maybe a loan broker etc. The more vendors and what not the bigger the draw. Just my .02

agreed 100%. a boat swap meet is nothing like a car swap meet. the demographic is a lot smaller. we would be shooting ourselves in the foot if we were to have this thing twice a year. a one time occurence in spring is my vote (usually people are uncovering and discovering parts/items they will need during this time in preparation for summer)...

Or the counter agruement, looking for parts in the fall for winter projects/builds.

But again, I think 2x/year is too much.

hmm...something we will have to think about going forward

Personally, I'd leave it at once per year and do it late Sept/early Oct. Nice enough out that the weather is still decent, people still have the bug, and perfect for preping for winter projects.

I disagree completely. In fact it is just like any other swap meet, automotive or otherwise. Yes, you are playing to a much smaller audience but even more reason to have the meet 2x a year. Yes, people need parts in the Spring and they also need them in the Fall.

I'm just offering my opinion as a potential buying customer, I don't have anything to sell. My observation in that regard is that a 2x a year swap meet ends up being more successful. I think that if you ask Chris at OP he could give a good indicator of whether this would be true based on his business experience. Actually, he may be your best source for advice.

Again, it's your Club, I'm not a member but just offering my observation as a customer.

Regards,
Rich

One thing I'd like to add, if I miss the Spring meet for whatever reason I can plan on the Fall meet if there are 2 a year. If I miss the Spring meet and there is no meet till the next Spring, one year later, I will definitely obtain the parts that I am looking for elsewhere since I wouldn't want to wait another year to get them.