tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657464519352156433.comments2021-06-08T05:44:54.142-05:00Otter NecessitiesLonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03749932988404110630noreply@blogger.comBlogger137125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657464519352156433.post-72092508577459424942016-11-03T08:16:34.969-05:002016-11-03T08:16:34.969-05:00I was aware of these scambugs but decided to indul...I was aware of these scambugs but decided to indulge by sending a response. And look what I got. 4 years plus and not a word has changed. Grow up kiddo!<br /><br />"<br />Delivery Address: Via Torino, 2, 20123 Milano, Italy<br /> <br />So i want you to provide me the total quote to the items .And for the<br />shipping i will prefer you to contact an agent who handles my<br />shipment, you can to get them via email : trevocargo@yahoo.com . <br />Contact person: Mary Curtis, State this Customer ID:7889y76. they<br />have been handling my shipments quite sometime now .All you need to do<br />is provide them adequate information of the items or package and they<br />will be able to quote you based on the information provided.So get<br />back to me with the quote to the items and the shipping quote as well<br />.And if these quote have been confirmed and suitable i will provide<br />you my Credit card information so you make charges to my cards<br />manually on your end for the order and shipping fees.I look forward to<br />read from you <br /><br /><br />Johnson Ives<br />johnsonsive@aol.com<br />"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657464519352156433.post-26600194849329151412015-02-06T11:31:17.723-06:002015-02-06T11:31:17.723-06:00Yeah, no. Unles you're flying a cargo plane y...Yeah, no. Unles you're flying a cargo plane you haven't mentioned, getting the trailer/contents is way too expensive in terms of time and/or money.Lonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03749932988404110630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657464519352156433.post-63349470844371516152015-02-05T15:39:17.853-06:002015-02-05T15:39:17.853-06:00I suppose I should give you the URL for info relat...I suppose I should give you the URL for info related to my useless suggestion: http://gaslightgathering.org/hotel/2015-vendor-information/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05223278969725028514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657464519352156433.post-71606439732836818032015-02-05T15:36:58.882-06:002015-02-05T15:36:58.882-06:00I could suggest Gaslight Gathering in September (S...I could suggest Gaslight Gathering in September (September 18-20), but it is more than a bit out of your usual range. Gaslight could use a good leather work dealer. The one they had last year had pretty shoddy work (like seam spacing of nearly an inch).<br /><br />On the other hand, I know where there will be crash space in the same area available.<br /><br />(I could also suggest Westercon 68, but that is in July and since you have less than zero chance of getting into Comic-Con this year - or any year in the near future - you wouldn't be tying it to a potentially more profitable trip)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05223278969725028514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657464519352156433.post-56268060120256039152015-01-02T22:26:03.576-06:002015-01-02T22:26:03.576-06:00For your next trick - combine block printing and b...For your next trick - combine block printing and bookbinding. Just be careful with the bleed and margins (which having had pubs experience, you should already know)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05223278969725028514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657464519352156433.post-82018230173091660582014-06-09T08:18:10.194-05:002014-06-09T08:18:10.194-05:00Sounded interesting until I saw that it was a Stea...Sounded interesting until I saw that it was a Steampunk convention.<br /><br />After the way I was treated at the last one of those I went to, I may never go to one again.Travellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263645693176777616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657464519352156433.post-58809991103057088562014-05-21T15:56:58.648-05:002014-05-21T15:56:58.648-05:00I love the way that the decorator can charge exorb...I love the way that the decorator can charge exorbitant prices for fairly mundane things like pipe and drape. Admittedly setting it all up is a fair amount of labor, I suspect the decorator is still getting a decent profit on it (and not necessarily their laborers).<br /><br />There is a bit more justification for power, since in most exhibition hall spaces, power comes from a ceiling that is quite a ways up - either requiring lifts or catwalks to access. And it may well be that a licensed electrician is required to plug in the break out boxes for power. <br /><br />Fortunately, the only large shows I'm like to be exhibiting at (as a fan table) are run by Comic-Con International and they seem to know the value of having pipe and drape between booths. I'm 90% sure that they charge regular exhibitors for power (and would have charged us if we'd needed it at Wondercon, I believe). At SDCC the fan tables are very close to walls with outlets - and a large percentage of the groups sneak an extension cord under the pipe and drape and just plug in.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05223278969725028514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657464519352156433.post-22905433999610839272014-05-15T14:23:33.326-05:002014-05-15T14:23:33.326-05:00I seem to have missed (or forgotten) when you ment...I seem to have missed (or forgotten) when you mentioned ordering shirts and vests.<br /><br />At least for curiosity's sake, I'd be interested in looking where you looked. (Tara may not let me buy anything until I get the weight back off - she told me not to look at Pendragon too closely at Wondercon)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05223278969725028514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657464519352156433.post-42717514834692897472014-05-05T13:14:45.050-05:002014-05-05T13:14:45.050-05:00Were I an actual vendor, rather than a fan table, ...Were I an actual vendor, rather than a fan table, I think that the way Wondercon handles load in and load out would be at least a bit more convenient than what you are implying about A-Cen. (I think big-brother San Diego Comic-Con International does similar things, but I've not read its exhibitor package for nearly a year so I don't recall for sure) Part of what they do may be driven by the layout of the Anaheim Convention center exhibition halls and their loading docks.<br /><br />The way it works is that the exhibitor brings their vehicle - in your case it would be the truck and trailer - into the loading area. You are met by a Freeman teamster (I don't know if they are with that union, but I think the job description still holds) who will take down your information. You will then offload the inventory - possibly having to palletize it, I've not been there to see the large exhibitors moving in. Freeman will deliver it to you, while your vehicle can be moved to a long-term parking space (if it isn't a commutable vehicle - like your trailer). I think that they provide at least information on where things like trailers and box vans (Budget/Ryder/U-Haul trucks and their like) can be parked for the weekend.<br /><br />If you have any packing containers that aren't needed for the display, they will store them - although I suspect you might find it a bit odd to have to put a sticker that reads something like "Empty, Do Not Destroy" onto the Things.<br /><br />(If you are really curious, I suspect Ray Van Tilburg or Cathy Wapple could tell you how it works for larger vendors. And I noted that they were repacking their inventory into Rubbermaid totes, not cardboard boxes, so Freeman is used to handling packing that cannot be folded and collapsed.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05223278969725028514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657464519352156433.post-44925797330224618882014-05-01T10:56:39.403-05:002014-05-01T10:56:39.403-05:00We are at least moderately aware of this in Califo...We are at least moderately aware of this in California. The years I've run dealers' room for Conjecture, the packet has included the following text:<br /><br />"If you don’t have a Seller’s Permit and either you aren’t selling Exempt Property or your sales aren’t exempt Occasional Sales, then you must fill out a Temporary Seller’s Permit. After the convention, you may be required to file a Sales Tax Return with appropriate attached forms. The aforementioned forms can be found at http://www.boe.ca.gov/sutax/staxformsn.htm and more information about the Seller's Permit can be found at http://www.boe.ca.gov/sutax/faqseller.htm If you have any questions about this, contact your local office of the California State Board of Equalization, listed in the front of your White Pages or on the BOE site: http://www.boe.ca.gov/info/phone.htm."<br /><br />I'll confess to not having enforced it as much as I should have, but Conjecture is a small show (33 tables last year, including fan tables and the "fan table" - a table covered with fans, hand, electric, squirrel cage, etc.)<br /><br />The person I have running dealers for Westercon - a dealer herself - will be more careful about making sure that everyone has the proper forms, and probably won't let people get away with "oh, I think I only sell exempt stuff." Of course in the past, most of the dealers in that camp were what I've called "garage sale" dealers, and I don't think we'll be letting into Westercon unless we really desperately need the income - which we shouldn't.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05223278969725028514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657464519352156433.post-66775138940125371622014-04-28T13:07:00.520-05:002014-04-28T13:07:00.520-05:00I know that the worship pastor at my church would ...I know that the worship pastor at my church would have some sympathy for your finger holes. Yesterday he had to play with a burst blister on an inconvenient part of his left (fretting) hand, and a bandaid left him with too little feeling instead of too much.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05223278969725028514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657464519352156433.post-11004711303732645342014-04-21T15:25:19.340-05:002014-04-21T15:25:19.340-05:00At Wondercon on Friday, I overheard someone in Ste...At Wondercon on Friday, I overheard someone in Steampunk garb grumbling about their inability to find a decent pouch. <br /><br />Alas, I wasn't in the position to point them your way.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05223278969725028514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657464519352156433.post-11467747523899879752014-01-14T17:35:24.150-06:002014-01-14T17:35:24.150-06:00Tara and I fed our Ikea habit on Sunday as well.
...Tara and I fed our Ikea habit on Sunday as well.<br /><br />We replaced our 13-year-old Ikea couch after Momo, and Appa tore the bottom cover off and started tearing around inside (and Pabu has now joined the fray on occasions).<br /><br />We also picked up a new set of pads for my similarly 13-year-old Poäng chair.<br /><br />While or Ikea furniture hasn't held up quite as well as the stuff that has been in my parents' living room, probably, since 1968 or so (having be reupholstered several times in the intervening 45 years), it isn't the cheap furniture that falls apart instantly some people seem to think.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05223278969725028514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657464519352156433.post-36816430646799664802013-10-08T16:27:25.532-05:002013-10-08T16:27:25.532-05:00You have the program book done for a November conv...You have the program book done for a November convention; and I'm hoping that my pubs (+programming - which is part of the problem) has a chance and energy to get the one for Conjecture / Conchord done so we can proof it next Saturday (1 week out).<br /><br />On the other hand, we're talking about 350-400 copies, and a print shop we know has a ridiculously fast turnaround on these things.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05223278969725028514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657464519352156433.post-87044507419526809522013-06-25T09:28:43.746-05:002013-06-25T09:28:43.746-05:00It's a very cute loom. I've been looking ...It's a very cute loom. I've been looking at a 1x2 on the porch and thinking of making a similar shaped loom for card weaving. I've been using my 24 inch rigid heddle loom, but ... it's kind of big for what I'm doing. (Also been thinking about a picture frame, maybe... or something smaller like that. <br /><br />Mostly I'm looking for something small Ican toss in my purse. :)Mary Peedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15764588274361995259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657464519352156433.post-2579235230622251842013-05-03T10:36:22.992-05:002013-05-03T10:36:22.992-05:00Replied, below, hit the wrong button so it isn'...Replied, below, hit the wrong button so it isn't nested/sending you a notification.Lonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03749932988404110630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657464519352156433.post-86445606520458939942013-05-03T10:35:07.138-05:002013-05-03T10:35:07.138-05:00The conventions services person I've talked to...The conventions services person I've talked to was very helpful, and their website where I found the information about going to the marshaling yard. its ACen's information/website/procedures that was pushing my buttons. <br /><br />That said, If convention services people tried to put Thing 1, Thing 2, and The Grinch on pallets instead of just pushing them to where they go, I'd be giving them a piece of my mind. All the casters on the Things are swivels with no locks, so without strapping them down, there's no way to keep them on a pallet, and the Grinch would be an unstable load, with its fairly narrow wheelbase. I haven't measured a pallet lately, but I think each one would need its own pallet. And then there's weight - each one weighs a good hundred pounds empty, and they're far from empty, so a forklift would be needed. A good forklift operator might be able to get the teeth of the lift into the slots on the Things without hitting the bolts for the wheels, but I wouldn't trust just anybody to do it. Pushing the Things and The Grinch to where they go would really be the fastest and simplest way to go.<br /><br />Yes, I realize that the provided amenities are minimal - pipe-and-drape, one table (un-skirted), and two chairs. That's laid out fairly clearly in the convention services documents, and one thing ACen does manage to convey. I was also looking at the convention services documents to make one last check for anything I might actually want to rent from them, as opposed to bringing myself. Which, fortunately, ACen has negotiated to allow exhibitors to do, along with doing our own material handling and booth setup. So, yes, very much like an SCA event.<br /><br />Although the decision to do ACen was fairly sudden, a year or so ago I looked at dealer/exhibitor policies for ACen, Midwest FurFest, and Chicon. <br />Lonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03749932988404110630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657464519352156433.post-18935224480648268372013-05-02T16:51:47.464-05:002013-05-02T16:51:47.464-05:00It sounds like only having to deal with a fan tabl...It sounds like only having to deal with a fan table at Wondercon - and having someone else do much of the pre-convention paperwork - saved me from some hassle.<br /><br />When it came to dealing with the convention services people for the Anaheim Convention Center (and/or Comic-Con International), Freeman, at the convention they made my job mostly easier. On setup, they hauled everything from my car to the table, and on cleanup the only glitch was that they wanted me to use the rolls of giant saran wrap (which likes me only marginally better than the home version) to wrap our collection of mismatched boxes and bags onto the palette before taking it to my car.<br /><br />And they were pretty nice to us since we were one of the few fan groups that were obeying the rules and not just hauling everything out ourselves (often using the verboten carts).<br /><br />Now, you'd be in a bit of a different situation if you were showing at (a magically transported to the Chicago area, but still in the Anaheim convention center) Wondercon since much of your load comes in rolling carts. I suspect that they'd have either loaded them onto paletts or just found a way to move them with their lifts and carts and drop them in your place.<br /><br />If Rosemont is like Anaheim (and, 99% of the other convention centers), without setting up (and possibly paying) through them, you'll get a chunk of bare concrete floor - possibly with some pipe-and-drape separating you from your neighbors. Everything that comes for free in most hotels (carpet, tables, etc.) come from the decorator or services company at a cost.<br /><br />On the other hand, this is probably not too different from most indoor SCA events, except possibly for a union that thinks that nobody else should be doing their job.'<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05223278969725028514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657464519352156433.post-78257194703514940572013-04-26T14:10:06.159-05:002013-04-26T14:10:06.159-05:00I would love to go, will work for badge XD
Also i...I would love to go, will work for badge XD<br /><br />Also i prefer WashAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02688620211436393339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657464519352156433.post-39507930666064410072013-04-25T12:36:36.124-05:002013-04-25T12:36:36.124-05:00Have fun.
Mega shows can be a bit different (at l...Have fun.<br /><br />Mega shows can be a bit different (at least based on my experience as an attendee of Comic-Con and an exhibitor at Wondercon Anaheim - albiet in the fan table area).<br /><br />Good Luck.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05223278969725028514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657464519352156433.post-38241035531045598092013-03-28T10:05:33.184-05:002013-03-28T10:05:33.184-05:00Poor abused doggie - or at least he thinks so.Poor abused doggie - or at least he thinks so.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05223278969725028514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657464519352156433.post-33225070949543164572013-02-04T10:41:30.550-06:002013-02-04T10:41:30.550-06:00It didn't come up either of the last two years...It didn't come up either of the last two years, and it won't be my issue if it comes up this year, but there is a clause in the Dealers' Room agreement for Conjecture that gives the staff discretion to say that someone playing a CD (or DVD) is too loud and ask them to turn it down or off. I'm pretty sure that if one of my dealers had complained that the dealer next to them was playing audio too loud, I would have considered that as too loud and asked them to turn it down or off.<br /><br />I'm not sure what I'd do if they refused - but I'm pretty sure I'd have had the right to refund their fees and tell them to vacate the room and con (since they'd loose their memberships with the dealer tables), and perhaps a threat of the "nuclear option" would suffice.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05223278969725028514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657464519352156433.post-70164785000797769912013-01-16T17:16:56.744-06:002013-01-16T17:16:56.744-06:00Robin doesn't change... just get's taller ...Robin doesn't change... just get's taller :) Mary Peedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15764588274361995259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657464519352156433.post-70262100521277132482012-12-14T09:42:13.485-06:002012-12-14T09:42:13.485-06:00The 16' x 9' would be the total floor spac...The 16' x 9' would be the total floor space we have to set up in. <br /><br />The two rows of equals signs below would represent two rows of tables. The space between is where the vendors sit. The distance between the top dash of an upper equal sign and the lower dash of a lower equals sign is presumed to be 9', since an end cap is 9'x9'. (Probably more like 10.5', unless Pheasant Run has Tardis-tables, but I digress...)<br /><br />==========<br />==========<br /><br />I'm assuming an 8' banquet table is 30" wide (which is the width of our 6' tables). 2x30=60"=5'. 9-5=4' between tables for vendor chairs and working. Not enough space, IMO, but better than the RF we were at previously at the starship hotel that Cap also used.<br /><br />Anyhow, not sure how we're going to set up within the space. Ron was thinking what you suggested - two runs of tables/whatnot. That would work, but I forsee problems getting out to put belts on the hangers, etc. I'm thinking a walk-in type setup, kind of lake we had at Boar's Head, but without the 4' table/island. Call it a big shallow U open to the north. If we put the right stuff on the long closed side so you can shop from either within the booth or from the south aisle I think it would work. <br /><br />Or we get more gridwall and wrap gridwall along the whole south side. :)Lonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03749932988404110630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657464519352156433.post-1276980229553436592012-12-13T16:33:51.844-06:002012-12-13T16:33:51.844-06:00So from a customer viewpoint it will be rather lik...So from a customer viewpoint it will be rather like two booths/tables? One on North aisle, one on South? Could be interesting.....<br /><br />You mention working with a 16x9 space; do they not expect/allow for space between tables, or did you mean display space vs floor space? Could make for fun neighbor interactions, depending :)<br /><br />3 8s in that space? Ugh! Don't blame you for passing. End exposure could be nifty, but you want to breath too....xaphttp://mapcase.orgnoreply@blogger.com