Oh I get it now….live or work near the club or FUCK YOU!
How silly of me for not understanding sooner. :roll:
How silly of me for not understanding sooner. :roll:
Absurd Service Fees
You get the advantages of suburban life, you gotta take the disadvantages along with it…
Originally posted by mankie:
Oh I get it now….live or work near the club or FUCK YOU!
How silly of me for not understanding sooner. :roll:
Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:
You get the advantages of suburban life, you gotta take the disadvantages along with it…
Originally posted by mankie:
Oh I get it now….live or work near the club or FUCK YOU!
How silly of me for not understanding sooner. ;)
Originally posted by mankie:You can buy a ticket for face value on the day of the show.
By the way…it IS impossible to actually buy a ticket for face value isn't it? What the hell is the $1 for if you're buying from the place that's putting the damn show on.
If you want the convenience of buying a ticket before that (e.g., you want to purchase insurance so that you won't be shut out), it will cost you $1.
Originally posted by mankie:You're just gettin' old, mank. It's happening to me too. "What's with this nu metal crap at the club?"
Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:Missing a few shitty shows put on by the 930 is hardly a disadvantage….it used to be there was a good show on most nights, now it's mostly shite with the odd good one thrown in once in a while.[/QB]
Originally posted by mankie:
By the way…it IS impossible to actually buy a ticket for face value isn't it? What the hell is the $1 for if you're buying from the place that's putting the damn show on.I had this 'discussion' last night. Thing is, 9:30 opens their box office at 12:00 p.m. – meaning, it's open for a good 7 hours a day merely for the convenience of folks going by to buy tickets. I think that's worth $1 a ticket, and is a legitimate ticket-related expense. Whereas the Black Cat has *no* extra hours or box office, so they don't charge anything above the price of the ticket.
I know what you're going to say, "it's all in the face price of the ticket," but I disagree. 9:30 is super customer friendly in terms of ticket availability at the club so you don't have to use tickets.com.
Originally posted by mankie:
Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:
You get the advantages of suburban life, you gotta take the disadvantages along with it…
Originally posted by mankie:That dollar is going to the person who is working in that booth. For all we know, like some bartenders, that is all they get paid.
Oh I get it now….live or work near the club or FUCK YOU!
How silly of me for not understanding sooner. ;)
This discussion is as dead and boring as why you should or shouldn't go to see a band two nights in a row.
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Originally posted by mankie:You can buy a ticket for face value on the day of the show.
By the way…it IS impossible to actually buy a ticket for face value isn't it? What the hell is the $1 for if you're buying from the place that's putting the damn show on.
If you want the convenience of buying a ticket before that (e.g., you want to purchase insurance so that you won't be shut out), it will cost you $1.
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:Thank you, small point though…it's actually an "inconvenience" to go to the club prior to the day of the show to buy your ticket because you have to take the trip twice, once to get your ticket and a second time on the day of the show. Shouldn't the $1 be charged on tickets purchased the day of the show because it's a convenience to just go down there once?
Originally posted by mankie:You can buy a ticket for face value on the day of the show.
By the way…it IS impossible to actually buy a ticket for face value isn't it? What the hell is the $1 for if you're buying from the place that's putting the damn show on.
If you want the convenience of buying a ticket before that (e.g., you want to purchase insurance so that you won't be shut out), it will cost you $1.
Originally posted by mankie:Hey Rhett – Stop using Mankie's name and password.
Thank you, small point though…it's actually an "inconvenience" to go to the club prior to the day of the show to buy your ticket because you have to take the trip twice, once to get your ticket and a second time on the day of the show. Shouldn't the $1 be charged on tickets purchased the day of the show because it's a convenience to just go down there once?
It's actually a convenience for me to go prior to the show. There's never a line when I jog down there at lunch.
The inconvenience would be standing in along line of ticket buyers on the night of the show.
The inconvenience would be standing in along line of ticket buyers on the night of the show.
Originally posted by mankie:
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:Thank you, small point though…it's actually an "inconvenience" to go to the club prior to the day of the show to buy your ticket because you have to take the trip twice, once to get your ticket and a second time on the day of the show. Shouldn't the $1 be charged on tickets purchased the day of the show because it's a convenience to just go down there once?
Originally posted by mankie:You can buy a ticket for face value on the day of the show.
By the way…it IS impossible to actually buy a ticket for face value isn't it? What the hell is the $1 for if you're buying from the place that's putting the damn show on.
If you want the convenience of buying a ticket before that (e.g., you want to purchase insurance so that you won't be shut out), it will cost you $1.
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:what are you applying for a job with the 930 club or something.
Originally posted by mankie:You can buy a ticket for face value on the day of the show.
By the way…it IS impossible to actually buy a ticket for face value isn't it? What the hell is the $1 for if you're buying from the place that's putting the damn show on.
If you want the convenience of buying a ticket before that (e.g., you want to purchase insurance so that you won't be shut out), it will cost you $1.
blah blah blah
Then you should quite rightly pay the convenience fee buying in advance and not on the night of the show. I should pay the $1 the night of the show but not in advance!
Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:
It's actually a convenience for me to go prior to the show. There's never a line when I jog down there at lunch.
The inconvenience would be standing in along line of ticket buyers on the night of the show.
Originally posted by mankie:
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:Thank you, small point though…it's actually an "inconvenience" to go to the club prior to the day of the show to buy your ticket because you have to take the trip twice, once to get your ticket and a second time on the day of the show. Shouldn't the $1 be charged on tickets purchased the day of the show because it's a convenience to just go down there once?
Originally posted by mankie:You can buy a ticket for face value on the day of the show.
By the way…it IS impossible to actually buy a ticket for face value isn't it? What the hell is the $1 for if you're buying from the place that's putting the damn show on.
If you want the convenience of buying a ticket before that (e.g., you want to purchase insurance so that you won't be shut out), it will cost you $1.
Originally posted by mankie:Hmmm, and I don't have any kids in the DC school system, so I want 17% of my district taxes back. ;)
Then you should quite rightly pay the convenience fee buying in advance and not on the night of the show. I should pay the $1 the night of the show but not in advance!
Originally posted by Bags:Ms. Bags…put down the vodka bottle and step away. (what the hell does taxes have to do with it?)
Originally posted by mankie:Hmmm, and I don't have any kids in the DC school system, so I want 17% of my district taxes back. ;)
Then you should quite rightly pay the convenience fee buying in advance and not on the night of the show. I should pay the $1 the night of the show but not in advance!
But it's afternoon? What's wrong with a little Kettle One in the afternoon?
My point is that you can't completely pick and choose how certain costs are bundled or socialized. Just because you believe it's *more* convenient (and hence worth more) to buy tickets day of doesn't mean the costs can be structured based on individual circumstances/preferences. Like taxes; I pay for the school system for the overall benefits to the community, not how it affects the life of bags.
Okay, maybe a stretch. But it's better than writing about local market power mitigation in electric load pockets. :D
My point is that you can't completely pick and choose how certain costs are bundled or socialized. Just because you believe it's *more* convenient (and hence worth more) to buy tickets day of doesn't mean the costs can be structured based on individual circumstances/preferences. Like taxes; I pay for the school system for the overall benefits to the community, not how it affects the life of bags.
Okay, maybe a stretch. But it's better than writing about local market power mitigation in electric load pockets. :D
Originally posted by Bags:OOH! Not at all, please elaborate!
Okay, maybe a stretch. But it's better than writing about local market power mitigation in electric load pockets. :D
And my point was simply that "convenience" is different for different people…just being my usual sarcastic self. Like when has buying from ticketbastard ever been "convenient"? You either get disconnected from the website just as you're about to hit "buy tickets", or have to talk to a complete moron and repeat yourself 50 times when using the phone to buy tickets.
Look I don't care either way, I buy tickets based on wether the event is worth the service charges, because lets be honest, most shows are well worth the face value of the ticket. My only true gripe is that the charges are per ticket when it really should be per transaction. If you're buying 1 or 10 tickets, the computer or moron is still only offering the same "convenience"…oops! There's that word again.
Originally posted by mankie:I agree completely. Alas, I don't have the fortitude or will to give up shows for it (though, I resort to TM very rarely…)
Originally posted by Bags:OOH! My only true gripe is that the charges are per ticket when it really should be per transaction. If you're buying 1 or 10 tickets, the computer or moron is still only offering the same convenience…
Okay, maybe a stretch. But it's better than writing about local market power mitigation in electric load pockets. :D
Originally posted by mankie:Have you ever had to camp out overnight for tickets to a big event? Take time off work to go stand in line? Buy tickets for out-of-town shows? I find it much more convenient to roll out of bed 10 minutes before tickets go on sale, logon to my computer, get tickets and usually be back in bed a few minutes later.
Like when has buying from ticketbastard ever been "convenient"?
The only problem I've ever had with the website is finding that their server is too busy to handle the load on big sale days. I've never been disconnected.
You either get disconnected from the website just as you're about to hit "buy tickets"
I have lots of issues with Ticketmaster, but I won't argue with their convenience.