From:	"(No Name Available)" <mothman@**********.COM>
Subject:	Re: Gen Con & WotC
Date:	Tue, 3 Mar 1998 21:13:08 -0600

I know this is a bit off-topic, but:

Jon Palmer wrote:
>>Just so everyone knows, the GenCon price increase is NOT due to any
attempt by WotC to raise its profit margin…(snip) The price raises by
WotC will not make GenCon any more profitable for them.<<

>>However, this price increase is NOT their fault.<<

Where did you get this info from? WotC? As I understand it, Gen Con is
being moved from MECCA to a new facility next door (it was under
construction last year) and will be run by WotC and Andon. According to
WotC, the price increase (which is a huge one, if I remember correctly)
is due to an incraese in the price of the facility. However, consider
this: it's a new facility. It may not be completed by Gen Con. The Con
is being run by a new company and a company (Andon) with little or no
experience running a Con of this size. Given the variables, is the
substantial price increase reasonable? I doubt it.

I suspect WotC raised the price higher than was necessary to cover the
expense of the new facility and if they didn't—well, then they did a
poor job of negotiating for the facility. Gen Con is the biggest con in
Milwaukee. I'm sure the city wants that business and I think that WotC
could have negotiated a better deal (if, indeed, your info about the
price increase is true).

Anyway, that's my 2 cents… but I think WotC's an evil, money-grubbing
megacorp, so I'm biased!
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