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08-02-2005, 01:14 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Iowa | | | Ticketmaster's convenience fee is a joke...
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I ordered my Ozzfest tickets for the Aug. 7th show in Wisconsin. I live in Iowa. so I want my ticket before it sells out. The ticket was $65 itself which I thought was fine as there are a lot of quality acts playing.
Ticket master charges me a $3 building fee for no reason, then a $10 fee for using Ticketmaster. So I'm at $78 now, not too bad getting a little higher then I expected...then the low blow...
$15 to ship a piece of paper!
As if the $10 fee wasn't enough they charge you a stupid high price for shipping.
I would have gone to my local Ticketmaster, but it recently shut down and the closest ticket master would have cost me more than the $15 shipping in gas to drive to and back so I just bit the bullet.
Something needs to be done I feel with ticketmaster extorting sooo much money from customers for no real reason. Especially in shipping!
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08-02-2005, 01:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Fort Atkinson, WI | | | Frankly I'm surprised either the federal government, or local state governments don't go after Ticketmaster, since they basically have a monopoly and are just gouging people for no extra value added services.
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08-02-2005, 02:06 PM
| | | | Take a stand! Refuse to give in to their extortion! DON'T GO! Sell your ticket.
Besides, I think Ozzy has missed more of these Ozzfest shows than he's made.
(Plus, rumor has it that he drenches himself with water right as he goes onstage because he's become incontinent). |
08-02-2005, 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by protoz I ordered my Ozzfest tickets for the Aug. 7th show in Wisconsin. I live in Iowa. so I want my ticket before it sells out. The ticket was $65 itself which I thought was fine as there are a lot of quality acts playing.
Ticket master charges me a $3 building fee for no reason, then a $10 fee for using Ticketmaster. So I'm at $78 now, not too bad getting a little higher then I expected...then the low blow...
$15 to ship a piece of paper!
As if the $10 fee wasn't enough they charge you a stupid high price for shipping.
I would have gone to my local Ticketmaster, but it recently shut down and the closest ticket master would have cost me more than the $15 shipping in gas to drive to and back so I just bit the bullet.
Something needs to be done I feel with ticketmaster extorting sooo much money from customers for no real reason. Especially in shipping! | Ever look at an itemized bill from college? Same problem. I got charged a "building use fee" for buildings I wasn't taking classes in. Only one way to fix that: use the buildings. So in my final semester at Lamar University (Beaumont, Texas), I took a map of the campus and marked all of the restrooms. I made sure that if I had to take a crap, it was done at school. Over the course of the semester, I justified every building use fee I was assessed.
Now, how did I fight Ticketmaster and their stupid charges? I stopped going to festivals.
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08-02-2005, 02:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Wamego KS | | | Don't they charge you 5 dollars for YOU to print off tickets at YOUR house? |
08-02-2005, 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by invader3k Frankly I'm surprised either the federal government, or local state governments don't go after Ticketmaster, since they basically have a monopoly and are just gouging people for no extra value added services. | this is so true. sometimes the cost of the ticket ends up being doubled by "fees" that ticketmaster imposes. it is getting to be ridiculous. i understand that they are running a business and are in need of turning a profit, but they have definetly monopolized the market.
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08-02-2005, 04:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Chicago, IL | | It's gotten to the point where I've really cut back on the number of shows that I attend anymore. I saw Robert Plant a few weeks ago. The ticket was $60 dollars and the surcharges were $40. For 40% of the ultimate price of the ticket, pushing the total into triple digits, to be going to things not related to the artist or the actual show...that seems a bit beyond reason. I also saw Tom Petty a few weeks ago too. Price of the ticket was $40, with another $20 for extra fees.
Both concerts were sold out, so obviously the market can bear these prices and the public seems to be willing to pay them. As long as that continues to be the case, I can't see prices going anywhere but up.  |
08-02-2005, 05:02 PM
| | Howzit brah | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Kauai, HI | | I don't even want to think about all the money they've made off me over the years. They are dirty rotten scoundrels. I proudly wear a TicketBastard shirt when I feel so inclined. http://www.fantasyland.com/ticketbastard/ http://www.fantasyland.com/ticketbastard/media.html
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08-02-2005, 05:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: St.Catharines, Ont, Canada | | | I recently went to a killers concert $20 for crappy lawn seats... $15 for charges that I have no idea were for. I thought it mighta just been a thing they did because I live in Canada, but apparently not!
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08-02-2005, 05:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Metro Detroit, Michigan | | | It's not a convenience if you have to pay money... |
08-02-2005, 05:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Bel Air Maryland | | | I don't use ticketmaster. I purchase tickets directly from the venue. If they only sell tickets through ticket master I don't go.
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