It's a FUCKING money grab. PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!
$250 for a ticket? You think a sponsor sending 3-4 reps EACH are going to the seminars? NO. It is a way to get an extra $100+ per person times...what....100's of people (mostly sponsor reps).
I am bringing 2 friends with me this year to Vegas/Internext. One might work for me but the other is simply a friend. I'm not buying tickets. $750? FUCK THAT.
JosephS is right that the show is exit and trade talks mostly. Not many webmasters trying to strike a deal with a sponsor for content or whatever to send them traffic.
Now as GonZo said if you line things up ahead of times you will do business. And THAT is the piss off. AVN knows this and doesn't give a shit about us at all. They know people will go and will pay so they talk and say hey let's stroke people for whatever we can get out of them.
Brunch? In Miami it SUCKED. Believe me. No selection and crappy eggs!
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