Thursday, February 26, 2009

Tickets

Hi Everyone,

Shanna and I would like to let you know that we only have several tickets left for the screening. At this stage (although not for much longer), you can still purchase the tickets,and the details can be found here.

We would like to thank everyone for their enthusiasm and support. We really love this movie and we can't wait to see you at the screening.

Regards,
How To Be Screening Organisers

Friday, February 20, 2009

E-Confirmation for those who've bought tickets through PayPal.

Dear Friends,

I've been getting some e-mails from PayPal users stating that they have yet to received their E-Confirmation.

I'm sorry to have made you waiting, here's what you should do if you haven't got your e-confirmation:

To those who paid for their tickets on February 11 - Feb 14
You should have already received your e-confirmation by now.
If you have yet to receive it please contact me (Shanna) at howtobeau@gmail.com with the subject line 'PayPal/E-Con'.
Put in important details such as name, email address, number of tickets, and date of payment.

To those who paid for their tickets on February 15 - 20:
I have yet to send you your e-confirmation.
I apologize for the wait but I'm currently in the process of moving from Jakarta (Indonesia) to Brisbane -- which is why I haven't much time to deal with the payments.
I'm arriving in Brisbane early on Saturday morning so, hopefully I'll be able to fill in the e-confirmation and send it to you before Monday.

Many thanks,
Shann

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Refund Policy, Exchange Dates, and Other Important Stuff

Dear friends,

First thing first: these past few days we have been getting a few emails asking for a refund for their tickets. While those who have emailed us before this post will be getting their requested refund, we would like to inform you that since today tickets are non-refundable.

There are two reasons why we've decided to apply the non-refundable policy; firstly, this event is organised independently by a small team which means basically we use our own resources in order to make this event happen. Secondly, the procedure to do a refund takes up a significant amount of our time and, we're swamped with work as it is already.

Having said that, we're very sorry and we ask for your understanding regarding this matter.

Secondly, e-confirmation can be exchanged for tickets one hour before the screening , at the door. But, to avoid long queue, we are planning to do exchange on other dates as well. Details on that will be published later.

Thirdly, as we've stated before this event is independently organised. Any help from you guys to boost ticket sales and promote the event will be greatly appreciated. If you have any ideas and suggestions on how to promote the event, don't be shy to give us a shout out at howtobeau@gmail.com with the subject "Ideas / Suggestions".

Last but not least, there will be a contest where you can win exclusive and limited How To Be merchandises. We'll update you on that soon :)

Thank you so much for supporting us, can't wait to see you all at the screening!

Sincerely,
How To Be Screening Organisers

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Bank Transfer

Hi Everyone,

I've been having a lot of problems trying to figure out where most of the money we receive for the 'How To Be' ticket payment are coming from. Could you please write your name or mobile phone number (and please let us know about this on your email...) as a reference when you send the money and not HOW TO BE...because that seems to be what is written on most of the bank transfer statement I received.

I have received more than 15 transfers with only HOW TO BE written as a reference and I can't find out who they're from. Almost 10 of those transfers are for the same amount of money, which makes it really hard to distinguish.

At the moment I can only send e-confirmations to people who have written their names as a reference. I apologise for the delay, but please understand that I can't write out a receipt until I'm sure that I'm giving it to the correct person.

If you are one of the people who wrote 'HOW TO BE' as a reference on your Bank Transfer - could you please send us a receipt or any other way of showing us that you've deposited the money to our account?

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Regards,
How To Be Screening Organisers

Friday, February 13, 2009

E-Confirmation

Dear Friends,

Some of you were sent an e-confirmation from us yesterday and must be getting confused as the e-confirmation we sent was a blank pdf form or a blank jpeg image.

Please ignore that e-confirmation.

I was testing out different formats for the e-confirmation and made a human error of sending a blank one to everyone.

Don't worry about this as Cilla and I will send you the actual e-confirmation by this weekend.
This is how the e-confirmation looks like:


The e-confirmation is a static pdf file with a unique confirmation code for each buyer. You have to bring a printed version of the e-confirmation to exchange it with the movie tickets. We will announce the exchange dates soon.

My apologies for any inconvenience caused by this matter and thank you so much for supporting this event :)

Sincerely,
How To Be Screening Organisers

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Payment Method for 'How To Be' Screening

Payment Method for 'How To Be' Screening Saturday, March 28 2009 - University Hall, UTS

1. Choose one of three options:

a. Bank Transfer
Account Name: Miss Priscilla Benjamin
Bank name: ANZ Bank
BSB No: 012-366
Account No: 5765-26881

b. Money Order
Please send your money order to:
Priscilla Benjamin
PO BOX 216
KILLARA NSW 2071

c. PayPal
Our email address for PayPal is: howtobeau@gmail.com

2. After you've made payment via one of the options above please send an email to howtobeau@gmail.com with this format:
Subject Title: How To Be Tickets Payment
Full Name:
Phone number:
Email address:
Method of payment:
Date of payment:
Number of tickets:
Amount of payment:

3. You will then be getting an e-confirmation from us within a few days. You should keep and bring the e-confirmation to exchange it with the real tickets on dates we'll announce later.

4. Reserve early and stand a chance to win exclusive How To Be merchandises.

Thank you and hope to see all of you at the screening,
How To Be Screening Organisers

Monday, February 9, 2009

POLL about Payment Option

Hi Everyone,

We are having some issues about getting a PO Box for the Money Order payment option. It is costly to get a PO Box (we have to hire it for an entire year) and we're not sure how many of you are interested in getting Money Order to justify opening one.

Would you mind voting on the POLL we've just created, on the top-right side of this blog? Please choose your preferred payment option (you can choose more than one option).

Thanks so much for helping us out. We really appreciate that you are taking the time to do this.

Regards,
How To Be Screening Organisers

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Event Poster!!






Grab one of these babies and post it on your site / blog / facebook page / myspace page. Help us make this event a success!

Thanks a lot!
How To Be Australia Screening Organizers

Movie Classification and Ticket Sales

Hi Everyone,

I've just received a letter from the Australian Government Classification Board saying that 'How To Be' movie is rated M(A)15+. This means that anyone under the age of 15 will not be allowed to watch the movie unless accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Tickets to the event will cost $15 per person and they will be available for purchase shortly. We will have three different avenues which you could choose to pay for the ticket. You could pay by PayPal (you need to open a Paypal account and a credit card is required), Bank Transfer or Money Order. Please note that we are not accepting any cash payments at this stage.

We will update you with all the details very soon. Thank you very much for your patience.

Regards,
How To Be Screening Organisers

Re Possible How To Be Screening in Melbourne

Hi Everyone,

We've been getting a few emails from some of you, regarding a possibility of a Melbourne Screening. We're so sorry but at this stage, we are unable to fulfill that request - as we are only permitted to do a single screening in Sydney on the agreed date (28th of March, 2009).

Thank you so much for your support and we hope to see all of you in the screening!

Regards,
How To Be Screening Organisers