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Re: The proliferation of fests: Good or bad?
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Date: 
Wed, 13 Dec 2006 23:37:03 GMT
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In lugnet.events, Aaron M. Sneary wrote:

   More fests means more competition, which (hopefully) means better prices.

I’m confused. Better prices on what? LEGO (doubtful, as those prices are not driven by competition generated by fests) or things like registration fees (again, really doubtful; I’ve seen no evidence that those fees are driven by a profit margin, or a supply/demand situation).

-- Brian Davis



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(...) Brian- I agree that fest prices cannot be much of issue affecting national, if not regional, attendance. If you spend $1.5K+ for your family to fly, stay, drive, and eat, you really aren't motivated by a better deal on the $60 per person (...) (18 years ago, 14-Dec-06, to lugnet.events, FTX)

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(...) Having lived in SoCal, and asked the same question many times of many people, I think a lot of it is that there are still some hard feelings after the BricksWest incident. Also, many people have expressed the hard question of whether or not to (...) (18 years ago, 13-Dec-06, to lugnet.events, FTX)

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