Access to Face-Value Tickets Is the Real Problem for Buyers
Re “Convenience--What’s It Worth?” (June 22), the issue is access to tickets at face value. If there is no other way to buy a ticket without incurring a “convenience charge,” this is as much “scalping” as if you buy your ticket through a ticket broker.
Whoever makes the decision, box offices are not opening the first day of sale. What happens routinely is that all the tickets are sold at a premium above face value. If a box office isn’t open to sell face-value tickets, then the public is forced to pay a premium to Ticketmaster or a broker. There is nowhere to purchase a $25 ticket for $25.
Ticketmaster complains that only one of six calls results in a sale. If the ads included ticket price and “convenience fee,” the number of calls would be cut considerably.
KENNETH MacDONALD, President and Business Rep
Treasurers and Ticket Sellers IATSE Local 857
Sherman Oaks
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