- Nov 21, 2010
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I have absolutely no issue with the price of food at the ground. It can cost $10 for a pie and that does not bother me. It's 2 and a half hours where I can go without food or just bring in my own food from home or the supermarket.
But what makes me filthy with the AFL, ticketmaster and ticketek are the booking fees/printing fees. You cannot avoid this cost. It is like advertising a flight for $1, but after adding credit card fees and baggage fees the flight actually costs $100.
It is a rort!
How a $7.50 booking fee to receive an email and print out a ticket with your own paper and ink can be justified despite website maintenance being pretty much the only cost incurred is beyond me. Sure, charge something, it's a for profit organisation, but you can't possibly justify that sort of mark up.