Well, apparently trying to purchase tickets for Jews and Baseball is an ordeal that is quite annoying - whether I go or not is dependent on getting a call back from Laemmle Theaters. I was given a link to their site, I chose the film and showing and theater, and I entered a cc number. Then I received an "error" message that either the cc info was incorrect or the card was declined - since the latter would not have been possible, I tried again, being very careful - again the error message. Then I looked at the zip code I'd put in and changed that to my home zip code instead of the mail place, and tried again - again the error message. So, I called the bank to see what was up - what was up was that a charge from Laemmle Theaters had come through and that my balance already reflected that money being taken from my account.
Of course, they have my money and I have an error message and no tickets. So, I called Laemmle, got a fellow from customer service on the phone - he explained to me that the charge is "pending" and could fall off by midnight if declined. I explained to him that my balance is now twenty-four dollars less and that the error message was a little stupid since a CHARGE HAD GONE THROUGH - in other words, I entered no invalid information and there was obviously money from which to deduct the pending charge. After all that, he told me he couldn't help me - the man who could help me was, of course, away from his desk. I left that person a voice mail and, of course, have had no returned phone call yet. If I don't within the next thirty minutes, then I shall call back and, I suppose, speak a little more vociferously.
If it doesn't get worked out, then I'm afraid that I cannot go to the Music Hall on Friday night because I will not give my business to incompetent people.