Concert tickets.. highway robbery

[WinkOsmosis]

$25 for a ticket is not that bad. But $25 for a ticket plus $$5.50 service charge, $1.50 processing fee, $3.50 handling fee... That's absolute bullsh!t. What's the difference betweeen all those damned charges?

 

[arcenite]

there isn't... they're all "hmmm what kind of bullsh!t charges can we tack on there??" fees

 

[AvesPKS]

Yeah, it's like with cellphone plans.

 

[milagro]

I'll still gladly pay that fee to see artists live so long as I can download their music free in any format I like.

 

[AnitaPeterson]

the price of a ticket should include the right to record the show with a miniDisc or something.

 

[TheChort]

I would like to hear from someone who has worked in that industry and can enlighten us a bit.

 

[akodi]

i don't mind too much, live music is awesome. tickets for the switchfoot concert at the fillmore were 17.50 but with the extra charges it came to about $25 a piece just like what you said but i think its worth it to see a band that i love.

 

[JimRaynor]

Only concert I ever went to was Nine Inch Nails in Phoenix (Fragility tour). Paid 45 I think, it was worth it.

 

[andylawcc]

i paid $50 for Cypress Hill's Smoke out Tour ft Linkin Park and DMX. (at Door)

if I purchase the same ticket online at ticketmaster it would be 10 bucks extra.

 

[illusion88]

Fvck big concerts, I go to about one a year. But I do hit up about 3 local shows a month 😀

 

[WinkOsmosis]

OMFG. They tacked on another $3.50 "agency pickup" fee. I paid $38.50 for a $25 concert.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

I'm an idiot. Paying $38.50 for a damn show just because a girl wants me to go . I probably won't get laid either.

 

[PoPPeR]

way to go

 

[DrPizza]

Yeah, I pay those extra fees for going to their concerts.
Then, when I download their music, from the $1 I owe them, I subtract the cost of my internet connection for a few minutes, the cost of the CD I'm going to burn it to, the cost of the hard drive space, a couple of service/processing/handling fees for me to do all the work that normally some 3rd world nation would be providing, and it comes out to they owe me 1 or 2 cents for letting me download their music.
😀

 

[TheNinja]

How do you supposed Ticketmaster would make any money if they didn't have their own fees? Are they not allowed to run a business? Although I agree they add on WAAAAYY too much and they have a monopoly on it.

 

[StageLeft]

It is bull sh*t and the reason I don't go to concerts.

 

[Geekbabe]

If it's a great band it's worth every penny.

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
I'm an idiot. Paying $38.50 for a damn show just because a girl wants me to go . I probably won't get laid either.

The story of your life. Get used to it.

 

[minendo]

Ticketmaster is the devil.

 

[jagr10]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
It is bull sh*t and the reason I don't go to concerts.

Same.

 

[Modeps]

buy them at the box office, typically you can save yourself quite a bit of extra charges.

 

[TitanDiddly]

:beer: for highway robbery suckage.

 

[The Stigenator]

ticketmaster is a devil..

someone should call ticketmaster on the antitrust..

i buy stuff at the local store / ticket master outlet and it comes out a bit cheaper.. except for stuff like concerts that are hard to get tickets of.

However i prefer going to non ticketmaster events.

 

[MagicianBdotCom]

Eh... it's just the way things are. It's how they make money. I think it's totally worth it. They could just hide the fees and charge you the price and not show them to you. At least they're honest in that way 😀

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Originally posted by: Intake77
buy them at the box office, typically you can save yourself quite a bit of extra charges.

Same charges. They are charing me $3.50 extra to pick the ticket up myself. Oh well. She said she'll pay for something else.