OO2 magazine event gone bad:
I am disappointed with an event 002 magazine held recently. We went to Fashiontini at Hotel Sorella. It cost $20 at the entrance for this 1 1/2 event in which you received 1 drink ticket and a chance to enter raffle for free stay at Hotel. First complaint, that "free" drink was mixed with the cheapest vodka/alcohol possible. The "raffle" was never done. To even enter, you had to provide a business card, if you remembered to bring one, which I am sure was really a gimick to obtain marketing information. All raffles usually are, but I have been to some where tickets were given out instead of collecting your information. There were "goody" bags handed out, which only consisted of a Nieman Marcus MINI notebook, an itty bitty Dove body wash, and an itty bitty skin cream. Included in the bags were a plastic surgeons business card and postcards for Vitamin water.
This magazine is huge. They have resources to put on a great show and provide complimentary items to their guests. Part of the $20 supposedly went to a wacky charity I never heard of. What I would have preferred would have been to not be "forced" to pay the $20, and I could have done without the cheap drink ticket and rackety goody bag. The hotel made so much money on drinks that night. For just our 4 drinks after the show, we paid $45 at the hotel bar. A portion of their proceeds should have been donated to the wacky charity.
To 002, greater thoughts should be put into your productions. Take into account the wallet of your patrons because once they feel abused, they are not coming back. read more