What about the "Hands-On Expo"?

[Darklord]

I fully intended going but I had a better offer and went fishing instead. Was all fired up to go till I was informed it was basically a bit of a ripoff of the working with wood show with the same tired old demonstrators like Raffan, Vaughan and Bell I decided the fishing was a better option.

And after reading this.

Hands-on is run by the same people who wouldn't listen to us on here or take part in the forums in the past even though we offered them all the help under the sun. They are the same people who headed up and ran the Timber and Working With Wood Shows for Ridells and later DMG, before the show was sold to the new people EEE (Everything Exhibitions & Events)

I feel vindicated for not attending. Surely there should have been some sort of contract to say they would not run a similar show for 10 years or something along those lines. My goodness, one would think there would at least be a moral obligation if nothing else. How on earth can someone sell a business then start a clone of that business in direct competition to the one they sold. How unethical. Maybe this was common knowledge and that is why the attendance was poor.

Karma has struck and will strike again. I think they should get on bended knees and beg forgiveness of the people they sold the working with wood show to, especially if they intend to go ahead with the other shows as planned.

If they intend to continue running shows they need to have a go at something completely different, something new and fresh and leave the woodwork alone. If they continue in this vein, we the woodworking public will be the ones who really suffer, as they will surely cruel it for everyone.

Just my humble, honest and sincere opinion.

Darky

PS I chose to go up to Rockhampton for the weekend with a dear old friend, for the following result.
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Not a great photo, but the weekend was amazing and the barra steaks were to dye for.
Got to admit, I did not miss the expo for a second as I was having way too much fun.

[ubeaut]

Nice lookin' fishy for the little dishy and my favourite too.

I didn't say they owned the Timber and Working With Wood Shows. What I said was they ran them (for DMG World Media), or one ran them the others helped.

Don't look like there's anything more constructive coming from this thread so unless someone else has something to add it'll be closed tomorrow.

Neil

[Darklord]

Weather they owned it, or as you said, "headed up and ran" what they have done still seems to be unethical to me.

I will continue to attend and enjoy the working with wood shows but will not attend one of the hands on shows purely on moral grounds. Not even sure I will support the businesses that knew this yet exhibited at the show anyway.

Maybe it is time to close this thread.

DL

[woodnut]

I was talking with an exhibitor on the Sunday. I was told of two parents who rocked up at 3pm on the Saturday to collect their son working on the stand. They had to pay $15 each to enter plus a $10 parking fee. $40 to collect their offspring. They weren't amused apparently and neither was the exhibitor. It would seem ethics are not what they should be with the organisers.
Darklord, I could not agree more.