Subject:
|
Re: Registration Opens For BricksWest™ 2002
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.events.brickswest
|
Date:
|
Mon, 3 Dec 2001 01:38:19 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
813 times
|
| |
|
|
"Mark Sandlin" <sandlin@nwlink.com> wrote in message
news:sandlin-00F1D7.14561102122001@news.lugnet.com...
> I think charging $75 is a big risk. You risk a lot of people having the
> same reaction as myself. And what about people who have a family?
> That's $235 for a family of four. :^o
>
> Matt deserves a lot of credit for setting things up, but I think a bit
> more thought should have gone into the admission price.
A lot more thought *did* go into the admission price. Matt had placed phone
calls and emails to several parties who could have contributed to
significantly lower the registration cost. Those parties have not gotten
back to him despite multiple attempts at contact. It was either postpone
opening registration in the *hope* he could lower costs, or put it out well
in advance at a cost he's reluctant to charge. He originally wanted the
registration to be around $40, but he couldn't charge that.
BrickFest in DC essentially has a free venue for the weekend. Their
connections to GMU give them an incredible deal on space. For BricksWest,
we have to pay it ourselves.
I've talked to Matt extensively about BW planning. He knows $75 is steep.
But its what has to be charged at this point in the game. I'd rather see BW
have a chance of moving forward at a high cost than see the registration
delayed so much we have an incredibly low attendance.
And, in future years, I'm almost sure it will get better.
-Tim
|
|
Message is in Reply To:
 | | Re: Registration Opens For BricksWest™ 2002
|
| (...) Actually, I don't. If something costs more than $50 I wait until it goes on sale. I typically spend less than $25 a month on LEGO. But I suppose others spend a lot more than myself. (...) Hanging out with people costs nothing. (...) I think (...) (23 years ago, 2-Dec-01, to lugnet.events.brickswest)
|
32 Messages in This Thread:
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
