Last week, I bought some coffee at the Starbucks close to work and couldn't help but overhear the conversation between the two people behind the counter. They were both discussing Comic Con and I asked if they were going... I got an astounding and resounding YES from both of them. One of them mentioned that 4 day passes to the event were going for about $200 on ebay and the 3 of us agreed that that was crazy.
As the Convention is less than two weeks away, I decided to check on prices for 4 day passes on ebay and was surprised that they were going for about $300 each! I jumped on to Craig's List and the prices were from $50 for a day pass to $250 for 4 day passes. I think this year, a trip to the 2009 pre-Registration booth to pick up a few 4 day passes for next year might turn out to be a very profitable investment considering how crazy the prices for these tickets are getting.
Perhaps I may not have to wait until next year as I might even be able to cash in this year! In the past, Raissa has been able to get me free passes as she works for the Convention Center. Due to the popularity of this event, Raissa received an email encouraging Convention Center employees to purchase tickets as the free passes may not be available this year. I promptly hopped onto the Comic Con website and bought passes for Thursday and Friday hoping that Raissa could get me a Saturday pass. Maybe this year, I could sell out and go to the Con all day Thursday and attend the morning session of Friday. I could then use the afternoon session to "sell" my Friday and (hopefully) Saturday passes to recoup whatever I spend at the convention!
We'll see. The temptation to give in to the dark side is strong right now...
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