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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 20:24:58 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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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.
I’ve spent considerable sums over the years to fly cross-country to attend
these events, but even if it was next door, I’d still be fine paying
registration fees. Which, by the way, I don’t find outrageous by any means.
Anyone objecting strenuously to registration fees of less than $100 per
person should take a look at business-related convention/conference fees (add
a zero and keep going).
Kelly
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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.
Cheap LEGO - I can always get a friend who is going to pick stuff up for me if
I’m that desperate for LEGO.
See new products - all new products won’t be available for immediate purchase,
and 75% of them are revealed to the public before or after the event either
through official or pirate channels.
Display my models - all my models are online.
See other models - most all models are online too.
Talk to other LEGO fans - my personality seems to grate on other people so much
that the only people who will talk to me are the people who already know me.
How do they already know me? I talk to them online almost every day. Heaven
help me if I try to talk to a Spacer or a train guy.
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.
--Anthony
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: BrickFest registration fees (was: LEGO Adult Fan Convention at Legoland California?)
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| (...) Well Anthony, I am sorry you feel that way, but I will tell you from my own personal experience that I, as a strong participant in AFOL events, have helped arrange, coordinate, setup, present, book, organize, and generally help any way I can. (...) (18 years ago, 10-Sep-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX) !
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