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Originally Posted by Brad Mitchell
Hey, I'm simply saying I get lemons thrown at me all the time. I'm in the business of making lemonade. The amount I paid is too much. Every Internext I feel like I'm grabbing my ankles to buy a badge.
But... and it's a big butt... Even if it was $400 or $500 I would likely still attend. Its a six digit return on almost every show that I attend. I can complain, but not so much, really.
It's not like I don't end up spending 5-15k in travel and hospitality when I fly solo at these things, anyways. Those drinks at the hotel bar I'm always buying aren't free... and it's not quantity at the shows that has value, it's just finding a few quality conversations at every one.
Brad
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I agree with you, but it does suck for people who bought passes ahead of time and now the price is much lower. My guess is the number of attendees is way below what they are looking for, and people who may not of bought passes probably did and they are counting on a few more sales to increase the revenue.
I held off from buying a pass for my gf/biz partner because i wanted her to try and win one off a contest; to my surprise there was hardly any. So we had the choice. Try and wing it hoping some sponsor would pick up her tab, or jut fork out the $300.
I know taking a $150 hit when you see this hurts and I would be upset too, but Im not running back to the gas station to get a refund on gas I bought last week because it is $.10 cheaper this week. No one knew this was going to happen, but I highly doubt they are going to refund people the price difference, that would be a huge loss for them. Instead, now they probably have a bunch of pissed off webmasters who are going to wait to the last minute to buy passes for the next show.
Either way, I think they could of done the promo a bit different so they wouldn't of upset so many people, but I still think even at $300, its still worth the money.