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| 2tall |
stop looking at it as a $20 ticket + $10 fees. look at it as a $30 ticket right from the start and don't stress over it.
it's like being pissed off at best buy for advertising a TV for $999, and then being outraged that it costs $1100 out the door after fees (taxes).
or ask your promoter to only charge $17.50 for his ticket, so that after fees it comes out to $20.00 even.
for the places that already sell their tix at $20 even, what about the 2.5% credit card processing fee or whatever that's in there.
or how about that $4.00/gallon gasoline you're buying. it's actually more like $2.50/gallon + fees... 75 cents federal, 50 cents state, 25 cents local.
bottom line, the price is going to be built in there somewhere anyways, so whether you see it or not $30 ticket is going to be $30 or ($20+$10).
it's another thing when the fees aren't disclosed, but when you're there on the purchasing about to hit SUBMIT, you see the price.
i'd be more pissed off about showing up to a venue and discovering that the water is priced at an unreasonable $7.50/bottle. |
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| jonmitz |
except taxes are actually used for good things.
i'm okay with eventbrite's charges, they are reasonable. i hope ticketmaster goes bankrupt and the CEO is murdered in the street.
I think it was my coachella tickets that had a total of like +$120 in fees, a small portion (maybe $20 or 30) that was for the polo fields. I mean, come the on. They literally added close to $100 just for using their service? and when you have tends of hundreds of tickets they are netting millions of dollars. you can't defend that, it's highway robbery. |
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| 2tall |
| quote: | Originally posted by jonmitz
i'm okay with eventbrite's charges, they are reasonable. |
event owner decides whether to put fees on top of price or include them in the price. (http://www.eventbrite.com/t/fee-handling-options) so it's a marketing decision on the promoter's part. that way the promoter can say "Tickets only $20" on their flyer, only for you to discover it's $22.50 after fees. promoter could have priced his tickets $17.50 and included fees and it would be "$20" out the door (wow, how nice.. no fees!". "$17.50" on the flyer doesn't look as good.
unlike eventbrite though, i don't think ticketmaster allows the promoter/event owner to include the fees in a lump sum. |
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| HearHarmonic |
Ticketing fees are ing horrible. It should be a law 10% max. Brown paper tickets is a really cheap site for fees. I think it was like a $1 for $20 show.
Ticketmaster is by far the worst I have paid 50% before. |
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| in2muzikk |
| quote: | Originally posted by bigperf
you could have picked it up via randy s for $55 no service fees!:stongue: |
If not for the fact that I had bought my ticket a month before that offer was made, would have been great! :) |
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| jonmitz |
| quote: | Originally posted by HearHarmonic
Ticketing fees are ing horrible. It should be a law 10% max. Brown paper tickets is a really cheap site for fees. I think it was like a $1 for $20 show.
Ticketmaster is by far the worst I have paid 50% before. |
it should be a flat fee that is directly related to their operating cost per ticket, not a % that completely s you on festivals or expensive events |
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| bigperf |
| quote: | Originally posted by in2muzikk
If not for the fact that I had bought my ticket a month before that offer was made, would have been great! :) |
Interesting...
So circus is not the only venue that lowers their prices as event gets closer?! |
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| raveed |
I agree! These scumbags have lost all sense of responsibility and are basically holding the public hostage, knowing that many of us will have no other choice other than do pay as opposed to missing out on seeing our favorite artists. The part that gets me is how the service fees rise when the ticket prices rise. How does paying more for a ticket increase convenience?
Get a load of how the people who fork out top dollar for beyond wonderland are getting robbed:
GA: Ticket price $75 ; Service fee $7.13 (less than 10%)
VIP: Ticket price $150 ; Service fee $9.75 (just a little over 7%)
Those fees are actually not so bad. Now look at this:
Golden Ticket: Total price $3500 ; Service fee $700 (%20)
The Royal Treatment: Total price $4500; Service fee $900 (%20)
Seriously - $900? That's the price of 12 GA admission tickets. Plus you add gratuity to that. This is outright extortion. |
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| Revealed |
| quote: | Originally posted by 2tall
i'd be more pissed off about showing up to a venue and discovering that the water is priced at an unreasonable $7.50/bottle. |
Oh they already do this at exchange too btw. I forget what they charge for water there, but it was more than $5/bottle... |
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| in2muzikk |
| quote: | Originally posted by bigperf
Interesting...
So circus is not the only venue that lowers their prices as event gets closer?! |
Ticket prices to the general public were not lowered for Digweed. My guess is that the DJ's got a certain quantity of hard tickets, maybe three weeks before the date or something, and those were sold at the starting price as a perk for being a DJ there (but I think that even the starting price might have been higher).
Circus does whatever the hell they want. Black Friday sale, three date ticket package deals, special deals for the first 50 people into the club, etc. I give them a lot of credit for that.
While some may think of Circus as a "tier--" club that doesn't draw more than "national mid-card" DJ's, those who go there know that they get some of the best "underground" talent on the face of this Earth and are actually better than most other clubs for taking the risk when others dare not and stay with the norm of "international headliner blah blah blah..." It's all jibberish to me, each club has its niche and I think that Circus, Avalon, Exchange, etc. do quite well at what they do. :D |
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| jdub889 |
| quote: | Originally posted by in2muzikk
Ticket prices to the general public were not lowered for Digweed. My guess is that the DJ's got a certain quantity of hard tickets, maybe three weeks before the date or something, and those were sold at the starting price as a perk for being a DJ there (but I think that even the starting price might have been higher).
Circus does whatever the hell they want. Black Friday sale, three date ticket package deals, special deals for the first 50 people into the club, etc. I give them a lot of credit for that.
While some may think of Circus as a "tier--" club that doesn't draw more than "national mid-card" DJ's, those who go there know that they get some of the best "underground" talent on the face of this Earth and are actually better than most other clubs for taking the risk when others dare not and stay with the norm of "international headliner blah blah blah..." It's all jibberish to me, each club has its niche and I think that Circus, Avalon, Exchange, etc. do quite well at what they do. :D |
dude, but i thought house > trance? |
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| in2muzikk |
| quote: | Originally posted by Revealed
Oh they already do this at exchange too btw. I forget what they charge for water there, but it was more than $5/bottle... |
I think it was $7 when I was there awhile back for Cosmic Gate, but it was a nice looking bottle with water from New Zealand... New Zealand is a pretty place and it comes a long way on a boat, plus it's $4.50 when refilled in the bathroom including a $1 tip to the attendant. I would never do that, saw some others doing it though... :gsmile: |
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