Support the Dealer's Room

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Freelancing is a tough road. Lots and lots of artists, merchants, designers, etc. actively try to make a living doing it. Travelling and working cons is WORK. The dealers rooms are places you can find things you just can't find anywhere else from some of the coolest people you would ever want to meet. Is it cheap? No. If you simply wanted to save a few bucks, go to Target.

In that same line, don't hamstring the dealers that PAID A LOT OF MONEY to have tables by side-stepping them and going to people that haven't paid the equivalent of Guild fees. It is just terrible Con Karma. If the dealers can't make ends meet, they don't come back. If they don't come back, how can you get that one-of-a-kind item? What would the con be like with a crappy dealer's room?

Is this a popular comment? No. Doing the right thing rarely matches doing the popular thing.

Thanks for listening...

Comments

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Do you go to just the downstairs one in the basement or the other two exhibit halls upstairs where there are vendors as well?
All three areas are filled with booths the ones upstairs are a bit less crowded but downstairs has some artists that are truly worth going in there for ie Ruth Thompson, Nene Thomas, etc.
Also some of the booths downstairs carry clothing that you don't find upstairs and the same is true for the upstairs.