REPORT on the Geelong Collectables Club Market Day, Swap & Sell and Car Boot Sale.
SATURDAY MAY 28th 2016 8 am to 3pm.
A bit of a SWOT analysis follows.
Feedback is most welcome from club members or those who attended!
Thankyou
Mark Young and Noel Dawson for loading tables at Rugby Street. Mark and Noel plus Paul Bruce and Peter McMillan in setting up the tables. Paul, Graham Blake and Allan Snowden for the BBQ and Allan for buying everything for it. Dave Bruce for putting everything on Facebook and website. Everyone above and Cam Ward for the pack up. Hany Smith for helping mop hall floor, washing Karate Club towels, helping clean door mats, making some great hamburgers and the evening BBQ happen! Also those from other clubs and those who I’ve forgotten to mention!
Strengths
A great get together and social occasion, individual sellers sold well, some funds to Geelong Bottle and Collectables Club and Belmont Scouts, Roadside signage and social media worked, estimated 300 plus thru the door.
BBQ afterwards great but small.
Use of Oberon school and High St car park worked well.
Weaknesses
The weather! May normally stable weather. For instance the 3 Saturdays prior and the Friday and Sunday before and after were all good or OK! Cancellations, no shows, not selling out. David needs to learn how to delegate clearly and concisely, to spread the workload, too reliant on one individual and the committee.
One stall in front yard set up early with a few drivebys perceiving “is that all?” No door count.
Opportunities
Do we do it again? If so when and how often? Annually? Same month?
Targeted income of $1500 very achievable, ($1000 inside $400 outside stall holder fees plus BBQ).
Should we aim at a “Bottle and Collectables day ONLY, or mixed with general market?
Bendigo well able to sell out the exact same amount of table space, we were 12 tables short of this.
Do we combine more with Scout Group? (they do outside we do inside?)
Use Dean St yard for stall holders (very uneven ground and cars off site) and rear yard for car park and open High St end boom gate? Scout raffle book sales. Marketing 3AW buy swap sell, other community announcements.
Threats
Too reliant on one individual and committee. Weather.
RESULTS
Total take of $765 less $220 costs, so $545 profit to GBACC.
Two cancellations and an indoor no show cost us $120.
12 more tables if sold would have been $360.
Outdoor 6 of 15 booked turned up, two drove off without paying! 50 stalls capacity?
$140 hall rent and $70 to Belmont Scouts from sales.
A great day to meet everyone and have a good time and buy, swap and sell!
Thanks again everyone
Cheers
David Smith
President
Geelong Bottle and Collectables Club
