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e-j
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Nov '06
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Date Posted:
5/3/07 10:19pm
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Can you use your credit card to buy things from dealers? Will they all have a credit card facility, or is it more a cash-only payment system?
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cathiecat
Title: Tuscon FF Historian
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Date Posted:
5/4/07 1:49am
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I would so be bringing a credit card if I had one.. but I don't.. and I don't know of any way I can get one either.. I had a bankruptcy a few years ago.. now my husband might could get one.. but then he would not be there with me to use the card.. and I don't even know how to get him a card anyway.. though we would at this point if we could..
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JediJustin
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5/4/07 6:12am
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Regardless of the amount I bring, it is becoming more & more clear that it is simply NOT going to be enough. 
I'm happy that I am able to get some items out of the way with the vendor exclusives pre-orders before the con. At least that will help me get a better grasp of how much I need to actually bring with me to CIV.
But then again, once I get into that Dealer Room and my eyes widen with delight, my budget goes out the window and all bets are off.
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jaklits
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May '07
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5/4/07 10:02am
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The whole food thing is going to be the wildcard for me. At C2 and C3 we brought our own food, our room had a kitchen, saved tons of cash. C1 was another story, we lived on Ihop and Kentucky fried chicken. This time it's going to be a budget buster. If there is another Celebration, please bring it back to Indy.
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ROTS_fanatic
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Feb '07
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5/4/07 3:13pm
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About that food thing, the only thing I'm bringing is about 10 candy bars.
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Amidala081499
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Sep '03
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5/4/07 4:40pm
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I agree....Indy would have been alot more economical for me and my family.
If you are staying at the Holiday Inn City Centre here is a tid bit of info. for ya....
If you are traveling with your family, guess what...KIDS EAT FREE...YIPPIE!!! The hotel also has reasonable prices for their meals. Dinner is $10 to $13, per plate, which believe it or not...is EXTREMELY resaonable for Los Angeles. Also, I believe the Holiday Inn offers a free breakfast as well, so these are some more money savings.
Just to give newcommers to the Convention an insight...Food at the Con is expensive. For a simple hamburger and fries, you are looking at $7.50 and $3.00 for a pop. I am unsure about breakfast, I never eat breakfast, so this I would have no idea of, but I hear packing energy bars is a good sense for breakfast.
Hope this helps!!!
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ROTS_fanatic
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Feb '07
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5/4/07 5:33pm
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About 300 Canadian dollars plus plane ticket.
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Dark Lady Mara
Title: Manager Emeritus
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Jun '99
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5/4/07 8:43pm
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I agree about getting your own food and finding a kitchen to cook in... or if nothing else, buy cereal and milk and stuff so you won't have to pay for breakfast if you're not going to be able to eat at the hotel. Eating out is one of my least favorite things about being on vacation because it always costs so much more than I think it's going to.
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glennfett
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Feb '02
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5/4/07 10:01pm
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Coming from Australia and with airfares going for $2000 AUD
Then there is hotel,food-which i plan on not doing too much of,pre orders-THANK GOD,and anything else i may have forgotten.It works out to be a pretty penny-prettier then some other ppls on various other boards whining  lol.17 days to GO!!!!!!
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echo-3
Title: CR & President
Bloomington, Ind.
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Mar '02
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Date Posted:
5/4/07 10:02pm
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Cash=Dealer Room/Store
Credit Card=Food
Thats my plan.
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glennfett
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Feb '02
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5/4/07 10:05pm
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yer just on that-will the dealers have EFT?>or should i really take some cash-still after those elusive 2 POTF figures from the 80's
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ValedaKor
Title: C-IV RSA
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Oct '00
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5/5/07 5:54am
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If you have a debit card/ATM card, you should be able to use it -- especially if the card has the Star Network symbol, or was issued from Visa/Mastercard. Just don't bring your "Australia only" card -- might have a spot of trouble there.
Credit cards will do fine, of course  .
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klingklang
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Jan '99
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5/5/07 6:20pm
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LukeSkiewalker posted:
I have no budget. I will be bringing some cash, but anything that I can I will put on a credit card just to make life easier.
That's going to be my gameplan as well. I just hope the majority of things at the convention accept credit cards.
Food-wise, I get the feeling I'm going to be making many trips up the 101 to In-N-Out so I can eat for less than $4 each time.
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