Terminology: Dealers vs Vendors (and hoarding)

[captain-drew.livejournal.com]

This year I never made it to the lower dealer's room... or is that vendor's room? I did however spend a hellish 15 minutes crammed into one of the upper dealer's/vendor's rooms... man did they ever have people packed into that room! A friend explained to me that there actually was a difference between dealers and vendors but I never quite caught what the exact delineation between the two terms was. Can anyone explain it to me?

Happily, the down economy and my ever-increasing age have resulted in me reaching a stage of enlightenment in which I do not need to collect crap anymore (I especially do not need to hoard dragon-themed crap like some of you) but I still love to look at things, particularly action figures.

Just because I've stopped collecting (useless) "collectible" stuff (crap) doesn't necessarily mean that I've gotten old... does it?

Hope not.

Next year I plan to devote a good hour to walking the aisles just to enjoy the marketplace atmosphere.

Comments

[arseaboutface.livejournal.com]

People keep saying that "vendors make stuff, dealers sell stuff someone else made," which a quick jaunt through the Dealers Hall shows is patently untrue. There are plenty of Dealers selling things they made (Aradani Studios, the elf ears guys, comes to mind, but there are definitely others), and plenty of Exhibitors selling stuff they didn't make.

[datavortex.livejournal.com]

I think it's just a difference that has grown between the general terminology versus the DragonCon-specific terminology.

[arseaboutface.livejournal.com]

Perhaps, but the OP was about Dragon*Con specifically.