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Re: SDCC When will OPEN Reg be held?
« Reply #15 on: October 20, 2017, 10:27:02 AM »
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Re: SDCC When will OPEN Reg be held?
« Reply #16 on: October 20, 2017, 04:15:44 PM »
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Which would conceivably be after Press application status get announced, Please.  PLEASE.



I never pay much attention to pro stuff since it's not my thing but it doesn't even look like Trade Pro has their applications open yet.  Us press peeps might not be the only ones facing open reg without knowing our status as something else.  No idea if that's normal.  I don't pay attention to that end of things and now I feel silly having such a big gap in my knowledge there.
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Re: SDCC When will OPEN Reg be held?
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Re: SDCC When will OPEN Reg be held?
« Reply #17 on: October 22, 2017, 08:59:49 AM »
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I'm going to go for 2nd December.

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Re: SDCC When will OPEN Reg be held?
« Reply #18 on: October 22, 2017, 12:20:34 PM »
My friends and I were unable to attend 2017, and will probably be trying in the open reg sale for 2018. And while personally I appreciate that I'll know by the end of the year whether or not I'll be going to SDCC, I can't help but think it's pretty poor timing with the holidays. December is financially a hard time for a lot of people, and to have to add potentially upwards of $1000 on badges for a family... yikes.

I voted for December 9th. My reasoning is that open reg 2015 was held on a day where I went to a Cincinnati Symphony concert. Returning reg 2016, same. And I have a concert on December 9th. And quite unfortunately that concert is at 2pm, and I will need to be leaving my house by 12:45PM. We only want to go if we can get Saturday, though, so if old patterns hold, then by that point we will already have our badges, or we will have given up. But just to be safe I'm hoping for a different date. December 16th is a possibility, but I definitely don't see them holding it Christmas weekend.

I also have a concert on December 30th (evening that time, though!), so the pattern could still hold!

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Re: SDCC When will OPEN Reg be held?
« Reply #19 on: October 22, 2017, 02:29:10 PM »
After seeing Sam's quote from CCI, I changed my vote to December 2nd. I really hope they don't start pushing closer to Christmas etc. It's always chaos in the office in December due to trying to get a ton of documents into the court and heard...

I doubt they'll do it Thanksgiving weekend, because of the potential chaos in families. Of course, if they DO want to do it before they go to trial, that'd be the last date available that I would consider late-November.

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Re: SDCC When will OPEN Reg be held?
« Reply #20 on: October 23, 2017, 05:00:37 PM »
Dec 2 makes the most sense after Thanksgiving break but before most people take Christmas vacation

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Re: SDCC When will OPEN Reg be held?
« Reply #21 on: October 23, 2017, 06:45:50 PM »
Yes, because how things went this past con they are on a roll and getting things done sooner then later. but notice some are already bugging and stress do to any plans they have and the time they doing things already. im thankful they give extra time to check in for volunteers and not rush things like they do badge sales lol. cause i guess once badges sales and volunteer check in is done and set, it will be hotel and parking craziness besides flight plans and all.

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Re: SDCC When will OPEN Reg be held?
« Reply #22 on: October 28, 2017, 09:54:18 AM »
I sit here in Returning Reg and it is extremely doubtful I'll get any badges, so I will have to opt for Open Registration window...

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Re: SDCC When will OPEN Reg be held?
« Reply #23 on: October 28, 2017, 11:58:01 AM »
from the Comic-Con 2018 Registration Code and Waiting Room Link! email

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Please keep in mind that there are more eligible attendees than available badges. Not everyone who enters the waiting room will be selected for a registration session. You can increase your chance of obtaining a badge by reading all the instructions carefully and having your personal information ready on the day of the sale. If you are unable to obtain a badge during Returning Registration, you will be eligible to participate in Open Registration later this year.

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Re: SDCC When will OPEN Reg be held?
« Reply #24 on: October 28, 2017, 12:13:29 PM »
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from the Comic-Con 2018 Registration Code and Waiting Room Link! email

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Re: SDCC When will OPEN Reg be held?
« Reply #25 on: October 29, 2017, 04:35:39 PM »
My credit card was declined on one of my CCI badge purchases (probably thought something fishy was going on since I managed to buy for 10 people this year - I know, crazy!), but something to note in the email I received was
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The deadline to re-submit payment is November 28, 2017. All unpaid badges in your order will be cancelled after this date.
This is why my guess at open registration date is still December 2. They can get a count on all the returned badges and be ready for the sale come Saturday...
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Re: SDCC When will OPEN Reg be held?
« Reply #26 on: October 29, 2017, 04:50:59 PM »
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My credit card was declined on one of my CCI badge purchases (probably thought something fishy was going on since I managed to buy for 10 people this year - I know, crazy!), but something to note in the email I received wasThis is why my guess at open registration date is still December 2. They can get a count on all the returned badges and be ready for the sale come Saturday...

Ha, I had the same issue too with one of my purchases being declined, but I had only 5 badges under my CC. Luckily, the Re-enter Credit Card process was smooth and painless. And I noticed the same thing too about November 28th.

I think only December 2nd and December 9th are the only viable weekends. It can't be the weekend of Nov 25th, because it's Thanksgiving, which means a lot of traveling for a lot of people. And after December 9th, you run the same risk of a lot of people being on vacation and not potentially not being in a good place to sit down for 1-2 hours attempting to get badges. If it's going to be after Dec 9th, I think they'll have to postpone til the new year.

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Re: SDCC When will OPEN Reg be held?
« Reply #27 on: October 29, 2017, 07:08:26 PM »
Guessing they gonna try to have it sometime before the holidays either before it or after any so no one miss chance any.

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Re: SDCC When will OPEN Reg be held?
« Reply #28 on: October 29, 2017, 07:49:07 PM »
I predict it will be November 18 (the week before Thanksgiving) because they don't want the sales to conflict with the holidays.
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Re: SDCC When will OPEN Reg be held?
« Reply #29 on: October 30, 2017, 03:06:39 AM »
With the new information about November 28th being the deadline for re-submission of credit card information for badges purchased during RR, I am changing my vote to December 9th, giving them some time to sort things out. 
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