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Re: Fan Events Vendors
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lugnet.events
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Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:29:55 GMT
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In lugnet.events, Ted Godwin wrote:
> Perhaps costs have increased along with the profitability of vendor tables?
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> I don't run a con and I only have experience as an attendee at BrickCon in
> Seattle but I have been going since 2006 and paying attention. From 2006 - 2009
> the event moved to a much larger venue (which costs more) and increased the
> number of attendees and visitors which made being a vendor more profitable as
> all those kids and their parents are able to shop at the Brick Bazaar.
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> The economy may have tanked but this secondary LEGO market has only begun to be
> explored. As well, this sort of market can thrive even in adversity as it fills
> a niche for targeted spending as people look to focus their spending on good
> quality products for good prices that provide very specific play-value. In a
> booming economy parents will buy all kinds of junk for kids; in a crappy economy
> they pay more attention.
Very good points, Ted.
What I can tell you from my perspective is this...I have no problems paying a
little extra if the venue has been upgraded. This is expected. Beyond that, I
can tell you that we have had to discontinue several sets due to price jumps.
Take our houses for example. They were "in-line" with our price points when
they first came out and remained as such for about 4 years. When I re-ran the
cost analysis on them, I found that to continue production and keeping the same
pricing on them would lead to a LOSS of approximately $25/set. That loss was
just on parts and packaging...it didn't even include a cost on time.
I think that with the economy going downward, people are tying to make up their
market losses elsewhere. ;)
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