Part 1     Chapter 1      A Day to Remember

Tyson Wells Sell-a-Rama 2010

Standing in the heavy rain with 70 mph winds while watching some 60 canopies go flying in all directions, toppling over all at once was something to behold as I had never seen anything close to this in all of my 17 years selling at festivals, fairs and other events.  My two canopies crumbled and collapsed to the ground right in front of my very eyes as I stood helplessly watching in complete awe. All my merchandise was scattered on the ground beneath the canopies. This would be a day that I would remember for the rest of my life.

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2009 Jefferson County Fair

Jefferson County Fair, Madras, OR July 22-25

Absolutely the worst County Fair we have ever sold at. Our vendor booths were located in an obscure area of the fairgrounds. Grass field in front of us had many droppings from the cow family. The public could care less about buying from the vendor.

Very poor lighting in our area and extremely bad accessability for the visitors. Spoke to Sandy Foreman who was in charge of the vendors and told me that she would 'get back to me that afternoon.' Never did. Could care less. They got their money from us. Put the 6 vendors in a corner and forget about us. Vendors, do not even think about doing this event. The Worst.

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HAPPY NEW YEAR

I'd like to wish you all a nice, happy, peaceful New Year and I hope that the economy can regain some sanity.

Take a look at our Starving Vendors website where we have loads of show information just a click away. We have sold at over 500 events through the years and I would like to share a lot of information with you about them. I have many reviews of this past years' events and I have pages dedicated to European Festivals, Philippine Festivals, California, Oregon, Arizona and a lot more. Learn about what it's truly like to be a vendor at these events, especially at a time when th economy has hit rock bottom. Thank you very much and have fun at the festivals AND/OR if you are a vendor, I hope you make some good money!