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Concert Tickets Handling Fees
Janette9
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Not sure if I have posted this in the right section?
I have just brought 3 tickets to see Lionel Richie at the Birmingham LG Arena
The tickets were £55 each plus a £5.50 handling fee for each ticket. I read up on this and they say it is to pay for credit card fees, phone calls, postage etc. I can remember years ago it was £1.50 per booking not per ticket. The tickets for these concerts are expensive enough without having to pay this extra charge. The irony of it is I then had to pay for them to post tickets to me on top of that price. Why did I have to pay 3 times for credit card handling when it was one booking? Is this legal for them to do this? :mad:
Jan
I have just brought 3 tickets to see Lionel Richie at the Birmingham LG Arena
The tickets were £55 each plus a £5.50 handling fee for each ticket. I read up on this and they say it is to pay for credit card fees, phone calls, postage etc. I can remember years ago it was £1.50 per booking not per ticket. The tickets for these concerts are expensive enough without having to pay this extra charge. The irony of it is I then had to pay for them to post tickets to me on top of that price. Why did I have to pay 3 times for credit card handling when it was one booking? Is this legal for them to do this? :mad:
Jan
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Yes its a rip off0
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Sorry I can see i have posted in wrong section. Is it possible for anyone to move it to correct one wherever that may be, it took me long enough to see how to post :rotfl:0
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Which company have you booked through?Declutterbug-in-progress.⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️0
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I booked through ticket factory which apparently is the official site for the LG Arena, but ticketmaster and see tickets all charge this fee.0
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Shame, I don't have a contact with them: sorry! Could try e-mailing their customer service linking them to this thread and asking for a fuller explanation of the three charges? They may not be too keen on the publicity.
customerservices@theticketfactory.comDeclutterbug-in-progress.⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️0 -
Thanks for trying to help :cheesy:0
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I totally agree!!
I bought tickets over the phone from ticketmaster to take my son to see McFly in May 09 and there was a booking charge of around a fiver per ticket, plus postage of £3.50.... which you also had to pay if you picked them up from the venue!♥.0 -
It doesn't seem right that they take booking fee for each person and not just for the booking but looks like not a lot we can do about it
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yeah, I just bought U2 tickets. The cheapest ones cause I'm on a budget so for two tickets it was £60.00 BUT then you have to add the fees and the shipping and the whole thing came out to £72.75. £ 12.75 difference...for what...to print a ticket and send tickets either first or second class. VERY ANNOYING0
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