What exactly is a license plate parking lot meet?

 

At  some of the large plate collector meets, there is a casual pre-meet opportunity to buy, sell or trade license plates near the meet site on the day preceding the opening day of the meet. These flea market style meets are usually held in a parking lot or garage adjacent to the meet site. The parking lot time is lots of fun in spite of varying weather conditions and is a warm up for the actual meet……when plate collectors get together, they are in “so many plates, too little time” mode.