930 club switching to TicketFly.com in 2010???

See this is the beauty of hookers. A $200 suck-and-tuck is $200 unless you tip and you only tip if you choose

Relaxer for the win!

Relaxer wrote:
See this is the beauty of hookers. A $200 suck-and-tuck is $200 unless you tip and you only tip if you choose

Wait for me!  The popcorn's not even done yet….

MyraEllen wrote:
You've always been able to buy tickets at the 9:30 box office with a mere $1 fee, so hopefully this will not change

Hopefully, it won't. But as district said in the other thread, it is hard for some of us to get down there. When a show is about to sell out, or predicts to be one when tickets go on sale, online is the easiest and sometimes only way to get a ticket.
I can't afford a lot of shows right now due to the fees. I've stopped purchasing parking online. Paying fees for that or will call is silly.

azaghal1981 wrote:
$25 tickets have been $35 on tickets.com for years now. That's between 30 & 40% I think.

1 gogol ticket: $30 face, $40 total = 33% markup.

just sayin'.

So it's par for the course as far as service charges go and the change must have been for a completely unrelated reason.

Jaguar wrote:

hannnah wrote:
I was just searching to see if there's been any mention of ticketfly before now, and there hasn't.  Wonder what messed up the deal with tickets.com?

Excessive surcharges?

Let's hope this is a good move for all. I've said it before and I'll say it again, Seth is a smart business man and while he works for 'profits', he also knows that he depends on a whole lot of others, along with one totally fucked up economically depressed country. Now let's hope this plays out in everyone's favor.

Well, I guess it's time for me to eat my words.

For shame on all of this gauging! No one really minds some sort of surcharge but there is no way in the world I will ever believe that these excesses are justified! The 'will call' expecially kills me. I'm sure some computer does its instantaneous tagging and ordering of the accounts while the venues are the ones who end up doing all of the real work.

I, for one, have definitely opted out of many, many shows because of the bottom line removed from my wallet when I have to consider the total cost.

i, for one, welcome our new surcharge-gouging overlords.

sweetcell wrote:
i, for one, welcome our new surcharge-gouging overlords.

Elitist prick!

Only Julian can get away with saying something like that.

Jaguar wrote:

Elitist prick!

Only Julian can get away with saying something like that.

And I thought only I was allowed to decide who is an elitist prick or not?!!?

vansmack wrote:

Jaguar wrote:

Elitist prick!

Only Julian can get away with saying something like that.

And I thought only I was allowed to decide who is an elitist prick or not?!!?

As an independent individualist, I have no qualms about calling them as I see them. Sheperds are for sheep and I'm certainly not one of the flock. With all due respect, you call in your manner and I'll call in mine and may the few truly open minded hear without all that wool stuffed in their ears.

My God, I cannot believe we are having this discussion AGAIN. You must be the kind of people who go home at night and watch the same movie every day of your life. Fawning sycophant imbeciles.

Sugartastic wrote:

MyraEllen wrote:
You've always been able to buy tickets at the 9:30 box office with a mere $1 fee, so hopefully this will not change

Hopefully, it won't. But as district said in the other thread, it is hard for some of us to get down there.  

This is one of my favorite arguments.  

One affordable option is available to concert goers, but it's difficult for them.

So Seth provides another, more convenient option option for them, and folks attack HIM for it because it costs more.  Well of course there is going to be a charge for a convenience.  They even go as far as to call it a "convenience charge" but remember who THEY are - third party providers, a market where there are not a lot of options.  Plenty of people have tried business models that charge less than 30-40% for the convenience but none have survived over the years.  Sure DC9 uses ticketalternative, but their capacity is 200 - I would be interested to see both (a) how long they'll be around and (b) if they could handle the volume of a venue with the capacity of the 9:30.

As for parking, without getting into the semantics of not encouraging driving with such fabulous public transportation options, simple supply and demand dictate that price.  There's not a spot for everyone…

Folks, this comes up all the time and it's really not worth complaining about.  Vote with your wallet like this district2020 fella suggests - if the service charge is too high, don't buy the ticket.  I have passed on numerous shows because I felt the surcharge made the price of the ticket not worth the price of admission.  You should do the same.

Jaguar wrote:
As an independent individualist, I have no qualms about calling them as I see them. Sheperds are for sheep and I'm certainly not one of the flock. With all due respect, you call in your manner and I'll call in mine and may the few truly open minded hear without all that wool stuffed in their ears.

I have no idea what this means, but I do still love you.

let's go ahead and get this part over with:

this was NOT done to lower service charges…it was done to start working with a company that has a lot of cool ideas

it should not, however, be any more expensive, even by a little…so, yes, please point out if you are experiencing that

vansmack wrote:

Jaguar wrote:
As an independent individualist, I have no qualms about calling them as I see them. Sheperds are for sheep and I'm certainly not one of the flock. With all due respect, you call in your manner and I'll call in mine and may the few truly open minded hear without all that wool stuffed in their ears.

I have no idea what this means, but I do still love you.

Never mind. Not worth elaborating. I was just pissed off at Sweetcell's typical sheep shit. I still love you too and always respect what you have to say even if I sometimes disagree. Not interested in bullying anyone to make them think 'only one way'.

Seth, I sure hope you are right and that this is a good move; again, for everyone involved.

vansmack wrote:
 Sure DC9 uses ticketalternative, but their capacity is 200 - I would be interested to see both (a) how long they'll be around and (b) if they could handle the volume of a venue with the capacity of the 9:30.

And the Black Cat, and the Rock and Roll Hotel, and a few venues in Atlanta. All smaller than 9:30, yes. And a pretty young company, yes.

No new opinion, just wanted to get all the facts on the table.

Jaguar wrote:

vansmack wrote:

Jaguar wrote:
As an independent individualist, I have no qualms about calling them as I see them. Sheperds are for sheep and I'm certainly not one of the flock. With all due respect, you call in your manner and I'll call in mine and may the few truly open minded hear without all that wool stuffed in their ears.

I have no idea what this means, but I do still love you.

Never mind. Not worth elaborating. I was just pissed off at Sweetcell's typical sheep shit. I still love you too and always respect what you have to say even if I sometimes disagree. Not interested in bullying anyone to make them think 'only one way'.

Seth, I sure hope you are right and that this is a good move; again, for everyone involved.

for the love of god, sweetcell was just making a simpsons reference. shame on all of you who didn't get it.

BookerT wrote:
for the love of god, sweetcell was just making a simpsons reference. shame on all of you who didn't get it.

Oh I got it, and was even kidding myself (although I would love to be granted "Decider of Elitist Prickism").  But it's been a while since I've seen Jag get worked up and it's good for her sometimes…

I have absolutely no idea what that reference is. For one, I almost never watch tv. Secondly, when I do, I never watch The Simpsons.