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    daytona beach expo

    the expo was crazy saw so many awesome things was kicking it with Art and Kelly from Kelly's Balls all day ...they introduced me to some awesome breeders ended up purchasing a nice female cinny with a nice ringer to go with ....meet greg graziani awesome guy ......albeys cool reptiles ,por exotics,metal morphs ,ball pythons south just to name a few awesome crowd for my first show wow was it amazing i went from 6 balls this morning in my collection to 7 in my collection by the end of the day lol !!!!!!!! post pics of the cinny later and pics from the expo
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    The show is pretty disappointing this year IMO. 100 less vendors than last year and they raised the admission price. Lots of bigger breeders did not go. Still a nice show compared to most, but not nearly what it used to be. It used to be the show that no breeder would miss and people would have to fight to get a table there. I know the show is not that great when I actually come home with cash in my pocket. I walked around for a while trying to find something to buy but nothing caught my eye (aside from the crazy expensive stuff). Still a good time though. Mostly just go to hang out with friends now. Tomorrow afternoon should be crazy.
    I might pick up a male Black headed python tomorrow but the ones I saw there were not great examples of them.
    One good thing is I actually think the prices were a bit higher on a lot of stuff than I expected.
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    Dan has his plants selling pretty well there today(Zen Orchids), and he said he was astounded at how busy it was. BUt.... Dan hasn't been to Daytona before, this is his first. He's only done small shows. I'll be going tomorrow, and I'm not expecting it to be the biggest Daytona ever, and I know I'll miss some of the big breeders not being there, but I expect to be wowed anyway.

    Will report in afterwards!
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    Re: daytona beach expo

    Quote Originally Posted by J.Vandegrift View Post
    The show is pretty disappointing this year IMO. 100 less vendors than last year and they raised the admission price. Lots of bigger breeders did not go. Still a nice show compared to most, but not nearly what it used to be. It used to be the show that no breeder would miss and people would have to fight to get a table there. I know the show is not that great when I actually come home with cash in my pocket. I walked around for a while trying to find something to buy but nothing caught my eye (aside from the crazy expensive stuff). Still a good time though. Mostly just go to hang out with friends now. Tomorrow afternoon should be crazy.
    I might pick up a male Black headed python tomorrow but the ones I saw there were not great examples of them.
    One good thing is I actually think the prices were a bit higher on a lot of stuff than I expected.
    I agree. I did get a very nice reduced spider though. Why do you guys think Daytona is going down?
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    There are a lot of reasons. The new laws in FL, more competition from other shows (tinley, hamburg, toronto...) and a few other reasons that can't be talked about here.
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    Re: daytona beach expo

    Quote Originally Posted by wolfy-hound View Post
    Dan has his plants selling pretty well there today(Zen Orchids), and he said he was astounded at how busy it was. BUt.... Dan hasn't been to Daytona before, this is his first. He's only done small shows. I'll be going tomorrow, and I'm not expecting it to be the biggest Daytona ever, and I know I'll miss some of the big breeders not being there, but I expect to be wowed anyway.

    Will report in afterwards!
    If he thought today was busy wait until he sees tomorrow afternoon. I saw his booth. He had some pretty sweet plants.
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    I'm hoping he sells out actually! He deserves it, he works really hard with all his stuff. And he's personable and cute! Not that I'm biased!

    I think Daytona has been hurt by both the economy and by the new laws. The laws made a few big breeders decide not to attend, and all the reptile shows I've been to in th elast year have been smaller. The ball python market crash probably also affected some of it, since I remember massive ball python tables at some of the first shows I went to, and that's much less now.

    Overall, I can think of a few reasons it would be smaller, but I'm hoping it's still a spectacular show, and fun to attend. I love Daytona and look forward to it all year!
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    Re: daytona beach expo

    Who's Dan?

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    Well while the daytona show is not quite what it used to be it is still worth going to. It does bite that the admission price has gone up. All in all it was a pretty good show and a good time. I would love to be able to attend some of the other shows out of state one day.

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    Re: daytona beach expo

    i guess because i have no other show to compare to and that this is the first daytona i have ever attended lol .....but i wish nerd was there and ralph davis .....but hope one day to attend one of the big shows out of state one day
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