Absurdity

There is a concert coming to town this week that I really want to go to. I've always wanted to see this performer in concert - Himself has, and has commented several times on how much he enjoyed it.

Himself and I decided that we'd go and call it the almost-three-months-late-birthday-present-I-didn't-get.

I find out tickets are $35 each - reasonable.

I go to buy them - there are still good seats left. Good.

Then I get to the purchase screen - there are TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS worth of fees! And, if I want to print my own tickets at home, I can add another $3 to that.

Why not say the concert tickets are $49 each and not tell me how much is fees? Funny - I might have purchased them at that point and chalked it up to a splurge.

But I can't justify knowingly paying almost another full ticket price in fees to go to the concert.

So I didn't buy them. I'm in mourning - I really wanted a date night with Himself - and Thursdays are the night our sitter is open late. More than that, I really wanted to see this concert. But all those fees? Am I supposed to clap my hands and jump for joy?

SmithTix stinks.