$475.97 - $97.72 - plus shipping $12 or $22

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$475.97 - $97.72 - plus shipping $12 or $22

Post by Elliot » Fri Feb 10, 2017 1:12 am

Flunked math right out of college. But last year I won the True Full Ticket Price calculation contest hereabouts.

2017

Ticket: $425.00 plus 9% tax = $463.25
Plus processing per item $12.00 = $475.25
Plus 9% tax on $8.00 worth out of the $12 (weird!) $0.72 = $475.97.

Next,
Vehicle Pass $80.00
Plus processing $12.00 = $92.00
Plus that 2/3 of 9% tax $0.72 = $92.72

So,
One Ticket and one Vehicle Pass = $568.69
Or, two Tickets = $951.94
Or, two Tickets and one Vehicle Pass = $1,044.66

And then... PLUS,
Regular US shipping, or Will Call, $12.00 per order.
Or,
"Deluxe" US shipping per order $22.00.

Canada shipping is $29 or $39.

Remember to add in your preferred flavor of shipping to the above larger sums.

That's my understanding of the $-numbers this year -- in case this is useful to somebody.

The floor is now open to comprehension and accurasy challenges. :wink:

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Post by Mountain Bobby » Fri Feb 10, 2017 7:08 am

Thanks Elliot! I was so hoping someone would do the math (never my strong suit) I had tried to figure it out 4 different times and each time I got a different answer.
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Post by Elliot » Fri Feb 10, 2017 11:41 pm

As I recall, that's what happened to some extent on last year's thread on this topic. I had it right then, and hopefully now, and I think I can thank my incessant stubbornness. LOL

In other news....
Here are the numbers for Low Income tickets:

Ticket alone: $231.82.
Ticket and Vehicle Pass: $324.54.
Visa or Mastercard at Will Call, only. Debit card OK, so long as it has the Visa or Mastercard logo.

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Post by Elliot » Tue Feb 14, 2017 1:21 pm

It finally dawned on me... it would be more useful to have the "total total" numbers including shipping. Since there are two speeds of shipping, there are two numbers for each purchase-combination.
Will Call costs the same $12 as regular shipping.

1 ticket $475.97 + $12 shipping = $487.97, or $22 shipping = $497.97


1 Ticket & 1 Vehicle Pass $568.69 + $12 shipping = $580.69, or $22 shipping = $590.69


2 Tickets $951.94 + $12 shipping = $963.94 or $22 shipping = $973.94


2 Tickets & 1 Vehicle Pass $1,044.66 + $12 shipping = $1,056.66, or $22 shipping = $1,066.66


Canada shipping -- add $17 to either flavor of shipping.

The Low Income numbers I posted earlier already include the $12 "shipping".

http://tickets.burningman.org/

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Post by Elliot » Fri Mar 03, 2017 8:02 am

Well, my calculation was accurate, and the number was off by $0.72.
Last year, they charged the same tax on the Vehicle Pass Processing Fee as on the Ticket Processing Fee. (This seemed wrong to me, but....)
This year they did not. (I was right! LOL) And I see that they have recently updated the ticket page to clarify this. (I copied the whole ticket page earlier, so I was able to compare.) They now state: "Vehicle passes and their service fees are not taxed."

So.... I salute Burning Man for catching the (tiny) error, and then clarifying how it really works!

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Post by Captain Goddammit » Fri Mar 03, 2017 8:27 am

I can afford to buy the tickets but it's getting to the limit of what I'm willing to pay for them.
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Post by Ratty » Fri Mar 03, 2017 8:55 am

Ever since my husband announced that he didn't want to go to Thailand, Viet Nam or Laos anymore I feel I must spend that money.
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Post by rustygrape » Sat Apr 08, 2017 10:06 am

Captain Goddammit wrote:I can afford to buy the tickets but it's getting to the limit of what I'm willing to pay for them.
I second this.

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Post by The Rod » Sat Apr 08, 2017 5:55 pm

Ratty wrote:Ever since my husband announced that he didn't want to go to Thailand, Viet Nam or Laos anymore I feel I must spend that money.
Ouch.

My loving Partner over here keeps saying she'd rather just go back to SE Asia instead of blowing all that time and money on Burning Man.
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Post by DerbyDave 18 » Wed Apr 26, 2017 8:10 pm

Low In come Tickets

Ticket alone: $231.82.
Ticket and Vehicle Pass: $324.54.
Visa or Mastercard at Will Call, only. Debit card OK, so long as it has the Visa or Mastercard logo.

Unless there's been a change since the price was posted on the ticket info page low income tickets are still $190 same as every other year and will call does take cash. I've paid cash both times I picked mine up.
Some new news I haven't heard about?

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