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MSE News: Concert booking fees getting beyond a joke, Which? says

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"Which? launches a push to reform fees that can add over a third extra to the cost of music, comedy and theatre tickets..."
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Not really the point is it?
What frustrates me is when bands have a pre-sale, you are forced to buy from one ticket vendor to guarantee tickets, so no opportunity to compare. Buying 2 tickets of £32 recently paid a booking fee of £2.95 per ticket, but then on top of that, a transaction fee of £6.50. It's never clear what these two different fees represent or what you get from them/how you can avoid them.
Even buying from the venue doesn't help sometimes as the WMC in Cardiff tried to charge me £12 (£3 a ticket) just for paying with credit card recently. I just went over the road and withdrew £200 from a cash point instead.
Apart from supporting the Which? campaign, my two pieces of advice would be to:
- Sign up to Songkick and use their ticket comparison
- If possible, try and find a ticket office near you for pickup (I use Stargreen as they're close to my work)
Booked some tickets the other day from the Wolves Civic... they charge you to print out your own tickets.
Just all about squeezing every last penny out of you!
But if fees were banned they would simply be rolled into the ticket price.
Which would at least be more transparent.