Want to go to Comic Con? But missed the last round of ticket sales? GOOD NEWS EVERYONE!!
By
Black_Mute,
Posted on: 2011-06-22 21:13 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
I think I'm done with Comic-Con. Just maneuvering around the place and getting into anything has gotten more and more frustrating as it gets more and more popular. The latest farce with just getting freakin tickets was the nail in the coffin for me. You are dead to me Con! Dead!
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I want to go just once. However, the problem with San Diego Comic Con is that it's in San Diego, which is itself in California. I don't really have any desire to go to California.|
Originally Posted by ProcessedMeatMan
I think I'm done with Comic-Con. Just maneuvering around the place and getting into anything has gotten more and more frustrating as it gets more and more popular. The latest farce with just getting freakin tickets was the nail in the coffin for me. You are dead to me Con! Dead!
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You can see my dilemma...
I know I'll probably regret asking this, but what's wrong with California?
Please tell me you have a better answer than something that's pretty much limited to L.A. or San Francisco hehe
I just don't have any interest in going there. *shrug* That holds true for places like NYC as well. About the only place I'd really want to visit in CA is that forest of which I am blanking on the name ATM. I come from a State that only has about 800k people in it...I dun like being around more people than that. 
I've been in one of the LA airports and that was enough for me.
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Redwood Forest? Also, they need to move this to Orlando. We have a freaking huge convetion center and all the fans can go to Marvel Island at Islands of Adventure.
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Originally Posted by Dark One
About the only place I'd really want to visit in CA is that forest of which I am blanking on the name ATM.
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Think it's Sequioa Nat'l Park.|
Originally Posted by Black_Mute
Redwood Forest? Also, they need to move this to Orlando. We have a freaking huge convetion center and all the fans can go to Marvel Island at Islands of Adventure.
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Downside of moving it to Florida? Mosquitoes the size of a Buick.
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Sequoia National Park is great. The gf and I went there last summer. |
Originally Posted by Dark One
Think it's Sequioa Nat'l Park.
Downside of moving it to Florida? Mosquitoes the size of a Buick. |
General Sherman is an awe inspiring thing fer sure.
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To be fair to San Diego, the vibe is way different than LA, or SF. It's big, but it's not near as hectic. Plus you can't beat the weather. It's worth going to visit, if anything.|
Originally Posted by Dark One
I just don't have any interest in going there. *shrug* That holds true for places like NYC as well. About the only place I'd really want to visit in CA is that forest of which I am blanking on the name ATM. I come from a State that only has about 800k people in it...I dun like being around more people than that.
I've been in one of the LA airports and that was enough for me. |
I've lived in both San Diego and the Bay area. If I could afford it, I'd be in San Diego hands down over anywhere else I've lived, though the state political and economic scene is a big downer.
Loose --> not tight.
Lose --> Did not win, misplace, cannot find, subtract.
One extra 'o' makes a big difference.
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Unbelievable. They have actually figured out a way to raise prices and pass it off as a benefit to the people buying badges.|
Originally Posted by ShoNuff
A number of attendees have brought to our attention the fact that many people purchasing 4-day badges are not planning to attend all four days, while many people who want to attend all four days are forced to buy single-day badges at a higher price. In response, Comic-Con will no longer be offering a discount for 4-day badge purchases. Instead, a 4-day badge and four single-day badges will be the same price. We hope that this change will encourage people to purchase only the days they will actually be attending, leaving additional badges for others who want to attend Comic-Con.
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The problem with this is - they don't let you pick up your one day badges early. As a result, if you only want to attend on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, you have to get in a ridiculously long line every morning to get that day's badge. I'm sure a lot of people who are not going all four days will continue to buy four day badges to avoid this PITA.
(Sometimes, I wish there could be a Dev thumbs up button for quality posts, because you pretty much nailed it.) -- Ghost Falcon
Back to Comic-Con talk for a bit... my girlfriend and I got curious so we looked up how many tickets are on sale on craigslist/auction sites. There are literally HUNDREDS of pairs of tickets up for auction, some of them going for $600-$800 for a pair of four-day passes!!!! This irks me to no end. And further explains why the ticket system they used this year was so overwhelmed. Scalpers and ***holes were flooding it.
The system they use for this is not working. Which is bizarre because you actually have to go there in-person and show a picture ID in order to get your pass.
Go to L.A., Con. They can have you.
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No, come to the Midwest. We needs stuff like that, but not in the sweltering part of the summer. Late April/Early-mid May would be ideal. It's not enough that one event increases my State's population by half every year...|
Originally Posted by ProcessedMeatMan
Go to L.A., Con. They can have you.
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Apparently these new ticket sales started today at 10AM PST.
They appear to be using a new system that might fare better at keeping away the scalpers, at least in theory. I'm gonna try for a Sunday ticket just so I can go and loot the trade bins, but I'm not getting my hopes up!
The con is still dead to me, but I'd like to go kick its corpse one last time hehe
http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_reg.php
Comic-Con 2011 Badge Resale Information
The deadline for refunded badges was June 20, 2011. We will announce via our website, Facebook, Twitter and RSS feed when those refunded badges will go on sale. This is a soft opening so the announcement will be made on the day registration opens with about one hour prior notice.
At this time we expect to have 1,500 4-day badges available for purchase.
A number of attendees have brought to our attention the fact that many people purchasing 4-day badges are not planning to attend all four days, while many people who want to attend all four days are forced to buy single-day badges at a higher price. In response, Comic-Con will no longer be offering a discount for 4-day badge purchases. Instead, a 4-day badge and four single-day badges will be the same price. We hope that this change will encourage people to purchase only the days they will actually be attending, leaving additional badges for others who want to attend Comic-Con.
A 4-day adult badge without Preview Night will be sold at the non-discounted rate of $137 that includes a $6 reprocessing fee. Junior, Senior, and Military 4-day badges without Preview Night will be sold at the non-discounted rate of $68 each. You may purchase up to TWO 4-day badges only.
Single-day badges will be available at a later time.