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Re: Tix

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cowboyjunkie wrote:
spoonerhizolehound wrote:I take offense to the, "Don'tpay more than face value" statement. I had and have extra tickets and posted here first for face and fees. Lots of people jumped but nobody bit. So, to recoop my money back I resorted to selling on ebay. Now, I have to pay ebay fees, shipping fees and am I supposed to eat that? I am still selling my tickets but now i have to recoop the fees that I have incurred not only from ticketmaster but from ebay and shipping as well. Everybody wantsd to see Jimmy but nobody wants to pay. What's up with that? I am selliing my tickets now at $150 a pop. This is because of the fees that I have had to shell out. If parrottheads wanted to go without paying extra charges than they should have bought the tickets before I incurred other charges. I felt like scum putting them on ebay but I had to get my money back. So, sometimes you have to charge a little extra and I'm not out to rob anybody but extra charges, extra money. Hello?
I've always assumed face value includes the TM fees. Do your best to recoup exactly what you spent on them. If $150 is the exact cost of the tickets with TM fees, that is a very fair price. However, to save the hassle, you could just bring them to the show and sell them on your way in. I made $20 and a rum and coke for a lawn seat in Oahu last week. Below face value but no hassle. Plus, I made somebody's day without that dirty eBay feeling you mentioned.
Hmmm, so you're saying that I should eat it and take a loss. Hmmm, interesting but I am not too fond of that idea. For the record, face value is face value but if you uy tickets you are charged a fee from ticketmaster and it runs bout twenty bucks. Should a seller eat the ticketmaster fees as well? Hmmm, I'm not fond of that idea either. If I have to pay fees, then why should I be the only one?
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