$200 for picture with Patrick Stewart?
Jul. 8th, 2009 11:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
javasaurusI read a Sci-Fi convention group here on good'ol'LJ, and a recent post indicated that Patrick Stewart will be attending an upcoming con. If you want a picture with him, he'll charge you $200. WTH?
I have never understood the idea of charging for autographs. Maybe you could argue that it limits the length of the line, that only true fans would get the autograph if there was a fee involved, while those who only want to sell it on e-bay would abstain. So what you do is punish the loyal fanbase?
Feel free to ignore or discuss.
I have never understood the idea of charging for autographs. Maybe you could argue that it limits the length of the line, that only true fans would get the autograph if there was a fee involved, while those who only want to sell it on e-bay would abstain. So what you do is punish the loyal fanbase?
Feel free to ignore or discuss.
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Date: 2009-07-09 03:03 pm (UTC)i think $50 is ridiculous.
$5 or $10 is somewhat reasonablish, but i still wouldn't buy a metric butt-ton of them.
but hey, people pay it so they charge it. most people are going to sell it on eBay anyway and get a hell of a lot more for it.
(this is also why in my house, we have separate bank accounts.) :)