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<blockquote data-quote="MrMyth" data-source="post: 5028056" data-attributes="member: 61155">From what I understand, the contract specifically indicated that they might end up in a different booth than they paid for. Upon arrival, for whatever reason, this ended up being the case. This was unacceptable to them, and eventually the staff offered them a refund. And, presumably, thus decided they were not a vendor they wanted to risk the same issue with in the future, so uninvited them this year.&nbsp;I can understand the frustrations of the LFG crowd, but a lot of the outrage here really feels like Sohmer trying to stir up his fanbase against DragonCon. We don't have the con's side of the story, or any confirmation on whether Sohmer was as civil in his complaints as he claims. Regardless of how he acted, DragonCon was operating within their contract with him when they assigned him to a different booth, was more than generous when offering him a full refund, and is completely entitled to choose who they allow as guests at their event. &nbsp;The booth situation isn't a good one, certainly, and the fact no warning was given definitely sucks. And it was unprofessional for them to not have been far more up front about the uninvitation, rather than letting them find out on their own. But beyond that, I can't fault them in the least for the uninvitation itself.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MrMyth, post: 5028056, member: 61155"] From what I understand, the contract specifically indicated that they might end up in a different booth than they paid for. Upon arrival, for whatever reason, this ended up being the case. This was unacceptable to them, and eventually the staff offered them a refund. And, presumably, thus decided they were not a vendor they wanted to risk the same issue with in the future, so uninvited them this year. I can understand the frustrations of the LFG crowd, but a lot of the outrage here really feels like Sohmer trying to stir up his fanbase against DragonCon. We don't have the con's side of the story, or any confirmation on whether Sohmer was as civil in his complaints as he claims. Regardless of how he acted, DragonCon was operating within their contract with him when they assigned him to a different booth, was more than generous when offering him a full refund, and is completely entitled to choose who they allow as guests at their event. The booth situation isn't a good one, certainly, and the fact no warning was given definitely sucks. And it was unprofessional for them to not have been far more up front about the uninvitation, rather than letting them find out on their own. But beyond that, I can't fault them in the least for the uninvitation itself. [/QUOTE]

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