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Ticketmaster convenience charge (pg. 3)
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| Jayx1 |
then youd get 25 people buying tickets together. How would they make money then?
Give people a means to cheat the system and they will. Just look at the stealing cable thread for proof of that. |
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| gqstyles |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
then youd get 25 people buying tickets together. How would they make money then?
Give people a means to cheat the system and they will. Just look at the stealing cable thread for proof of that. |
I see your point, but don't you think that it would be a pain in the ass to try and round up a bunch of people to get tickets at the same time. I try and do that for events now and sometimes I really wish I wasn't the organizer for events because it turns out to take so much time and energy to get money from people. Maybe some people would go to the effort to round up a bunch of people to save that $4 per ticket. Anyway, we're all different. |
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| Jayx1 |
| the point is that ticketmaster isnt a charity. They offer a service to make money. If you dont like the service you are free to go to the box office yourself and get the tickets without charge. |
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| Ortemy |
| Well funny thing is that picking up a ticket at their location costs 2.25 on top of convinience charge, and printing them out costs $4, which completely does not make sense. |
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| Ortemy |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
the point is that ticketmaster isnt a charity. They offer a service to make money. If you dont like the service you are free to go to the box office yourself and get the tickets without charge. |
And I will as soon as I am in TO. |
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| Jayx1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ortemy
Well funny thing is that picking up a ticket at their location costs 2.25 on top of convinience charge, and printing them out costs $4, which completely does not make sense. |
sure it does. It cost more to print out a ticket and pay the store outlet a commission than it does for you to print it on the web.
Do you think those stores that offer ticketmaster do that for free as well? NOPE that also costs money. |
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| Jayx1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ortemy
And I will as soon as I am in TO. |
by that time the face value of the ticket will probably cost more anyways ;) |
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| JRinger |
What some of the people who are arguing in support of TicketMaster's criminal service charges seem to forget is that more and more often you CANT go to the venue to buy tickets to avoid the service charge. It's happening more and more that TicketMaster is the ONLY option to buy tickets for certain events -- there are no ticket sales at the venue. Many concerts only sell tickets through TicketMaster, especially for first-day sales. Leaf tickets are often only sold through TicketMaster on the first day (and if you don't get 'em on the first day, good luck getting them afterwards)
The convenience charge is also not $4. Raptors tickets, for example, will cost you a $6.50 "convenience charge" PER TICKET. That can be as much as 50% of the cost of the ticket (if you're buying $12.50 seats). |
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| Jayx1 |
well then its quite simple. If you cant afford the total costs of a service then you cant afford to go.
How many times do we have to pay extra charges above and beyond the listed price?
We do everyday...
sales tax, flight surcharges, electricity surcharges, fuel surcharges, cell phone access fees etc etc etc
I think what they should do is just raise the price of ALL tickets and kill the service fee. Face it, whether its listed seperately or included in the price you are going to pay the fee either way. |
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| JRinger |
Thats a completely different argument than the one you were presenting earlier in this thread.
You were justifying the service charges earlier by saying it's the cost of doing business (and profting) for TicketMaster, and that it's the price of convenience for the consumer -- and to avoid it you could always go to the venue. Now you're saying it's just always part of the cost of the ticket, so if you can't afford it too bad.
Which is it?? |
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| Jayx1 |
its both...
these companies are out to make a profit. They provide a service. If you dont like it or cant afford it then dont use it. If the exclusive use of ticketmaster bothers you then you should write a letter to the venue or concert promoter in question and demand that this be changed. If it really really bothers you then you are free to not attend the event.
It's quite simple really. |
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| baystreetboi |
| quote: | Originally posted by JRinger
What some of the people who are arguing in support of TicketMaster's criminal service charges seem to forget is that more and more often you CANT go to the venue to buy tickets to avoid the service charge. It's happening more and more that TicketMaster is the ONLY option to buy tickets for certain events -- there are no ticket sales at the venue.
The convenience charge is also not $4. Raptors tickets, for example, will cost you a $6.50 "convenience charge" PER TICKET. That can be as much as 50% of the cost of the ticket (if you're buying $12.50 seats). |
If this is the case, you should be complaining to the venue, not at Ticketmaster. As has been stated many times before, Ticketmaster is providing a service which you have to compensate them for. If the venue wants to cut costs by not having their own box office, why should Ticketmaster bear the costs of this decision? |
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