Originally Posted by PowerCum

Going to big parties is a waste of time usually. If you fall into the whale category it's even worse. No one pays attention to you unless they finally realize what amount of sales can you send to them. At that moment you get like 5 or 10 sales reps annoying you all the day asking you to send traffic to them.
The funny thing is that they don't even have power to negotiate some decent deal... so it's not only a major annoyance but also it's a waste of time and nerves.

So... if I go to some gathering or party I expect to make business... what's the point of going there if the person who is supposed to make the deals with me is unable to negotiate a custom deal because he has no decision power?

Also don't think that everyone wants to be in the GFY "Bro" club. There are other webmasters "Bro" clubs that are for webmasters only and we do our own parties and business without sales reps and other useless people.
Last one was this last weekend in London... and we did lots of good business as usual