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Yturralde says Comic-Con has a solution for 2013: “There will be no pre-registration…. All sales for the 2013 convention will be done online.”
“Regarding pre-sale onsite next year. We really are trying to best we can to make this work as best as possible. Thank you for your input. It really does help us. So, as of right now, no decision has been made on pre-reg for next year.”
I think the whole member ID thing could potentially change this. Since everyone attending has a unique and traceable member ID, it would be easy for CCI to sell people passes at this year's con... but ONLY a pass for YOURSELF (i.e. the person attending). If CCI is interested in keeping out scalpers, then this is the best way to do it. After all, scalpers aren't actually going to be attending the Con - they're trying to sell their badges. And people who have purchased a badge from a scalper aren't going to renew on the scalper's member ID.
I totally agree with that plan! I think that, no matter how much people complain, there will always be those that are willing to absorb the cost of waiting in line for one day to insure that they get the passes that they want for the next year.If they limited the badges to one per person, then it would streamline the Pre-Reg process to make sure that people aren't waiting in line for no good reason. Or, if they were somehow able to check for Member ID's, limiting it to maybe two or three.
There was never really a problem for buying pre-sale badges in years previous to 2011; you walked up, filled out a form, and gave them your money. I honestly never had to wait in line to buy them until last year, when they announced that they would be limiting badge sales; people either bought them onsite or gambled to buy them online when they went on sale.
That's exactly my point. The only reason there was a problem last year was because they were limiting the badge sales instead of just selling as many as people wanted to buy. I'm suggesting that they don't limit it this year either, except in that people can only buy ONE badge for themselves.
You are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginI totally agree with that plan! I think that, no matter how much people complain, there will always be those that are willing to absorb the cost of waiting in line for one day to insure that they get the passes that they want for the next year.If they limited the badges to one per person, then it would streamline the Pre-Reg process to make sure that people aren't waiting in line for no good reason. Or, if they were somehow able to check for Member ID's, limiting it to maybe two or three.There I have a problem. I spent $175 on tickets this year. I can't justify spending money to stand in line to spend MORE money for the following year's Con.There was never really a problem for buying pre-sale badges in years previous to 2011; you walked up, filled out a form, and gave them your money. I honestly never had to wait in line to buy them until last year, when they announced that they would be limiting badge sales; people either bought them onsite or gambled to buy them online when they went on sale.
You are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginThat's exactly my point. The only reason there was a problem last year was because they were limiting the badge sales instead of just selling as many as people wanted to buy. I'm suggesting that they don't limit it this year either, except in that people can only buy ONE badge for themselves.I wouldn't mind the one/person idea but if cci wants to maintain their family friendly mission, some accommodation has to be made- like,if a 12 yo child badge stands in line, they should be able to buy their jr badge for next year andmaybe, you can buy another badge if a)you have their official ID and b) ALL the addresses match. This way a family could buy badges.
I'd love to see a 40k person comics centric show AND a 120k person media/game/culture show on different dates. Don't know that we'll ever get there, but I think that's what's needed if they want to keep ticket prices remotely reasonable.
You are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginI'd love to see a 40k person comics centric show AND a 120k person media/game/culture show on different dates. Don't know that we'll ever get there, but I think that's what's needed if they want to keep ticket prices remotely reasonable.There are certainly 40k-ish comics centric shows around -- WonderCon and Emerald City ComicCon come to mind.