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860 attendees
225 suiters
$16k+ for @arfok
2023 theme: Wild Wild West
The next one will take place Sept 1-3, 2023
In this year of increased attendance for where does TTFC stand
in 2021
568 attendees
$6,000 for charity
So where do we stand?
Attendance Up by 292, while the charity donation is up by $10,000. This now makes the 9th convention to set a record
Furrnion 2022 takes place in Alacant, Alicante, Spain on March 23 to 26, 2023
Prices range from 65 euros to 120 euros which is almost the same as USD
Congrats for starting a new con, but in case you was wondering about that 10 year gap. That turns out the be the Cape May Fur Meet there is a full article on it on Wikifur
The thing that made CMFM unique in the furry con/meet/fest scheme of things was that it used a chartered train as part of the meet itself, operated by furries who happened to be CMSL employees. The initial meet charters involved the CMSL’s RDC cars M-407 or M-410. As the CMSL altered its operations the meet would make use of the CMSL trainset consisting of Lehigh Valley RR painted F7 #576, a former New York Central lounge car and one of the RDC’s acting as a cab car. The original crew consisted of LionKing acting as engineer and JFox conducting, but at some point Smrgol took over as conductor.
It ran from 2000 to 2014 A typical meet schedule included a train ride from Cape May Courthouse to Cape May with the stops at the Cape May County Zoo and Cold Spring, followed by a dinner and free exploration of Cape May, and a train ride back. The second day of the meet consisted of the train ride to Cold Spring, a school bus ride to the resort town of Wildwood, free exploration of its boardwalk and bus and train to get back.
This has to be one of the most remarkable things I ever saw in the fandom period. FurDu an Australian fur con both opened and closed it’s registration on Sept 1st, 2022. No it wasn’t a server glitch, they SOLD OUT.
That was taken HERE
The reason behind it is simple the Australian govt has a limit on large gathering such as fur cons all because of COVID. Although I can’t say for certain what that number was I believe from previous postings that it is somewhere between 500 and 600.
And once again the above was posted on the very same day Reg opened.
Happily earlier than last year and very thankfully zero issues. Some might notice the price increase, but everything is more expensive these days… so are fur cons.
In the last few months since I follow so so many artists and some fursuit makers I began to see more and more issues they were having when using PayPal.
All of this was laid in my lap by LuckFox 33 who then gave me access to a Online document of showing issue, after issues, of other PayPal users having accounts suddenly frozen, other limited, some even taken down with money owed to the account.
Take the story of @VexstacyArt they have been using PayPal for 11 years. Then all of a sudden there account is limited. Worse yet PayPal gave no explanation why. What makes this problem worse is they are not the only one.
I know some have said this could be because of a tax issue. Funny thing PayPal has zero authority to collect taxes. Also the taxes is not due until it winds up in someone’s bank account. Speaking of which, some have experienced funds having vanished with no explanation.
Then there are a few that involve Ukrainians, we all know the horror they are facing. Many need these funds for very basic needs such as food and shelter. PayPal isn’t letting a single penny through.
But I think the craziest one of all is what happened @BrdtE they have been using PayPay for years. Then all of a sudden their account gets suspended because PayPal Needs a Photo ID. You know they sent their passport and still nothing.
Believe me the stories get wilder and wilder like on account holder was denied access to their account for now get this “legal reasons and security measures”. But yet PayPal would not explain what they were.
The evidence is overwhelming PayPal is stealing from some accounts. Some like @LuckFox33 did get their money eventually, but still. It took multiple emails and phone calls to PayPal before someone even answered, then taking way long than it should to resolve the issue.
The hardcore fact is this artists, fursuit makers in fact anyone who takes on a commission is effected by this. Many have quit their jobs to do commission work and without PayPal what then? Use another App, that I recommend for now. Anything but PayPal. I have closed my PayPal account since, and recommend others do the same.
Some might be asking what is PayPal’s reply to all of this… Nothing. I emailed them weeks ago and still haven’t heard anything as of this date. Personally I wish I had more to say, but the facts speak for themselves and sadly that is where I have to leave this.
UPDATE: I encourage everyone to checkout what is happening with Flipper Zero and Pay Pal
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