Strangeways, what actually made this an expo in comparison to a pinball auction? I want to keep this on topic so we are indeed thinking forward to next year.
Do the expo's in the US include an auction?
To me this was an Auction, marketed as an expo to walk more public in the door. (the only thing that made it an expo were the 3 or 4 commercial guys incl ap.com which was the highlight of the day for me)

Call me a sceptic but my main concern is the motives behind the expo. Will there be another big auction again next time.. I wonder.

I am not saying this was a particularily bad thing for the first expo, as you have to start somewhere, and you are most certainly going to have alot of trouble getting private sellers and commercial guys to rock up for the first show ever. If an auction is what it takes to get this thing off the ground for the first few times im all for it. I just fear some of the public being burnt buying the games without knowing better.

I read back over illawarra_steelers OP and he wanted to keep this positive, so I apologize. I just wanted to vent that out lol
Here forward I will remain positive :)