Post by kit on Jan 27, 2007 17:27:33 GMT -5
credit: gerweck.net
As a treat my friends took me to the Rated RKO signing in Meriden last night.
Edge & RKO were about 20 minutes late having gotten tied up a LaGuardia airport. They both arrived in t-shirts...guess the dress code's been dropped.
Edge & RKO were very nice to the fans but unfortunately, I can't say the same about the people running the show. My friend went early in the morning and was second in line. My other friend and I arrived about 5 to join him.
Our stuff was signed and pushed through before we ever even got up to Edge & RKO. One of the people I was with purchased a photograph. The picture was taken but she was shoved off before Edge & RKO could sign it and it ended up getting scooped up with someone else's autographs because they were just piling things on top of each other. So, she just threw 40.00 out the window!!
My other friend didn't purchase a picture and his stuff was taken from him, signed and put to the side before he even got to the table. When he got to the table the guy running it said "Your stuff is over there" and pushed him away, so he never even got to say hello to RKO & Edge (both of whom looked very confused by it).
I don't hold last night against the WWE superstars as how it's handled isn't their fault and they did make an effort to try to talk to the fans.
I know people running these events have to spend a lot of money to book these guys, but you know what, we have to spend a lot of money for autographs (THAT A GOOD CHUNK OF THE COUNTRY GETS FOR FREE!) and pictures. And for one of my friends to shell out over 100.00 and never even get to say hello disgusts me. He wasn't the only one that this happened to. As we were leaving I saw a little girl (about 14 or so) crying because she got shoved through and didn't get to talk to RKO, which is the reason she waited in line for 5 hours.
Maybe the people running these things should keep this in mind if they want people to return to their signings, because as anyone who's ever read anything I've written knows, I am one of the biggest RKO fans on the planet, but I'll never go back to another K & M run session again, even if RKO was giving out his home phone number.
I know from some past experiences security tends to be strict but that's ridiculous. If you pay $100 you should at least get to say hi.
As a treat my friends took me to the Rated RKO signing in Meriden last night.
Edge & RKO were about 20 minutes late having gotten tied up a LaGuardia airport. They both arrived in t-shirts...guess the dress code's been dropped.
Edge & RKO were very nice to the fans but unfortunately, I can't say the same about the people running the show. My friend went early in the morning and was second in line. My other friend and I arrived about 5 to join him.
Our stuff was signed and pushed through before we ever even got up to Edge & RKO. One of the people I was with purchased a photograph. The picture was taken but she was shoved off before Edge & RKO could sign it and it ended up getting scooped up with someone else's autographs because they were just piling things on top of each other. So, she just threw 40.00 out the window!!
My other friend didn't purchase a picture and his stuff was taken from him, signed and put to the side before he even got to the table. When he got to the table the guy running it said "Your stuff is over there" and pushed him away, so he never even got to say hello to RKO & Edge (both of whom looked very confused by it).
I don't hold last night against the WWE superstars as how it's handled isn't their fault and they did make an effort to try to talk to the fans.
I know people running these events have to spend a lot of money to book these guys, but you know what, we have to spend a lot of money for autographs (THAT A GOOD CHUNK OF THE COUNTRY GETS FOR FREE!) and pictures. And for one of my friends to shell out over 100.00 and never even get to say hello disgusts me. He wasn't the only one that this happened to. As we were leaving I saw a little girl (about 14 or so) crying because she got shoved through and didn't get to talk to RKO, which is the reason she waited in line for 5 hours.
Maybe the people running these things should keep this in mind if they want people to return to their signings, because as anyone who's ever read anything I've written knows, I am one of the biggest RKO fans on the planet, but I'll never go back to another K & M run session again, even if RKO was giving out his home phone number.
I know from some past experiences security tends to be strict but that's ridiculous. If you pay $100 you should at least get to say hi.
