Paying up front?

MattG · 12-11-2012, 07:55 PM

A question was brought up in another post. Do you pay for the comp (send in a check) when you send in your sign up sheet? Or do you wait till your accepted and they request payment. I've always paid up front (some are 4 -6 mths out) when I send in my comp app but that limits me to how many comps I can do early in the year. How does everyone else do it?

nukenight · 12-11-2012, 08:03 PM

I try and pay for contest registrations about 1-2 months out. However, many of my compatriots who cook like to pay when they arrive. They usually contact the promoter and tell them they are coming several weeks or so before the event. With money being tight, it is logical that cooks want to pay as late as possible.

Smokin Mike · 12-11-2012, 08:19 PM

well, If I waited to pay, I couldn't do any contests, they do sell out fast around my area.

Pole D · 12-11-2012, 08:21 PM

I just received an application for a competition in August. They want payment sent with the application.

MattG · 12-11-2012, 08:39 PM

I think that most do pay upfront. But at a few comps this year I heard some teams say they are paying when they get there or a few weeks out. We have only done backyard but we've vend a few BBQ comps as well. We are going "pro" next year and was just wondering is this the norm.

dmprantz · 12-11-2012, 09:02 PM

Most comps expect a check at time of application. Once or twice I've made special arrangments, but those are exceptions. Usually I pay ASAP to reserve a spot, or the last day before the early bird discount goes up.

82's BBQ · 12-11-2012, 09:57 PM

I pay when I send our application in.

Slamdunkpro · 12-11-2012, 10:32 PM

No more than 90 days unless it's a "no refund for any reason" comp then it's as close to the event as possible.

Gowan · 12-12-2012, 03:46 AM

As an organizer, I only consider a team to be entered into a contest when their money is in my hands. Sending in an app without payment means no more than a verbal "Yeah, we'll be cooking your contest this year" - interesting to know, but not an entry.

Every contest I've entered as a cook operates the same way.

Rich Parker · 12-12-2012, 07:30 AM

I send mine the last couple days before the early bird special ends if there is one or I wait until a month or so before.

Big Mike · 12-12-2012, 08:36 PM

All comps around here require payment with the application. If you send a application with no payment, you are not officially entered.

riblette · 12-13-2012, 04:41 PM

Just curious, (we rarely compete outside CA,) is and early bird dicount pretty common everywhere? It is here, so we wait until the last couple days before that deadline.

Some promoters out here now have their registration completely online, and you can't even submit your registration form without an online payment.

Thx.

Jason TQ · 12-13-2012, 04:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by riblette

Just curious, (we rarely compete outside CA,) is and early bird dicount pretty common everywhere? It is here, so we wait until the last couple days before that deadline.

Some promoters out here now have their registration completely online, and you can't even submit your registration form without an online payment.

Thx.

I think I saw about 3 contests out of the 19 we did that had early discounts. So not a large portion. Could be different elsewhere. More seem to be doing online too which is really nice.

Rich Parker · 12-14-2012, 11:56 AM

Majority in the upper midwest offer early bird specials.

12-11-2012, 07:55 PM	#1
MattG is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 06-29-09 Location: Madison Ga.	Paying up front? A question was brought up in another post. Do you pay for the comp (send in a check) when you send in your sign up sheet? Or do you wait till your accepted and they request payment. I've always paid up front (some are 4 -6 mths out) when I send in my comp app but that limits me to how many comps I can do early in the year. How does everyone else do it? __________________ Matt Goodman Deep South Smoker, UDS in progress Check us out on Facebook [url]http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pots-BBQ/107610505962113[/url]

12-11-2012, 08:03 PM	#2
nukenight On the road to being a farker Join Date: 07-16-10 Location: Lafayette, LA	Depends I try and pay for contest registrations about 1-2 months out. However, many of my compatriots who cook like to pay when they arrive. They usually contact the promoter and tell them they are coming several weeks or so before the event. With money being tight, it is logical that cooks want to pay as late as possible.

12-11-2012, 08:19 PM	#3
Smokin Mike is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 09-06-07 Location: St. Johns, FL	well, If I waited to pay, I couldn't do any contests, they do sell out fast around my area. __________________ Disco Pigs competition team Gateway drums Yoder 640 and 1500 FEC-100's KCBS, FBA Judge

12-11-2012, 08:39 PM	#5
MattG is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 06-29-09 Location: Madison Ga.	I think that most do pay upfront. But at a few comps this year I heard some teams say they are paying when they get there or a few weeks out. We have only done backyard but we've vend a few BBQ comps as well. We are going "pro" next year and was just wondering is this the norm. __________________ Matt Goodman Deep South Smoker, UDS in progress Check us out on Facebook [url]http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pots-BBQ/107610505962113[/url]

12-11-2012, 09:02 PM	#6
dmprantz is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 01-11-08 Location: Nashville	Most comps expect a check at time of application. Once or twice I've made special arrangments, but those are exceptions. Usually I pay ASAP to reserve a spot, or the last day before the early bird discount goes up. __________________

12-11-2012, 08:21 PM	#4
Pole D is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 09-06-09 Location: Cary, NC	I just received an application for a competition in August. They want payment sent with the application.

12-11-2012, 09:57 PM	#7
82's BBQ Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 01-21-12 Location: Danville, IL	I pay when I send our application in.

12-11-2012, 10:32 PM	#8
Slamdunkpro Babbling Farker Join Date: 02-27-07 Location: Northern VA	No more than 90 days unless it's a "no refund for any reason" comp then it's as close to the event as possible. __________________ Aporkalypse Now Competition BBQ team Thanks to our sponsors: Wusthof Trident USA, Creekstone Farms, Myron Mixon Smokers & The BBQ Guru MABA 2014 Team of the Year Spicewine Tandem - "The Beast", 2 Vulcan V33's & 1 V9 Brinkman modified upright, Weber Kettle(s); Meadow Creek Pr-24, Super Stealth Mode black & Night Vision Red Thermopens ----------------- MABA - (Mid Atlantic BBQ Association) President KCBS Certified Judge - #23289

12-12-2012, 03:46 AM	#9
Gowan is Blowin Smoke! Join Date: 08-08-07 Location: Cartersville, GA	As an organizer, I only consider a team to be entered into a contest when their money is in my hands. Sending in an app without payment means no more than a verbal "Yeah, we'll be cooking your contest this year" - interesting to know, but not an entry. Every contest I've entered as a cook operates the same way.

12-12-2012, 07:30 AM	#10
Rich Parker Babbling Farker Join Date: 06-20-09 Location: Grand Rapids, MI	I send mine the last couple days before the early bird special ends if there is one or I wait until a month or so before. __________________ Outlaw BBQ Smoker - TheBBQSuperstore.com

12-12-2012, 08:36 PM	#11
Big Mike is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 10-12-07 Location: Dayton Ohio	All comps around here require payment with the application. If you send a application with no payment, you are not officially entered. __________________ ROLL TIDE!!!! Big Mike Eagle River Barbecue Yoder YS640 Stumps Platinum 5 Trailer Members Mark 8 Burner Gasser

12-13-2012, 04:41 PM	#12
riblette On the road to being a farker Join Date: 09-20-10 Location: folsom, ca	Just curious, (we rarely compete outside CA,) is and early bird dicount pretty common everywhere? It is here, so we wait until the last couple days before that deadline. Some promoters out here now have their registration completely online, and you can't even submit your registration form without an online payment. Thx.

12-14-2012, 11:56 AM	#14
Rich Parker Babbling Farker Join Date: 06-20-09 Location: Grand Rapids, MI	Majority in the upper midwest offer early bird specials. __________________ Outlaw BBQ Smoker - TheBBQSuperstore.com