Greedy and complacent organisation where non-food traders are concerned.
英国世界音乐与舞蹈艺术节 (WOMAD UK Festival)的点评
点评:As a trader, this was a pretty awful experience. Whilst the staff were friendly and helpful, the pitch was way way overpriced considering how many non-food traders there were this year (2023). There were far too many stalls selling very similar clothing so that potential customers were just ‘bombarded’. This meant that each clothing stall was fighting for business the whole time, and especially in light of a really vast Oxfam stall in the main arena and another vast ‘pile em high, sell em cheap’ sweatshop style stall very close by. I have traded at many festivals including Latitude. I have never, ever lost money until now. I feel angry that clearly the organisers were increasing pitch fees AND the number of traders so they’re definitely onto a financial winner. My tiny business took a massive financial hit because of their greed. Either: increase the pitch fee and have fewer traders OR have more traders but a lower pitch fee. What happened this year was cynical and greedy. I won’t apply to trade with WOMAD again.
翻译:作为一名交易者,这是一次非常糟糕的经历。虽然工作人员友好且乐于助人,但考虑到今年(2023 年)有多少非食品贸易商,这次宣传的价格太高了。出售非常相似服装的摊位太多,导致潜在顾客遭到“轰炸”。这意味着每个服装摊位一直在争夺生意,尤其是考虑到主舞台上有一个非常大的乐施会摊位,而附近还有另一个巨大的“堆高,卖便宜”的血汗工厂风格摊位。我在包括 Latitude 在内的许多节日进行过交易。到目前为止,我从来没有亏过钱。我感到愤怒的是,组织者显然增加了推介费和交易者数量,因此他们肯定是财务赢家。由于他们的贪婪,我的小企业遭受了巨大的财务打击。要么:增加推介费并减少交易员,或者增加交易员但降低推介费。今年发生的事情是愤世嫉俗和贪婪的。我不会再申请与 WOMAD 进行交易。