Advice on Yandles Autumn show

[Fromey]

I'm intending to attend the Autumn show at Yandles in a week and a half and would appreciate some advice from those with past experience of the show.

i) Do traders normally offer discounts on their goods? If yes, what kind of discounts can one expect?
ii) Which day is best to attend (Fri. or Sat.)? e.g., will 10:00 on Fri. simply find one looking at half setup stalls? Will attending Sat. afternoon find all the bargains already gone?
iii) What is traffic like? Will it be a tail-back all the way to the A303 or is there effectively no congestion at all?

Thanks in advance.

 

[RogerP]

I've been the last couple of years and found some discounts but nothing huge - except there were good offers on some machinery. I think Friday is the best day and I saw no half-ready stalls. Some demonstration are only on Saturday. Traffic was no problem.

Others may well have different opinions.

 

[CHJ]

Never known traffic to be a problem, If you want wood then the sooner you get there then the wider the selection available.
Bargains and choice pieces move quickly, usually plenty of sound stuff left for other days.

 

[woodbloke]

Never known traffic to be a problem, If you want wood then the sooner you get there then the wider the selection available.
Bargains and choice pieces move quickly, usually plenty of sound stuff left for other days.

I agree with Chas, traffic isn't a problem and there's a huge field for free parking. Loads of good stalls to cover for all tastes with plenty of machinery represented. I'm going on Friday this year to order my new table and bandsaw so I'll be looking for a reasonable show discount. Good also to have a delve into the wood shed as there are always lots of interesting lumps of timber in there - Rob

 

[Harbo]

I've never had a problem with traffic driving west along the A303 though there is generally a short queue in the village roads leading to the entrance gates - nothing to worry about.
It can get quite busy before lunch and some of the payment queues can get quite long. Things get a lot quieter by mid afternoon.
Free entry, free parking, very friendly atmosphere and lots to see.
Looking forward to it.

Rod

 

[RogerM]

I'll be there on Friday. Looking for a dust/chip extractor. Always a good event.

 

[woodbloke]

I'll be there on Friday. Looking for a dust/chip extractor. Always a good event.

Hi Rog...be nice to meet up again. I should be there fairly early and will probably be ferreting through the wood shed, if not you'll find me ordering a Startrite b/s \/ - Rob

 

[RogerM]

See you there Rob. :-D

 

[MikeH]

I've been many times and to be honest I now try to get there as early as possible on the Fri, 9am is generally fine with most of the stalls ready to go. I have seen some fantastic offers at that time that do go quickly, a Veritas BU plane (can't remember the model) but it was over £100 off. I seriously considered it but by the time I went back at about 10.30 on the Fri they were all gone!.

Also easier to get in etc at that time. All that said it isn't too bad at any time really.

Great show and well worth heading over to. Not sure I shall be able to make it this time but I will try.

 

[Fromey]

Thanks for the info guys. Looks like I'll be there Fri. morning as well.

One more question; Do the traders usually take cards or is it cash only/predominantly? At Westonbirt Tree Festival last weekend I didn't buy half as much stuff as I could have because only a few vendors had card readers and I went with almost no cash (doh!). Probably a good thing in hind-sight.

 

[MikeH]

You pay for almost everything straight to Yandles themselves. They have sets of tills set up around the place, that's what they don't often get right and it caused a lot of probs a few shows back but they are getting better.

In answer to your question, cards are no problem. They do have cash only tills which are often a bit quicker.

Generally you tell the stall holder what you want, they fill in a ticket and you take it to the tills and pay. Then you return to the vendor with the receipt and collect your goodies (dribbling all the way probably!!).