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Oh, it's absolutely a money grab. I figure they're trying to recoup their losses from not having an in-person event last year.
Wow...just...wow...In order to participate even in purchasing a badge, you gotta pay them ~$100 to be a "superfan" in order to then be able to purchase single-day badges for this year?? How is this nothing more than a money grab? That's just...wrong.(I get the 2019 fan verified, that's not my issue here)Somebody enlighten me here if I'm not reading that right...
I'll be paying for the extra membership. I plan to attend NYCC and ECCC and if it helps me get badges with less stress, then it is worth it.If I buy 2 badges for each event, then 4 days for one person costs $265 instead of $240. Not a huge premium.I'm also hoping to use the early access to autographs and photo ops, but I don't typically do those. Maybe I can help my friends.lastly, I would love if the Superfans were given some extra entries into the Funko lottery. :-) But I doubt that will happen.
I'll be paying for the extra membership. I plan to attend NYCC and ECCC and if it helps me get badges with less stress, then it is worth it.
No stress? In 2015 they had so many people trying to buy tickets when the sale went live that the site kept crashing while people were trying to check out. Saturday (and when they had them, 4 day) tickets have sold out the day they go on sale every year since then, and people were out of luck if they got in the queue late. So sure, Thursday tickets are easy, but if you’re wanting to go all weekend, ticket buying can be stressful.It also guarantees being able to buy tickets to other cons too, and ECCC 4 day tickets have been selling out very quickly after going on sale.Plus in terms of added stress, I’m in CA on July 11, and I leave on July 8 … so the opportunity to buy tickets without doing the craziness while I’m out of town is very tempting, especially since I haven’t ruled out ECCC or C2E2.
2019 Saturday and 4 day badges sold out day of. Friday & Sunday took longer; the next badge type to sell out after Saturday and 4 day was Sunday Kids badges.
I don't begrudge anyone who has the means to pay extra, but I have one question. What stress are you talking about. I don't know about ECCC, but if you're talking badges, the tickets for NYCC don't sell out quickly. They can take a few days. As a matter of fact, you could have bought tickets for Thursday NYCC up until that day in 2019. Of course, all of that was pre-pandemc.