B&H 50th Anniversary Expo (Page 2): Thank you. The feeling is mutual. If you and our fellow UHH'ers organize a safari to the store sometime in the afternoon please let me know as I...

Hershel Loc: New York City

Thank you. The feeling is mutual. If you and our fellow UHH'ers organize a safari to the store sometime in the afternoon please let me know as I would make a point of joining you there.

HERSHEL

henryp Loc: New York, NY

ecobin wrote:

Nikon booth at noon - I'll be there.

We will have shuttle bus service to the SuperStore from the show and back again.
https://www.bildexpo.com/bildexpo/3779293

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

henryp wrote:

We will have shuttle bus service to the SuperStore from the show and back again.
https://www.bildexpo.com/bildexpo/3779293

That would be awesome. I would like to see a few of the regulars here on UHH. Will the bus make a detour to the Catskills?

Hershel Loc: New York City

LOL!!!!

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

ecobin wrote:

It's called Bild Expo and it's in the Javits center on Sept 6 and 7. I registered and will be there with 2 friends on the 6th. Hope to see some UHH friends there.

A long train ride for me.

Hershel Loc: New York City

Scruples wrote:

I hope you can stop by. It will be great seeing you again.

I hope to be able to spend about an hour and a half at the expo tomorrow (Wednesday) from 10:00am – 11:30am

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

Hershel wrote:

I hope to be able to spend about an hour and a half at the expo tomorrow (Wednesday) from 10:00am – 11:30am

Great!
You can tell the rest of us about it.
Frankly, I am curious what Pentax will have there, but it would be unreasonable to ask a report from you just because I can’t go.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

rehess wrote:

Great!
You can tell the rest of us about it.
Frankly, I am curious what Pentax will have there, but it would be unreasonable to ask a report from you just because I can’t go.

In Tokyo, Pentax has a “clubhouse”, where {I hear} they present mainly the results of photography {rather talking about the equipment themselves}.

Hershel Loc: New York City

rehess wrote:

Great!
You can tell the rest of us about it.
Frankly, I am curious what Pentax will have there, but it would be unreasonable to ask a report from you just because I can’t go.

I actually made a point of looking them up. They did not have a particularly large presence and the reps were occupied with a couple of visitors when I got there and as I was under a time constraint to get back to the office I could not afford the wait time. Sorry I couldn't deliver for you.

Next year you must come!

HERSHEL

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

Hershel wrote:

I actually made a point of looking them up. They did not have a particularly large presence and the reps were occupied with a couple of visitors when I got there and as I was under a time constraint to get back to the office I could not afford the wait time. Sorry I couldn't deliver for you.

Next year you must come!

HERSHEL

Thank you for thinking of me!

Pentax tends to do their own thing and in their “home islands”; it is very unusual for them to appear at a show like this - they even have skipped CP+. B&H must have thrown some weight around for them to show up at all.

Hershel Loc: New York City

rehess wrote:

Thank you for thinking of me!

Pentax tends to do their own thing and in their “home islands”; it is very unusual for them to appear at a show like this - they even have skipped CP+. B&H must have thrown some weight around for them to show up at all.

I am moved to tell you that it was a fantastic undertaking for a single retailer like B&H and the result was nothing short of magnificent in my estimation. There were many thousands of visitors to both the Javits venue as well to our store (we provided transportation between store and Javits), special expert presentations, hundreds of special deals, prizes, giveaways, etc.

I spoke to one vendor in the Astronomy niche and he told me he has been going to shows large and small for the past 20 years and never has he had more people come to his booth as he had during our show.

If we do this again next year and I hope we will, you've got to come!

HERSHEL

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

Hershel wrote:

I actually made a point of looking them up.

I’m glad I went. It was well worth the time.

Thanks for the invitation!

Hershel Loc: New York City

Scruples wrote:

I’m glad I went. It was well worth the time.

Thanks for the invitation!

Sorry I missed you.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

Hershel wrote:

Sorry I missed you.

Maybe UHH members need some way of recognizing each other. If I had been there, I’m not sure I would have noticed you - I’m not sure I would have noticed a ‘discrete’ name tag.

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

It would be great if all is Ugly Hedge Hoggers had lapel pins that we could recognize each other. Perhaps the Admins could create these pins and sell them at about $6 each plus tax and shipping. The profit money can go to the website.