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Date with an Agent Dublin - Opinions

  • 09-04-2018 9:24pm
    #1
    buiscuit2168
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 56 ✭✭


    Hi, the Dublin Literary Festival in Dublin is on the end of May. One event is A Date with an Agent. You apply with appropriate fee sending in a few chapters of your work and a synopsis. I got an email last week say I had been successful and will be having a 15 meeting with a literary agent. I had to buy a €60 ticket which was ok, because there are workshops and information sessions. Today they emailed me to say it was a mistake, and they had sent an email in error to a few people. But I was assured the agent will be looking at my work, but no meeting, and no feedback.

    Has anyone had similar experiences or was a genuine mistake?


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  • #2
    km85264
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 146 ✭✭km85264


    That must be incredibly frustrating. I just got a straight no, was disappointed but now I'm pleased that I didn't get a false yes. They should really refund your ticket and allow you to attend anyway, given it must have been very upsetting for you and they made the mistake. A cynical person - not me, of course - might suggest this was a ploy to push up their sales. I'm sure it wasn't, but a gesture on their part would make it clear.


  • #3
    buiscuit2168
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 56 ✭✭buiscuit2168


    km85264 wrote: »
    That must be incredibly frustrating. I just got a straight no, was disappointed but now I'm pleased that I didn't get a false yes. They should really refund your ticket and allow you to attend anyway, given it must have been very upsetting for you and they made the mistake. A cynical person - not me, of course - might suggest this was a ploy to push up their sales. I'm sure it wasn't, but a gesture on their part would make it clear.

    That is exactly what I thought.


  • #4
    Das Kitty
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 17,231 Mod ✭✭✭✭Das Kitty


    Ask for a refund and they might magically find 15 minutes for you to meet the agent.

    Actually, I'd crow about it on Twitter if I were you. They fecked up, it's up to them to rectify it.


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