Wow. I wrote Emily Baptista at client relations about getting printed tickets (BearBloke had already placed the order), saying we'd be happy to pick them up at will-call, and was told this morning that we could:
1. Receive a PDF of the tickets via email and print them out ourselves at home free of charge
2. Pick them up at will-call for a $7 fee
3. Have Cal print and ship them to us for a $25 shipping and handling fee
We have to pay for our season tickets to be printed now? Do non-season ticket holders have to pay a surcharge at the kiosk for a non-digital ticket?
I'm not blaming Emily, of course, but BearBloke and I have attended games since 1996, and been season ticket holders and members of Triple Threat/the Golden Way for about 15 years, and we find this kind of monetary squeezing rather tacky. (Mind you, a late and devoted Cal WBB fan who, together with his wife, endowed at least one scholarship--and still does--sat high up above the opponents' bench. Said they had never been offered free seats, or even the occasional courtside chairs, and he was too proud to ask.)
So I'm asking for that PDF.
"Don't get distracted, myself. Don't get distracted." Self-talk from a young relative