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03/06/2005 04:03:52 PM · #1 |
| //www.nationalpressassociation.org/ |
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03/06/2005 04:07:32 PM · #2 |
Don't think it's a 'scam' so much as I doubt that pass will get you into anything you couldn't get into by yourself.
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03/06/2005 04:19:19 PM · #3 |
Hmm, Mr Google can't find anything about the National Press Association in Washington (after a quick check) and the site is hosted on a Yahoo server. Doesn't mean its a 'scam' but doubt I'd get into anywhere free with one, also I didn't see the price? will take another look
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03/06/2005 04:21:17 PM · #4 |
Looks legit, but looks can be deceiving.
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03/06/2005 04:23:43 PM · #5 |
I'm sure for your $85 they will print out your ID card and send you the lamination materials. In that respect it isn't really a 'scam'. I'll print you one too and send you the lamination sheets as well - call it $45.
However, the one I'd print up will be just as useful. As soon as anyone asks you what the pictures would be used for, you are left with no legitimate answer - it isn't a press association, it isn't a paper, it isn't a magazine etc. So legit maybe, useful probably not. |
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03/06/2005 04:24:08 PM · #6 |
Looks to me like those mail-order college degrees; all you're getting is the document that sez "member of the press".
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03/06/2005 04:31:32 PM · #7 |
I'd steer clear.
Can anybody read the telephone number on the card? would love to get hold of the freephone number on the back as well, probably a teenagers cell phone and when it rings he says "yes, its a legite press card".
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03/06/2005 05:16:40 PM · #8 |
| I've read about this before - basically you're buying membership into a powerless agency whose credentials won't get you into most places anyway. Scribble "PRESS" onto a piece of paper with a Sharpie and stick it in your hat for about the same effect :) |
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03/06/2005 05:26:05 PM · #9 |
| Confidence and an air of authority will get you just as far. The affirmative nod is another good technique. |
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03/06/2005 05:44:23 PM · #10 |
Confidence definitely count for heaps.
I was at the Gold Coast Indy last year. I wandered into the Indy area, they have that whole section of the Gold Coast fences off. I simply walked through a side gate, past security, and as I was clutching an SLR with a large white lens they must have assume I was press. I saved myself over $100 on the entry!
Why did I look so confident and managed to bluff my way in?
Because I had no idea I had even managed to get in, I was expecting the ticket styles to come up just after *laugh*
Unfortunately, 15 minutes later I had wandered out again without realising I had passed through a security point and as I did not have a ticket could not get back in. I've been kicking mjyself ever since *laugh*
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