This probably wont work at all venues, or for all events, but it's worth checking into. It's certainly less sketchy than buying tickets from a scalper, like one of my previous posts.
My wife was wanting to see the comedian Brian Regan. The cheapest tickets were $39.50, before Ticketmaster "convenience" fees. Those Ticketmaster fees were $11.05, bringing the total price to $50.55 per person. That's over 25% of the price of the ticket. Yikes.
The trick is this: don't use Ticketmaster. Give the venue box office a call and see if you can buy tickets over the phone. In this case, we were able to pay just $39.50 + a $2.50 phone order fee. Then, on the day of the event, you just pick up your tickets from the will call window at the box office. $8.55 saved. Of course, you could save the phone order fees altogether and physically go to the box office to buy the tickets, if that's convenient for you. Another $2.50 saved.
