Tom Beaker Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Peter Weller's agent is charging extra fiver for personalizations at the signing table. Not cricket. Reported to pit bosses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrong Name Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 You need to tell the crew at the venue. There’s not much people on here can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Beaker Posted July 28, 2018 Author Share Posted July 28, 2018 I have. I'm just letting people know in case they read the forums while at the event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spengler Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Didnt ask extra for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmoriarty Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Hopefully the pit bosses have acted swiftly then, naughty from his agent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scifisteve Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 I was about 3 back in the queue for Peter on Saturday, the Person at the front had multiple items each with a Sticky note which seemed to have 3-4-5 lines of text that they wanted written on their items, maybe that's what prompted the incident. I am happy if they are just willing to make it out to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.H.R.E.K Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 On 28/07/2018 at 12:11 PM, spengler said: Didnt ask extra for me. That's a bit unfair then, I was the same asked for an extra fiver for an inscription must have been at some point after 3'ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewrolar Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Brother says that a personalisation was not extra, but quotes were Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cptpugwash Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 I had a star trek pic personalized to me and my wife and he put Marcus under his autograph and he was fine this was on Saturday around 15:30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiga Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 (edited) We were told today he was charging an extra £5 for quotes but personalisations were free. Still taken a bit off guard as you didn't find out until after you had paid for the autograph and were standing right infront of him. Edited July 30, 2018 by twiga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diabolik Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Didn’t encounter anything like this. I do think his popularity was underestimated though as his queue was always long and as some people have said maybe a DP was warranted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurdamoni Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 As long as it was worth meeting him, the extra 5 is justifiable right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen_Sindel Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 I did report this and was told they were aware of the quote thing. Seems it was exceptionally approved. But to answer the 'maybe crew will see' comment: no, they won't. They are busy at the event and I was the only one around. I will message, but that brings us back to the 'busy' bit. They won't immediately see. It is always the better option to bring such issues to the attention of the crew at the venue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsoldierspoon Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 (edited) Not surprised as he did the exact same thing at German Comic Con Dortmund (which is co run by Showmasters, so yeah) Edited July 30, 2018 by dogsoldierspoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhup Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 I was more annoyed his pens didn't work or barely so your autograph was shoddy looking. He ended up throwing a pen to his right hard and hitting the guy behind me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvirtue Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 To be fair to Peter he was writing decent quotes for people that wanted them for only £5 extra. It doesn't take that much time and for £5 I think it is a great option. Autographs are extremely expensive nowadays but he was a reasonable price and it was great to be able to get quotes. I genuinely think it would have put some people off getting him if they couldn't have quotes. So I would be very up for small additional charging from guests for quotes rather than not having the option. Case in point; I was asked if I wanted it personalised when I was getting David Duchovny and I said "No thank you...but if you could add 'Mulder' that would be wonderful". The 'Blue Shirt' lady was a little sharp if I'm honest, almost to the point of being rude, and I don't like saying that as the staff/volunteers do a great job. But it was a rather production line experience which I really didn't think much of. Anyway, the 'Blue Shirt' lady sort of sharply said "no character names" and I went to respond (as you would) "oh Okay, thank you I wasn't aware.." just trying to be polite but I got cut off somewhere mid sentence. I don't think I'll be queuing up for Mr. Duchovny again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Beaker Posted July 30, 2018 Author Share Posted July 30, 2018 I don't think it's acceptable and very bad form if this is sanctioned practice. Charge 45 for the auto. Don't charge me 40 at the desk and write out the dedication on the auto ticket, then try to charge me a crisp fiver for extra words! It's profiteering at best. Others may have a different view but it's a slippery slope from this to charging by the word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewrolar Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Rose Mciver and all 3 Dukes guests ,put their character names on mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camaro Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Is anybody else still waiting for the autograph to dry!! Mine is still wet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen_Sindel Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 2 hours ago, Tom Beaker said: I don't think it's acceptable and very bad form if this is sanctioned practice. Charge 45 for the auto. Don't charge me 40 at the desk and write out the dedication on the auto ticket, then try to charge me a crisp fiver for extra words! It's profiteering at best. Others may have a different view but it's a slippery slope from this to charging by the word. This was a first and I have no other info than the team at the venue was aware of it. Unfortunately your first post said 'personalisations'. So before communication broke down I sent them on a wild goose chase first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malky Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Big fan of Robocop" I've been dying to meet peter for year's but was really nervous as all I've seen is people talk about bad experiences with him but I fought he was great!! yeah he charged me extra £15 for 3 quotes on my poster that's fine..if your a fan you will pay that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebirdspartan Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 I had to pay £5 extra although his assistant tried charging £10 As it was one quote split into two parts on the pic so it wasn't squashed. Peter said just £5 Then forgot to actually write my name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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