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Re: BrickFest registration fees (was: LEGO Adult Fan Convention at Legoland California?)
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Date: 
Fri, 8 Sep 2006 07:17:00 GMT
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In lugnet.events, Marc Nelson Jr. wrote:
   In lugnet.events, Tommy Armstrong wrote:

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   6. One of the main things is not to be afraid to charge enough for registration to cover the costs of the event. Going to a real BrickFest Convention is a big deal. It really blows my mind that people actually complain about the cost of the registration. Somehow they come up with enough money to spend hundreds at the LEGO Store, and yet complain about $20/day for the registration. Gimme a break. The cost of the registration is less than most large LEGO kits.

I guess I’m one of those people - not that I complained, I just didn’t go because I couldn’t afford it. The last BF I went to (in ‘04), I probably spent around $125 total for registration, t-shirts, and bricks, and I doubt I’ve ever spent more than $200 at a BF. So I’m not complaining just to complain, the cost is actually a dealbreaker for me. I was hoping to volunteer at this year’s event and attend at a free or reduced rate, but I was told that volunteers had to pay full price for registration.

One of the reasons a lot of people I know have complained is because the price is higher than a lot of other events, such as science fiction conventions and anime conventions, and they’ve felt it just isn’t worth the same, especially considering the public days. Also, not everyone spends additional money at BF. I haven’t in a number of years; the only reason I was at the store this year was because I went to dinner at Tyson’s beforehand.

Jeff



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  Re: BrickFest registration fees (was: LEGO Adult Fan Convention at Legoland California?)
 
(...) Jeff, Marc and all, By all means, let's have a frank, honest, transparent and civil discussion about this stuff now. My understanding is that the public days bring in (a projected amount of) money that helps keeping registration at the level (...) (18 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)

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  BrickFest registration fees (was: LEGO Adult Fan Convention at Legoland California?)
 
In lugnet.events, Tommy Armstrong wrote: snip (...) I guess I'm one of those people - not that I complained, I just didn't go because I couldn't afford it. The last BF I went to (in '04), I probably spent around $125 total for registration, (...) (18 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)

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