Originally posted by esque0:
Originally posted by Bags:
Originally posted by esque0:
I was just pointing out that the parking situation has been the weak point in a great overall effort.
What is the parking situation? If you're talking about refunds for parking at the show, I don't know how you can complain. Ggggrrrr.
Next start bitching that you're not going to get your tickets.com fees back. What about folks who metro'd. I hope to got there are refunds coming there way. And I bought dinner at The Saloon which I NEVER would have gotten had I not been over there to see the show. I don't have a receipt, of course, but the club can take my word for it, right? [/b]
If I paid cash, I'd be agreeing. No way to prove that. But with a receipt from tickets.com, parking tonight should be free. And really, it still may be, depending on what the final decision is. It just doesn't sit well with me thinking any of my cash may have supported just the RS and not s-k. [/b]
Okay let's see if I can explain this. The parking lot behind the club is owned by Howard University. In the evenings when we have shows it is controlled by E-Park. So while parking tickets are available to purchase in advance it is merely a convenience, not a package deal. Parking there is no different than parking in some lot down the street, except that itâ??s directly behind the club. There is a litany of things that could happen once you park your car that could cause you to leave a show early and miss a performance (you feel sick, you get an emergency phone call, you left something important at home etc. etc.). The point is that when you leave you wouldn't expect your money back from the parking attendant, would you? No, because that money was paid to park your car, not for the show. The two are not connected. If you paid to park you car in a garage because you had a business meeting and then the meeting was cancelled, would you expect your money back even though you never did what you came to do?
What are we to do? Go tell E-Park something like... "Um yea the show was postponed because of something completely out of our hands and we're going to need you to refund everyone's money for parking." They would laugh in our faces, as they should.
That being said, if the show had been cancelled before the night of and no one actually parked their cars in the lot that night, then I would understand the realistic desire for a refund. Under these circumstances though I think itâ??s a bit ridiculous.
