what the hell is a convience fee? ( Americans)

[swindonseagull]

Just trying to book 2 LA Galaxy tickets for October and it is charging a convenience fee, there is no way around it, I am assuming its a booking fee?

Anyone been to a LA Galaxy game in the US?

 

[cloud]

is that some kind of levy to pay David Beckham's wages?

 

[oldalbiongirl]

Is that to use the public conveniences? Saving you the inconvenience of having to find loose change

 

[swindonseagull]

Is that to use the public conveniences? Saving you the inconvenience of having to find loose change

What ever it is its $24!! for 2 tickets

 

[clapham_gull]

It's probably a legal rip off like any booking fee, AMEX included.

 

[omgitsjames]

its probably the fee that is given to the company that runs LA Galaxy's online ticket purchasing system since it is outsourced.

 

[Peever]

Its a booking fee

 

[NMH]

Ticketmaster in the US would levy awful add-ons for every measly ticket sold. Handling fee, credit-card processing fee, surcharge simply for them existing, box-office fee....whatever they could call them, they did it.

 

[mchaney]

Yup Canada or America, when ever you buy tickets on line they shaft you for different fees. My favourite is sometime they charge you a fee to mail tickets (can understand that) but they also charge you the fee if you print them on-line at home. I was just at the Toronto FC vs LA Galaxy game and that was $8.50 cdn a ticket..... basically total bullshit

 

[Peever]

Yup Canada or America, when ever you buy tickets on line they shaft you for different fees. My favourite is sometime they charge you a fee to mail tickets (can understand that) but they also charge you the fee if you print them on-line at home. I was just at the Toronto FC vs LA Galaxy game and that was $8.50 cdn a ticket..... basically total bullshit

Yup, pathetic really

 

[Triggaaar]

What ever it is its $24!! for 2 tickets

Ouch.

Will the play be stopped mid half for a commercial break?

 

[Brovion]

I'm waiting for one of the usual apologists to turn up and say "It's only a small charge and they've got to cover their costs. After all no one objects when you walk into a High Street shop and they hit you with a surcharge to cover heat, light and staff costs .... oh hang on"

Out of all the curious people who inhabit NSC I find those who defend the concept of booking fees and online surcharges to be the most weird.

 

[Barry Izbak]

I got charged the convenience fee last time I bought baseball tickets.

I paid for the choice of the convenience of picking up the tickets at the stadium, or the convenience of printing the tickets out myself on my own printer at home.

As it happens this was more convenient than having them posted to me, but there was not an option for that anyway.

All very convenient for them I would suggest.

Its a racket. Worldwide.

 

[ArcticBlue]

We take a fee at your convenience?

 

[Lyndhurst 14]

Try Stub Hub - the sellers normally only charge for delivery with no service charges