@SteveSoCal wrote:
@yoya301 wrote:
How many shoppers are usually at a Shopperfest event? I'm just curious. Is it 50,100, 500, 1000....
I think there just over 50 at the last one I attended...but that was near L.A. so it's a populous area.
@walesmaven wrote:
Membership dues (including shopper member dues) support a lot of trips to Washington each year to visit lawmakers offices.
At one point they were employing a professional lobbyist I believe...correct? I guess I should say contracting a lobbyist, but you do the math on the costs behind a small group of business owners doing that when it's like 50 small businesses and 50,000 shoppers, and you have to wonder why they spend futile money on that instead of just paying shoppers a little better. Pretty sure the lobbyist doesn't take $10 and a pizza for the work.
@JASFLALMT wrote:
If forking out that much money makes you hesitant at the moment, wait for a conference that's closer to home. It will happen eventually.
@SteveSoCal wrote:
@JASFLALMT wrote:
If forking out that much money makes you hesitant at the moment, wait for a conference that's closer to home. It will happen eventually.
Agreed, @Jenjgra should just wait for something closer. I paid for Uber and and Metrolink ticket to get to the shopperfest I attended, and I'm not sure if I ever really recouped that cost.
@SoCalMama wrote:
Meeting me in person was worth every penny, you brat!
It’s a symbiotic relationship.@SteveSoCal wrote:
@SoCalMama wrote:
Meeting me in person was worth every penny, you brat!
I haven't seen a financial profit from that!