Ticketmaster...Why Pearl Jam was right.

[Masher88]

http://consumerist.com/375859/ticket...-price-in-fees

I bet the band sees about 1 dollar of every ticket sale when they are done.

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[Fassa Albrecht]

Now you know why I was rather shocked when I had to pay almost $80 for a Def Leppard concert ticket.

[SoComSurfing]

This is pretty shocking! Someone actually wanting to see 3 Doors Down.

[i_got_a_mohawk]

Ticketmaster is bad for that.

When buying tickets for an upcoming gig from the site.

Ticket was £12. "Processing fee" was £2.50 and the "Postage & Packaging" was £2.50. If you wanted to pickup the ticket at the box office, it was also £2.50.

Not as drastic as the link tho. And you surely didnt need to buy "premier parking" ?

Always try and buy tickets from a shop, it just works out cheaper.

[ahkiatt]

This is fake. Who would pay to go see 3 Doors Down?

[Croox]

the more popular the performer, the more the "fees" are as musicians and consumers we should boycott ticketbastard also.

[StanFan]

Originally Posted by ahkiatt

This is fake. Who would pay to go see 3 Doors Down?

Welcome to my signature.

[ahkiatt]

Originally Posted by StanFan

Welcome to my signature.

Honored.

[GregC]

Ugh, Ticketmaster's practices just keep getting more vile. I've been to very few big shows over the last decade because of TM's fees. And when I have, I've gone down to the venue to buy the tickets to avoid at least some of the fees. However, according to some of the commenters, the venues are now charging full price in person, too--no doubt due to pressure from TM, since they have exclusive deals with seemingly every major artist and venue.

[Fassa Albrecht]

Originally Posted by GregC

Ugh, Ticketmaster's practices just keep getting more vile. I've been to very few big shows over the last decade because of TM's fees. And when I have, I've gone down to the venue to buy the tickets to avoid at least some of the fees. However, according to some of the commenters, the venues are now charging full price in person, too--no doubt due to pressure from TM, since they have exclusive deals with seemingly every major artist and venue.

I know what you mean.When I was getting my Def Leppard ticket I searched high and low for tickets, even ringing up the Metro Arena itself where the concert is and asking them. All I got told was "Go to Ticketmaster", even with major ticket vendors round here (with Newcastle having three concert venues, you can get tickets all over the place). So I ended up paying well over $80 (£38) and even then I couldn't just have my ticket delivered straight to my dopr for security reasons- it had to be sent 40 miles from where I am now in Newcastle to my home address, and then be re-sent to my own house.

I now have the ticket but it was a fuss about.

[cheesemonkey]

this is the reason i have never been to a concert in my life. Of course i know a bunch of people at my school who have richer families and they go to 2-3 concerts a month... never been to a concert in my life and it sucks...

[steve21]

It's pretty terrible when I have to collect an extra 25 dollars PER ticket from my friends when I buy all our tickets, and I still end up having to pay an extra 20-30 bucks out of MY pocket to cover all these fees.

The Liquid Tension Experiment show I'm going to in June we bought our tickets straight from Cal Prog (one guy doing all the handling himself) and it was like... 6 dollars convenience charge, and free mailing.

Ticketbastard sucks.

[theshadow2001]

Why can't bands sell the tickets themselves over the internet exclusively? I mean if there ever was a need to cut out the middle man... I bought tickets to see James brown where I just printed the tickets off. Then left them at the house then went to an internet café and printed them off again. No reason why the bigger bands couldn't start taking care of the distribution themselves. They charge slightly more but less than a ticket from ticket master everyones a winner.

[cheesemonkey]

Originally Posted by theshadow2001

Why can't bands sell the tickets themselves over the internet exclusively? I mean if there ever was a need to cut out the middle man... I bought tickets to see James brown where I just printed the tickets off. Then left them at the house then went to an internet café and printed them off again. No reason why the bigger bands couldn't start taking care of the distribution themselves. They charge slightly more but less than a ticket from ticket master everyones a winner.

then i could finally go to a concert... yay

[Fassa Albrecht]

Originally Posted by theshadow2001

Why can't bands sell the tickets themselves over the internet exclusively? I mean if there ever was a need to cut out the middle man...

This reminds me of a local band here who do EVERYTHING themselves- their CDs are sold through vendors they have done deals with, their merchendise is all their own designs and sold through their own gigs and some stores, their gig tickets are sold by their own company that they themselves run and they also have their own recording studio as well.


The result is more gigs, cheaper CDs and better chance of fans getting tickets.

[neurotictim]

...I like 3 Doors Down...

C'mon, is Citizen Soldier really that bad, or is it all just "Kryptonite" haters?

[theshadow2001]

Originally Posted by Fassa Albrecht

This reminds me of a local band here who do EVERYTHING themselves- their CDs are sold through vendors they have done deals with, their merchendise is all their own designs and sold through their own gigs and some stores, their gig tickets are sold by their own company that they themselves run and they also have their own recording studio as well.


The result is more gigs, cheaper CDs and better chance of fans getting tickets.

Whats the name of that band?

Really I think this the best way for bands to do conduct business. Especially if you aren't an international top selling act.

It just seems that even big acts could hire a few people to distribute tickets for much cheaper than the BS in that article. Maybe they don't care because people are going to come regardless.

[jomahu]

Originally Posted by theshadow2001

Whats the name of that band?

Really I think this the best way for bands to do conduct business. Especially if you aren't an international top selling act.

+1 i'd like to know as well.

[Valerus]

Originally Posted by ahkiatt

This is fake. Who would pay to go see 3 Doors Down?

lmao