Post subject: Ticketmaster is evil, and just got eviler
Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 3:52 pm
Force of Nature
Joined: Mon Mar 21, 2005 5:28 pm Posts: 569 Location: Lawrence, Kansas, USA
They're even more eviler than Skeletor.
I go to a lot of concerts. Usually I buy my tickets at the venue box office, in order to avoid paying exorbitant ticketing fees imposed by ticketmaster. Ticketmaster always claimed they weren't a monopoly and customers have choice because most venues sell feeless tickets at the box office. They claimed that Ticketmaster provides a convenient service for those customers who can't make it to the box office. Ok fine. Most of the time I can go to the box office and save some money, so I didn't mind too much.
However today when I arrived at Sprint Center box office in Kansas City to buy tickets for the Elton John/Billy Joel concert, I was informed by the Sprint Center staff that they have a new policy as a condition of their contract with ticketmaster. From now on for the the first day of ticket sales for an event, tickets will only be available from ticketmaster, and not from the box office.
This is fucking bullshit.
Many events sell out on the first day. Even for events that don't sell out on the first day, the cheapest price brackets usually sell out the first day. Ticketmaster has effectively made it impossible to avoid paying their fees.
The fee for the ticket I bought today was 25% of the ticket price.
And yes I realize I should have posted this is general instead of news & debate, but I don't see that there is a way to delete or move this topic.
Post subject: Re: Ticketmaster is evil, and just got eviler
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 3:16 am
Force of Nature
Joined: Mon Mar 21, 2005 5:28 pm Posts: 569 Location: Lawrence, Kansas, USA
My domain has pointed to several sites over the years, most recently hosted at geocities, but geocities is no more. I use it for email too. I've had it for awhile and might build a site again in the future but don't really want to right now.
Post subject: Re: Ticketmaster is evil, and just got eviler
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 1:04 am
Force of Nature
Joined: Mon Mar 21, 2005 5:28 pm Posts: 569 Location: Lawrence, Kansas, USA
Yeah so? I grew up on them. My parents are huge fans and have never seen either of them in concert. I bought tickets for my parents and I. I like a wide variety of music. This year I've seen Neil Young, CSNY, NIN, Jane's Addiction, Chris Cornell, Scott Weiland, Gavin Rossdale, Stevie Wonder, Modest Mouse, Ben Folds, Cake, Blue October, Deadbeat Darling, Alpha Rev, Quiet Company, and many others.
It's not as if I admitted I'm a fan of Hannah Montanna or the Jonas Brothers. I'm ashamed of even knowing that they exist. Probably the worst musical crime I've ever committed is hearing a song each by Kid Rock and Avril Lavigne and not hating the songs. I do hate Creed and Nickleback though. Can I be legit among the Pearl Jam fans please please. Do I hate the right stuff and like the right stuff enough to not get ragged on by the cool kids?
Post subject: Re: Ticketmaster is evil, and just got eviler
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 11:02 am
Got Some
Joined: Sat Jul 25, 2009 11:35 pm Posts: 1633 Location: Wales Gender: Male
keiv wrote:
Yeah so? I grew up on them. My parents are huge fans and have never seen either of them in concert. I bought tickets for my parents and I. I like a wide variety of music. This year I've seen Neil Young, CSNY, NIN, Jane's Addiction, Chris Cornell, Scott Weiland, Gavin Rossdale, Stevie Wonder, Modest Mouse, Ben Folds, Cake, Blue October, Deadbeat Darling, Alpha Rev, Quiet Company, and many others.
It's not as if I admitted I'm a fan of Hannah Montanna or the Jonas Brothers. I'm ashamed of even knowing that they exist. Probably the worst musical crime I've ever committed is hearing a song each by Kid Rock and Avril Lavigne and not hating the songs. I do hate Creed and Nickleback though. Can I be legit among the Pearl Jam fans please please. Do I hate the right stuff and like the right stuff enough to not get ragged on by the cool kids?
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Post subject: Re: Ticketmaster is evil, and just got eviler
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 1:02 pm
Unthought Known
Joined: Fri Oct 22, 2004 12:47 pm Posts: 9282 Location: Atlanta Gender: Male
They charge the same fees at the box office here and have for years.
I just figure if I'm going to get screwed at least I can go with a different scalping company so I use ticket resellers and at least start out at a lower price or I just skip the show altoegther.
Honestly once you've seen Pearl Jam.... most everything else rings kind of hollow. Not worth the fees and the hassle or the "convenience" of picking my ticket up at a box office or printing it out.
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