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I will go by my mailbox today and see if its in there. Kind of disappointed to here they are generic but I can understand why.

With the way the climate of the left is and today's technology, do you want your name on display? It would be easy to take a picture and capture names for the face that is walking in. I'll take off my tinfoil hat now...

Or, maybe it was just cheaper to make them all the same and the NRA can use the extra cash to do some good.

All this interest in badges, I thought I would help you folks out.

Woohoo! Just got mine in the mail. And boy... OK, my expectations were already very low. Extremely low. But no, somehow, the NRA hit the mark below the bar. I saw the letter. Looks great. I saw the badge holder. OK, it's an odd, nonstandard design. Fine. Wait, where's the badge? It's not in the holder. It's not on the letter or the letter itself. I looked in the envelope and saw a mailer insert buried in the bottom. Could that be it? No... it doesn't even look like a badge. It looks like an information sheet. It's not even on card stock! Oh, darn. But that's all I got. The mailer insert does fit in the badge holder though... Seriously, is that the badge? *sigh*

Led Zepplin's take on the badges...

Excuse me
Oh will you excuse me
I'm just trying to find the badge... Has anybody seen the badge?

(Have you seen the badge?)
I ain't seen the badge!

(Where's that confounded badge?)

strogg wrote:Woohoo! Just got mine in the mail. And boy... OK, my expectations were already very low. Extremely low. But no, somehow, the NRA hit the mark below the bar. I saw the letter. Looks great. I saw the badge holder. OK, it's an odd, nonstandard design. Fine. Wait, where's the badge? It's not in the holder. It's not on the letter or the letter itself. I looked in the envelope and saw a mailer insert buried in the bottom. Could that be it? No... it doesn't even look like a badge. It looks like an information sheet. It's not even on card stock! Oh, darn. But that's all I got. The mailer insert does fit in the badge holder though... Seriously, is that the badge? *sigh*

Same here. I even did a double take and pulled the envelope out of the trash to make sure i didnt accidentally throw it away... I was even gonna email them and tell them they sent the badge holder but forgot to send the badge... very underwhelming.

They are just tickets to get in the door and identify you as a member instead of an exhibitor or employee.. What's the big deal? If you really need a fancy badge you can have your own made as I showed in my previous post.

mojo84 wrote:They are just tickets to get in the door and identify you as a member instead of an exhibitor or employee.. What's the big deal? If you really need a fancy badge you can have your own made as I showed in my previous post.

It isn't a big deal to me, just surprised that they aren't more personalized or have a QR code so that vendors could scan it and capture your info if you were interested in a product and wanted to be added to a mailing list.

Grundy1133 wrote:

strogg wrote:Woohoo! Just got mine in the mail. And boy... OK, my expectations were already very low. Extremely low. But no, somehow, the NRA hit the mark below the bar. I saw the letter. Looks great. I saw the badge holder. OK, it's an odd, nonstandard design. Fine. Wait, where's the badge? It's not in the holder. It's not on the letter or the letter itself. I looked in the envelope and saw a mailer insert buried in the bottom. Could that be it? No... it doesn't even look like a badge. It looks like an information sheet. It's not even on card stock! Oh, darn. But that's all I got. The mailer insert does fit in the badge holder though... Seriously, is that the badge? *sigh*

Same here. I even did a double take and pulled the envelope out of the trash to make sure i didnt accidentally throw it away... I was even gonna email them and tell them they sent the badge holder but forgot to send the badge... very underwhelming.

Quit complaining already. You wanted in the exhibit...you're getting into the exhibit. Feel free to bedazzle till satisfied.

I would rather them spend money on keeping my 2A rights intact rather than having my name, rank and serial number emblazoned all over the place.

ETA: the insert states you can get an insignia to show your membership level, should you so desire. I couldn't care less, and will be attending as a "regular" member.

cyphertext wrote: It isn't a big deal to me, just surprised that they aren't more personalized or have a QR code so that vendors could scan it and capture your info if you were interested in a product and wanted to be added to a mailing list.

That would have been an inexpensive value add for all. I'm hoping I can cover everything on my list in a day. (can only go one day) so the QR would have been a great benefit [potentially].

still waiting for mine - but now i am starting to think if it came in a really cheap looking package i may have mistaken it for junk mail and thrown it out.

cyphertext wrote:

mojo84 wrote:They are just tickets to get in the door and identify you as a member instead of an exhibitor or employee.. What's the big deal? If you really need a fancy badge you can have your own made as I showed in my previous post.

It isn't a big deal to me, just surprised that they aren't more personalized or have a QR code so that vendors could scan it and capture your info if you were interested in a product and wanted to be added to a mailing list.

I was very surprised that the badges didn't have QR codes (or something similar) for exactly this reason..
Not being able to swipe a badge to get on an exhibitor information list is very 1980's.

FYI... Make your own QR code... http://www.i-nigma.com/CreateBarcodes.html
Not sure who will be set up to read it, however.

Hey, I'm not complaining that it didn't come personalized with gold embroidery or with anything fancy shmancy. They were making such a big deal about the meeting that I was expecting something more than, "Let's hope they realize this is the badge."

thelurker wrote:

Grundy1133 wrote:

strogg wrote:Woohoo! Just got mine in the mail. And boy... OK, my expectations were already very low. Extremely low. But no, somehow, the NRA hit the mark below the bar. I saw the letter. Looks great. I saw the badge holder. OK, it's an odd, nonstandard design. Fine. Wait, where's the badge? It's not in the holder. It's not on the letter or the letter itself. I looked in the envelope and saw a mailer insert buried in the bottom. Could that be it? No... it doesn't even look like a badge. It looks like an information sheet. It's not even on card stock! Oh, darn. But that's all I got. The mailer insert does fit in the badge holder though... Seriously, is that the badge? *sigh*

Same here. I even did a double take and pulled the envelope out of the trash to make sure i didnt accidentally throw it away... I was even gonna email them and tell them they sent the badge holder but forgot to send the badge... very underwhelming.

Quit complaining already. You wanted in the exhibit...you're getting into the exhibit. Feel free to bedazzle till satisfied.

I would rather them spend money on keeping my 2A rights intact rather than having my name, rank and serial number emblazoned all over the place.

ETA: the insert states you can get an insignia to show your membership level, should you so desire. I couldn't care less, and will be attending as a "regular" member.

not complaining... simply stating that I've never been before so i actually almost threw the inserts away until i realize that THAT was the badge. nothing on it says "admission" or anything. I just thought it was an itinerary and was gonna toss it.

montgomery wrote:still waiting for mine - but now i am starting to think if it came in a really cheap looking package i may have mistaken it for junk mail and thrown it out.

There's very little chance of that. It came in a bubble padded envelope about as big as a piece of printer paper.

strogg wrote:Hey, I'm not complaining that it didn't come personalized with gold embroidery or with anything fancy shmancy. They were making such a big deal about the meeting that I was expecting something more than, "Let's hope they realize this is the badge."

Clearly you are not alone in thinking this way.