It Didn't Take Long....

[Nick Salmon]

As the Centenary event wound down on the Saturday afternoon and those who had attended for just one day began to depart, the team in the reception area were approached by a number of people asking if various items that had been in the goody bags were available to purchase. 

There was a small surplus of some items and a spur of the moment decision was made to allow some purchases to be made. In retrospect it might have been a better decision to have held back the items but in a fast moving situation the team made decisions that we are happy to stand by. 

If you didn't know about the opportunity or missed out, we can only apologise but in the end not all the requests could ever have been accommodated as we simply did not have the requested quantity of spare stocks.

[Colin Wilks]

I really hope this Ebay sale doesn't mar things for people. As many others have said, and I make no apology for repeating, the whole event was a triumph of event planning and organisation. Sir Herbert would have approved.

[PeteUU]

Maybe a large proportion of the £107 that the eBay seller of the Attendees Centenary Badge made will be donated to the organisers of the event or to the benefactor of The Parkinson's Disease Society. That would be very good.

Maybe ?

[Nick Salmon]

Parkinsons is the beneficiary of proceeds from the separately organised Prescott Festival. The Centenary Event was not a fund-raising event.

[Ian Wegg]

Inevitably...   https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265808637194

[Tony Press]

There are some sad people out there- asking £75 - they would sell their own mother !

[JoeRowing]

I didn't attend the event and I can see the desire for a nice dash or rad shell badge to mark the centenary. Perhaps this is just filling the gap.

NB I wouldn't buy one of these as I wasn't there, and 75 quid is way beyond what I could justify for a " might be nice to have" item.

[cwchrisp]

I think the person/s who designed and the company who made the badges should feel pretty pleased and proud that they are so desirable and well made to fetch such a price

A big thanks to the sponsors too.

[Ian Wegg]

I didn't attend the event and I can see the desire for a nice dash or rad shell badge to mark the centenary. Perhaps this is just filling the gap.

NB I wouldn't buy one of these as I wasn't there, and 75 quid is way beyond what I could justify for a " might be nice to have" item.

I wouldn't buy one and I was there. As I said earlier, the value is in receiving one as a memento of the event. It is sad to see them commercialised in this way, although it is even sadder for me that the organisers saw fit to sell them on the last day of the event to people who already had one, which is really what has caused the issue. It is a shame the excess wasn't offered to those of us who attended but didn't otherwise get one. After all, we paid the same price for the tickets!

As to eBay, the original listing attracted 10 bidders. That means at least 9 people are willing to pay upwards of £100 for one of these plaques - a fact that won't have gone unnoticed in certain quarters. Add to that the comprehensive set of pictures that accompanied the listing and I think we will see quite a few coming up for sale in the future.

[Ruairidh Dunford]

For clarity, the cost of the entry ticket covered site rental, entertainment, security, insurance and aspects relating to displays etc.

The Goody bag and Attendance plaques were met entirely by the generosity of private sponsorship, not attendees pockets.