Three things…
New Nine Inch Nails album – I decided to just order the double CD instead of the deluxe package because heck, I’m sane. But unfortunately, there was a snag in the plans. Total cost for the CD – $10. Excellent. Go to order it, put all the appropriate information in (by the way, can I just say how much I love Paypal?) and then get dinged with the cost of the shipping and handling. $13. ARGH! It’s more than the actual album. Nooo!!! So even though I had it in my heart to order directly from Trent and Co., I don’t think I can bring myself to dish out $13 in shipping. They’ll figure out a better method of distribution of the physical medium in the future (I’m hoping).
The new Trews album came out about three weeks ago and I pre-ordered it from the website. In the end, it cost me $36 with the shipping and handling, but I got a t-shirt with it as well as an autographed copy of it. So yeah, I figured “What the heck, this will support the band and it’s worth my cash for a sweet rock n’ roll t-shirt.” Unfortunately for me the weeks went by and I didn’t see it. In the end, the company informed me that Canada Post must have lost it (and I guess this was confirmed considering a Canada Post employee gave me a call to see if I received it or not) so I just cancelled my order. I cancelled my order moreso for the fact that the person I was dealing with at the company said “Listen dude, if you don’t get it by Thursday, let me know and I’ll ship one off to you pronto!”. I thought this was great of them. They realize something happened, and they would fix it in the best way they could.
However come the Thursday, I let them know that I didn’t get it and it wasn’t until Monday that I got a response. They said they would ship off a new one, but the they followed up with an email saying that they jumped the gun and they would first have to follow up with Canada Post to see if I received the item and that could take 5 business days. This was the point where I said I would like to cancel the order. Bureaucracy…bah! So I’m out a t-shirt but I get my cash back (well, I sure hope I will!) and I get to finally pick up the new Trews disc tomorrow. Yay!
Ticketmaster…or Ticketbastard. Argh, I hate ’em. We want to get some tix to see The Trews when they come to town, right? So the tickets are $25 each. But Ticketmaster (through the web) tacks on an additional $9 per ticket PLUS some random other convenience fee which essentially adds another buck each. LUDICROUS! I can’t believe it! The same thing happened when Mike and I went to order Raine Maida tickets. I refused to pay that and had Mike pick some up downtown at the local record store. What was the damage? I think they charged us $1 handling fee. No problems there!
So now I have these great Ticketmaster gift cards which Mike’s parents and Maureen got me for Christmas and I hesitate in using them for the sole reason that there’s the principle of matters and the principle sayeth “Guys, if you’re only paying $25 for a ticket, why the heck should anyone get away with highway robbery?”
I’m going to talk to Ticketmaster to see what the scoop is. I have a feeling it may be an issue of simply going to the box office and buying the tickets there for a lower price. I shall get to the bottom of this.
Let us not forget the great service Pearl Jam did for us back in 1994 concerning Ticketmaster.
iplaying: 8 Ghosts I – Nine Inch Nails (Ghosts I-IV)