Re: Quick release method for lift tickets?

On Sun, 04 Sep 2005 14:18:21 -0600, AstroPax <astro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>It's more like "theft of services".

Theft of what services? The services were paid for! When they start
giving refunds to me when I go home at 4pm but paid for an all-day
pass, maybe this angle will have some merit. Maybe. Until then, the
only theft here that I see is the hoped for theft of money out of my
wallet for services I won't receive.

>The movie theatre...you get bored with the movie, you should be able
>to walk outside and hand the ticket stub to anyone so they can see the
>rest of the movie?

Sure. Why not? Who is going to want to see half a movie?

>A rock concert...your ears are hurting, so you should be able to walk
>outside and hand the ticket stub to anyone so they can listen to the
>rest of the concert?

Sure. I have a seat. What does it matter who sits in that seat. If I
left 50% of the way through the show, guess how much of the value I
got from the investment? 50%. It's not like people could do this and
gain value. No one sees half a show and get a full show.

>An amusement park...you are feeling sick because you rode the ferris
>wheel one too many times, you should be able to walk outside and hand
>the ticket stub to anyone so they can enjoy a few rides themselves?

Absolutely. The service was paid for.

We can keep going. Next you'll try to say, as I noted elsewhere, that
friends who come to my house can watch my TV or use my phone, or any
of my electric, or finish any food I couldn't eat simply because I
paid for the service. Do you charge all your friends when they come to
your house and watch a DVD? You can bet if the DVD people could find a
way from keeping that from happening, they'd do it.

>A baseball/basketball/football/soccer game or other sporting
>event...you don't like the score or the results, you should be able to
>walk outside and hand the ticket stub to anyone so they can watch the
>rest of the event?

Again, explain to me where the business, in any of these examples,
lost out? I had a seat. The person I give the seat to sits in the same
seat. He buys a single beer and, guess what? The business is ahead of
where they'd be given my early exit.

Let's take this to it's full extreme to expose this for the sham it
is. Let's, for the sake of argument, say that a baseball team sells
out the building and, at the end of the first half-inning of play, all
45,000 fans get up and go home. I'd be willing to bet my house that
the owner, in such a case, would be absolutely willing to let 45,000
totally new people use the tickets of those who left because large
numbers of those people will buy hats, peanuts, beer, food, etc. So if
it's good for 45,000 people, it's good for 1 person.

>Anyway, based upon your previous political BS rant, I'm not surprised
>that you take such a pro-socialistic, anti-capitalist view of things.

And between us I have a sneaking suspicion that I'm the only one that
owns his own business. Just a guess though.

>I don't know where *you* ski, but I often see the bottom feeders show
>up around noon. "Hey man, can I snip your tic?" Trust me, it happens
>all the time around here.

So, right back to my point, the current system is a sham and isn't
working.

>Just attach the damned tic to your pants...or ski somewhere that
>doesn't care if you use a split ring (key ring) !

Likely that I'll use both.
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