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At which point the conference organizers are smoking cigars made out of rolled hundred dollar bills and laughing at how they played both the attendees and the v
by anoncoward111 8y ago
At which point the conference organizers are smoking cigars made out of rolled hundred dollar bills and laughing at how they played both the attendees and the vendors! The American Way.
- ghaff 8y agoMake no mistake. Everyone is in on the game to various degrees. The conference venue, event teams and the companies that specialize in helping put booths together, even the attendees for whom in many cases conferences are something of a perk.
- anoncoward111 8y agoAgreed... any time you are transfering money from your account to someone else's, there's a strong chance you are getting the raw end of the deal unless you know exactly what you are doing.
- ghaff 8y agoI'm not so sure there's a raw end of the deal here so much as that there's a whole ecosystem of things related to trade shows that no one wants to end even though it's arguably not an especially efficient use of dollars at the end of the day. But it's been a thing for decades in many industries and no one really wants to end it, whether vendors, attendees, or the vast number of companies, venues, and unions that support it.