single, yet not.

my name is becca, and i have a confession. i’m a single ticket buyer.

yep, that’s right. no season tickets here. perhaps it’s a fear of commitment. or lack of money (i work for a not-for-profit, not some biotech mega-conglomerate). or wanting to buy tickets depending on the starting pitcher’s current hotness quotient. during the season, i normally purchase tickets at the  A’s ticket window, getting 3-4 games at a time. this year, i decided to get them in advance. that’s right, my knack for planning (excel spreadsheets and flow charts are normally invovled) has started to creep into my baseball affairs.

after perusing the calendar and promotions, we made our list of top 6 games (to start). last week, when work was slow, i called tickets.com to (drumroll) get my tickets. but all did not go well (don’t know quite why i was surprised by this, considering my second to last tickets.com episode). $5.50 for EACH ticket i wanted to purchase? that’s 6 games x 2 people each x $5.50 which = $66, plus there was a handling charge of about $4, so $70 in addition to the $384 I was already going to spend? That’s right, 15% of my total amount would have been tickets.com fees. i pouted, cried, and stomped, but then i came to the realization that i’d have to go back to my old ways. sort of.

on saturday i went to oakland and bought my tickets in person. the upside: no fees or long holds. the downside: an hour commute each way and rain. lots of rain.

but now i’ve got my tickets and i saved myself tons of cash. just about enough for some new bowls and an A’s trinket or two! go a’s=)