Cinema Ticket Refund?

railbuff

Fuzzy_Duck wrote: »

Not true. At one of my local cinemas you buy your ticket at the concessions stand. I don't really see how it's hard to believe- surely it's more efficient if anything, only having to go to one counter?

Anyway, I think it's harsh to suggest that the OP's friend should have known they were paying too much. In my experience the price varies wildly between cinemas and there's quite a difference in price depending on what day and time you buy a ticket.

I would suggest she takes it up with head office and sees what they make of it. My thoughts are that the manager probably wasn't much more experienced than the person who sold her the tickets.

before replying it may worth reading through the thread post #25

System

railbuff wrote: »

before replying it may worth reading through the thread post #25

Post 25 says that you can't buy tickets from the concession stand. This is wrong.

I don't see why reading that post would have helped them.

Idiophreak

railbuff wrote: »

before replying it may worth reading through the thread post #25

I don't understand the point you're trying to make...?

railbuff

goater78 wrote: »

Post 25 says that you can't buy tickets from the concession stand. This is wrong.

I don't see why reading that post would have helped them.

the read post #25 clearly states

railbuff wrote: »

our local odeon and Vue have the tickets sold from booths as you enter the cinema with concessions sold from a counter within the foyer

which was a reply to

Fuzzy_Duck wrote: »

Not true.

Cornucopia

Nope - the truth is more complex, and it *is* out there.

Some cinemas have separate Box Office & Concessions.

Some cinemas have combined Box Office & Concessions - sometimes they are only combined at quiet times of the week.

Cineworld policy is that if the Box Office is open, you *cannot* buy your ticket at the Concessions. Some Cineworld Managers are fairly relaxed about Cineworld policy.

Cineworld O2 has permanent combined Box Office & Concessions and is a nightmare for queues...

Idiophreak

railbuff wrote: »

which was a reply to

Fuzzy_Duck wrote:

Not true.

which was in reply to

railbuff wrote:

(drinks, popcorn etc) are not paid for at the ticket points. you would pay for your tickets ( which the ticket prices will be displayed per film and i would check to see what ticket prices were before i even get to ticket point) and then you would go to consession counter for drinks etc.

...which isn't *always* true, as we've established. railbuff didn't say "at my cinema you can't..." he just made a swooping statement, which was silly.

In any case, I don't see any reason for you to have a go at FD when it seems you're hazy on the flow of the thread yourself...

Fuzzy_Duck

Idiophreak wrote: »

which was in reply to



...which isn't *always* true, as we've established. railbuff didn't say "at my cinema you can't..." he just made a swooping statement, which was silly.

In any case, I don't see any reason for you to have a go at FD when it seems you're hazy on the flow of the thread yourself...

Thanks Idiophreak. I was indeed simply stating that in some cinemas you DO buy tickets from the concessions stand. I wasn't saying you were lying about your local cinemas railbuff, just that your sweeping generalisation that every cinema is like yours isn't true (and the 'I don't know what cinemas you go to' comment really wasn't necessary either!). Oh, and I did read your posts, so you assumed wrong on that too.

Anyway, the only purpose of my post was that whoever posted commenting that it's easy to get confused about the price when you're buying snacks as well as tickets, made a very good point, and it's most unfair to say OP's friend should have known they were over-paying. So arguing about who knows cinema layout best really isn't that useful to the OP and their friend anyway.