So, this is regarding that last rule about buying/selling badges second-hand. I have a friend who WANTS to go but doesn't know if he can. We were worried that if he bought a pass he would be stuck with it in the event he couldn't attend. But, if I'm interpreting this correctly, if he buys the pass and can't go, I can bring it with me to the convention and sell it to someone there because they can get it checked to make sure it's authentic, so that my friend can get his money back. Is this all correct, or am I incorrect in my understanding?
It's correct that what you describe is possible. From a seller's end, you can know if you have a legit badge, and be a total saint about selling it at face or giving it away, or whatever. But considering the MASSIVE counterfeiting problem at Prime last year, PAX can no longer officially condone any method of re-selling badges because the buyer has little to no protection short of getting someone to validate it in person at the con before paying for it.
Edit: To be clear, you CAN have the badge checked on-site, so that's very possible. That's the only way though.
Thanks a lot for the info! We just wanted to be sure he could get his money back in case something fell through.
So, this is regarding that last rule about buying/selling badges second-hand. I have a friend who WANTS to go but doesn't know if he can. We were worried that if he bought a pass he would be stuck with it in the event he couldn't attend. But, if I'm interpreting this correctly, if he buys the pass and can't go, I can bring it with me to the convention and sell it to someone there because they can get it checked to make sure it's authentic, so that my friend can get his money back. Is this all correct, or am I incorrect in my understanding?
It's correct that what you describe is possible. From a seller's end, you can know if you have a legit badge, and be a total saint about selling it at face or giving it away, or whatever. But considering the MASSIVE counterfeiting problem at Prime last year, PAX can no longer officially condone any method of re-selling badges because the buyer has little to no protection short of getting someone to validate it in person at the con before paying for it.
Edit: To be clear, you CAN have the badge checked on-site, so that's very possible. That's the only way though.
Thanks a lot for the info! We just wanted to be sure he could get his money back in case something fell through.
To be clear for anyone else reading this, by "get his money back" he means sell it for face on-site with badge checking Not a refund.
For anyone who thought they bought a pass yesterday during the registration kerfuffle but didn't get a confirmation email - I got the confirmation email at about 12:30 AM ET last night. I had checked at 11 pm and at that point had no email and no credit card charge but now it's apprently gone through. Yay!
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WestrunnerSteam's Dirty Little WhoreMojave Desert, NVRegistered Userregular
Question about the hotel system: when it goes up how fast do the popular hotels go? Do you pay 100% upfront? Can you cancel if necessary?
Question about the hotel system: when it goes up how fast do the popular hotels go? Do you pay 100% upfront? Can you cancel if necessary?
You don't pay upfront, but if you're not paying with a credit card you have to send a deposit right away. You can cancel with OnPeak until around 2 weeks prior to the convention with no penalty. At that point, the reservations get transferred to the actual hotels (usually 1-2 weeks prior to the con) and you would then be subject to whatever the cancellation policy is for that hotel (usually around 72 hours prior to checkin for being a member of a large group reservation).
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Custom SpecialI know I am, I'm sure I am,I'm Sounders 'til I die!Registered Userregular
Dear everyone (@SmallLady), there will be no hoodies at the merch booth.
They have thought of it already and the manufacturing cost is too high, so they stick with the tees and PA merch (plus the usual unique item).
Dear everyone (@SmallLady), there will be no hoodies at the merch booth.
They have thought of it already and the manufacturing cost is too high, so they stick with the tees and PA merch (plus the usual unique item).
Sad news, but thanks so much for looking into it!
"we're just doing what smalllady told us to do" - @Heels
I only had a chance to do a quick skim, and the search box didn't bring anything back when I tried that, so I just wanted to check if we were still button-trading for Prime 2012. Cause, you know, I need to start on my design now if so. Also for obligatory find-out-about-discounts and the like; I can't remember who organized the Buttoneers before, and I don't know who at Pure Buttons set up the coupon codes for us in previous years.
I only had a chance to do a quick skim, and the search box didn't bring anything back when I tried that, so I just wanted to check if we were still button-trading for Prime 2012. Cause, you know, I need to start on my design now if so. Also for obligatory find-out-about-discounts and the like; I can't remember who organized the Buttoneers before, and I don't know who at Pure Buttons set up the coupon codes for us in previous years.
Yes we are, and whomever gets that set up will likely get us a PureButtons discount again if possible.
Heyy
Question. What do the Badges look like?Like in general i mean?Better yet does anyone have a picture of last years badge?curious as to what i will be getting in the mail.
Heyy
Question. What do the Badges look like?Like in general i mean?Better yet does anyone have a picture of last years badge?curious as to what i will be getting in the mail.
Google search it. We don't post badge pictures on the forums anymore.
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whypick1PAX [E] Info Booth Manager~2' from an LCDRegistered Userregular
Expect the badges to look more like East's than last year's though.
Heyy
Question. What do the Badges look like?Like in general i mean?Better yet does anyone have a picture of last years badge?curious as to what i will be getting in the mail.
To reduce counterfeiting, no pictures of badges are going on the forums. Instead, we post pictures of bobcats. Speaking of which, I can proudly announce our new high security lanyard system for Prime:
Heyy
Question. What do the Badges look like?Like in general i mean?Better yet does anyone have a picture of last years badge?curious as to what i will be getting in the mail.
Google search it. We don't post badge pictures on the forums anymore.
The badges are entirely plastic (well, they have been for the last few years and probably will be this time), but if your mail is regularly getting wet enough to damage things, you might want to resolve that anyway.
--Jarrod "Jaberwocky" Lombardo, PAX Enforcer: Info Booth Manager.
"We know that the moment we slip, it will be taken away... and so it is of the utmost importance to be worthy of it constantly."
PAX will always be held on the best weekend for PAX. Sometimes that will be a bad weekend for you; I'm sorry.
The badges are entirely plastic (well, they have been for the last few years and probably will be this time), but if your mail is regularly getting wet enough to damage things, you might want to resolve that anyway.
Awesome thanks.
lol and it's not that my mail gets wet. it's that i tend to drop things....in sinks...toilets....and puddles.
What time is will-call usually open on Thursday till? i ordered mine with fedex (coming from Canada) but my friend wont be home to have his delivered and where arriving late Thursday night. thanks in advance.
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whypick1PAX [E] Info Booth Manager~2' from an LCDRegistered Userregular
edited April 2012
I want to say 6-8PM. Will call opens back up at 8AM on Friday.
It took about 24 hours but I got a response from Cathy at Reed Expo about the 2 pending charges. I did indeed have 2 seperate orders, instead of just 1. She apologized for the "technical snafus" they had and would be cancelling & refunding one of them.
I've included her response in the spoiler tag.
I apologize for our technical snafus from yesterday, you are indeed registered. You do have two separate registrations, one will be cancelled and refunded. Please use confirmation number is XXXXXXX and you have 1 three day ticket. We will send out a follow up email once we are back on track. Thank you for your understanding.
I got a confirmation email for the first badge I purchased, but none for the second. Neither one has corresponding charges on my card. I sent out an email about it, but I guess a confirmation email doesn't necessarily mean anything.
Assassin's Ball, Prime '13: @CowboyVerse
TWDT '13: HufflepuffOotP
I got a confirmation email for the first badge I purchased, but none for the second. Neither one has corresponding charges on my card. I sent out an email about it, but I guess a confirmation email doesn't necessarily mean anything.
FWIW, just moments ago I got an email from Pax_questions@paxsite.com confirming my registration (I had not gotten an email prior about it).
I got a confirmation email for the first badge I purchased, but none for the second. Neither one has corresponding charges on my card. I sent out an email about it, but I guess a confirmation email doesn't necessarily mean anything.
FWIW, just moments ago I got an email from Pax_questions@paxsite.com confirming my registration (I had not gotten an email prior about it).
I did get a completed registration letter before everything imploded on the old system, and just received an email from pax_questions saying they successfully moved my registration information over to the "new" system. Sounds like there won't be any issues on that front (hopefully.)
I got a confirmation email for the first badge I purchased, but none for the second. Neither one has corresponding charges on my card. I sent out an email about it, but I guess a confirmation email doesn't necessarily mean anything.
FWIW, just moments ago I got an email from Pax_questions@paxsite.com confirming my registration (I had not gotten an email prior about it).
I did get a completed registration letter before everything imploded on the old system, and just received an email from pax_questions saying they successfully moved my registration information over to the "new" system. Sounds like there won't be any issues on that front (hopefully.)
Also we have only 2 charges (1 for each purchased ticket, ordered seperately) on our card as well as two pending. It looks like this is a result of the move (the pending charges are the old system and the confirmed are the new, especially since the name differs.) So I'm hopeful that will work as well without a hiccup. (Usually any charge not moved from pending to confirmed by this amount of time ends just dropping off.)
Did you guys see that there are already scalpers for Prime? There is some guy selling his badge he got during the first round of registration on ebay already...
Yeah, totally appreciate the helpful links, but it's not the Twitter process that's giving me difficulties. I've got all the SMS notifications on, my phone "verified" with my twitter account, and I only sporadically get messages from 1 or 2 of my followers I am using to test and it's a small portion of their actual tweets. So it works some of the time.
Found a workaround if anyone else is having issues with Twitter Jank. I set up a fake account and only subscribed to the official PAX stream. Then I set the app to notify (ringtone/vibrate/light) whenever a new tweet was recieved. So far works great.
from wikipedia:
"Announced on the PAX Prime website on January 13th 2011, PAX Prime 2011 took place from August 26th to August 28th. The event brought in over 70,000 attendees, breaking the attendance record set at PAX East 2011 and making it the largest PAX to date."
do the boards ramp up as we near the event date, or is there a much wider fanbase than this forum? Just curious
Yes, the boards become more active the closer it gets to the date, with the boards going pretty crazy during PAX itself. There is also a much wider fanbase than this forum; groups from other gaming forums/communities often come to this as well
<@heels> Ravenger: i do not talk to anyone
<+Ravenger> you are talking to me
<@heels> oh god, what am i doing
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whypick1PAX [E] Info Booth Manager~2' from an LCDRegistered Userregular
One thing to keep in mind: there are people who go to PAX who don't even know what Penny Arcade is. So yeah, it's a lot more than the people on this forum.
One thing to keep in mind: there are people who go to PAX who don't even know what Penny Arcade is. So yeah, it's a lot more than the people on this forum.
One thing to keep in mind: there are people who go to PAX who don't even know what Penny Arcade is. So yeah, it's a lot more than the people on this forum.
that must suck just a tiny bit >_>
Also keep in mind that those are turnstile numbers (per day numbers combined).
Anyhow, I would argue that those who don't participate in this forum don't get the "full PAX experience" since they miss out on all the fun pre and post pax community activities.
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Thanks a lot for the info! We just wanted to be sure he could get his money back in case something fell through.
To be clear for anyone else reading this, by "get his money back" he means sell it for face on-site with badge checking
Fairly quickly.. hard to judge each year however.
No (if paying with a credit card)
Yes to the deposit (if paying with a debit card)
yes!
You don't pay upfront, but if you're not paying with a credit card you have to send a deposit right away. You can cancel with OnPeak until around 2 weeks prior to the convention with no penalty. At that point, the reservations get transferred to the actual hotels (usually 1-2 weeks prior to the con) and you would then be subject to whatever the cancellation policy is for that hotel (usually around 72 hours prior to checkin for being a member of a large group reservation).
They have thought of it already and the manufacturing cost is too high, so they stick with the tees and PA merch (plus the usual unique item).
Sad news, but thanks so much for looking into it!
Yes we are, and whomever gets that set up will likely get us a PureButtons discount again if possible.
Question. What do the Badges look like?Like in general i mean?Better yet does anyone have a picture of last years badge?curious as to what i will be getting in the mail.
Google search it. We don't post badge pictures on the forums anymore.
To reduce counterfeiting, no pictures of badges are going on the forums. Instead, we post pictures of bobcats. Speaking of which, I can proudly announce our new high security lanyard system for Prime:
k thankies. ^.^
and i wanna pet the bobcat.lol
Nah, they're always a some-what durable plastic.
Now if you feed them past midnight...
"We know that the moment we slip, it will be taken away... and so it is of the utmost importance to be worthy of it constantly."
PAX will always be held on the best weekend for PAX. Sometimes that will be a bad weekend for you; I'm sorry.
Massive Crystal Cavern!
Awesome thanks.
lol and it's not that my mail gets wet. it's that i tend to drop things....in sinks...toilets....and puddles.
Make sure you were actually charged for them. If so:
I've included her response in the spoiler tag.
[ ] PAX Coin Ordered/Reserved
TWDT '13: Hufflepuff OotP
FWIW, just moments ago I got an email from Pax_questions@paxsite.com confirming my registration (I had not gotten an email prior about it).
Also we have only 2 charges (1 for each purchased ticket, ordered seperately) on our card as well as two pending. It looks like this is a result of the move (the pending charges are the old system and the confirmed are the new, especially since the name differs.) So I'm hopeful that will work as well without a hiccup. (Usually any charge not moved from pending to confirmed by this amount of time ends just dropping off.)
For SMS notifications, you have to enable individual people's tweets to text you.
https://support.twitter.com/articles/14589-how-to-add-your-phone-via-sms
https://twitter.com/settings/devices
Yeah, totally appreciate the helpful links, but it's not the Twitter process that's giving me difficulties. I've got all the SMS notifications on, my phone "verified" with my twitter account, and I only sporadically get messages from 1 or 2 of my followers I am using to test and it's a small portion of their actual tweets. So it works some of the time.
Found a workaround if anyone else is having issues with Twitter Jank. I set up a fake account and only subscribed to the official PAX stream. Then I set the app to notify (ringtone/vibrate/light) whenever a new tweet was recieved. So far works great.
"Announced on the PAX Prime website on January 13th 2011, PAX Prime 2011 took place from August 26th to August 28th. The event brought in over 70,000 attendees, breaking the attendance record set at PAX East 2011 and making it the largest PAX to date."
do the boards ramp up as we near the event date, or is there a much wider fanbase than this forum? Just curious
<+Ravenger> you are talking to me
<@heels> oh god, what am i doing
that must suck just a tiny bit >_>
Also keep in mind that those are turnstile numbers (per day numbers combined).
Anyhow, I would argue that those who don't participate in this forum don't get the "full PAX experience" since they miss out on all the fun pre and post pax community activities.