How much did you pay to get in?
Not so long back I paid about a fiver to get in to a soul night and it was pressings a go go. 150 capacity, fiver to get in, I wouldn't make a fuss... Twelve quid at a nighter, different story. Credibility plays a big part, as Mark Bicknell said about rare soul dj & tools for the job. Originals are always going to be rarer than pressings.
A collector and dj of rare original vinyl is worthy of respect and deserving of a decent cover charge. Any schmo can own and play pressings, they are not worthy of any respect in a collecting sense and do not sit well within a rare soul scene.
We've all stood with a dj or collector and marvelled, maybe handled a particulary rare item. They have that wow factor. Pressings have none of that, they are shit.