OK, so I’m all psyched to see Iron Maiden this summer at Merriweather
Post Pavilion in Columbia MD. I buy four tickets to take my son and
his friends (am I a cool Dad or WHAT?...don’t answer that!) at 55 dollars apiece,
fine. Then I look at the statement: $9.25 “convenience charge.” ....Per ticket.
$37.00 boys and girls! Are they effing KIDDING me?! For entering a few
keystrokes in a computer? No wait, that’s the 4 dollar “processing charge.” And
for what? I know it’s not for postage for them to mail my tickets, ‘cause…hey,
I’m printing MY OWN tickets, on MY paper! Which by the way is another $4.75.

Grand total for service charges: $45.75. That’s almost the cost of another
ticket, and for the lawn section, I think it is!

That’s enough bitching; as you can probably tell, this geezer hasn’t
bought concert tickets in a while. Oh well, what can I do? Just STFU and enjoy
the show! And if there are any ‘Sifters who happen to be there (June 18) let me
know, maybe we can meet somewhere.