Con so far

[telophase]

I get to the con hotel at 2. The Artist Alley guy tells me and someone else who got there that there's no tables left. He's trying to find some. Says to come back in an hour. I come back in half an hour, he says he's found someone to share their table with me and would I be OK with that? I said I would be with the provision that the next table that opened up was mine.

A while later he comes by and says he's got a table, but he's waiting on whoever's supposed to be there and if they don't show, it's mine, then wafts off without telling me why they, who are not here, have priority over me, who is here.

Near the end of the day a totally different guy comes to me and says they have a table, which is mine, but what they don't have is space. So I may be turning the table longways and putting it to my side. The woman next to me has been most excellent and is willing to move her setup - elaborate, since she sells clothing - over a bit to help accommodate me.

So ... we'll see what happens. The location itself is good - right on the path between dealer room and panel rooms, in the main hallway. I will attempt to gird my loins and explain very carefully that what they will give me in return for accepting this absurd situation is half my table fee back, half the table fee of the people sharing with me back, and get the parking validated for the woman who is voluntarily reducing her space to accommodate me. (She asked me if I'd ask for that. XD)


Blarg.

Comments

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

This does not sound like a very well organized con...

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Yeah. It's my first time here, and I'll ahve to do *real* good to want to come back. The con used to be Ushicon, then some sort of Drama happened and the con split and this branch became Ikkicon.

...WHy name it Ikkicon?

Blarg. Going to bed.

[movingfinger.livejournal.com]

Ikki indeed. Blecccch.

[yamiko-michi.livejournal.com]

ugh thats terrible D: they better cough up at least half cost back if not full or they could have moved you to the dealers room as awkward as that can be at least its something.

[dragovianknight.livejournal.com]

They sold you table space.

They sold table space to many other people.

Did they not, at any point, tally up how many tables they had sold and work out where said tables ought to go?

[riofriotex.livejournal.com]

I'd ask for full table fees back, then accept half if need be.

[mscongeniality.livejournal.com]

Huh.

It's one thing to not have enough tables, as that can fall under 'vendor error' rather than being the fault of the con. Not having enough space to set up the tables you have sold, though, is epic fail.

[aquatic-party.livejournal.com]

What Ms congeniality said. And what I said yesterday. Incredibly poor foresight. Ew, poor telophase :C Hopefully you'll at least sell decently.





And the reCAPTCHA is making me type in a ginormous number?! Complete with dollar sign, comma, and period. Lol

[m00nface.livejournal.com]

I hope you manage to get the money back that you want. I always ask for stuff like that, haven't yet received it, so I take vicarious pleasure in the receipt of others. Good luck!