Mad May Market - Vendor review

Forwarded to me by a friend who had asked a vendor how Mad May Market was...

 

"There was zero to no traffic, most of the people I saw were staying at the camp grounds. The regulars at the bar had no idea that there was an event going on. Zero to no signage for the event. 

...

If they sold 100 wristbands that day, I'd be shocked."

"I feel bad, I met this one woman who traveled from Philly and paid to stay at the resort, hoping to make a profit. No one made any money." 

As per usual, if anyone else has more information about this event or others, or about Blackthorne as a venue (I'm hearing some interesting rumors currently), please feel free to comment. All comments are moderated before posting. 

Halloween Oddities Market

 Yet another JM event: Halloween Oddities

Halloween Oddities Market, at Blackthorne Resort. 

Please be aware, friends! 

Vendor gift certificates

 I was recently contacted by someone who was considering vending at the Oddities Market at Blackthorne. Since they were on one of the email threads, they got a chain email called "Good luck getting Jeff to Pay you"

This email brought up the vendor gift certificates (formerly known as "Jeff Bucks") and:

"In this email it details how he's telling vendors there's no money left to pay them, trying to get them to roll over their credit to next year, threatening to ban them from every even in the north east, etc."

According to JM, he paid out $13,000 in vendor gift certificates. 

Per the email snippets I was sent, it sounds like some people were paid and others were not. 

Can vendors please confirm this information? Were you paid? 

I would also like to share this snippet from a conversation on the Discord server:

Handler:

you helped spread the message that we were short on cash and wanted people to roll over their gift certs into next year. 

which is exactly the message I wanted you to spread. 

but I love catching you people and dissecting you. The wounded innocence. The pretended noninvolvement. The coincidental nonanswers. The way you say one thing to me, then I have screenshots of you saying other things to other people. 

Blackthorne Resort question

 Question for all, since EE 2021 will be "live" from Blackthorne Resort. What is the wifi like up there? It is a location in the northern Catskills, with a lot of outdoor space. Their site says "Free Wifi within the Main Lobby" so I am curious as to how JM thinks this event is going to work... unless, of course, it isn't, and there are no refunds (but tickets will be good for a summer event?).