Several years ago the major vendors began to bring blemished merchandise and
sell it at very low prices on Friday. This invoke a mass stampede to get to
RTMC early on subsequent Fridays and was referred to as the "feeding
frenzy". There isn't as much of this anymore but the damage has been done,
both in regards to the 'come early, leave early' problem and also in regards
to materialism over astronomy and telescope building.

I like the gear as much as the next guy (a new ST-10 CCD is sitting on my
desk!), but the RTMC conference is definitely suffering badly on Sunday.

Del Johnson



"Florian" wrote in message
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It's crazy. People are taking Friday off from work and then
running home Saturday night on a 3-day weekend. All because of the Friday
"feeding frenzies" of the past. This needs to be stopped.


Hi Del,

I've only been to RTMC once (last year) and i don't know what you mean by
a "feeding frenzy" on Friday. You mean to get the best deals at the swap
meet? Or are there special prizes on Friday? I didn't go this year because
i forgot to pre-register and the $25/day walk-in price just seemed too much.

-Florian