stewblack Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Just had a look at ticket for Cory Wong in Bristol next month. £38. OK. Seems like twice what I would expect, but OK. Then at the bottom of the page it said Face Value £18.50. Anyone know what this means? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns-bass Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 It seems you might be buying it on a reseller site? When I looked at tickets for a friend they were £18.50 plus booking. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns-bass Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Buy them here at the proper price... https://www.ticketweb.uk/event/cory-wong-swx-tickets/9483635?REFERRAL_ID=tmfeed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 (edited) €20 over here, you're definitely on a site which overcharges. Lots of them around, sadly. Edited January 11, 2020 by Doctor J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted January 11, 2020 Author Share Posted January 11, 2020 Even that 18.50 magically transforms into £22.21 including a £1 'delivery' fee for printing my own ticket. 🤦🏼♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted January 11, 2020 Author Share Posted January 11, 2020 Anyway who's going to Bristol to see him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns-bass Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 10 minutes ago, stewblack said: Even that 18.50 magically transforms into £22.21 including a £1 'delivery' fee for printing my own ticket. 🤦🏼♂️ Better than £38 though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted January 11, 2020 Author Share Posted January 11, 2020 11 minutes ago, Burns-bass said: Better than £38 though! Oh yes, sorry, didn't mean that in a snide way! Just why can't they quote the actual price? Imagine if sainsbury had baked beans with 30p price label then at the checkout they added 5p handling and ten pence delivery charge. People would go bonkers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns-bass Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 11 minutes ago, stewblack said: Oh yes, sorry, didn't mean that in a snide way! Just why can't they quote the actual price? Imagine if sainsbury had baked beans with 30p price label then at the checkout they added 5p handling and ten pence delivery charge. People would go bonkers. Haha, I know - it’s funny. I found the same, the booking fees are incredible sometimes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Click on the gig for best price tickets. £18.50 plus booking fees at the Electric Ballroom Camden, London. Damn, can't go I'm off to see Keb Mo that night!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Always make sure you buy direct from the venue. There are lots of reseller sites making out they’re either the venue, or official ticket seller. It’s usually best to go via the artist's website. It’s not just concert tickets either. My mom paid about £50 extra for a passport renewal. The site looked like the genuine Gov.UK site. Luckily we managed to get the money back. My uncle had a similar thing with a US visa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 (edited) Booking fees are basically a historical left over from the days when venues sold all their tickets from on-site ticket offices and had to employ staff to work the counter, take phone bookings and post out the tickets. These days the process is largely automated and centralised on a national scale, yet some somehow not only do the booking fees remain even for home printed and e tickets, but they seem to keep increasing as well. Edited January 11, 2020 by Cato 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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