Can anyone explain why doorsales for Shapeshifter's Wellington gig were a massive $40, when presales were only $25.
The press release gave no indication of what door sales would cost, but usually they are just $5 or $10 more than presale. Not only that, the $40 figure seemed completely arbitary - some guy just walked down the line telling us the price would be $40.
As a consequence, I walked away from the gig and did not go.
Yes, I am all to aware that Wellingtonians are notoriously bad at buying presales, but they do (nearly always) come to the party at the end of the day as they did for Shapeshifter - the queue was huge!
If there are going to be doorsales, and they are going to be that pricey then it should be advertised on all promotional material.
Under The Consumer Guarentees Act goods and services should be a reasonable price, if no price or pricing formula has been previously be agreed upon. This includes gigs, concerts & events (I rang and asked).
No doorsale price was given in any advertising and I would a $40 price-tag to be unreasonable in the circumstance.
I would be very interested to hear what others think about this and any experience they've had.
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If they were selling at $40, that would ...
If they were selling at $40, that would indicate either that they had healthy pre-sales and could bump up the door price to reflect the demand or they were desperate to get as much cash as possible and figured people who had made the effort to turn up would pay what was asked.
As for the Consumer Guarantees Act point, yes, it applies to gigs but you seem to have misconceived what it does. If parties agree on a contract but don't talk about price, then the price has to be reasonable. You had not reached a contract with them however, and when you found out what the price was, chose not to. The classic situation the CGA is trying to cover is when you call in someone to do a job, you don't talk about price, and then when the work is done you are hit with a huge bill (or, to make it more like a gig ticket - someone supplies you with goods, you use them and then find out the price).
Yes, I do realise had not formalised a ...
Yes, I do realise had not formalised a contract with organisers - still dodgy though. And when I rang the consumers institute they seemed to think so too, and said that such a differential in price between presale s and door sales was advertised; otherwise it is misleading.
I ddn't have the car, and the bus ...
I ddn't have the car, and the bus driver wouldn't break my $50 note...
Thus, i did not go.
I don't think the whole poor pre sales ...
I don't think the whole poor pre sales argument applies stricly to Wellingtonians, I reckon NZers in general think they can just rock up at the last minute and get into a venue no worries whatsoever. However a $15 discrepancy between a door sale and a pre sale seems a tad excessive???? Or were they trying to prove a point??