Ticketmaster is the devil
I just bought a couple of tickets to go see Zach Galifianakis at the Vic in a couple of weeks (he’s awesome, and a freak).
Ticket price, $25.00 per ticket. So, you’d think two tickets would cost $50. But, of course, you’d be wrong.
43% in extra fees. 43%.
I’m going to wait a second, then I’m going to say it again.
43%.
Seriously.
Item Charge Zach Galifianakis US $25.00 x 2 Facility Charge US $1.00 x 2 Convenience Charge US $7.00 x 2 Delivery (Standard Mail) No Charge Order Processing Fee US $5.05 Additional Taxes US $0.56 Total Charges US $71.61
The best part is that if I chose to save them the trouble of printing and mailing those tickets, I would pay an extra $2.50. That would have made a 48% fee for their service.
Let’s go over that one more time. You can pay $2.50 to save them effort and money.
How is it nobody has strung these people up? How is this business model even legal? Why am I paying a “convenience charge” per ticket, and then an addition “order processing fee”?
I just… well. I’m speechless.
That’s a good question. Why are you paying a “convenience charge†per ticket, and then an addition “order processing feeâ€? I’d suppose they get away with it because people just keep buying it instead of standing against the corporation.
You’re right, of course. It’s a quandary for me. How does one stand against a monopoly if you need the service they’re providing? I could not go to events, for example. And, in some cases, that’s exactly what I do. But when it’s one of those things where I want to go enough to actually pay the extortion, I still get mad. It doesn’t make it any more right.
I just enable this sort of behavior every time I cave, I guess. Sigh.