Swapmeet 5/17/09 in Bozeman MT!

[rcurrier44]

Pulled from the M4x4a.org website:

Free entry for buyers, cheep booth space for sellers, and all profits going back to land-use organizations....

Announcing the Mountaineers' "Gearhead" Swap Meet Sunday, 17 May, 2009 at the Gallatin County Fair Grounds in Bozeman. Gate for sellers opens at 8:00am and closes at 5:00pm. Gate to buyers will be open from 10:00 to 3:00. Profits will go to a dedicated land-use fund.

4x4, motorcycle, snowmobile, stock car, ATV, etc. users are invited to sell. Dealers and resellers are also welcome. Keep it gearhead oriented. A few related miscellaneous items are OK, but this not the place to sell all your leftover baby clothes.

Seller space is $10 for a 10x20 foot indoor spot to park your trailer load of loot.
We'll provide a pro-rated spot to buddy-up with others if you have only a few small items. Commercial seller space is $25 for 10'x20'. A really big trailer space is available for $50. Space will be available the day of the sale until all spaces are sold. First come, first served.

Space will be provided free to access-oriented organizations for outreach purposes. ie CBU, Blue Ribbon Coalition, etc.

Suggested items: vehicle parts, tools, tires & wheels, CBs, helmets & snowmobile suits, other riding gear, vehicles or pictures of vehicles for sale, etc.

You are responsible for your stuff, you and your buyers' safety, conducting yourself in a professional manner, cleaning up your area when done for the day, and removing your unsold items from the fairgrounds. No alcohol. We reserve the right to reject any sale items or eject participants for just cause.

[stealtoy]

This sounds like a grate found raiser. We need groups like the CBU now more than ever i hope this goes well. Ill do what i can to spread the word.




thanks

Mike

[DavidVanVorous]

Sounds interesting but folks really should have at least a token entry for buyers given what the $ will be used for.

D.

[Kevin286]

Cool, time to get some stuff out of storage.

[MROTSTIHS]

Originally Posted by DavidVanVorous

Sounds interesting but folks really should have at least a token entry for buyers given what the $ will be used for.

D.

I'd second this. Definitely worth a 3-5 $ entry fee if going to CBU and the like. Maybe put up a "donation" section with a silent auction for the items as a fundraiser for these groups. I'd definitely donate some stuff and get the "other" off-road shop to donate some junk too.

[rcurrier44]

TTT... We are getting close!

I think we will be keeping the free entry for buyers this year. However I'm sure CBU will be excepting donations Our biggest problem in the past is that we haven't been able to get enough people on both sides of the table. We feel that we realy need to make this event as cheep as possible to for both parties inorder to have it take off. After a year or two I'm sure we will be asking for a small gate fee (not that we will be keeping it... everyone agreed that we should keep this event benifiting dedicated land-use orgs)

Originally Posted by MROTSTIHS

Maybe put up a "donation" section with a silent auction for the items as a fundraiser for these groups. I'd definitely donate some stuff and get the "other" off-road shop to donate some junk too.

This is a great idea! I'll have to pass it on to Blair.