very to be honest.
basicly all the main suppliers will be there with pallet loads of second quality equipment which is normal half price, which is what the main ruckus is for.
but unless you go in there with a small army of helpers it is impossible to get enough gear together to make a big purchase.
i would exspect a single person with one friend to be able to gab at the most 10 to 15 , packs of fifty frames, supers or broods, but after gabbing them by the time you get to the pallet of super boxes they will be all gone.
as for every thing else basicly someone like th***** will set up a mobile shop inside the one hall with every thing they carry as stock and most if not all of it will NOT BE DISCOUNTED but book price
some of the other suppliers will have 10 % knocked off or like me you will be able to physicly see or try out what you were thinking of buying off the net.
clothes and suits and gloves are best brought that way as someones large is another mans medium.
the main rush will start when the doors open at 9 am and is pretty well finished by 10am and then every one piles the gear into the car and starts to behave normaly again rather than animals.
the second big part of the show is the wax converstion which used to be the main part for me to go, outside the halls in the grassed areas there will be several companys kbs and th******** and a few others that are set up to do the exchanging.
you after walking a round the show go to the car grab your box of reclaimed wax wonder off to who ever you want to deal with,, stand ina que for ten miniuts and then they wiegh what you have and tell you whats availble. i would normaly go for 1/3 brood and two thirds super as a ratio depending on whats needed. some times you can ask for a money voucher and go inside to thier stall and spend it there or you can if you want go to the tent and buy wax for your self to use rather than bringing it in.
my way of working it is that the tickets are £20 say so i want to ave that amount with what i an buying so to me i would like to buy two sets of 50 frames and in that way i save what i spent for the ticket.
now the next part is does it pay?
personaly i am a first quality user in my brood chambers as they get so much abuse and there fore i dont pay i use seconds in the supers as they are easily cost effective, and i dont buy hive parts premade as i am a cheap skate.
