Open Letter To Every Single Movie Ticket Website
By Mitch Berg
To: the owners of every single movie ticket website
From: Mitchell Berg, cranky consumer
Re: Huh?
All,
I went out on your website – which one doesn’t matter, because you’re all pretty much the same – last night to try to buy a ticket to “Sully”.
Ticket prices are insane – I get that.
But below the ticket price, you added a two dollar “convenience fee”.
For two dollars, I’ll stand in the line for 40 seconds. I shut off the browser and went to the Riverview Theater to see “Blazing Saddles”.
But I had a brilliant idea. Stop charging the “convenience fee” to buy the ticket. But start selling concessions online, have them ready at a “will call” window for concessions when I get there, and I will pay the two dollars not to stand in line for my damn popcorn..
See to this.
That is all.
September 14th, 2016 at 11:35 am
And whatever you do….when you pay for your snacks, say it comes to $7.87. You give the boy $10.12, expecting to get $3.25 back…..it creates CHAOS.
Fees…same with Stubhub. Thought I’d get a $6 dollar ticket to see the Twins play. Fees much more than doubles that price. I realize Stubhub is a business and needs to make money, but $10 in fees on a $6 ticket……
September 14th, 2016 at 12:12 pm
Thats… a pretty damn good idea
September 14th, 2016 at 1:56 pm
Chuck, if you give him $10.12 and expect $3.25 back on a $7.87 order, maybe….you need to work on your math, too. :^) Sorry, just couldn’t resist.
To the point, I’m kinda shocked Blazing Saddles is playing in theaters these days. I guess there is good news some places in America. :^)
September 14th, 2016 at 2:06 pm
Oh for the Christ sake…..I was so focused on the change part, I didn’t do the math on the dollars.
On a fun note, leaked Colin Powell email said (about Hillary)……”A 70-year person with a long track record, unbridled ambition, greedy, not transformational, with a husband still dicking bimbos at home”
September 14th, 2016 at 2:49 pm
$6 to watch the twins play this year is $7 too many.
September 14th, 2016 at 4:34 pm
Depends what you want, PoD. I’m a baseball fan and a casual fan of the Twins. I’ll watch a game for $6. $16 might be another issue, though.
But honestly, it’s tough to be a Saints game. Nice stadium, small, casual and close the action. And watching a bunch of guys who are good but not great makes for a much more engaging viewing experience for folks who are fans of baseball more than they’re fans of a specific team since no play is essentially a guaranteed outcome.
September 14th, 2016 at 4:35 pm
s/be a/beat/
September 14th, 2016 at 6:24 pm
Chuck on September 14, 2016 at 2:06 pm said:
Oh for the Christ sake…..I was so focused on the change part, I didn’t do the math on the dollars.
On a fun note, leaked Colin Powell email said (about Hillary)……”A 70-year person with a long track record, unbridled ambition, greedy, not transformational, with a husband still dicking bimbos at home”
This is how ABC news covered the leaked Powell emails:
Trump a ‘National Disgrace,’ Colin Powell Wrote in Hacked Emails
Newly revealed emails hacked from the private account of Republican former Secretary of State Colin Powell show the retired four-star general repeatedly blasting Donald Trump, describing him as a “national disgrace” who engaged in a “racist” movement.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-national-disgrace-colin-powell-wrote-hacked-emails/story?id=42073252