TheStephil wrote:I just took a peak at your instagram and I totally remember your booth! I wish I would have known who you were, I would have stopped to say hi. We hit the artist alley late in the day and we were all exhausted so we didn't get to spend as much time browsing as I like.
I think the event staff will fix the issue moving forward, they were very apologetic on facebook. I don't even care about paying for autographs, it's more the principal of the VCs changing mid show and targeting pops. I get the circumstances that led to it but I felt they could have gone a different direction (such as only personalized autographs). I like that SacAnime does free autographs but it's not the only reason I attend and if i know ahead of time that I need to pay for autographs, I'll budget accordingly.
Ahhh, would've been cool to have another Funatic stop by! Well, if I get into SacAnime Winter, maybe we can say hi to each other then
Yeah, I totally get the issue of wanting to know beforehand. As it turned out, there were also some issues with artist badges as well. I guess in the past, artists could also get the free autographs. But this year, some artists found out they had to pay a fee for autographs (even though we had to pay a larger cost for our table and badges than attendees). Needless to say, they weren't too happy about it. So it sounds like they were having some autograph issues all over the place. I'm sure they'll think things through a little more carefully for the next show!