CES 2007 Las Vegas
Thanks to Sewell Direct, my employer for flying a group of us down to CES ( Consumer Electronic Show) in Las Vegas. Our trip is half over already and I still get the feeling that I want to do so much more while I am here. Sam and I have been paired for the show while our entire group splits up to cover the entire showroom floors. Our purpose is to find new manufacturers and suppliers to buy products to sell on our website.
The interesting thing is the habits and culture developed by the booth monkeys interested buyers. You actually have to have a BUYER badge to even get anyone to talk to you- and it seems at that point the most important thing is get the “buyers” CES card and swipe it (which gives them a printout of all our contact info and company interests. Another thing they seem high on retrieving is a business card. Doesn’t matter if I talk to them for 2 min or 30 in their minds, they swipe my CES card and get a business card, then they probably feel like they have the right to spam me for the next year.
All in all, I love being here and hope the rest of the trip continues to fare well. No gambling yet. Shopping at Urban Outfitters. Excellent food (including CheeseCake Factory for lunch today). Final note though- when I filled out my registration information to get my CES card for this show, it asked what technology and area’s Sewell is interested in. Since we have so many different categories and interests, I basically checked all of them. An interesting thing is when the booths here ask to swipe my card. Apparently it gives them a print out of all the area’s and categories I checked when I logged in. So when they ask to swipe it every time, I chuckle a little bit and let them. They are unaware of the 5 minute printout that is about to take place.
For more information on our trip to CES and what we have all been up to, Sam, Dan, and most of the other people in my Links! category on the right are here with me.