[MR] Pennsic suggestion

[stephen cavano]

I believe the site is open for free on the second Saturday after noon- a lot of the locals come through. Might want to check with Cooper's on that policy though.
Hard part would be the race around as most merchants have started packing/loading. But you also run into great deals as some would rather discount than drag stock back home.


--- On Fri, 7/25/08, Nicole Spaun <icychaos at msn.com> wrote:

> From: Nicole Spaun <icychaos at msn.com>
> Subject: Re: [MR] Pennsic suggestion
> To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Date: Friday, July 25, 2008, 12:33 PM
> Alessandra wrote:
> > It would be great if there were a designated shopping
> day for day
> > trippers to come in.
> 
> The catch is that once people have come on site, there is
> no way to ensure that they leave site.  The idea of having
> an extra ribbon won't work since people can simply take
> it off.  Having different site medallions wouldn't work
> either since no one checks them.  Sure, when you re-enter
> the gates they do, but since 1993 I have not had a single
> person _on site_ ask to see my Pennsic site token... which
> is usually buried in the bottom of my basket instead of on
> display.  The logistics of having extra security to usher
> shoppers out at the end of the day would be a big burden,
> not counting troll to let them in.  And having to start
> initiating spot checks for medallions around site to ensure
> shoppers have left will make it feel more like Disneyworld
> during Magic Hours than Pennsic.   Now if merchants were
> allowed to set up mini versions of their stores on the
> battlefield someday, that might work.  But considering the
> effort that would take, it's just easier to have
> shoppers pay for
>   the week even if they're only staying a day. 
> Consider the extra money paid for the week as a donation to
> make a better Pennsic for the next year when you can come. 
> Or just make sure to shop enough at Pennsic discounts that
> you make up for losing the admission cost.... like a really
> really big craft fair ;)
> 
> Cheers,
> ~Bianca
> 
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> 
> > Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:04:06 -0400
> > From: merritt at tatrc.org
> > To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> > Subject: [MR] Pennsic suggestion
> >
> > Not sure where to send this suggestion, but did also
> just want to get a
> > sense if other folks think this is a good idea...
> >
> >
> >
> > I work with a couple of SCAdians, and because of work
> etc, we aren't
> > able to go to Pennsic. So we were bummed because
> we're going to miss the
> > best shopping in the Known World. We could drive up
> for a day, but don't
> > want to pay admission for a week, when we're only
> going to be there for
> > a day.
> >
> >
> >
> > It would be great if there were a designated shopping
> day for day
> > trippers to come in. I wouldn't mind paying 7.00 -
> 10.00 to come on site
> > for one day to shop. (Heck, I spend more so I can shop
> at the Maryland
> > Renn Faire). It could be done as a single day with a
> ribbon as site
> > token (like a Saturday or a Sunday), or if they want
> to have every day
> > available for shoppers, a different color ribbon for
> each day. I'm sure
> > the vendors would like this, too.
> >
> >
> >
> > Where would a suggestion like this be sent?
> >
> >
> >
> > In Service,
> >
> >
> >
> > Alessandra
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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