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Seat buyins and reservations.
GiMac:
Am I the only one who thinks the cart is being put before the horse here?
Surely in any real life commercial world those people who are willing to stump up their hard earned cash in advance to pay in full for something should be catered for ahead of those only willing to "reserve" the option to buy something?
Example: I"m selling a car for £5k, two people want to buy it the first wants to pay a non refundable deposit of £100 and pay for the car in 2 weeks, the other is willing to pay the full £5k today. Who would you sell the car to?
Is this not simple? Is this not how real life works? Is this not simple economics? Is this not obvious?
Discuss.
pables:
I reserved a seat via eventbrite as I couldn"t guarantee I was going to be able to play any sats or be able to buy in online at the time of buy in...
I don"t neccessarily agree with the non refundable bit, bit like credit card fee but if all else fails bring back the click fest I loved it
F5 FTW
AMRN:
--- Quote from: GiMac on October 21, 2013, 15:08:38 PM ---
Am I the only one who thinks the cart is being put before the horse here?
Surely in any real life commercial world those people who are willing to stump up their hard earned cash in advance to pay in full for something should be catered for ahead of those only willing to "reserve" the option to buy something?
Example: I"m selling a car for £5k, two people want to buy it the first wants to pay a non refundable deposit of £100 and pay for the car in 2 weeks, the other is willing to pay the full £5k today. Who would you sell the car to?
Is this not simple? Is this not how real life works? Is this not simple economics? Is this not obvious?
Discuss.
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^This.
I hate the £5 reservation tax.... I"m more than willing to pay full amount many months in advance to reserve my seat, and wish we had that opportunity.
--- Quote from: GiMac on October 21, 2013, 15:08:38 PM ---
wants to pay a non refundable deposit of £100 and pay for the car in 2 weeks
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The £5 isn"t a non refundable deposit - if it were, I suspect most people would be much happier with it. It"s a non refundable additional charge.
ian.ski309:
I hated the idea of a £5 reservation fee when it was first announced and I said so. I still hate it but it has become a necessary evil if you want to guarantee a seat at a venue with limited capacity. I may be wrong but the only consolation is that it has generated approximately £500 towards the APAT coffers which I assume offsets the costs due to reduced sponsorship these days.
GiMac:
--- Quote from: AMRN on October 21, 2013, 15:47:07 PM ---
^This.
I hate the £5 reservation tax.... I"m more than willing to pay full amount many months in advance to reserve my seat, and wish we had that opportunity.
--- Quote from: GiMac on October 21, 2013, 15:08:38 PM ---
wants to pay a non refundable deposit of £100 and pay for the car in 2 weeks
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The £5 isn"t a non refundable deposit - if it were, I suspect most people would be much happier with it. It"s a non refundable additional charge.
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Precisley this ^^^^^^^
Dear APAT
At the end of the day WE ALL KNOW THIS is just a stealth fee, we are believe it or not reasonably intelligent people, so why don"t you just charge a £10 fee for entry, because in reality that"s what you are forcing people to pay anyway? Other places like DTD charge £10 for a £50 game, people pay it because they are happy with the service being provided and DTD are not afraid to charge it because they know they offer a good product.
So in summary APAT grow a pair, have faith in your product and brand and stop fvcking your clients about please.
Best Regards
GiMac
APAT Team Scotland Captain 2013/14
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