Round Top Hill Antiques

Spring 2010 Vendor Application & Contract           

Friday, March 26 - April 3, 2010

 

 

 

Name:                                                                                     Business Name: ___________________________ 

Mailing Address:                                                                      City/State/Zip: _____________________________

 

Phone # (          ) ___________________________              Cell Phone # (           ) ______________________

E-mail Address: _______________________________                                                                                            

 
Texas Sales Tax ID# ___________________________

 

In order to maintain the quality of antiques sold at Round Top Hill, this is a juried show. Anything not meeting the quality standards set by Round Top Hill (such as flea market items) will not be allowed. Please send pictures (preferably by e-mail) and list examples of the items you will be selling: _______________________________________________________________________________     _______

 

Number of people traveling with you: _______        

Please list the names of people who will be helping you in your booth:  ________________________________________________________________

 

In the event of an emergency, who would you like us to contact that will not be at the show?

Name                                             Relationship:                                  Phone: ______________________                                              

 

Expected arrival date:                    Approximate time of arrival: morning/afternoon/evening (circle one)             

Will you need help unloading for the show and reloading after the show?        _____ Yes         _____ No

 

8’ tables are available to rent for $15 each for the duration of the show. 

             

If you need tables, how many do you need?  ______ X $15 per table = $_________

              (Please include table rental with your deposit.)

 

All RV sites have 30 amp electric service and water.  If you will need an RV or camper space, please fill out the following:

 

Length of RV        Number of days you plan to stay with us         at $20 per day = $ _______                  

 

Do you want your RV’s holding tanks to be pumped (vacuumed) for an additional fee of $25?  Yes          No _____  (Please read the note below about RV sites.)

 

 

In our effort to improve our advertising and find out what reaches the most people, please tell us how you heard about Round Top Hill.  If you are new to Round Top Hill and were referred to us by another dealer, please tell us who it was so we can give them proper credit: 

 

_____________________________________________________________________________

 

 

 

 

Pavilion Booth Space

 

Quantity

Size & Rates

 

Total

 

          Recession discount!!  Booths are normally $425 ($2.125/sq.ft.) 

                10’ X 20’ for one show is now $350 ($1.75/sq. ft.)

 

 

 

   Special offer: $1.50/sq. ft. when registering for 2 consecutive shows..

                        10’ X 20’ booth only $300/booth!!**

 

 

 

                          20’ X 20’ booth only $600 / booth!!

 

 

                                                                                            Total Cost of Pavilion Booths

 

**Note:  This is a limited time offer.  First come, first served. Booth rental on the first show must be paid in full, plus a 50% deposit is required on the second show to lock in these special rates. 

 

Open Air Spaces with Highway Frontage

 

Quantity

Size

 

 

Total

 

15’ X 20’  @  $225/booth

 

 

 

Total Cost of Open Air Booths

 

 

 

 

Traffic control will be provided by Fayette County Sheriff’s Deputies on Friday and Saturday of both weekends.  They will also provide night security for you every night.  Security is included in your booth fee to help cover the cost of having this protection for you.

 

Our expenses associated with the property, building, improvements in facilities, utilities, taxes, etc. go on regardless of the weather, so the show will also go on, rain or shine. No refunds will be given after you have set up for the sale. By signing below and submitting your application, you agree to release Round Top Hill, it’s owners and employees, from any claims for loss or damage caused by accident, rain, wind, hail, lightning, storms, or acts of God. Round Top Hill and its owners will not pay any financial compensation to you for loss of sales deemed lost due to weather or any other factor in or out of our control.  By signing below, you also agree to hold harmless and free of liability Round Top Hill, its owners and employees from any loss or damage to your property or vehicles, damage due to accidents, fire or any other cause, injury or death of persons before, during, or after the show.

 

One half of the rental fee is required to reserve a booth or an RV site, with the balance due no later than two weeks before the show.  You will not be allowed to set up until booth rent is paid in full. This time period will allow us to send a receipt back to you prior to the show, and eliminates the paper work otherwise needed upon your arrival here. In the event you have to cancel after having made a deposit, your deposit can be applied to the next show, or you may elect a refund, minus a $50 administrative fee.

       

Name (please print)    ________________________________________________                                                                                                                       

 

Signed­­­­­­­­­­­                                                                 Date___________ Amount enclosed $___________

 

Please make check or money order payable to Round Top Hill and mail to:

 

 

Round Top Hill

                      P.O. Box 431

                      La Grange, TX  78945

 

 

Electricity  20-amp electricity with ground fault interrupters is available at each vendor site inside and outside the pavilion.

 

Help Us Grow!  The best advertising we can get is “word of mouth advertising” from our own dealers.  For each antique dealer that you refer to Round Top Hill who reserves a booth space with us, you will receive a one time payment of $50 during the show. There is no limit to the number of dealers you can refer to us, so the more you refer, the more you make!  Be sure they mention your name when they call or fill out their application. Any new dealers are also eligible for this referral fee if they bring in another new dealer.  This comes out of our advertising budget, and we would like to share the rewards of growth with you.

 

 

Recruiting Round Top area dealers While we appreciate efforts to help us grow, please do not visit other shows in the Round Top area and recruit dealers from those shows.  We would not want their promoters or dealers coming to Round Top Hill to recruit our dealers if their show dates coincide with ours, so it is only fair that we do not recruit their dealers.  However, if they come to our location and ask for information about our show, facilities, management, etc., then you are free to volunteer information, give them a business card, flyer, or refer them to me. Thank you.

 

Insurance Vendors are encouraged (but not required) to join the Antiques & Collectibles Association.  It is “the largest dealer association in the United States with thousands of members in all 50 states.” (ACDA) By joining the association, members can obtain dealer insurance that will cover your property at any location, as well as while in transit.  You can contact them on the internet at the following address: info@antiqueandcollectible.com  or by calling:  800-287- 7127 or 704-895-9088.   If you prefer to write, their address is:

   

   Antique and Collectible Association 

                               P.O. Box 4389 

                               Davidson, North Carolina  28036

 

 

Merchandise Quality The primary focus of Round Top Hill is good quality antiques.  This is a juried show, so please send pictures of items you plan to sell, preferably by e-mail to:  roundtophill@yahoo.com or mail to our postal address listed above. Flea market items, sunglasses, tee shirts, etc. will not be accepted. Display of such items only brings down the price of quality antiques displayed next to it.  It is our intent to have a high quality show that is family oriented. Objectionable material in the form of posters, paintings, signs, pictures, sculptures, etc. will not be allowed. Anything found to be anti-religious or anti-American by the owners of Round Top Hill must be removed from display.

 

 

RV Sites We have RV sites in a well lit area available for vendors on a first come, first served basis.  Each site has water and 30-amp electric service. The daily rate for our dealers will be $20, which includes water and electricity. If you need one of these sites for the show, we strongly recommend you reserve it early (Half down deposit required to hold it). We do not have sewer connections, but the people who service the porta-potties can vacuum your holding tanks on location for a fee of $25 payable directly to them. Any sites not rented by dealers will be made available to the public for $30 per night (Our dealers are given a discount in order to hold down their travel expense so they can pass those savings on to shoppers.)

 

 

Sales tax ID  All vendors must provide a Texas sales tax number.  There have been conflicting reports about whether a Texas sales tax ID is required for out of state vendors, so I called the Texas State Comptroller’s office for an official opinion.  I was told that all vendors ­are required to have a Texas sales tax ID. Violators have been fined and required to shut down by state officials at other shows. Processing of applications can take 2-3 weeks, so please fill out one as soon as possible and get it in the mail.  In the blank asking for address, I was told that you should not list Round Top, but rather the address you normally list for your business or home.  If an application is not enclosed with the information you have received, please contact:                

                                            Susan Combs

                                         Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

                                         Austin, TX    78774-0100

                                         In State:  512-463-3731

                                         Out of State:  800-654-3463

 

If you have access to the internet, online forms are available at  http://www.window.state.tx.us/taxpermit/ .

Vendors are responsible for collecting, reporting, and paying all applicable taxes. When you report and pay the taxes collected in Round Top, be sure to report that the taxes were collected in Fayette County, Texas.  I was told by the comptroller’s office that if you have applied for your permit but have not received your number by show time, you can call them at one of the numbers listed above and they will give you your tax id number over the phone.  If you reserve booth space with us for a show and do not receive your sales tax id before the show, we can either give you a refund on the deposit or apply it for the next show.  So, please send in your application to the state and make reservations with us as soon as possible!

 

Set Up/Take Down  Set up can begin at 8:00 a.m. on the Thursday before opening day of the show and last until 11:00 p.m.  Take down after the show will not begin until Saturday afternoon at 5:00 p.m. and can continue until 11:00 p.m.  Anyone camping with us and needing to stay in an RV site on the last night of the show and leave on Sunday is welcome to stay.  All items must be removed from your booth by 4:00 p.m. on the Sunday after the show.

 

Storage  If you need storage before or after the show, the closest available storage units are only about ¼ mile north at Faye’s Self Storage.  She can be reached at 979-968-0075.

 

Table Covers  For those displaying your antiques in the pavilion, we request that you cover your tables with some type of table cloth to help give a neater and more professional appearance for the entire pavilion. This also allows you to store empty containers out of sight. Empty containers that can’t be stored out of sight should be removed from your booth. This does not have to be an expensive material, but simply something to hide any clutter you may have stored underneath the tables. Tables that we rent are 96” long, 30” wide, and about 28” high.  Table covers should be wide enough to extend to within 6 inches of the ground on the aisle side.

 

Round Top Hill Antiques & RV is owned by Roy and Marlene Bolton and is managed by Roy Bolton.  We appreciate you and your willingness to trust us with promoting your next show, and we will do everything possible to make each show a success.  We look forward to having you here and getting to know each one of you, and we also look forward to what we hope is a long and mutually beneficial relationship. If you have questions or comments please call us at 979-968-9209 or e-mail us at: roundtophill@yahoo.com   I can also be reached on my cell phone at 979-966-7435.  Visit us on the web at: www.roundtophillantiques.com

 

Thank You!