Editing The Pen Addict 200/transcript (section)

== Show Differences ==


'''Myke:''' All right. Let's talk about how this show is different to last year's show. So, Anna, what has been your kind of overall feeling about how, if this show is any different to last year and why you think that is?

'''Ana Reinert:''' Well, for me, the biggest thing is this is my second show. So, I have a different... I'm having a different experience. My... Last year was my first show. So, it was really learning sort of how to navigate a show. What I was looking for. And also, different grade of flop sweat for doing the podcast.

'''Myke:''' Still quite a lot. Quite a lot.

'''Ana Reinert:''' I wasn't... You know, last time it was just camera guys and you guys. This time it's all of you guys. So, it's a whole different grade of... But, no. It was... That experience was just kind of getting a real sense of just the scope of how many vendors there were. Both new shops selling new product as well as the vintage sellers. And kind of figuring out how to navigate buying from a vintage vendor and figuring out like, you know, will... How do... How will, you know, a seller of vintage pens react to someone who is sort of new to vintage pens, a little bit younger consumer? Because there was a lot of talk about, you know, somebody younger buying vintage pens. Like, are they going to kind of give me the cold shoulder? Are they going to be receptive to someone younger being interested in vintage pens? And the reaction ended up being very warm last year. And then coming this year, what ended up happening for me was pretty much every vendor I went to said, I remember you. Last year, you bought a Pelican from me. I remember you. You bought. And which was really cool. I mean, I actually had, you know, a couple of the older guys come up and they passed my hair and, you know, gave me a hug. And, you know, what are you going to buy from me this year? And I'm like, I don't know what kind of deal you're going to give me.

'''Ana Reinert:''' So, which has been really fun. And it's, I think, you know, and I've had some people tell me that, you know, like the DC show is a much bigger show with a lot more people. Atlanta show is a bit smaller. So, vendors do have an opportunity to remember the people that purchased last year. So, you do have an opportunity to have that experience with a lot of the sellers, both, you know, shops and, you know, resellers in a way that maybe you wouldn't necessarily get in a big show like LA or DC, which has been really nice because then you can have sort of a relationship with people and go back. If you have a particular type of brand or pen that you really like, if you really like Parker 51s, you can kind of go back to somebody who frequently buys and sells Parker 51s and kind of work with them. What have you got this year? Kind of a thing. So, in my case, it's the couple guys who sell Estabrooks and I spend a lot of time with them.

'''Brad:''' Goof balls. Any Estabrooks? No Estabrooks yet this year?

'''Ana Reinert:''' I did. I bought, well, I bought two. Shocking. Shocking. I know. One I bought for a friend of mine who is the reason I have an Estabrook problem. He asked me, he wanted a pink purse pen for his daughter. So, I found one. And if he does not like the one that I got, I will just swap out and give him the pink purse pen that I have. And I'll keep the one that I bought.

'''Brad:''' Cool.

'''Myke:''' So, you bought 10 is what you're saying? No, just 10. Okay. All right. All right. Brad, obviously, part of why you're here is to sell stuff. Yeah. So, from a not-co perspective, how has 2016 differed to 2015?

'''Brad:''' It's been really good both years. Like, just the volume is bigger. Last year, we prepared more. Last year, we definitely had some deer in the headlight stuff going on.

'''Myke:''' Like, when we got and realized we didn't have any way to set up the table. Yeah. It was like, oh, we probably should have worked something out.

'''Brad:''' Like, we packed stuff in boxes, threw it in a truck. We arrived, threw our hands up going, I don't know what to do now.

'''Myke:''' I guess we just put stuff on the table. Yeah. Did we put the boxes on the table? Yeah.