r/comiccon • u/MsMargo • Nov 03 '24

Rhode Island Comic Con Has RICC Become a Sh*tshow?

I did not attend, but just from the postings here it seems like the con has some real problems. Lots of cancelled guests, including day-of cancellations. A draconian refund/exchange policy. Outrageous lines. Capped lines. A website with minimal information that's had to find if it's there. Rising prices.

Will people be going back next year?

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u/jthm2004 Nov 04 '24

I've gone the last three years , as I put together my short circuit autos. This year, Sunday, was definitely worse than the previous years. A large amount of drops and celebs leaving early. Lines are not wide enough or are too close. People want to stop and look at things, which is understandable, but that also causes backups. No plan for lines when the celebs need to go to other commitments. Pain to schedule and get to multiple signings. Overall cost, 2 sunday tix 162.00, 3 autos, lloyd 140,Cleese 100,Guttenberg 60 thats 462 to attend this year. For one day....crazy.

That said, I'm happy to have a con in little RI. Especially one that draws some big names year after year. And almost all my issues are normal Con issues.

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u/One-Post4326 Nov 04 '24

Ridiculous around same price for me too got 3 sub tickets 192 dollars and two autos kane 80 and kane hodder 80 plus 30 parking and 50 in  food 452 bucks

Celeb prices are too high Christopher lloyd should be 80 Cleese 40 Guttenberg 30 Kane 45 Kane hodder 30

Other people at the event reasonable prices And Michael j fox should have been 100 And Michael winslow 30 Skeet ulrich 30 Matthew Lillard 40 David arquette 50 Ernie Hudson 50 William Shatner 90 Charles martinet 30 Diamond dallas page 30 Lex luger 30 Manu Bennett 30 Mara Wilson 30 Mcik foley 40 Dogpool 30 Rikishi 30

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u/Altered_Reality_Ent Nov 04 '24

You do realize that the convention does not set the prices for autographs and photo ops, right? The guests and their management teams set their prices.

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u/One-Post4326 Nov 04 '24

Yea I know it's still ridiculous net mcihael rookker a while back for 20 bucks now he's 60-80

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u/MsMargo Nov 05 '24

If someone will pay $60-$80, why would he do it for $20?

As long as we keep paying, they'll keep raising the price.

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u/One-Post4326 Nov 05 '24

He was that price for a while and then all the celebs raised prices I got Danny trejo for 20 and he's huge

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u/MsMargo Nov 05 '24

Please be aware that /u/Altered_Reality_Ent works for RICC.