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Booking fee VS Service charge

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  • 03-03-2008 9:49pm
    #1
    Ciarán_Dublin
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭


    Hi folks,

    Presume this will end up getting locked,

    If tickets for a gig are advertised as xxx amount including booking fee, can they charge a service charge on each ticket?

    If so, could someone explain the difference, cause I just presumed its different wording for the same thing.

    Ciaran


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    Ste.phen
    Registered Users Posts: 2,808 ✭✭✭Ste.phen


    I was always under the [never verified] impression that at one point the price to go and see a gig was (for example) 20 euro, but you could also buy the ticket in advance to guarantee entry for 20 + X booking fee.

    The cynic in me says that the 20+X price eventually became the base price, and they tacked on 'service charges' too.


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    Nody
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,316 CMod ✭✭✭✭Nody


    I'd guess booking fee = charge from the company that owns the tickets for their part in doing the job, service fee = the charge for the company buying the tickets on your behalf (i.e. doing a job for you as a consultant by being wide in the definition).


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    foggy_lad
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    is a service fee/charge not an added charge for services provided at events like 1st aid clean-up crowd control etc? and booking fee would be fee for online or telephone booking?


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    Colonel Sanders
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,669 ✭✭✭Colonel Sanders


    I thought service charge was the extortionate amount ticketmaster add on when you buy tickets online.


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