Olympics tickets have a 24% service fee – and it's raising eyebrows among Angelenos (laist.com)
from technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to losangeles@lemmy.world on 04 Apr 23:18
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It was only when she was about to purchase that she noticed the service fees, which were around 24% of each ticket. One $2,100 ticket had a $505 service fee, bringing the total cost to $2,604.63.

“It’s insane,” she said of the fee. “I don’t understand what the service is.”

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LodeMike@lemmy.today on 04 Apr 23:31 next collapse

Because processing a sale suddenly costs more if the item costs more. The extra digit forces one more byte in a JSON which costs $100 more.

Edit: before anyone brings up “but VISA/Mastercard charge a percentage” its like 3% and that model is to subsidize relatively small ($10) purchases. Especially to promote usage among shops when it was first made a thing in the 80s or whatever.

BC_viper@lemmy.world on 04 Apr 23:52 next collapse

Well guess I don’t need to go to them. Shame. I wanted to at least go to a couple events in the next North American Olympics.

venusaur@lemmy.world on 04 Apr 23:57 next collapse

Does the profits from those service charges go back to the people of Los Angeles?

OldChicoAle@lemmy.world on 05 Apr 00:31 next collapse

Nothing ever comes back to us. We pay out the ass in taxes so rich people can go kill brown people in the middle east.

ohulancutash@feddit.uk on 05 Apr 01:37 collapse

No. The Los Angeles Olympics are privately funded.

venusaur@lemmy.world on 05 Apr 02:30 collapse

Essentially taxpayers own the city. If a private party wants to use the city, is there some way that tax payers get something in exchange?

TachyonTele@piefed.social on 05 Apr 02:53 next collapse

Haha that’s a good one!

ohulancutash@feddit.uk on 05 Apr 02:59 collapse

LAOCOG is expected to pay full costs, but the contract is six months overdue.

FederatedFreedom1981@lemmy.ca on 05 Apr 02:00 next collapse

Who would want to go to a Third World country where the rule of law has been suspended, and government border agents can arrest you willy nilly? Even the Olympics wouldn’t be enough to get me to go to such a country.

ChicoSuave@lemmy.world on 05 Apr 02:57 collapse

Thought the same about Sochi

FederatedFreedom1981@lemmy.ca on 05 Apr 03:09 collapse

You’re not wrong.

panda_abyss@lemmy.ca on 05 Apr 02:13 collapse

I will be boycotting these ones.