This So Called Ticketlessness

As previously intimated, I’m going to see Professor Lessig tomorrow at the Science Festival.

I was going to order the tickets via their website, except that it charged a £1 booking fee. Obviously, me being Scottish, this was a fee I’d rather not pay, especially since the ticket office was only a 5 minute walk away. So off I went.

So, there I am, watching the guy process my purchase using the same website as I had been using, only with the booking fee removed. I used the same card I would have used via the website as well, so to all intents and purposes, the transaction was the same (except now I was taking up someone’s time). Then came the kicker:

“The festival is ticketless this year.”

So what was the booking fee for? It sure wasn’t for posting me out tickets. Although it looked like they were going to post out the confirmation code that appeared on the browser to the people who had called in for tickets, so this would be the worst ticketless system ever.

Anyway, I’m sure I’ll enjoy it in the end. I’ll take some pics and write it up when I get back.