BOCS
Sat, 3 Feb 2001, 11:30 amWalter Plinge3 posts in thread
BOCS
Sat, 3 Feb 2001, 11:30 amSo is it being sold? Have the government come to their senses and won't 'GIVE' it to Ticketmaster and Kerry Stokes to create a monopoly?
just wondering as it has all gone a bit quiet what with the election an all.
just wondering as it has all gone a bit quiet what with the election an all.
Walter PlingeSat, 3 Feb 2001, 11:30 am
So is it being sold? Have the government come to their senses and won't 'GIVE' it to Ticketmaster and Kerry Stokes to create a monopoly?
just wondering as it has all gone a bit quiet what with the election an all.
just wondering as it has all gone a bit quiet what with the election an all.
Walter PlingeSat, 3 Feb 2001, 01:55 pm
RE: BOCS
According to the ministers office , it wont be sold until after the election, but then it will.
The Labor Party wont sell it, the Liberals will.
I really dont like the idea of trying to book for venues in Perth through a call centre in Melbourne, talking to someone who has never seen a venue here (that is if you are lucky enough to talk to anyone at all, probably just get the recorded message and you press buttons. )
Why wouldnt you keep this quiet!
The Labor Party wont sell it, the Liberals will.
I really dont like the idea of trying to book for venues in Perth through a call centre in Melbourne, talking to someone who has never seen a venue here (that is if you are lucky enough to talk to anyone at all, probably just get the recorded message and you press buttons. )
Why wouldnt you keep this quiet!
Walter PlingeSun, 4 Feb 2001, 02:05 pm
RE: BOCS
Don't forget that Carmen Lawrence's Government (labor) looked at the privatisation of BOCS in 1990, albeit a decision at the end not to cleave it off from the Perth Theatre Trust.
Yes it is a very sad situation when a company that is continually questioned over poor service standards and restrictive trade practices (ask Pearl Jam and Congress in the USA in 1994 and in Victoria the Trade Practices Commission in 1995).
Wasn't BOCS given to Ticketek a while ago? Surely two players in a state as small (population-wise) would make sense, particularly as both wish to operate in WA. Not one, to create a monopolist with a record of practices that fit the role!
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Yes it is a very sad situation when a company that is continually questioned over poor service standards and restrictive trade practices (ask Pearl Jam and Congress in the USA in 1994 and in Victoria the Trade Practices Commission in 1995).
Wasn't BOCS given to Ticketek a while ago? Surely two players in a state as small (population-wise) would make sense, particularly as both wish to operate in WA. Not one, to create a monopolist with a record of practices that fit the role!
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