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December 23, 2005
Ticketmaster is such a scam.
Today I bought 2 tickets to see the band The Fray at the TLA as a Christmas present for my sister. (It's not a suprise.)
These tickets were supposed to be $10 each. They are open admission, standing room only. Guess how much my total bill was (and I chose the free shipping option since for some reason email wasn't offered and I couldn't stomach the thought of paying an additional $15 for them to mail me two pieces of paper sooner.)
$35.50. $35.50
What in the world Ticketmaster, how in the world can you get away with this? That's a 75% markup. And there is no other way to get these tickets. That would be like fandango charging you an extra $7.50 for your $10 movie tickets. They charge you $1.
Aren't they the classic example of a monopoly - a company that has no competitors so they can charge whatever they want to charge and we just grin and bear it. Monopolies are illegal.
They have no competitors. They charge an exhorbitant amount for their services. They provide an essential service (if you are a music fan).
Whatever, I hate Ticketmaster. And if I was The Fray, who are doing a pretty cool thing by keeping their ticket prices low only to have TM come in and still make the night an expensive outing, I'd be especially angry.
Posted by jason on December 23, 2005 12:56 AM
Comments
yeah.
Posted by: shane on December 23, 2005 01:40 AM
I completely agree
I bought 20$ tics that came out to 46$
i hate ticketmaster too
Posted by: Poncho on December 23, 2005 06:02 AM
I thought you meant THIS monopoly.
Posted by: Collin - Band Member on December 23, 2005 09:32 AM
I HATE HATE HATE Ticketmaster.
I have only gone to one concert in the past four years b/c everytime I check out shows and get ready to pay, I can't stomach paying THAT much more to see a show. There are alternative ticket purchasing sites, but its the venues need to get on board with them. Major League Baseball dumped them a few years ago and total ticket prices went way down.
Let us also not forget that it was Ticketmaster that caused the whole U2 ticket debacle of last Januray.
They are a corrupt organization and they need to be brought down somehow.
Posted by: jaysonjaz on December 23, 2005 11:24 AM
agreed. ticketmaster is terrible, clear channel (or the more friendly cc ) is evil, this is the state of music in the usa right now. of course some may say you screwed up by buying tickets to the "frays" anyway. i wonder how it happens because i know that when we have tm sell tickets they charge maybe a dollar or two, maybe the band has more power than they think?
what is a good alternative? interested to hear.
Posted by: joshua Latshaw on December 23, 2005 03:04 PM
Scalpers.
Posted by: Dick Ronkulous on December 23, 2005 11:34 PM
Theft.
Posted by: Dick Ronkulous on December 24, 2005 10:40 AM
Posted by: Dick Ronkulous on December 24, 2005 10:42 AM
Posted by: Dick Ronkulous on December 24, 2005 10:44 AM
why don't you go to a ticket master in person and buy the tickets. come on stop being so lazy
Posted by: Anonymous on December 24, 2005 10:35 PM
Sorry ticketmaster was being a pain in the butt. But I am extremely excited to see them!!! You're such a nice big brother!
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Posted by: Gray on April 25, 2007 06:01 AM
I bought tickets to Hannah Montana through ticketmaster when they released them for the third (or whatever time it was). However, when I was buying them on the phone and internet it kept telling me that only single tickets were available. I bought them anyway because my 11 year old daughter said it was better then nothing. She didn't mind sitting alone, and either did her friends. I figured I would let me 2 year old (who is also a die hard Hannah Montana fan) sit on my lap. A few days later, I was on ticketmaster and realized that seats were now being sold together. This kind of upset me so I called ticketmaster to make a suggestion. They were very rude.
While I had them on the phone I asked them to confirm my tickets for the concert that day. They did and told me I could pick them up at about 6:00(Sat.) at will call. The big problem with this is that the concert started at 4:00. Why would I pick the tickets up at 6:00 and miss the concert?
When I got to will call I was informed that 2 of my tickets were not available because I had purchased them for the previous show. I know this is not the case because the internet confirmation showed Saturdays show.
I had purchased all tickets at the same time, so why would these tickets be different. They would not let me enter the arena unless I purchased new tickets. I had no other choice but to purchase them because I could not leave two 11 year old girls outside and let two go. I also couldn't let them go in alone.
TICKETMASTER RIPPED ME OFF!!!!
Then to top it all off, When I was seated in my seat, and usher came over and wanted me to move out of it because there were people who did not have seats and were sitting on stairs. My poor 2 year old and I didn't even get to watch the concert because the usher and some woman were concerned with me moving out of my EXCESSIVELY PAID FOR SEAT and the whole row moving down. I ended up standing in the hall with the two year old so that other people could be accommodated, even though I had MORE than paid for my seat.
Posted by: bradie on October 28, 2007 01:23 AM
how do i know if the tickets i have just bought off you are valid. re: portsmouth v westbrom. thanks.
Posted by: sam jones on March 30, 2008 07:57 PM
Does anyone know why charges for tickmaster tickets that were billed at $82.00 had $1319.00 charges added for TMDEAL charges? I just got scammed in a huge way. Isn't this illegal?
Posted by: Orange on May 2, 2008 04:25 PM
