Ticket ripoff!

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Originally posted by BoomBoom:
  Otherwise, they need to find a different way to say it. If they want to have a markup for mailing, fine; that's the way it works. But $3.25?

Oh, so is it your contention that if all $7.50 in fees were just called convenience fee you'd be better with it?
 
 You do realize the fact they break it down as such saves you money if you buy a second ticket, right?

[SPARX]

Originally posted by BoomBoom:
   In plain English, that's $3.25 for something that costs them 37 cents or less. Otherwise, they need to find a different way to say it.  

Just think of the charge as a little over half  of a Yeungling at the club, you'll feel much better that way.

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Originally posted by BoomBoom:
  How do you  know they're not colluding? Congress did hold "hearings" on this once,

So Congress is on the collusion? Better watch out of the FBI will make you disappear!
 
 How do you know the weather man and umbrella manufacturers aren't in collusion? Demanding proof of innocence isn't very American.

[kosmo vinyl]

did you look into seeing if there is tickets.com outlet near you?  
 
 another nifty feature of this forum is you can go ask in the F.A.Q. section about how well a show is selling so you can guage whether or not you need to buy them in advance or if they'll be at the door sans service charge fees.  Obviously it's a risk for any show and I don't see SFA selling out...  But eddie can give the party line on that one.  He's cool that eddie...

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Here's what I don't get: someone comes here and complains about ticket fees. OK, people are entitled to their own feelings on things, I get that. But it's not as though he/she is forced to pay it; this poster even said he/she doesn't, and they are aware of the alternative. So, why are you here starting the thread about it? Whining just for the sake of whining? People cannot honestly be stupid enough to think we've never had this discussion before. What's the point? Letting off steam over the moral outrage of $7 you didn't even pay. How very trite. Thinking it's going to change anything? How naive.

[BoomBoom]

No. $7.50 is a ripoff no matter what it's called. It's monopolistic and it's dishonest. The only reason they get away with it is because so many people willingly argue against their own interests, sticking up for them while they're gouging you. I don't get it. Why doesn't the 9:30 Club just say, "We want to sell the most tickets to the most people possible. So we'll sell them through TicketMaster and Tickets.com. Then they can compete with each other through their fee structure." Answer: they'd make less money if there were competition. TicketMaster and Tickets.com would never stand for it. They'd both blacklist the 9:30 Club.

[SPARX]

Originally posted by [username edited by p.c. moderator]:
   So, why are you here starting the thread about it? Whining just for the sake of whining?  How very trite. Thinking it's going to change anything? How naive.

Yep,that never happens here. For shame!

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

BoomBoom: This is not the place to argue against the policies of the 9:30 Club or anything affilated with it. There are a number of people who post here that will complain about the unfairness of just about anything, but they will never, ever question their beloved 9:30 Club. They will defend it, no matter how irrational their arguments are, or how incorrect the 9:30 Club might be. Some of them will even defend $15 for a cup of Yuengling.
 
 Now, welcome to the community. As long as you say positive things about the 9:30 Club, and like all the cool new indie bands that everyone else likes, you'll get on just fine.  

[eros]

Originally posted by BoomBoom:
 In plain English, that's $3.25 for something that costs them 37 cents or less.

Do the tickets magically get put in the envelope and addressed by themselves?  A stamp may only cost $0.37, but what it costs them isn't quite the same, now is it?

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Originally posted by BoomBoom:
  No. $7.50 is a ripoff no matter what it's called.

I'm slow, so you'll have to bear with me, as I ask for one last clarification. I live in Richmond. Richmond is two hours away from the 9:30 Club. It takes me ~4 hours of my life, plus a tank of gas to get to the 9:30 club. Are you saying that somehow it's a ripoff for me to pay $7 to avoid driving for 4 hours and spending $30 on gas? How in doing so, am I "willingly arguing against my own interests"?

[BoomBoom]

What's naive is to just sit back, let people rip you off and think that's the way it always has to be.

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Originally posted by Xavier Bush, Power Forward:
  There are a number of people who post here that will complain about the unfairness of just about anything, but they will never, ever question their beloved 9:30 Club. They will defend it, no matter how irrational their arguments are, or how incorrect the 9:30 Club might be.  

Considering I'm leading the pro-tickets.com argument, I don't see how this applies. I disagree with club employees on lots of things, as I'm sure you're observant enough to notice. So, try for once sticking to the issue and not going off on ad hominem.

[BoomBoom]

No, Richmond. What I'm saying is that the fee is way too high, no matter how far you're coming. It costs them the same to mail a ticket to Richmond as it does to the apartment across the street from the 9:30 Club. But you're paying $3.25 for it. If that's OK with you, OK by me. But it's not OK with me.
 
 Again, I'm not arguing that they have to mail at cost. But $3.25 is outrageous.

[kosmo vinyl]

Originally posted by BoomBoom:
  What's naive is to just sit back, let people rip you off and think that's the way it always has to be.

what is also naive is not exploring other ticket purchasing options, such as outlets, ordering tickets with friends, have someone buy you a ticket when they are at the club or in the area.
 
 there was a classic seth quote about how no one is questioning the price of milk in the store..

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Originally posted by BoomBoom:
  What's naive is to just sit back, let people rip you off and think that's the way it always has to be.

You're right, it could be different. Tickets.com and ticketmaster could shut their doors, all venues could do their own ticketing, and I could be stuck spending $30 on gas and half a vacation day to get tickets to an event.
 
 If you have any sort of constructive criticism, like, "here's the link to an online ticketing company that charges signifigantly less in ticket fees, perhaps Seth should consider using them" then by all means. I'm all for things being better. But complaining on 930.com about another entities fees under the guise of "not taking it, and thinking that's the way it always has to be"? Ridiculous.
 
 As I said, you're just blowing off steam over the "moral outrage" over $7 you didn't even pay. If you want to change things, be constructive, or vote with your dollars, don't be a whiner.