YUP! I AGREE. I USED TO ...
go three times a year to the Brimfield show but do not go at all now. Same for the once great outdoor shows around the east. Except for Bouckville in August I have quit going. Ten years ago a Brimfield dealer from whom I had bought a number of chips said he was no longer coming to this or other shows as he had all the business he need from eBay.