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    For those of you who don't know, COMDEX is a convention that comes to Vegas every year. It used to be huge, 300,000 people. It was profitable for dancers and girls traveled from all over just to work this week.

    Last year wasn't so good I've heard, around 80,000 people.

    This year is worse. 50,000 people for comdex and way too many dancers! A lot of girls traveled for this week, only to be disappointed I'm sure. I almost feel sorry for them, but why didn't they do their homework? I knew 2 months ago that Comdex was going to be bad this year. Why travel to dance for a convention that was good three or four years ago? As a result no one is doing well. The dancer/customer ratio is 3/1. And from what I've noticed these COMDEX guys don't even spend that much!

    Sorry, I've had 2 bad nights of work and had to vent. If I realized that this was the week for Comdex I would've planned to take it off, but I didn't and now I need the money. I know another Vegas girl talked about taking the week off. I think it was NawtyGirl. She's the smart one.

    Thanks for listening to me rant and rave.

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    The guys are likely spending less simply BECAUSE of the high dancer/customer ratio. Why spend when they have 3 girls trying to get their attention at once? Too much eyecandy always means tighter wallets.

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    No comdex guys are cheepos,there was just way more to go around before,if I come in for a convention,I always check how many atendees it will have,for instance,they ust to have a vending convention in chicago,it use to have around 80-100,000 atendees,the last 2 years its had like 30-50,since sep 11,all convention attendance has been down everywere,I still always check the web sites for how many people will be in,if it isnt at least 80,000,I wont fly in.Sorry about that kobi,that sucks,yeah most girls just think ooh comdex and come in but dont do their research.

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    Comdex sucked last year too....I'm soooo glad I stayed home. CES is a better.
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    My friends wanted to go this week to vegas before Thanksgiving but I told them that the Comdex conventioneres are wasted space in Vegas.

    I realize there are alot of dancers in town but I can't deal with the drama as a customer during this time.So I booked for next week.

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    I hear the casino's aren't too enamored with the cheapskates either, from what I hear they fill lots of rooms but don't do much gambling either.

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    Yes, I took the week off, thank god!

    Comdex was only good when there was like 200K people in town...and then if you wanted to make money, you had to dance in volume. There were no high rollers, just tons of guys you had to wade through for just ONE $20 dance here and there. Plus girls have heard that "comdex is a big convention so it must be good" means that you are dealing with about 4 times as many girls on shift (if not more).

    Not only that, plenty of Las Vegas locals who work jobs that aren't strip club related, i.e. in casinos, restaurants, and cabbies, will tell you the same thing...the Comdex guys are cheap and a waste of space. It sucks for the girls that have travelled to work out here, but jeez, if you're going to travel somewhere to work, do your homework first.

    And I know that girls need to work, but I think of it this way...if I know ahead of time that on a certain week I will be busting my ass to make no money, I'm going to take the less stressful route and take that week off.

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    Which clubs are in the closest proximity to where COMDEX is being held?
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    All of them! Most of the main clubs are right around each other. All the Comdex people are staying in different places on the strip.

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    I remember going for the shopping center convention ICSC and Comdex was new.
    With the high tech industry down, isn't comdex a computer industry trade show?
    The shopping center industry is also down (Lot's of Walmarts and super targets mean fewer shopping centers) but how is the ICSC convention?

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    I'm new here and I hope I'm not intruding..but I have to agree on the fact that comdex sucks. My girlfriend called me last night, basically telling me I didn't miss much. I'm sorry you didn't do well Kobe, hopefully next week will be better!

    Same thing goes on come CES time...I'm convinced dancing in Vegas is not what it used to be. Last two years or so, it's been going downhill. JMO

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    When I was out there in August there was a APA pool tournament at the Riviera and it was tough to find a seat at the clubs through the weekend that it was going on. After it ended, there were seats galore.

    I think the National Finals Rodeo starts December 5 and runs for ten days. That ought to bring some people in. If you don't mind cowboys. YEE HAH!!
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    Kobi - Like I said in my PM to you, I saw three of those comdex guys trying to rip off the dancers. Unfortunately I was one of the two dancers who had to deal with a guy trying to rip me off for a measly $20. I don't know how much the other dancer was getting ripped off for, but at least she didn't have to call a bouncer over. I decided to just take the rest of the week off. I have never worked in a club where I saw 3 dancers in one shift getting ripped off. The positive - my apartment is so organized now.
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    OK, now that the Comdex week has gone by, I can now report that I DID NOT get the entire week off like I had originally planned. An old regular from out of town called me in to dance for him on Saturday and Sunday.

    Livegirlsunite, there were alot of Comdex guys ripping girls off money. I was at the Crazy Horse on Sat and Sun afternoon, and while I was sitting with my customer, I noticed SEVERAL guys being thrown out for non payment of dances.

    Alot of the girls I knew that were working that week had similar stories to tell of being ripped off money for dances. There were alot more then 3 girls getting ripped off the days I was there! The manager was so pissed, I heard him say, "I'm used to Comdex being bad, but not THIS BAD!"

    I can only thank god I had a nice customer to take care of me on those days, otherwise I would not have come in at all. And my customer's comment was, "What the hell is wrong with these people? I'll bet they think they can go in restaurants and eat for free too."

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    Nothing worse than a group of computer geeks, all of whom look like Bill Gates, trying to weasel out of paying for dances and getting thrown out because they are broke.

    From my point of view it might be celestial justice with them being broke for the
    pain and wasted time the computer revolution has caused all of us.

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    Comdex is known for cheapskates when it comes to visiting Vegas and the service industry.

    But to make it worse, Kobi, did you know the actual numbers of attendents for Comdex this year were closer to 25,000? They ANTICIPATED 50,000 but that was no where the attendance.

    This show used to be so huge. I guess it's hayday is over.
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    I'm just glad it's over. I made more in one night this week than I did in three days last week.

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    I was in LV during Comdex. The attendance was so low, I didn't even know it was going on It used to be a big deal, and when I was flying home, I heard some of the computer types lamenting how low the attendance was. I heard there is talk of combining Comdex with CES, but I don’t think that will happen. Comdex is supposedly going after a more specialized market now; hence the smaller number of attendees.

    BTW, I visited Treasures. It's ok, but I still CHII is still one of my favorites. And a short little anecdote about computer geeks. While at Treasures, the friend of the dancer who was sitting with me came over to say hello. She wasn’t busy, and I noticed an obvious computer guy sitting in the chair next to me. I was a little buzzed, and in a good mood, so I paid my dancer’s friend to do a dance for him, and I had to talk him into the “free” dance. Sheesh. Why go to a strip club if you not going to at least get a couple of dances.

    BTW, if you want to check what LV conventions are happening when, go to:

    http://www.lasvegas24hours.com/finde...endar/meetings

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