liked it bought a recyled art old record earrings and caia koopman print. didn't care much for the fashion show.

This is a review from the POV of an exhibitor, I exhibited at both the August show as well as the most recent one (12-14-08) in San Diego.

The difference between the two shows was STAGGERING. First, exhibitors had to pay for parking (where as last time it was free). Granted $5 for parking isn't a lot, but it is the feeling of being taken care of, when you do spend a good amount of money for your exhibit space would be nice if they included that in their costs.

Next, the women in charge (British accent) treated us (my group of people exhibiting together) like we were idiots and actually called us liars after we were let into the exhibit hall by one of her staffers before we got wristbands. She claimed we "...bypassed the line" to get in" even though we were waiting in line when her staffer told us to go around and she would bring our wristbands to us at our booth. She later came by our booth, looking a little frazzled and beat down after numerous vendors were tearing down/gone by 4:30, and threatened us for tearing our booth down early. All she needed to do was, "...acknowledge our frustrations and promise you will try better next time", and we may have stayed just to help her out. But since she did none of this, she just made her situation worse.

Third, the food, or lack of! The food vendor was so slow with sales he decided to leave early at 1:30p (show opened at 10am for VIP and 11 for everyone else and closed at 6p!) and it left ALL the vendors stranded without a way to buy food quickly or conveniently.

Fourth, the show NEVER filled up, after talking to our neighbors and many others exhibitors they said the people who did show up were so angry about the cost $12 to get in + $8 for parking, that anything above $20 had to be a deal. We all realize the economy is slow, and all the vendors in the store made concessions to reduce prices further to get people in, but when the people coming in are nickle and dimmed before they even get in the door it really seemed to leave a bad taste in their mouth.

After talking to many vendors it was decided that this was the worst THREAD/Trade show they have ever been to, and something will have to drastically change before they decide to exhibit again. One exhibitor actually left the show at 1pm due to such poor sales and turnout.

Good luck next time guys, because I am never going to exhibit at the show again, unless something drastically changes

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THREAD SAN DIEGO DEC 14TH HAS ALREADY GENERATED OVER 200 APPLICATIONS FROM INDIE DESIGNERS LOOKING FOR A SPACE ON THE SHOW FLOOR.

VIP TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT AND WE HAVE CONFIRMED 120 OF THE BEST LOCAL INDIE DESIGNERS SAN DIEGO HAS TO OFFER.

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BE SURE TO BUY YOUR TICKET ON LINE TO AVOID THAT LONG LINE!

SEE YOU THIS SUNDAY!

Watch out for Ali Cat!!!!!

HELLAGANT WILL HAVE A BOOTH THERE! 60% off exclusively for attendees.