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Originally Posted by Uncle Bulgaria
... My vote is on making it a requirement for a paid event for the stallholders to stay until the end. A noontide entry of £6 should entitle one to more than a sprint round the circuit, or the entry should be free later on ...
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I know organisers always encourage stallholders to stay to the end. But the obvious question is what sanction you'd employ in the event of people packing up early ? Those faced with a Sunday evening trip back to Yorkshire (or further) and most of the items on their stall gone will be very tempted. And in the end it's a trade-off. A lot of attention gets paid to buyer footfall - a sale won't be successful if buyers can't be tempted in. But it also won't be successful if sellers are put off. Most of them were there, 5 a.m. parties or not (I was out of bed and getting ready for the road before your party was over
) and were heaving heavy stuff through the rain and gloom before 8 a.m. It's a tough old day for them too.
Cheers,
GJ