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Originally Posted by jcmoorehead
Was it ran by Showmasters? If so their stuff is generally quite poor. Very overpriced for what they are the poor in terms of dealers. Just generally a lot of the same figures over and over and loads of bootleg merchandise.
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Yes, Showmasters. I'm sure these things aren't easy to run .. but the failure to make it clear to visitors where talks would be given, where photo booths would be and which would be used by which artist, and where each artist would be set up for autographs, particularly in such a large exhibition hall, was appalling. Some people in that organisation knew this information .. the booths were not suddenly dropped from the sky each morning in a different place, and some information sheets should have been available and communicated/given to the staff they had brought in .. in effect they brought in a mass of temporary staff whose only role was to stand around and say they didn't know. Yet as the artists were running to a schedule the information was known by someone, somewhere.
The "gifts" promised were not issued with the passes one had to queue for, were not anywhere visible, and those who did by luck track them down found they were hidden in boxes out of public view.
Someone at managerial level came in at the end of the talk to ask how we were enjoyng the event. We said "You want some feedback?" and made the point there was no signage, no-one could tell us where things were, not even for eg a list on each photo booth saying which artists would be using each one .. predictably his eyes glazed over .. not interested
It's a shame when an artist like Meat puts such effort into fulfilling his part of the deal that the company making the big money can't make some small effort into providing the paying customers with some very basic and essential information.
It occurred to us that had they needed to evacuate the building any who couldn't manage stairs would have been up the creek sans paddle, given few staff could even tell you where the lifts were .. pretty essential information for those in wheelchairs or on crutches!