30 replies to this topic

[meetingstars777]

How about selling tickets to meet your favourite stars and spending, say five minutes with them - for the right price obviously?  Showmasters could allocate a certain amount of slots for each day, and they could be sold on a first come, first served basis. That way people can spend a lot longer chatting to their favourite star about anything.  How does everyone else feel about this?

[yellowmarlin]

The busier guests won't have time for such a thing; the quieter guests already offer such an opportunity for the price of an autograph.

[Stuart Carson]

Yeah this would not work for the reasons in the comment above mine.

If your idea was to be implemented, it would mean that some people wouldn't get a chance to meet the stars at all.

[meetingstars777]

I think it would work.  If the average person (say a busy star) spends say, 15 seconds with each person signing an autograph priced at for example £25, then that's £500 for five minutes. If people pay the price then that's only fair. Everyone will still get the chance to do it. I didn't mean all day long, just for an hour or so every day to see how it goes.  Obviously the £25 would be for a more expensive star like Christopher Lloyd, but others would be a lot lesser and more affordable.

[ericsdonor]

I can't see how this could be plausible, I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong but it seems a strange idea and I don't know if the guests would want to do it, could be awkward!!!!!

[Muthur]

I think your idea is great.
I just agree that it wouldn't be totally worth while (Money wise for the guest as well as SM)

Maybe if there was say, an hour where certain ticket holders would be in the same room for a private meeting / talk with the person. Like a certain con attempted to do with Stan Lee this year.

A great opportunity for the guests who get a ticket to meet and be around the guest in a more private setting.

[meetingstars777]

Muthur, on May 13 2012, 09:30 PM, said:

I think your idea is great.
I just agree that it wouldn't be totally worth while (Money wise for the guest as well as SM)

Maybe if there was say, an hour where certain ticket holders would be in the same room for a private meeting / talk with the person. Like a certain con attempted to do with Stan Lee this year.

A great opportunity for the guests who get a ticket to meet and be around the guest in a more private setting.

Yay, someone finally agrees with me. Thanks Muther!  

[Muthur]

Welcome!

I know i'd fight to the death to be in the same room as some people!  

[meetingstars777]

Muthur, on May 13 2012, 09:38 PM, said:

Welcome!

I know i'd fight to the death to be in the same room as some people!  

[meetingstars777]

ericsdonor, on May 13 2012, 09:27 PM, said:

I can't see how this could be plausible, I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong but it seems a strange idea and I don't know if the guests would want to do it, could be awkward!!!!!

I don't see why it's strange at all, or awkward. Guests would have the choice on whether or not to do it. Pre Orders could be taken to see if there is the call for it.

[jael001]

So your idea is that people pay approximately £500 for just 5 minutes with a guest? Sorry I wouldn't pay that to meet anyone, not for 5 minutes, I'd expect at least an hour of their time for that kind of money. I wouldn't even pay £100 for just 5 minutes of anyone's time, I don't care if it's Brad Pitt or Johnny Depp, 5 minutes is nothing.

[meetingstars777]

jael001, on May 13 2012, 10:25 PM, said:

So your idea is that people pay approximately £500 for just 5 minutes with a guest? Sorry I wouldn't pay that to meet anyone, not for 5 minutes, I'd expect at least an hour of their time for that kind of money. I wouldn't even pay £100 for just 5 minutes of anyone's time, I don't care if it's Brad Pitt or Johnny Depp, 5 minutes is nothing.

Yes that's the idea.  And plenty of others I'm sure would pay that. I've seen some stars (who I will not name) who charge insane prices for autographs alone, which are more than double the £500 quoted here, or £300 if it's a £15 star. It would be more special than just getting a signed photo or item. It would be a personal memory. And if five minutes is "nothing", then 15 seconds for the 'conveyorbelt' routine is even less.

Edited by meetingstars777, 13 May 2012 - 09:34 PM.

[SiriuslyBlack]

I agree with Jael, I wouldn't pay 500 smackers for 5 minutes.
But I do kinda like the idea.

[meetingstars777]

SiriuslyBlack, on May 13 2012, 10:33 PM, said:

I agree with Jael, I wouldn't pay 500 smackers for 5 minutes.
But I do kinda like the idea.

Thanks Siriuslyblack for your comments.

[jael001]

meetingstars777, on May 13 2012, 10:30 PM, said:

jael001, on May 13 2012, 10:25 PM, said:

So your idea is that people pay approximately £500 for just 5 minutes with a guest? Sorry I wouldn't pay that to meet anyone, not for 5 minutes, I'd expect at least an hour of their time for that kind of money. I wouldn't even pay £100 for just 5 minutes of anyone's time, I don't care if it's Brad Pitt or Johnny Depp, 5 minutes is nothing.

Yes that's the idea.  And plenty of others I'm sure would pay that. I've seen some stars (who I will not name) who charge insane prices for autographs alone, which are more than double the £500 quoted here, or £300 if it's a £15 star. It would be more special than just getting a signed photo or item. It would be a personal memory. And if five minutes is "nothing", then 15 seconds for the 'conveyorbelt' routine is even less.

yes but a £15 guest is less likely to be that busy and I've had 5 minutes or even more time with some guests at these events when they haven't been busy and all it's cost me was that £15. The guest would have to be pretty mega to warrant charging that kind of money for 5 minutes of their time and I can't think of a single person I'd think worth paying several hundred £s to spend just 5 minutes with.

[yellowmarlin]

Sorry, but anyone willing to spend £500 for a five minute chat clearly has more money than sense. And something so expensive is never going to be available to everyone.

[Tanith]

Something like this? (Though it is a lot easier to do in events of a smaller scale).

http://massiveevents....php?encounters

[Charmer]

£500 for 5mins!!! You are joking right? What if you pay for your time and can't think of anything to talk about? It'd be the longest and most embarrasing 5mins of your life, just standing there looking at your watch, lol!

I think if anything else should be added to this kind of event then maybe a guest encounter or two a day would be fun like they do at the weekenders.

[sagart]

Of course it would be awkward. The guests would have no control over who buys the tickets and would then have to spend 5 minutes with whoever walks through the door. Perhaps I'm being a bit insensitive here but there's always a mixture of ordinary level headed fans, somewhat giddy, overly excited fans and downright weird people at these shows. Would you want to sit in a room for 5 minutes with someone who is going to laugh, cry or shake their way through it all, or worse, sit there silently staring at you, the situation feeling more awkward by the minute? While the majority of fans know how to behave themselves around the guests not all do and there would be no way to know who is getting in. Some US cons offer a VIP ticket that grants access to backstage where the ticket holders can sit at an assigned table and watch all that happens and the stars, if they want, can stop at their table for a minute or two to say hello but it's never a one on one. And the VIP ticket is ludicrously expensive.

[DavidB]

Guest encounters wouldn't work logistically at a signing event.

They work well at conventions, as there's time to put them in the schedule over a whole weekend etc. They're generally affordable (certainly nothing like what's suggested here) and I've never been to one that has been weird. Everyone's generally respectful, talkative or just paying attention.