Saturday, April 10, 2010  P. S. to the LA Opera  You're going to
charge me an $8 (eight dollar) per ticket fee?? You're really
trying to discourage people from buying single tickets over the
web, I see. I mean, someone purchasing a pair of $40 tickets
winds up paying $16, a 20% fee, at that rate. We call this usury
where I come from. Other companies change a per order fee of
around $8 or $9.  Honestly, people. Try making it easier for
people to buy tickets, not harder and more expensive!   y2k
said...  Ummm... Lisa, I don't think so. Not that I'm happy with
those fees, but it's the same for the Met and for Telecharge
(and probably the same for TicketMaster).  The Met charges $7.50
per ticket; plus $2.50 facility fee. So, for a $20 family circle
ticket, one ends up paying $30; a 50% mark-up.  Telecharge
charges $7 per ticket. I just used it to buy 2 tickets to a
Broadway show.  These venues do this because the can do so. Who
has the time and energy (even if they live in the same city) to
head to the box office