Re: [AGA-mcm] Thoughts on the Aquarium -- or - the lined leading the lined

["S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>]

Several thoughts:

Okay, call me crazy but I don't think the line is a
problem, we can't all walk in the door at th same time
anyway and the average ticket transaction takes about 8-12
seconds, if change is required, so we're talking about
10-15 minutes total -- half that if they have two cashiers.
People can shmooz while in line and the 12 second delay
will help meter the flow of people into and through the
aquarium. So up to a point it could be a good thing; there
won't be much to see with 70 people standing in front of
you.

I would email them to bring cash for the ticket simply
because the transaction run much more smoothly. Card
transactions take much longer. We could email and ask them
to bring cash and advise that those paying by card will be
asked to go to the end of the line ;-)



Is the $75 deposit refunded after folks pay up? If so, I
put the expenditure on the actual column but take it out of
the estimate. We surely have enough FTs to ensure the $75
is covered, no?


sh


--- Ghazanfar Ghori <GhoriG@gmail.com> wrote:

> I think it'd be a good idea to have something like that
> setup. It'll make it
> easier for folks. What worries me most right now is the
> Baltimore Aquarium
> entrance fee. I've made a reservation there for the
> approx # of people that are
> attending the FT, put down a modest deposit. When we get
> there as a group,
> if we do not want to stand in line (and we do not - its
> crazy and negates the
> purpose of the reservation) - we need to have all the
> tickets for all the people
> entering the BA bought by the group leader. That means
> collecting $16 from
> each FT attendee. 
> 
> Options I've considered:
> 
> Email all the FT folks and ask for prepayment via paypal
> (we'll incurr
> paypal fees)
> OR
> Email all of them and tell them to bring cash. They can
> pay up Thursday
> night when they pick up their registration package.
> Either cash, or
> paypal (again, the fees)
> 
> Since this is a straight pass through, either we take a
> hit on the paypal fees,
> or charge them for it.
> 
> Paypal charges 3% right? If so, it'd come out to a total
> of $45 in paypal fees
> for the max 94 people in the FT. A little less since
> we're comping some of them.
> 
> Thoughts?

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