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

[Ghazanfar Ghori <GhoriG@gmail.com>]

We've got reservations so we don't stand in line. Without reservations,
people wait upto 2 hours, sometimes longer to go in. 
I'll email all of the FT folks and ask them to bring $16 in cash.
We'll remind the people on Thursday night and take payments
from them at the time they pick up their registration package.

On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 12:42:10 -0700 (PDT), S. Hieber <shieber@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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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