Gen Con - Good bad and ugly
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There was one other Bad I forgot to mention:
The Release of Shadowrun 4e. FanPro originally said they would be selling 50 limited edition copies each day, in addition to the regular copies. Then, due to some problems, they didn't get nearly as many copies in or on time. So I ended up waiting in line for almost two hours on Saturday to pick up a copy. I was number 34 in line. They ended up selling 33 copies of the 50 they had.
This wouldn't have been so bad (I mean I can handle not getting a copy at GenCon and can wait till October), except for the guy who cut in line about 4 people up to join a friend of his already waiting so they could each get a copy (limit 1/customer). Of course, since I couldn't really prove he cut in line to the FanPro guys, I missed out on my copy. That really ticked me off.
The Release of Shadowrun 4e. FanPro originally said they would be selling 50 limited edition copies each day, in addition to the regular copies. Then, due to some problems, they didn't get nearly as many copies in or on time. So I ended up waiting in line for almost two hours on Saturday to pick up a copy. I was number 34 in line. They ended up selling 33 copies of the 50 they had.
This wouldn't have been so bad (I mean I can handle not getting a copy at GenCon and can wait till October), except for the guy who cut in line about 4 people up to join a friend of his already waiting so they could each get a copy (limit 1/customer). Of course, since I couldn't really prove he cut in line to the FanPro guys, I missed out on my copy. That really ticked me off.
francisca
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Mark beat me to it. I actually had forgotten O'Malia's over on Joizey, and it's closer than what I had in mind. There is also at least one Trader Joe's in town as well, as well as "regular" grocery stores, Marsh being one of the bigger outfits with several stores around town and central IN.Ethernaut said:
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fusangite said:
Except that the restaurant isn't breaking the law in either case, at least not in the U.S. The exception to the minimum wage law for food service workers in positions where tips are customary is written into the law. The restaurant probably has a sign up, reasonably prominently displayed near the entrance giving the details of their policy for automatic gratuities for large parties. If your service was terribly bad, your recourse is usually to talk to the manager and he may vary the policy on automatic gratuities, or comp some of your meal.
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wingsandsword said:
I think you guys are making more out of this than it is. Sold out games and plenty of no shows has been a constant at Gen Con for over 20 years. People buy tickets to something, decide to do something else because it seems cooler or is running long or they just need more sleep or food, and then don't show up to event they have tickets for. Every time I've run a game at Gen Con, even when sold out, I've accepted one or two generic tickets. That's what they're for. In fact, I know people who pretty much just buy generic tickets (and maybe a tournament or two) and hope to get into games that way. They usually do pretty well.
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