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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 04:42:52 GMT
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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.
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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.
Is it really a problem that BF isn’t charging enough for registration? By my
math, BF took in about $24K from registration fees and $21K from the public,
plus a few bucks from merchandise sales and seller fees, but lets say $45K
total. If the exhibit space was free with the room reservations, what do you
need all that money for? My wife does a lot of event planning for a nonprofit,
and she couldn’t figure it out.
I’m sorry if anyone takes offense at these questions, but I know other AFOLs are
asking the same thing.
Marc Nelson Jr.
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: BrickFest registration fees (was: LEGO Adult Fan Convention at Legoland California?)
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| (...) Marc, Yes, volunteers pay their full way. In the spirit of full disclosure, as an organizer, I recevied one embroidered shirt from Joe as part of an effort to place all coordinators in one common, distinctive shirt, so that they could be (...) (18 years ago, 12-Sep-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Adult Fan Convention at Legoland California?
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| (...) I really have done some serious thinking about this whole convention thing-and here are some other thoughts. 1: What made this BrickFest possible at the venue at which it was held was the fact that if a certain number of rooms were booked, the (...) (18 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.events)
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