From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org (seven-seas-digest) To: seven-seas-digest@smoe.org Subject: seven-seas-digest V7 #142 Reply-To: seven-seas@smoe.org Sender: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Precedence: bulk seven-seas-digest Thursday, September 17 2009 Volume 07 : Number 142 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:21:09 -0400 From: George Fletcher Subject: seven-seas New York City Show Coming out of lurker-dom for a brief, but -- I believe -- justified, rant: Well, after ruling out the Fairfield, CT, show due to the price -- 70 bucks! holy crap! -- it looks like I won't be going to the NYC show either. Unless I get over my anger and relent on my principled stand against being *forced* to use TicketMaster and their ridiculous, usurious fees. The f---ing Hammerstein Ballroom doesn't sell advance tickets at their box office! Only day of show, if available. The *only* choice they offer is to go through f---ing TicketMaster! I found this out when I called the Hammerstein to see when the box office was open so I could go there and pick up tickets, since I had to be in the city anyway last night for a hockey game. That is just so wrong to not allow customers a way of avoiding needless fees of over $15 per ticket! It made me so angry I decided, eff that place, I will never go to a show there as long as that policy is in place. Geez, I haven't missed an opportunity to see the Bunnymen in years, and I hate to do it now, but the Hammerstein Ballroom's policy is just g--damn wrong-headed, annoying, and unacceptable. Okay, end of rant ... George ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **************Bunnymen Online Presence******************** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.bunnymenlist.com * http://www.bunnymen.info http://www.bunnymen.com * http://www.fotolog.net/sgtfuzz/ http://www.villiersterrace.com/ * http://www.angelfire.com/wy2/discog/ http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stevedoughty/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:36:19 -0400 From: George Fletcher Subject: seven-seas Re: New York City Show Red and I were talking off-list, and she asked about the "$15" I mentioned below in fees ... er, I should clarify that I just pulled that figure out of the air based on past experience ... I doubt the fees are actually that high per ticket, but if you're buying a couple of tickets, it's probably about right. And really, 5 bucks, 10 bucks, whatever, it's just not right to not allow people a way to avoid them! On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 9:21 PM, George Fletcher wrote: > Coming out of lurker-dom for a brief, but -- I believe -- justified, rant: > > Well, after ruling out the Fairfield, CT, show due to the price -- 70 > bucks! holy crap! -- it looks like I won't be going to the NYC show either. > > Unless I get over my anger and relent on my principled stand against being > *forced* to use TicketMaster and their ridiculous, usurious fees. > > The f---ing Hammerstein Ballroom doesn't sell advance tickets at their box > office! Only day of show, if available. The *only* choice they offer is to > go through f---ing TicketMaster! I found this out when I called the > Hammerstein to see when the box office was open so I could go there and pick > up tickets, since I had to be in the city anyway last night for a hockey > game. > > That is just so wrong to not allow customers a way of avoiding needless > fees of over $15 per ticket! It made me so angry I decided, eff that place, > I will never go to a show there as long as that policy is in place. > > Geez, I haven't missed an opportunity to see the Bunnymen in years, and I > hate to do it now, but the Hammerstein Ballroom's policy is just g--damn > wrong-headed, annoying, and unacceptable. > > Okay, end of rant ... > > George ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **************Bunnymen Online Presence******************** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.bunnymenlist.com * http://www.bunnymen.info http://www.bunnymen.com * http://www.fotolog.net/sgtfuzz/ http://www.villiersterrace.com/ * http://www.angelfire.com/wy2/discog/ http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stevedoughty/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:48:49 -0400 From: Red Subject: Re: seven-seas Re: New York City Show At 09:36 PM 9/16/2009, you wrote: >Red and I were talking off-list, and she asked about the "$15" I mentioned >below in fees ... er, I should clarify that I just pulled that figure out of >the air based on past experience ... I doubt the fees are actually that high >per ticket, but if you're buying a couple of tickets, it's probably about >right. And really, 5 bucks, 10 bucks, whatever, it's just not right to not >allow people a way to avoid them! yeah, it's getting ridiculous! even the BOX OFFICES are charging fees now too! WHY????? luckily for me the State College fees were only $2....but i just don't see how anyone can justify charging a fee if you walk up to the damn ticket window. ...but to not even sell tickets AT ALL prior to the show at the Box Office is just plain WRONG! all these places are just getting so greedy! i know i brought this up back at the time (perhaps on the forum?) but i will post my blog link again. i just hate all these fees any more! ggrrr http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=90388609&blogId=391840878 Red ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **************Bunnymen Online Presence******************** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.bunnymenlist.com * http://www.bunnymen.info http://www.bunnymen.com * http://www.fotolog.net/sgtfuzz/ http://www.villiersterrace.com/ * http://www.angelfire.com/wy2/discog/ http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stevedoughty/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ------------------------------ End of seven-seas-digest V7 #142 ********************************