Sharing my displeasure about a fanmeeting I paid a big amount of money for doesn't interest anyone-_-

So as some of you guys know I was really looking forward to meeting 24K. I have missed them 2 times because of some reasons and so I thought now I can go and I will get a VIP ticket because compared to other groups it was very cheap. In total I paid around 350€ for that event which is a month worth of food maybe even 6 weeks for me. I'm only a student,having to pay my apartment and university fees and books. I don't have a rich family I have to pay for everything by myself. But after two semesters of hard work and very good grades I thought I could reward myself.

The following is what I posted on the Facebook page of the organisation and didn't receive any reply to. I'm thinking about writing to their label (the organisation said the label was responsible for having chairs as it's usually common for a fanmeeting)

 

I actually shared my displeasure about the 24k event in many ways but didn't get the responses I hoped for. I was comforted the way that I thought, hmm actually no one cares or they try to send me off. I am sorry that I have to go this way. I am usually someone who just displeasure up and tries to ignore it. But at some point, a limit is reached and I can't take it anymore. I have to let it out. So yeah, next time (as much as I love 24K) I probably won't buy a vip ticket. It was my first vip experience and it was nothing how I imagined it or heard from friends who had vip tickets for other groups before. 

Why? First of all, the organisation of this event was very messy. It started with when I arrived no one knew where the silver tickets ended and I was sent to the regs and had to find my own way to the front. When we were inside we received numbers from 1 to 20 but my friend and I were confused as we didn't know what to do with them and when we entered the part behind the curtain there was a huge mess. How were we supposed to know that we had to line up? The entire hall was a mess and a girl from the staff was very impolite to us. I understand it was busy and stressing but if you work in this business you have to be professional. That's the first thing you actually learn when taking such jobs. I'm an aspiring manager so I know what I talk about. 

We were told the members would respectively have a box for presents but also for that point we were disappointed as the staff lazily and unlovingly collected the presents for the boys. And even though I was told multiple times that the boys would receive our presents, I can't be sure, I can't be relieved about it. I gave a staff a pair of earrings I made for him to pass them to Hui who sadly couldn't be there because of visa problems and I hope at least he kept his promise to pass them. 

When it was finally our group's turn we were so excited but we got rushed through the high touch and the photos while groups before us had more time than us, which is very unfair since we paid a lot of money. (the groups before us were also silver ticket owners!) Also, we were ordered around where we had to stand or sit in this case and I wanted to stand at one of the sides because I wore a dress and high heels, squatting down in front of the boys actually made me feel uncomfortable.

The fanmeeting finally started and we were let to the front of the stage but instead of enjoying the event I was crying throughout of it. Not because of joy but because I was so incredibly unhappy. I couldn't see anything despite having bought a silver ticket, and there were more silver ticket holders around me who couldn't see anything. I could only listen because we were not allowed to film this event which would have been more comfortable for smaller visitors like me. I couldn't stand on my high heels anymore which would probably have given me a better view but my feet already hurt so much. I could only lean on my friend and cry. 

The thing I can't actually complain about was that even regs and earlys got a high touch because I was told it was the boys' own wish. Still, what did we silver tickets pay for? A bad view, a rushed photo with the guys and a free signed poster which in fact would have cost me less in total if I bought early or reg? 

I spent a month worth of food expenses for this event and I am only a student trying to finance my studies and my apartment and wanting to reward myself for my hard work for university. I expected more from this event and I am greatly disappointed how everything got handled including my complaints. I hope both Skey Ace and Choeun Ent can handle such an event better next time and give 24Us a better experience because I am sure that I am not the only one who got disappointed.

 

 

What would you guys do in my situation? It was a lot of money for me and a very bad experience and the boys were great but the organisation !

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sleepingprince
#1
Honestly such problem happen to many other groups as well especially if they were to tour overseas ... Its hard for them to find the right event organizer that shares the same interest in term of values , quality , safety and purposed. Most of them only care about profit wise. Not to mention the language barrier might cause some confussion , miscommunication and etc ... In other words its actually hard to host a fan meet / fan sign or any other activities especially in oversea unless if the group are from big company . Usually big influential company have more assets , money , manpower... So they will usually sent their team as well . For example bigger company sometimes will use their own equiptment and etc to enhance the quality of a concert .. While smaller company they might have to rent it and etc hence sometimes there's huge difference in terms of quality wise...
ziva1234
#2
That's awful. You paid for vip not bad treatment. I hope your next fanmeet will be better and not like this one
biasedonaron1
#3
honestly, that staff treating you unfairly made me so angry. in an event where people are very eager to meet someone and they're all fan, i can understand that maybe it was a bit chaotic, but thats no reason to be rude. thats ridiculous and you all shouldve been treated fairly because you were FANS.
second, i dont come from a particularly rich family either, and to hear you spent so much money on the event only to be pushed around, im fuming. what was the point of all that money if the outcome was so unforgiveable?
im sorry you had to go through that, it really T^T