Don’t Cry Outloud

Folks, it’s been one heck of a wacky weekend! See, we had some problems with our applications process that meant we weren’t able to approve or deny applications for, like, THREE MONTHS. Once we got it fixed, ALL THE EVERYONE got approved at once, which made us completely sell out of spaces overnight on Saturday night! This should be GREAT news, right? What kind of local craft show sells out of 170 spaces three months before the show! That’s NUTS!

Unfortunately, this left about 130 vendors in our system that had been approved but never had access to the Vendor Agreement Invoice, which is what lets you pay us and makes us put you on the map. ALL SPACES FOR THE CAPTAIN SLINKY ODDMALL EVENTS ARE AVAILABLE ON A FIRST-PAID, FIRST-SERVED BASIS! You could be approved and still not be guaranteed to get a space at Oddmall till you’ve paid. As “Let Them Eat Cake” as it sounds, all an approval from our judges means is that we will allow you to give us money for the privilege of being in our show. And when your money comes, we will use it to buy more champagne hot tubs and cocaine lobsters. IT’S CAPITALISM, BABEEEEE!!!

We can’t leave all those vendors stranded, regardless of how Elite we may be!

We are currently waiting to hear from The Fairgrounds to see if we can expand to a SECOND BUILDING for all those who have been left behind. This is going to be a HUGE GAMBLE for us, seeing as how this is the same weekend as such great shows as Grit City Comic Show, Geek Girl Con, KumoriCon and more! If we can get the second building (which holds about 90 vendors), this is going to be NUTS. MORE ENTERTAINMENT! MORE PHOTO OPS! MORE PRIZES!!! MORE OF THE GOOD KIND OF WEIRDNESS WE ALL THRIVE ON!

So now all we have to do… is wait. Wait to hear from the folks at the Fair Grounds. They’re great to us and scrambling to find solutions for us AS WE SPEAK! But till then, your pal Captain Slinky is just kind of in a holding pattern waiting to spring into action and make this all happen!

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