RE: buying tickets

["Shawn Roth" <ufpdev!shawnr@uunet.uu.net>]

55 bucks a ticket.  What a bunch of crap.  I buy Pistons single game tickets
from time to time and have never paid 55 bucks extra for a ticket.  I've paid 5
bucks for shipping, 1.50 "facility fee" per ticket, plus the ticket price, but
$55 dollars.  That sounds like the Fleet Center charging ticket master a ton to
have the right to sell Celtics Tixs, and then ticket master passing the fee on
to the consumer.

If one 85 dollar Celtics Ticket cost 140 bucks, you'd be better off buying them
from a scalper, at least then you know what you are paying for.

Shawn Roth

-----Original Message-----
From: uunet!igtc.com!owner-celtics
[mailto:uunet!igtc.com!owner-celtics]On Behalf Of Timothy K. Tsai
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 1999 11:21 AM
To: Celtics Mailing List
Cc: Timothy K. Tsai; uunet!intercall.net!ttsai
Subject: buying tickets


Hi,

I was wondering if my experience buying Celtics tickets is a common
one.  I am going to be in Boston visiting a friend on 2-26, when the
Knicks play the Celtics.  So, my friend called TicketMaster and tried
to buy two tickets.  Of course, he couldn't find a block of two seats,
which isn't surprising for a Knicks game on the weekend.  Anyway,
TicketMaster added a $55 "facilities charge" to the $85 tickets.  I've
never ordered from TicketMaster before, but it sounds like a scalping
charge.

In any case, I'm still eager to see my first Celtics game in person
for the first time in my life, so I'm ready to pay just about any
price for it.  But, $140 per tickets is quite a shock for me.  Is this
typical?

Tim
ttsai@research.bell-labs.com