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If Your Not 18+ You Shouldn't Have To Pay As An Adult.
Why in some places i.e. Cinemas/ theme parks people under 18 have to pay for and adult ticket price? Surely if they're not legally an adult they should pay as a child. It just a way of extorting more money out of people.
 Zip-man  10 Aug 2008 02:24
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Its logical cos its the age when you are legally and adult even though there are different ages when you are allowed to drive and have sex.what's the point in calling something an adult price if they are not legally seen as an adult. Its stupid and there should be more of a cut off point between when you are an adult and a child.
 
 Eeyore  08 Jan 2009 14:36
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Well, you make a logical point. Of course there are some teens just as large if not larger than most adults so whatever activity they are entering into they will use as much space or energy as an adult. But you're right that if you don't have the privileges of an adult you shouldn't be classified as an adult when it's time to pay.

Maybe the fairer thing to do would be to charge by the pound (ha ha). We'll all step on a scale, then for infants we'll pay next to nothing and for larger teens and adults they'll pay a lot - to compensate for the space and energy needed to accommodate them on rides. Sound fairer?
 
 Grenache  10 Aug 2008 22:01
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I wish i didn't have to pay at all.
 
 verum  10 Aug 2008 03:31
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At the least lower the age to sixteen (the age most teens are actually able to find work), so that people twelve (the lowest age I've ever seen people charged as an adult for) to sixteen aren't disadvantaged.

Most kids between those ages don't make nearly as much money as kids sixteen and older, so it's not fair to limit their ability to go to the movies or the amusement park without financial aid from their parents. Most thirteen to sixteen year olds have trouble getting a job that pays better than babysitting (and, of course, girls are way more likely to get the job, so that means guys have to turn elsewhere), and can't easily afford to be going everywhere paying adult prices for things.

Ya, I'd say old enough to be hired for a job is a good threshold.
 
 FoxFire  10 Aug 2008 03:17
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I agree, it bothers me too sometimes.
 
 sensai80  10 Aug 2008 02:31
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What Ur_wrong said. It's just a title. It's all about marketing. The people that are less likely to come will pay less. Teenagers and adults are more likely, so they pay more. Profit
 
 Specter87  04 Nov 2008 23:20
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"Adult" is just a title they give to the 12+ or 14+ category to make you feel special.
 
 ur_wrong  05 Oct 2008 23:58
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The business can charge whatever they want to whatever age group they want. Actually being an adult does not correlate with the business treating you like one.
 
 theophilus  10 Aug 2008 14:10
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I mean it isn't extortion. It's just policy. The free admission is a nicety not litigious. Kids make up the bulk of lots of places so those places can't just not charge kids, let alone a government rule of non-adults having universally discounted admission. It's just policy. What's closer to extortion is the idea of taking advantage of a cultural formality by extending it to any given franchise just because one company gave an inch. Where the extortion does come out and the bigger problem is the cost. In fact, if younger kids weren't given discounts older kids/adults would be able to get in cheaper.
Still, everyone's belt's are tight these days. Don't let paris hilton fool you. She's not as rich as she thinks she is. Disney is no exception.
 
 characters  10 Aug 2008 06:17
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 The point I'm making is people under 18 should still be charged, but only the kids price.
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 10 Aug 2008 16:16
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