Stop Khaled Akkawi DBA Florida Gun Shows, Inc. Rentals
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John childs
11 years ago
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What is happening here is shoot straight has created a mobile store by pushing away competitors at the shows. More and more floors pace has been used by them to the point that some shows have been nearly half shoot straight alone. This severely impacts smaller companies that do not have multiple locations spread statewide and depend on shows like these to keep things afloat
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Anonymous
11 years ago
Bad things happens when good guys do nothing about it!
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Rafael Grullon
11 years ago
This is good. Bad things happens when good guys do nothing about it!
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Michael dipianta
11 years ago
Take him out..
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Michael Peterson
11 years ago
I will no longer go to any of these shows until this is corrected
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Stuart H Sterling
11 years ago
Signed
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walter kennedy
11 years ago
This is bs and needs to be stopped
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Vivian Duarte
11 years ago
This is just not a friendly community.
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Wesley prettyman
11 years ago
Unfair business practices will not be tolerated
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Joe Plumber
11 years ago
What monopoly? There are at least 150 gun shows annually in FL...Khaled does about 35.
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Joe Plumber
11 years ago
The gun show promoter that started this petition has this policy:
Dear Exhibitor,
Effective Immediately vendors are required to have a 50% rolling deposit for all shows. If you are not able to place a rolling deposit we will not allow you to exhibit with us further. Rolling deposits will be required for the show Venue. If a vendor is to miss a scheduled show, the vendor will lose their rolling deposit and forfeit their tables. Rolling deposits will be processed at check-in on Friday of each show. At check-in the remaining balance and the 50% deposit for the next scheduled show at that venue will be required. Rolling Deposits are mandatory to exhibit with us, if you only plan to exhibit with us when convenient for you, we are not the show for you! Vendors who do not attend all shows will not be welcomed back. This is a business that depends on the consistency of our vendors just as you depend on the consistency of our shows.
Not really that different in my opinion. And the vendor friend of his that was banned by Khaled was actually a sponsor of the shows, not just a vendor. He paid for newspaper ads and took 20 tables at this shows. I would have banned him too!
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Michael Sumey
11 years ago
End the monopoly
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Anonymous
11 years ago
I'm not surprised based on their shop policies but this is unfair and needs to stop.
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Eddie carter
11 years ago
He has done this for a while. I worked for Shadow Solitons Firearms and they always place us where people couldn't see our banner or around other shops so we had to play cut throat to make a sell . He is a pos in my book
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David Armstrong
11 years ago
David Armstrong
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Jason Prescott
11 years ago
This needs to stop immediately.
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Don Hughes
11 years ago
Got to go unethical business practices
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Milton Hutchison
11 years ago
Come on guys we are having trouble enough from the anti -gun nuts let's don't fuss among our selves! !!!!
What is happening here is shoot straight has created a mobile store by pushing away competitors at the shows. More and more floors pace has been used by them to the point that some shows have been nearly half shoot straight alone. This severely impacts smaller companies that do not have multiple locations spread statewide and depend on shows like these to keep things afloat
Bad things happens when good guys do nothing about it!
This is good. Bad things happens when good guys do nothing about it!
Take him out..
I will no longer go to any of these shows until this is corrected
Signed
This is bs and needs to be stopped
This is just not a friendly community.
Unfair business practices will not be tolerated
What monopoly? There are at least 150 gun shows annually in FL...Khaled does about 35.
The gun show promoter that started this petition has this policy: Dear Exhibitor, Effective Immediately vendors are required to have a 50% rolling deposit for all shows. If you are not able to place a rolling deposit we will not allow you to exhibit with us further. Rolling deposits will be required for the show Venue. If a vendor is to miss a scheduled show, the vendor will lose their rolling deposit and forfeit their tables. Rolling deposits will be processed at check-in on Friday of each show. At check-in the remaining balance and the 50% deposit for the next scheduled show at that venue will be required. Rolling Deposits are mandatory to exhibit with us, if you only plan to exhibit with us when convenient for you, we are not the show for you! Vendors who do not attend all shows will not be welcomed back. This is a business that depends on the consistency of our vendors just as you depend on the consistency of our shows. Not really that different in my opinion. And the vendor friend of his that was banned by Khaled was actually a sponsor of the shows, not just a vendor. He paid for newspaper ads and took 20 tables at this shows. I would have banned him too!
End the monopoly
I'm not surprised based on their shop policies but this is unfair and needs to stop.
He has done this for a while. I worked for Shadow Solitons Firearms and they always place us where people couldn't see our banner or around other shops so we had to play cut throat to make a sell . He is a pos in my book
David Armstrong
This needs to stop immediately.
Got to go unethical business practices
Come on guys we are having trouble enough from the anti -gun nuts let's don't fuss among our selves! !!!!
Unfair and illegal.
This is restraint of trade.