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I went to purchase some tickets for a local minor league baseball game on the team's website. I detest "convenience fees", but was willing to suck it up and pay it this time. Then I went to the next step, and I had to either log-in to my account or create an account. (I normally buy tickets at the gate) Many businesses will still sell you their product without creating an account. Not this one.
So, I backed out and sent a polite email asking about this, and if I could purchase tickets online without creating an account. This is the response I received back...
"You must create an account to purchase tickets online. It’s a necessary security measure required by the <team> and our 3rd party ticketing system."
Is this "security measure" legit? Maybe I'm too cynical, but it's a friggin' baseball game, not a high-security sensitive piece of technology. Plus, as I mentioned, other businesses have no objection to selling their product without an account, so I don't even buy that it's about my financial security. I call BS on the "security measure". Really, I feel like it's just so the 3rd party ticketing system wants to collect information so they can make more money by selling and reselling it.
I don't necessarily begrudge anyone making money, but I'm a pretty simple guy... I just want to buy a ticket and go to a game. Without jumping through a bunch of dumb-ass hoops in the process.
Where do you draw the line? I'm sure some are reading this and are chomping at the bit to make some enlightening comment such as, "If you don't like their policies, don't buy their product.", but that's just brain dead arrogance. Everybody has some point where they're no longer willing to mindlessly go along and protest publicly about it. Where's that line for you?
So, I backed out and sent a polite email asking about this, and if I could purchase tickets online without creating an account. This is the response I received back...
"You must create an account to purchase tickets online. It’s a necessary security measure required by the <team> and our 3rd party ticketing system."
Is this "security measure" legit? Maybe I'm too cynical, but it's a friggin' baseball game, not a high-security sensitive piece of technology. Plus, as I mentioned, other businesses have no objection to selling their product without an account, so I don't even buy that it's about my financial security. I call BS on the "security measure". Really, I feel like it's just so the 3rd party ticketing system wants to collect information so they can make more money by selling and reselling it.
I don't necessarily begrudge anyone making money, but I'm a pretty simple guy... I just want to buy a ticket and go to a game. Without jumping through a bunch of dumb-ass hoops in the process.
Where do you draw the line? I'm sure some are reading this and are chomping at the bit to make some enlightening comment such as, "If you don't like their policies, don't buy their product.", but that's just brain dead arrogance. Everybody has some point where they're no longer willing to mindlessly go along and protest publicly about it. Where's that line for you?