Though we normally live a relatively quiet life, for the past week I have really been hitting the town in an attempt to up my Can-con street cred.
Last Sunday Jeannette and I attended a screening of the made-in-Saskatchewan movie Corner Gas: The Movie (obviously a spin-off from the similarly named TV show Corner Gas). Though ravaged by a Globe and Mail review (that hardly discussed the movie), Jeannette and I both enjoyed the experience and thought the movie was pretty much what you would expect from a TV to movie translation of the show.
On Tuesday Jeannette and I attended the annual Vinyl Cafe Christmas show (an event we also attended last year). This is the third time I've attended a Vinyl Cafe live show and the third time I have enjoyed the performance.
On Thursday a friend was kind enough to invite me to the Regina stop of the Trailer Park Boys Christmas tour. Though not the greatest theatrical event of the year, it was nice to see Ricky, Julian, and Randy in person (while living in Halifax Mr. Lahey could routinely be spotted near our apartment and Bubbles could be seen at Bubbles' Mansion events - like the shopping car race we once happened upon).
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This weekend, if I can get my act together, I hope to catch one of the Cirque du Soleil shows happening in Regina. Because of Jeannette's clown phobia there's no way I'll convince her to attend and as I haven't made any attempts to find someone else to attend with if I do end up going I think it will have to be alone.
And if I really wanted to 'do it all' I could also attend the upcoming Tom Jackson Huron Carole event (though at this point it seems very unlikely that I will be going this far in a quest to consume as much Can-con as possible).
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Saturday, December 13, 2014
Sunday, May 20, 2012
At least there's no tax?
Just a few minutes ago I learned that Cirque du Soleil will be visiting Ottawa this summer with their new Michael Jackson show. I was curious to see how much tickets are so I followed the links to the online vendor associated with the performance venue.
Not surprisingly, there is quite a range in ticket prices. While some tickets are available for $50, quite a number of the tickets for seats closed to the stage are $175.
When I used their system to calculate the price for two $80 tickets I was surprised to see that the total price was much higher than $160.
Apparently there are a few fees associated with each ticket.
I realize this position isn't particularly new or original, but what's with a $13.50 ticket fee? That's more than 25% of the value of a $50 ticket. Is it just me or does that seem a bit high? And what's with the separate $3.50 Capital Replacement Fund fee? Why don't they just roll the ticket fee and Capital Replacement Fund together, or, even better, just include both of these items in the price of the ticket/rental? I know that I'd rather see a $67 ticket price than a $50 ticket only to find out that it will cost $17 more than advertised. I have a hard time believing that I'm alone on this one.
Oh, and then the other great thing is that they include an order charge of $3.50. As far as I can tell this is basically the customer paying for the privilege of shopping with them. Again, if the business model isn't sustainable without this additional fee why not just include it in the rental or ticket price up front? Why risk pissing customers off in this way?
Of course maybe I'm the one who's got it all wrong. Maybe they've learned over time that a lower ticket price is what matters and that people don't respond negatively to an almost %40 difference between the advertised ticket price and total cost.
So while I might have been willing to pay $68.75 for a $68.75 ticket I am much less inclined to pay $68.75 for a $50 ticket. At the end of the day it's maybe a good thing that I find these fees so offensive because I probably shouldn't really be paying $68.75 for any ticket, no matter its sticker price.
Not surprisingly, there is quite a range in ticket prices. While some tickets are available for $50, quite a number of the tickets for seats closed to the stage are $175.
When I used their system to calculate the price for two $80 tickets I was surprised to see that the total price was much higher than $160.
I realize this position isn't particularly new or original, but what's with a $13.50 ticket fee? That's more than 25% of the value of a $50 ticket. Is it just me or does that seem a bit high? And what's with the separate $3.50 Capital Replacement Fund fee? Why don't they just roll the ticket fee and Capital Replacement Fund together, or, even better, just include both of these items in the price of the ticket/rental? I know that I'd rather see a $67 ticket price than a $50 ticket only to find out that it will cost $17 more than advertised. I have a hard time believing that I'm alone on this one.
Oh, and then the other great thing is that they include an order charge of $3.50. As far as I can tell this is basically the customer paying for the privilege of shopping with them. Again, if the business model isn't sustainable without this additional fee why not just include it in the rental or ticket price up front? Why risk pissing customers off in this way?
Of course maybe I'm the one who's got it all wrong. Maybe they've learned over time that a lower ticket price is what matters and that people don't respond negatively to an almost %40 difference between the advertised ticket price and total cost.
So while I might have been willing to pay $68.75 for a $68.75 ticket I am much less inclined to pay $68.75 for a $50 ticket. At the end of the day it's maybe a good thing that I find these fees so offensive because I probably shouldn't really be paying $68.75 for any ticket, no matter its sticker price.
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