Monday, March 21, 2016

Another Way to Save Money on a Concert

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.


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