O2 academy tickets- where to buy other than net?

[Beags 10]

anyone know where to actually get tickets from other than using the internet sites?

 

i headed straight for jacks records last week only to find it had closed down

[dosxuk 10]

Academy itself? The ticket office is open most days (and has regular hours, not just when a gig is on).

[cheesemaster 10]

it opens a 12 each day, dunno what time it closes.

[HotPhil 10]

I think they even still charge you some kind of rip-off credit card/not putting it in an envelope/having to go to the hassle of actually selling you a ticket/administration/some other charge we just made up/handling fee if you go and pick it up (and you have to shout through the perspex at the thoroughly disinterested chap in the box office to make yourself heard). A ticket should cost the amount stated on it. O2 (or the promoters behind using the O2 brand) are as guilty of this as any other issuer.

[Beags 10]

cheers for that guys

 

ha no way can they justify these booking charges!

[sheffblog 10]

You can pay cash at the box office and avoid all booking fees

[cheesemaster 10]

all you need to know http://www.o2academysheffield.co.uk/venue.php i will never understand why they charge over 2quid to email you tickets tho.

[HotPhil 10]

You can pay cash at the box office and avoid all booking fees

 

Even if you've booked online with a card in order to get a ticket for a fast-selling gig?

[sheffblog 10]

If you book online then you have to pay the booking fees. Go there in person and pay by cash and you'll avoid it

[swordfish1 10]

If you book online then you have to pay the booking fees. Go there in person and pay by cash and you'll avoid it

 

That's correct. It's what I always do. Pay cash at the box office and it's just the ticket price. Bit of a git if you want to get tickets to gigs that are likely to sell out, then unfortunately it's the internet and bending over and taking the charges route.