Name: Anonymous 2011-11-21 4:24
My family, one of my daughter's friends, and I want to go see a San Antonio Rampage hockey game this Sunday. They offer a neat, money-saving package: a ticket with a hot dog and a drink for $12. Such a deal.
My wife went to TicketMaster... err... Bastard to order. Instead of the $48 (plus any understandable sales tax), the total came to over $70. WTF!? A "convenience charge" and an "order processing fee" were going to be added. To Hell with that! I decided to stop by the AT&T Center's box office this morning to get the tickets instead. (I was going to be in the area, but I wouldn't tell them that because then they'd think it was "convenient".)
Gee, lo and behold, the ticket center isn't open on weekends, except if there's an event. Normal hours are 8AM - 6PM, which is keeping with the inconvenient theme: the venues in a probable high-crime, industrial area that wouldn't be worth the time or effort in taking time off from work to go to.
So, back at home, I decide to go to the AT&T Center's website to order the tickets. It still comes up with a $4 convenience fee, but the total stayed at $65.32 ($48 tickets, $16 convenience, $1.32 additional taxes). Until...
The last of several "confirmation" screens: What's your name/email? What's your credit card number? Is that really your credit card number? Are you sure? Really really sure? Each of these was saying my "Subtotal" was $65.32, until the last one, which suddenly tacked on the $6.11 order processing fee. By then, I'd gotten in such a rhythm that I clicked "SUBMIT" automatically. On the confirmation screen, I then saw the new total: $72.43, because [fanfare]: the sale was processed through TicketBastard!
Then to top it off: the tickets I had to print off were a full page each, with lots of black background so that it'd run out my black ink cartridge first.
Bite me, TicketBastard!
My wife went to TicketMaster... err... Bastard to order. Instead of the $48 (plus any understandable sales tax), the total came to over $70. WTF!? A "convenience charge" and an "order processing fee" were going to be added. To Hell with that! I decided to stop by the AT&T Center's box office this morning to get the tickets instead. (I was going to be in the area, but I wouldn't tell them that because then they'd think it was "convenient".)
Gee, lo and behold, the ticket center isn't open on weekends, except if there's an event. Normal hours are 8AM - 6PM, which is keeping with the inconvenient theme: the venues in a probable high-crime, industrial area that wouldn't be worth the time or effort in taking time off from work to go to.
So, back at home, I decide to go to the AT&T Center's website to order the tickets. It still comes up with a $4 convenience fee, but the total stayed at $65.32 ($48 tickets, $16 convenience, $1.32 additional taxes). Until...
The last of several "confirmation" screens: What's your name/email? What's your credit card number? Is that really your credit card number? Are you sure? Really really sure? Each of these was saying my "Subtotal" was $65.32, until the last one, which suddenly tacked on the $6.11 order processing fee. By then, I'd gotten in such a rhythm that I clicked "SUBMIT" automatically. On the confirmation screen, I then saw the new total: $72.43, because [fanfare]: the sale was processed through TicketBastard!
Then to top it off: the tickets I had to print off were a full page each, with lots of black background so that it'd run out my black ink cartridge first.
Bite me, TicketBastard!