If anyone is in the mood to travel and makes there way toward San Fransico they might have an interest in going on the Blue & Gold Fleet which would in turn place you on the island of Alcatraz. The Company Round America does NOT have any fleets of ships or fairies which could take you to the island of Alcatraz. The fee for an adult to go on the day tour of Alcatraz with audio is about $16. And that is how much it would cost if you were to go through the company called Blue & Gold Fleet.
However, if you are not careful when you are searching for information about ticket purchases for this tour you will be directed to the website or other contact information of Round America, LLC. At this web site you can purchase your tickets for the $16 each and they will charge you an additional $10 per ticket. And what do you get for this $10 one might ask. Well, in short... Nothing really. You can buy them direct from Blue & Gold Fleet but Round America will buy them for you. That's what the $10 is for.
There are other companies that do this and I assume its legal. But I only have experience with Round America and they will not tell you about Blue & Gold Fleet. They call the $10 fee a booking fee. And it's all probably legal. Just be careful and beware that they are taking advantage of there customers. There is no reason for this "service" of thiers. It would be no different if I put a booth in front of a movie theatre box office and started charging $20 a ticket.
When a customer makes a purchase I turn around and buy there ticket for the actual $10 or so. $10 profit for doing nothing. The reason its a rip-off is because the make no indication that they are just going to buy the tickets from Blue & Gold Fleet.
Ticket Master is another company that charges for ticket purchases but they will tell where the event is to be held and usually the customer has the choice of purchasing the tickets direct from the event holder but they have to be purchased at the place of the event in most situations. If Blue & Gold Fleet didnt sell the tickets by phone then at least you could call Round Americas fee reasonable. But that isnt true. If you want to go to Alcatraz then go through Blue & Gold Fleet.
Mr
Oakland, Montana
United Kingdom
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