brand0n

you know...

i remember the 1st internext i went to.. the cost of the tickets were.. i think.. 125 a pop? if that? and the place was a fucking mad house.

then i, like a lot of people watched 2 things continue to happen. the costs to rise, and the amount in attendance decline.

and now of course with the most talked about word in in the past 5 years (economy) being where it is, i really think that it might be "biting the hand that feeds you" type deal.

rumor i heard was this show you had at best 400 people there.. i think back to when there was 400 people in line on day one just to get a badge... i also remember when every sponsor, no matter how small (remember the likewhoa booth that was a couch?) had to have a spot at internext. had 2! i also remember when there were so many run of the mill webmasters covering the floor that sponsors had crowds of people waiting to talk to in front of booths.

seems now all you have is booth a talking to booth b about a cross sale deal.


i honestly think that you guys way over pushed the costs.. i really do.. and ive been saying that for years now.. (on this topic me and someone else laughed as we both showed up a day or 2 early and were at the pool drinking drinks, then the show started and the drink prices went up 30%)

then the economy tanked on top of it, and people wonder why there is only 400 people at what was once the largest show of the year.

so.... you cut out the little guy from going, trying to make as much as you could selling tickets, and that in turn has cut out the people who want to advertise to those little guys as they are not there, so they are gone 2.

you should consider revamping the entire system to work with what you have to deal with today.

but thatll never happen, and you can say it might, or you can say well look into it.. but lets face the facts here.. the only reason you guys are even compelled to put these shows together is to make as much money as you possibly can.

/rant.

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