Nick
Traded at Bournemouth September 23 and…
Traded at Bournemouth September 23 and… Traded at Bournemouth September 23 and it was a complete shambles, sold a pitch for extortionate money and packed in so tightly the other traders either side had to literally crawl over us to get out, this was a serious health & safety/Fire issue, also for some reason the event was only about 30% the size it was portrayed to be and all cramped into one hall with 2 rows of traders, there was absolutely nothing to do for attendees and felt really sorry for them paying to get in to what was basically a glorified indoor bootsale, had people complaining to me about the event and apologised on Showmasters behalf, not sure why when we were treated equally as bad. At one point on Sunday when it was so empty cosplayers were so bored they were running around the empty hall playing catch me, not one of the showmasters staff stopped them even though they could have fell into someones stand and injured themselves let alone anyone else. On the Saturday the heat was incredible and no air conditioning was turned on even though many traders asked a member of the SM team, again I had people at my stand complaining. SM really do not care about visitors or attendees. Trade with these guys at your peril and if you attend, very best of luck. I have complained to them but on deaf ears so now compiling letters to relevant authorities such as H&S, Fire and trading standards to make them aware of what happened at this event. Absolute shambles and not good enough by a long way.....