i don't want this to be another rant against Ticket*******, although they're the main/major culprits, but seeing as i believe they're the ones who have started the trend and made it aceptable to others, why not include them?
anyway: one thing that ****** me off immensely is the fee for "box office collection" - they're a goddamn box office, they handle tickets' that's their PURPOSE IN LIFE, so how can they start charging a fee for it? aside from this though, i passed our little club the other date, the O2 Academy in Newcastle (name and shame) and there was a sign up saying they charge for credit card purchases...and now charge a £2 cash handling fee!!! FFS, are these money-grubbing scum taking the ****?! a CASH HANDLING FEE?! You're a goddamn vendor, you sell things, taking money is part of your ******* job description! what next, a "petrol storage fee" when you go to fill up your car? cash handling fees when you go pay for your piint at the pub?
how do we start a campaign/petition to get this sort of sht stopped? i regularly seem to rack up >30% costs through ticket*******, you see "Tickets £25" on the advert, and by the time you've paid the service fee (hardly a decent service either, usually only get to pick "bet available" rather than seeing a seating plan and selecting a seat) and postage/collection, you've paid over £40. these ***** must be raking in thousands and thousands per gig.
and don't even start me off about VIP tickets/high demand tickets being "sold out" seconds afte release, only to appear at 3x the price on sites that surprisingly happen to be owned by TB themselves.
anyway: one thing that ****** me off immensely is the fee for "box office collection" - they're a goddamn box office, they handle tickets' that's their PURPOSE IN LIFE, so how can they start charging a fee for it? aside from this though, i passed our little club the other date, the O2 Academy in Newcastle (name and shame) and there was a sign up saying they charge for credit card purchases...and now charge a £2 cash handling fee!!! FFS, are these money-grubbing scum taking the ****?! a CASH HANDLING FEE?! You're a goddamn vendor, you sell things, taking money is part of your ******* job description! what next, a "petrol storage fee" when you go to fill up your car? cash handling fees when you go pay for your piint at the pub?
how do we start a campaign/petition to get this sort of sht stopped? i regularly seem to rack up >30% costs through ticket*******, you see "Tickets £25" on the advert, and by the time you've paid the service fee (hardly a decent service either, usually only get to pick "bet available" rather than seeing a seating plan and selecting a seat) and postage/collection, you've paid over £40. these ***** must be raking in thousands and thousands per gig.
and don't even start me off about VIP tickets/high demand tickets being "sold out" seconds afte release, only to appear at 3x the price on sites that surprisingly happen to be owned by TB themselves.
