FragFest News Item

Change to Pricing Policy

This does not affect ApriLAN
This change applies to all events after ApriLAN.

Its worth saying first that the cost of entry to our events has not increased. It will still be $20. Still the cheapest in Sydney, still the most bang per buck and still the best event in Australia.

LANparties in Australia have traditionally had a policy of online registration, then at the door payment. This was convenient when online payments were far from secure and inaccessibly pricey for the relatively small amount of money being transferred.

With automated PayPal payments allowing direct debit and credit card transactions, we can now shake free of registration "promises" and all the hassles of catering for an unknown attendance. Obviously from an event organisers point of view, this is simply a ridiculous way of ticketing. When you book a ticket of any kind over the internet, you pay for it there and then.

PayPal transactions do cost us some money and we are simply wearing the cost of the transaction, ask yourself if other events would do the same?

Until now we have been rewarding prepayment with perks and prizes, in an attempt to reward more people for commitment to attendance.

Paying before the day speeds up entry processing at the event, is far more secure and improves our cash flow. It also allows us to give you a discount (6 events are still $100) for loyalty.

We feel this step is a significant milestone towards larger and higher quality events. Also, it seems reasonable to us that people have their weekends planned ahead enough to know if they will be attending a LAN party the very next day.

The time for prepayments only has not yet come, however we will now adjust pricing to make prepayment a serious financial benefit.

Costing will be as follows...

Single Day Events
Online $20
At the door
- $30 registered
- $35 unregistered.

Frag-o-thon Overnight Events
Online $30
At the door
- $40 registered
- $45 unregistered

We will still accept cash prepayments at prior events for future events. PayPal payments have superseded direct debit payments, but we will process them if you accidentally use them. Obviously this may take several days to wait for the money to arrive.

Because PayPal payments are instant, they will be allowed up until registration closes. This is generally the night before the event.