Pay to play

Show tickets for salon international were 20 BP, about $40. Just about the same as a ticket to a show here. Classes were extra. There was a list of many classes, all for extra cost. The list was long. The names were big names in our industry. The prices were high by my assessment. It is interesting to me that show attendees here would balk at paying for off the floor education and really balk at prices like the equivalent of $150 for a 2 hour presentation. But at Salon International the classes sold well and were attended well. What does that say about the value placed on education both here and there? What does that say about the show model here in the U.S.?