It is a real shame that it is getting to be all about money with the club and this show in particular. You should always get a catalog free with a paid ad. Potomac is going to price themselves right out of being the best specialty in the country, and I for one am calling this my last year to attend after so many years of exhibiting there. When they decide they care more about Labradors and putting on a first class show again instead of making the most money that they can I will go back.
And while we are bitching: there is NO apostrophe in a plural word unless the singular word ends in an "s". So it's "ads" not "ad's" to denote more than one ad.
Just had to get that off my chest - I've never figured out whey people think an apostrophe is needed anytime there's an "s" at the end of a word!
Thanks (not thank's)
If a full page catalog ad is placed, you DO receive a complimentary catalog. I asked and received an answer. So "Money Honey" you best check your facts!
I'll tell you what. I happily paid $75 for a full page ad. What better advertising can you get, with more breeders onsite, from all around the globe and your dog in the ring for viewing??
$75 is a small price to pay for that kind of exposure.
I make notes in my catalog, and all of my specialty catalogs are filed at home with notations reflected upon. Betcha I'm not the only one who does this.
I advertised 2 years ago and if my memory is right, I paid $50 a page. That's a large jump to $75 and I can't afford it. If you can, that's good for you.
I'm not sure if I'm attending after recently hearing the match is being held indoors. Apparently the club wants us that show our dogs need to pay for their spending curves.
Well,I don't have a money tree in the dog yard. I could add several other things that bother me.
I'm not poor but I'm sure not today's standards of wealthy. I have other things I want in my life besides the Potomac if I have the funds available.
If you don't mind the price of advertising going sky high that's fine. I do mind it and wont advertise.
To each our own.
As long as this is turning into a complaint page - I'm still upset about the Obedience being moved. I think we should refrain from entering any obedience until it is moved back to the main site.
Good Lord, what a bunch of crabby bitches. The catalog's (yes, there should be an apostrophe there....) too expensive, the venue isn't right....blah, blah, blah.
I hope that when the rest of the clubs in this country are able to put on a show of the magnitude and class of The Potomac, that they will enjoy the criticism this club endures.
I say, good luck to the club members in the coming months, here's to good weather and another wonderful show!!!
To "Free Speach" I do not understand your comment about paying for a reserved parking spot????????????
OK I guess it was just a "try to be funny comment"?
I parked wherever I found a spot when I arrived.
I for one would love to just give the Potomac folks a break and try to enjoy the show.
It is an amazing amount of work to put something like this together. No matter what they do, they will not please everyone.
Our labs are very adaptable, so we should be too!
Potomac is my all time favorite show and I for one can't wait until April. And for all you haters out there, you should at least know what you are talking about if you have to go spreading your poison...
You do get a complimentary catalog with a full page ad,
And for the grammar police (that would be you "So it's "ads" not "ad's" "), learn how to spell! (The word is WHY not WHEY)