Responce to Sema

[vipercuda]

Originally Posted by camcojb

a lady from SEMA quoted a friend at 40% down. There were few outside vendors as compared to last year, didn't have the big tent in the lot other than the registration tent. It was easier to manuever the show, but still pretty busy. There were definitely less vendors in the wheel/tire building, and even hot rod alley seemed to have a bit more free space in some areas.

Jody

I would say Tuesday and Wednesday were just as busy as any year but Thursday and Friday were off. I think people came but left early. I heard there was net vendor decline of about 150 companies. As always, it was a very good show for us.

Mike

[JamesJ]

the vendors that i know that went are all more the old 32 ford hot rod style thing and they said that their segment was way down, compared to last year.

[fesler]

SEMA was way down in people but it was a good thing because we got to talk to more dealers. Booths were way down in the wheel section about 40% but in our side of it it was up, go look at all that attended and you will see that the Hot Rod section and Performance section was way up. All in all I think it was one of the best SEMAs for us so far and I have been going for almost 10 years with a booth.

[skatinjay27]

yea friday was very easy to move around. not crowded at all.
but curtis & anthony said tuesday and wednesday you could barly walk...

[slownova]

i thought this year it seemed kinda hard to talk to venders. they either seemed to busy, or to "in thier own world" to deal with little guys. some companys hit it hard, and got great responces it seemed, but others, thought they were the show. did alot of buiesness at the show, and got alot of great contacts, but the ones i really wanted to get, were flukes. i've been hearing its just me though but i don't know, thats my impression. i think its like that with vendors in general. ive been trying to buy a set of heads for 2 weeks now for a LS1, and i can't even get people to call me back.

[XcYZ]

SEMA officials gave every vendor a gift card worth 5% of the cost of their booth space. I think it says a lot if SEMA is giving money back, a rebate, to the vendors.

[XLexusTech]

Just wondering what this show is actually for. What I am reading lately makes me believe the show is for vendors to allign with dealers.
And what its not for is for the general community.

IS that the bottomline on this event?