Toady Posted April 27, 2023 Report Share Posted April 27, 2023 7 hours ago, iainb said: OK, so it's not a surcharge on Seniors... but you're "encouraged" to pre-book meaning that there may be a certain demographic that are less likely to do this. Strange one as usually it's the other way around and you get surcharged for booking online. No doubt this has been done to death elsewhere on the forum Very healthy crowd for the previous 2 meetings and plenty of OAPs amongst it so they were not put off by the new fangled internet and no cash.Sometimes I think people like to make out that the old are incapable of any new tech forgetting that most have been using it for years my opinion 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technik Posted April 28, 2023 Report Share Posted April 28, 2023 On 4/27/2023 at 4:58 PM, Toady said: Very healthy crowd for the previous 2 meetings and plenty of OAPs amongst it so they were not put off by the new fangled internet and no cash.Sometimes I think people like to make out that the old are incapable of any new tech forgetting that most have been using it for years my opinion I've had some sort of mobile device since 1986 when I was in my 20's that was near 40 years back. I'm that much older as well & there are many things I don't like about the modern phones however I like many 60+ year old's are very capable of using most hand held devices & I think a lot of those that say they can't are just looking for an excuse not to attend the live event. On Wednesday night the racing was some of the best I have seen since the reopening & I got to watch the football in the bar as well. A perfect night out (unless your an Arsenal fan from Edinburgh) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toady Posted April 29, 2023 Report Share Posted April 29, 2023 13 hours ago, Technik said: I've had some sort of mobile device since 1986 when I was in my 20's that was near 40 years back. I'm that much older as well & there are many things I don't like about the modern phones however I like many 60+ year old's are very capable of using most hand held devices & I think a lot of those that say they can't are just looking for an excuse not to attend the live event. On Wednesday night the racing was some of the best I have seen since the reopening & I got to watch the football in the bar as well. A perfect night out (unless your an Arsenal fan from Edinburgh) I agree, my thoughts exactly, I do hope some of them try and get to a meeting because after all it’s they who are missing out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted April 29, 2023 Report Share Posted April 29, 2023 14 minutes ago, Toady said: I agree, my thoughts exactly, I do hope some of them try and get to a meeting because after all it’s they who are missing out. ...if I lived on the doorstep I'd be round there like a shot! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted May 1, 2023 Report Share Posted May 1, 2023 (edited) On 4/28/2023 at 8:12 PM, Technik said: I've had some sort of mobile device since 1986 when I was in my 20's that was near 40 years back. I'm that much older as well & there are many things I don't like about the modern phones however I like many 60+ year old's are very capable of using most hand held devices & I think a lot of those that say they can't are just looking for an excuse not to attend the live event. On Wednesday night the racing was some of the best I have seen since the reopening & I got to watch the football in the bar as well. A perfect night out (unless your an Arsenal fan from Edinburgh) I'd agree to a certain extent (my mother, however, couldn't navigate a computer/ipod etc and I'm sure that there are plenty like her of a certain age) and although I have a very basic phone I do use the internet but where I draw the line is having to pay a booking fee when ordering tickets etc. I use "contactless'" all the time and have no issue with that facility but I do carry cash on me because there are still businesses out there who only accept cash. Edited May 1, 2023 by steve roberts 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technik Posted May 1, 2023 Report Share Posted May 1, 2023 2 hours ago, steve roberts said: I'd agree to a certain extent (my mother, however, couldn't navigate a computer/ipod etc and I'm sure that there are plenty like her of a certain age) and although I have a very basic phone I do use the internet but where I draw the line in having to pay a booking fee when ordering tickets etc. I use "contactless' all the time and have no issue with that facility but I do carry cash on me because there are still businesses out there who only accept cash. I'd have to agree that the booking fee is something that has annoyed myself as well. Whilst trying to book for Newbury races for 6 people I had a £30 booking fee thats 6 X £5 for a single transaction. We never went, I'll pay the £5 but not £5 for each ticket when all booked together. I think we believe the same facts that why should we pay the fee when it is us that have done all the work 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple.H. Posted May 1, 2023 Report Share Posted May 1, 2023 11 hours ago, Technik said: I'd have to agree that the booking fee is something that has annoyed myself as well. Whilst trying to book for Newbury races for 6 people I had a £30 booking fee thats 6 X £5 for a single transaction. We never went, I'll pay the £5 but not £5 for each ticket when all booked together. I think we believe the same facts that why should we pay the fee when it is us that have done all the work Some ticket agencies along with the booking fee also charged an additional fee to download an E-Ticket. Thankfully they saw the light pretty quickly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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