Shows are always going to be as good as the people that go to them. Monthly show in Taylor,MI always seems to do good. Personally I tend to sell lower end stuff as I keep the higher end stuff. There are vendors there that sell multi-thousand dollar animals which generally only get sold to other vendors. There are vendors who have a wide range of exotics, some I couldn't even tell you what they are. Theres tarantulas and other bugs, exotics mammals.... even very domesticated mammals (I still don't understand why there are normal cats and dogs for sale at an exotics show). I tried vending at other local shows, but the shows didn't bring in enough people willing to spend money to make it worth my time, most people treat it like a zoo where you can hold stuff. If you want good vendors, you need good customers and if you want good customers, you need good vendors. Shows aren't easy to organize.
So i guess the tl;dr version... you're going to the wrong shows.
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