Boo ticketmaster charges

[fustercluck]

Want to go see Conan O' Brien in Phoenix. Seats are $56.50. Was going to get tickets for the family but...

$56.50 x 4 seats
Facility Charge US $3.00 x 4
Convenience Charge US $14.50 x 4

Fuck you ticketmaster! Only one convince charge per order should be allowed. $15 convenience charge per seat? Super lame. Facility charges sound bogus, too.

Ah well...

Maybe I can get the tickets somewhere else without BS charges?

 

[Mike Gayner]

Yatmt?

 

[theflyingpig]

Fuck Ticketmaster. Basically, they make money by selling disposable pieces of paper. Charmin has a similar business model, except they don't charge a convenience fee. Once again, fuck Ticketmaster. Everyone knows this.

 

[schneiderguy]

Yeah Ticketmaster sucks. I bought $23 tickets last week, ended up being $39 after Ticketmaster and the state of CA finished raping me.

 

[fustercluck]

I refuse to purchase from them, hope others do to and they end up going out of business. Right now they seem to be the only game in town.

 

[zerocool84]

I refuse to purchase from them, hope others do to and they end up going out of business. Right now they seem to be the only game in town.

Well that's the thing. You practically HAVE to purchase through them. There is no other game in town.

 

[Coldkilla]

I wanna see Steve Martin in town next month but for those "extra" costs fir 5 tickets i'm not goin

 

[Vette73]

Yep I was looking at Coco tickets for DC and the ticketmaster fees really turned me off.

Sorry Coco, but I am not going to ever give any money to ticket master.

 

[Jeff7]

Ticketmaster: Where else can you go, little bitch?™

 

[Vette73]

Burns: And to think, Smithers, you laughed when I bought Ticketmaster. [imitating Smithers] Nobody's going to pay a hundred-percent "service charge."

Smithers: It's a policy that ensures a healthy mix of the rich and the ignorant, sir.

 

[HannibalX]

No option to buy direct from the venue?

 

[KMFJD]

I thought there where rules against monopoly's in the US? There's no competition, they basicly own it all and can charge accordingly....

 

[SlitheryDee]

I bet if they renamed "convenience charge" to "ticket fee" it would cut their complaints in half.

 

[PottedMeat]

heh one thing i notice about these threads is that nobody ever defends ticketmaster.


is there any way to get ticketmaster on Al-Qaeda's hit list?

 

[darkxshade]

I bet if they renamed "convenience charge" to "ticket fee" it would cut their complaints in half.

Or they can just charge a 50% markup on the ticket itself and not include any fees... that would remove pretty much all the complaints.

 

[KeypoX]

Conan for stand up, save your money

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

Yeah wat teh fuck? These peoples needs to workz for free.
"Man those $3 service fees put me out of the game." But you'll gladly pay the $56 ticket you were gonna buy for something you could of seen for free a few months ago?

 

[Vette73]

Yeah wat teh fuck? These peoples needs to workz for free.
"Man those $3 service fees put me out of the game." But you'll gladly pay the $56 ticket you were gonna buy for something you could of seen for free a few months ago?

Where do you get $3, $3 is only part of the feeS. I am seeing 25%+ markup on the lowwer end tickets.

Hell the OP showed over a 25% markup in fees/Charges

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

Where do you get $3, $3 is only part of the feeS. I am seeing 25%+ markup on the lowwer end tickets.

Hell the OP showed over a 25% markup in fees/Charges

I guess you've never looked at your cellphone bill.


That's what it costs to go. If it's too much then he doesn't have to purchase them.

 

[edro]

This is why I scalp tickets.

I have been burned in a similar fashion numerous times in the past.
$14 PER TICKET is ridiculous.

Why don't they just put that cost into the ticket price up front?

 

[xeemzor]

How has ticketmaster not been declared a monopoly yet? It's near impossible to go to any official events around here WITHOUT ticketmaster.

 

[Gibson486]

Fuck Ticketmaster. Basically, they make money by selling disposable pieces of paper. Charmin has a similar business model, except they don't charge a convenience fee. Once again, fuck Ticketmaster. Everyone knows this.

. Quote worthy....quote worthy!

 

[HannibalX]

This is why I scalp tickets.

You buy tickets at retail prices and then sell them for a profit?

 

[Vette73]

I guess you've never looked at your cellphone bill.


That's what it costs to go. If it's too much then he doesn't have to purchase them.

Apples =/= Oranges.

I can get many different cell phones, cell phone plans, options, etc...

If I want to see a concert or Coco now I only have one option.

 

[brblx]

$70 to see conan o'brien?

weren't tickets to the tonight show free?