TicketMaster really gouges you

[JEDI]

$10 ticket
$3 convience charge

$4.75: tix emailed to you and you print them out


WTFBBQ $4.75 to email you the tix?!?!?!

 

[shocksyde]

Originally posted by: JEDI
$10 ticket
$3 convience charge

$4.75: tix emailed to you and you print them out


WTFBBQ $4.75 to email you the tix?!?!?!

As someone pointed out in my "Ticketmaster Rapes You" thread, it's not rape if you consent.

 

[KK]

I wish ticketmaster would go away like ciruit city, but they have too big of a scheme going on. I wish the bands/concerts/sporting events would use someone else to sell their tickets.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: KK
I wish ticketmaster would go away like ciruit city, but they have too big of a scheme going on. I wish the bands/concerts/sporting events would use someone else to sell their tickets.

They've tried and failed.

OP - another naive repost?

 

[XZeroII]

I was considering going to the monster truck thing this weekend. Guess why I didn't. I had no problem with the ticket prices, but all the extra fees and charges made me sick. I didn't go.

 

[Platypus]

Hopefully Live Nation's example will unseat ticketbastard's reign of terror.

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: Platypus
Hopefully Live Nation's example will unseat ticketbastard's reign of terror.

?

 

[Platypus]

Originally posted by: Aharami

Originally posted by: Platypus
Hopefully Live Nation's example will unseat ticketbastard's reign of terror.

?

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08...business/23ticket.html


Ticketmaster to End Live Nation Contract

By JEFF LEEDS
Published: August 23, 2007

Signaling a shake-up in the financial structure of the live entertainment business, Ticketmaster said yesterday that it did not expect to extend its long-term contract with Live Nation, the world?s biggest concert promoter.

The split between two of the biggest powers in live entertainment comes amid a wide-ranging tussle over the division of money generated from ticket service charges and control of customer data. It also comes as the sale ? and resale ? of tickets has emerged as a coveted source of revenue in the music business as CD sales plunge.

Ticketmaster said in a memo to employees yesterday that ?Live Nation has been a valued client for a very long time and we believe we?ve taken every reasonable step possible to facilitate a renewal, but they seem intent on a direction for their business that leaves us no viable way to work together.?

The memo, sent by Ticketmaster?s chairman, Terry Barnes, and its chief executive, Sean Moriarty, added that the end of the relationship would free Ticketmaster to devote ?energy and resources in other areas of the live entertainment business.? Live Nation declined to comment.

The apparent breakdown is unlikely to have any immediate impact on consumers. Ticketmaster?s pact to sell tickets for Live Nation expires at the end of 2008; the company has a separate deal to sell tickets for Live Nation-owned House of Blues clubs through 2009.

But it could be a serious financial blow to Ticketmaster, a unit of IAC/InterActiveCorp. Sales from shows put on by Live Nation and House of Blues accounted for more than 15 percent of Tickemaster?s roughly $1 billion in revenue last year, according to an executive briefed on the company?s affairs.

It also carries enormous risks for Live Nation, which now faces the prospect of having to expand its own small internal ticketing operation or form a partnership with another outside ticketing agency. Live Nation took a step toward expanding its ticketing operation with the acquisition of Musictoday, a company that runs artist fan clubs and handles direct sales of tickets.

As part of the current deal, Live Nation can sell a portion of tickets to its events through its own Web site. But the company?s chief executive, Michael Rapino, had been pressing for an arrangement that would, in effect, make livenation.com the principal outlet for ticket sales to the company?s concerts.

Live Nation would also have more control over customers? e-mail addresses and other data from the transactions, potentially allowing the company to become a bigger force in the sale of merchandise and music.

There had been speculation in the music industry that IAC/InterActiveCorp, which is controlled by Barry Diller, would force Live Nation to extend its contract as a result of its acquisition in May of an interest in Front Line Management, one of the biggest talent representation companies, with a roster of live performers that includes the Eagles and Jimmy Buffett.

But Live Nation has made its own efforts to establish closer ties to artists. For instance, it has been negotiating for the rights to sell concert tickets and recordings in a broad pact with Madonna.

 

[Kelemvor]

Exactly why I never order anything from them. Go to the box office and you save a ton of money.

 

[Arkaign]

This was one of the reasons I loved Vedder and Pearl Jam, they stood by their fans against the fucking bastards at TM. Too bad they didn't get more support on this.

http://www.fivehorizons.com/ar...rticles/testimon.shtml

 

[AnonymouseUser]

"2 tickets for the price of 3!" is their motto

 

[xanis]

Yes, TicketNazi is a horrible, horrible corporation. I make sure I go out of my way to go to the box office to get tickets. Not only to save money, but also to not support TM.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: shocksyde

Originally posted by: JEDI
$10 ticket
$3 convience charge

$4.75: tix emailed to you and you print them out


WTFBBQ $4.75 to email you the tix?!?!?!

As someone pointed out in my "Ticketmaster Rapes You" thread, it's not rape if you consent.

But it's consent under duress, so that might not hold.

 

[gorcorps]

I don't like it either, but I end up paying it for the bands I really enjoy. My $20 concerts always ring up at around $40 because of their BS. I could save about $5 if I got willcall tickets, but that's usually a huge line and a giant PITA to deal with.

 

[Brainonska511]

Originally posted by: Kelemvor
Exactly why I never order anything from them. Go to the box office and you save a ton of money.

I do this when I can. Unfortunately, you can't always go to the box office.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Buy from scalpers outside the venue. The prices keep dropping as starting time nears, once the warmup band starts they're about half face value.

 

[Triumph]

I've passed up a couple of concerts because of TicketBastard's shenanigans. The funny thing about the emailed ticket, they email you a receipt anyway so why the hell am I getting charged almost 5 bucks for something they're essentially already doing? I refuse to use their service, if it means missing a great concert. I'll go to the box office if I like the band enough.