Mini rant, about nothing important, LOL, convention stuffs.

[ht_murray]

There's a J and J Photo Op for sale on ebay.

Current sale price... $562.75.

Tell me Creation doesn't have a license to charge whatever it wants for these things. It makes me ill, and the more I see it, the more I know I won't be doing another one ever again, not even for Misha. Maybe a movie will shoot somewhere nearby and Misha will be cast, and I can go stalk him for free. LOL.

Oh, and some perspective...

Since the plant was closed for the last two weeks in December, and they only let us use vacation time for the first one, the paycheck I just got was for the 8 hours of paid vacation on January 1 only. It was a little over $35.00 after they took out taxes, 401k and insurance. And that's the biggest check I saw. Most of my coworkers got checks for less than a dollar.

Comments

[bonspiel.livejournal.com]

Looks like it's the photo op equivalent of a scalped ticket - the person who's reselling it can charge whatever the market will bear, because the tickets are sold out? I'd never buy sports tickets for thousands of dollars, but I know people do.

At least if one gives money directly to the conventions for stuff, presumably some of it goes to the actors as well as all the other people who run the thing. I continue to be irrationally creeped out by the whole idea of cons. :)

[tru-faith-lost.livejournal.com]

That's exactly what it is, and I think Creation doesn't stop it because they're interested in seeing just how much people will pay for these things. As it is, they keep raising the prices, and they still sell out faster every time. *shakes head*