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Re: BrickFest registration fees (was: LEGO Adult Fan Convention at Legoland California?)
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lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest
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Fri, 8 Sep 2006 21:21:01 GMT
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In lugnet.events, Kelly McKiernan wrote:
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In lugnet.events, Anthony Sava wrote:
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In lugnet.events, Kelly McKiernan wrote:
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In lugnet.events, Anthony Sava wrote:
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I’m sorry but the minute an organizer of Brickfest starts making money off
of the event itself, compensation or not, I’m not going. If this was the
case this year, I’m glad I didn’t go.
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If you feel you got your money’s worth (~$20/day) from the privilege of
attending and participating, does it really matter where the money goes?
Unless the event is stated as a charity event (which I don’t recall
BrickFest ever being billed as), I’m not concerned with the final
destination of registration fees. Just as long as the bottom line’s enough
to keep it happening year after year.
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Yes, it matters to me where the money goes. Why?
What do *I* get out of brickfest? I get discounted LEGO, see new LEGO
products, display my stuff, see other people’s stuff and talk to other LEGO
fans.
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So... I don’t get enough out of Brickfest to make it worth my while to go if
I know that my registration fee is not a simple reembursement of the cost of
running the event.
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I’m not following your reasoning linking what you feel you get (or don’t get)
and where your money goes. Nevertheless. To make a simple comparison, do you
eat at a fast-food restaurant, knowing that your money is not covering just
the cost of the ingredients?
There’s no difference between handing your money to a pimply-faced
15-year-old burger slinger and forking over $60 to attend BrickFest. You
receive value for either one, hopefully in proportion to the amount paid.
What happens to that money afterwards is irrelevant to you, since it’s no
longer yours. You traded it for something.
This is called “economics”.
To back up to another thing brought up, one of the things I recall Joe
talking about when he began setting up BrickFest ‘06 was that he also
wondered where the money went, and wanted his event to be more transparent.
I’m sure he’ll welcome this opportunity to provide numbers, when he gets a
chance.
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I will have a chance at the beginning of October. Some things are still being
worked out, such as taxes and fees. I already have a rough breakdown of costs
based on registration, but there is some undefined info, so I would rather wait
until I get the books from the financial staff.
Joe
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