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This is some absolute B.S. from SDCC:"Thank you for contacting us. Only registrants who previously registered a Comic-Con 2020 badge, and requested that their badges be rolled over to our next show, have badges for Comic-Con 2022. Due to the high percentage of rollovers, we do not anticipate that additional badges will be available for that show."This is incredibly disappointing SDCC's part. So because a global pandemic and cancellation of the 2020 show didn't allow me to register a Pro badge (even though I had another month left in the window to get that registration), I now get screwed out of this year's show AND it counts against me as a year to provide verification materials?There was no indication given at the time of the 2020 cancellation that this would be the result of not having registered for a professional badge, only that those who had could take no action and let it roll over to the next show or get a refund and try again when the world opened back up.This is a truly horrible way to treat people who have been loyal to SDCC for over a decade.
Looks like a copy and paste from general. You have the email from 2020 telling pros they have until xxx date to register?
Yes and someone is responding. Here is that and my follow up (which I just sent)"We will pass your feedback on to those who made such decisions. We are sorry that we don't have a better answer for you.Professional RegistrationComic-Con"Yes, please do tell them. It is unfathomable that those of us that still had an open window to register, are just being swept under the rug. Not even given a chance to register for 2022 after all that has happened in the past 2 years?! There cannot possibly be enough rollover when my 2020 badge was GUARANTEED:Comic-Con 2020 Professional Badge Registration is Now Open! (11/8/2019)"Remember, your badge allotment is guaranteed until professional badge registration closes on May 6, 2020, and will not be on a first-come, first-served basis! You do not need to register today; take your time and register at your earliest convenience."Now these words are being used against us. I waited and the show got cancelled and now I'm being shut out because I followed your instructions.I understand that whoever is responding to this is just fielding emails and whatnot and the responses are appreciated, but these sweeping decisions against Professionals is very difficult to understand.TELL THEM TO RECTIFY THIS!
I do find it interesting that they think most people will roll over and not have extras. I know several people that requested refunds, I wonder what happens to those badges.
Personally I love if they are not opening up cancellations just to give even a 5% increase in room with a few less people in the building.
Here on FoCC, we did a poll and over 95% of people rolled over their badges twice. Granted, we are a subset of the attendee base, but it is so difficult to get a badge that I would assume that the overall rate is at least 90% rollovers.
And what happens if we got a complimentary badge to November's Comic Con Special Edition? Does that screw up the original SDCC 2020 process somehow?
So trying to piece it together 11/8/19 You were given the green light to buy your badge.4/17/20 they cancel the convention (and I assume block you from applying at that time?)5/6/20 was your deadline to register.Did you try registering in those couple weeks between when it was cancelled and the deadline?But overall I'm guessing they will lean more towards the people that signed up in the 5+ months it was open over those that missed it in the final week.Cut offs suck sometimes but they have to draw the line somewhere and I can see where they say that now 2 years later is too late.