Not an unusual complaint. The promoters commonly hold the shows more and more often reducing the income for the better dealers who leave. They are replaced with beanie baby and beef jerky dealers and things continue to get worse. Portland was a great show when held 3 times a year. Then it was bought out and became a 6 times a year show which was bad enough then the new owners got a divorce and each ran it 6 times a year. Now MUCH smaller, no good dealers and hardly worth attending. The Washington collector's show had internal problems of some sort and now there are NO good shows in the Northwest. It is better now to hit the small, out of the way club shows... 40-60 tables but neat guns and few but serious customers.
The only good close to NW show is the Big Reno Show which is still 3 times a year, closely run for gun related tables and high quality merchandise. I hear the Idaho shows are better than Or/Wa but haven't attended in a while.
Our shop attends Tulsa, Ok., Denver Co collectors show, Reno, and the Beinfeld January show.
