At the door registration question

[werewulf.livejournal.com]

I've been reading up on lots of random Dragoncon tips and tricks and a couple of them have said that if you do at the door registration for even the full con membership, you only get the crappy little pin on badge instead of the cool laminated art badge.

Is this so? Several years ago, I also did at the door check-in for Sunday/Monday only and was offered the option to buy the following year's badge at the same time to get my laminated badge for the current year.

I'd be happy to do that again this year, but I really want that good badge, I have my collection *grin* I KNEW I should have bought the badge last year even though I thought I'd be driving the new freshman to college...

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