Ticketmaster can't write a program that filters Bots?
I've got a live acoustic show from the Fixx that just kills.
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Ticketmaster officials testify before the Senate
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Actually, if people simply quit buying tickets at an inflated rate, this nonsense would end toot sweet, but they won’t. It’s kinda like the fact that if 100 million motorists quit buying gas on a prechosen day of the week- say Tuesday, you’d see <$3.00 gas within a month...
That's true for alot of annoying things but unfortunately there is always a steady supply of dummies who are happy to line up and be ripped off without stopping to think.
The gas one simply wouldn't work. If people skipped buying gas one day, they'd just make up for it another day. Demand wouldn't change.
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I'm glad this thread is surviving and everyone's being good and tasteful.
In trying to keep that up, I'll add that: Stubhub may be the pox upon concertgoing that helps Ticketmaster keep getting away with their ********. I went to buy a ticket for Cory Wong and the Wongnotes last weekend, and the first link in search went to Stubhub...and while Stubhub had semi-decent prices, their fees added literally $25-30 extra to the total. A friend told me that didn't sound right, so I went to the CW&tWn website, found a link direct to Ticketmaster, and after their ******** fees, still paid OVER $30 less than the Stubhub original.
shag Ticketmaster, but even more, shag Stubhub in both ears. They're making it harder for us to press for change by catering to the leech/scalper market, thus making the fleecing by existing ticket retailers seem more "reasonable". It angers me to even think about.
In trying to keep that up, I'll add that: Stubhub may be the pox upon concertgoing that helps Ticketmaster keep getting away with their ********. I went to buy a ticket for Cory Wong and the Wongnotes last weekend, and the first link in search went to Stubhub...and while Stubhub had semi-decent prices, their fees added literally $25-30 extra to the total. A friend told me that didn't sound right, so I went to the CW&tWn website, found a link direct to Ticketmaster, and after their ******** fees, still paid OVER $30 less than the Stubhub original.
shag Ticketmaster, but even more, shag Stubhub in both ears. They're making it harder for us to press for change by catering to the leech/scalper market, thus making the fleecing by existing ticket retailers seem more "reasonable". It angers me to even think about.
I remember seeing Slayer, Motorhead, & Overkill at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center in 1988 for $17. Those were the days.
Too many pigs feed at this trough (and very well)... the scam/scheme lines too many pockets to be busted up.
They don't see my money anyway, but there are plenty that don't mind 'donating' theirs.
In a less corrupt world the affair in question would qualify as a low hanging fruit.
when you go to the box office of your local venue, and it's run by....... ticketmaster 
Loved the Schaefer festival! Led Zepp, Jethro Tull, and BB King warming them up! Before that we would see Hendrix at the Garden $6 and then Blind Faith $5 and the Doors with the WHO at the Singer Bowl! $6.
Those were the days!
Yep, this is basically Congress telling Ticketmaster to up their “campaign” donations.
Guess who owns StubHub..... Ticketmaster/LiveNation. So they control the venues, the ticket sales, the ticket resales. Even if Congress "breaks" them up, it will just be companies owned by shells that are all controlled by the same people.
A competent government can do more than one thing at a time. Your mileage may vary, of course.
That does not appear to be true.
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Buy sports, concert and theater tickets on StubHub!
There are some $3 and up ($6.50) ticket prices here.
3 usually great bands for pocket change!
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First, great move on your dad's part to have been taking you. Definitely sad he didn't get to follow through. My parents never made that offer and said "no concerts" until I was 18. I did save all 26 KISS tickets over the years though.
Excellent to see that. The first real "concert" I ever saw was Styx on the Grand Illusion tour. I was 14 and wasn't supposed to go. Friend and I told our parents we were staying at each other's house and went anyway. Got busted and grounded but it was worth it.
I don't have the ticket stub, I think it was $5, but I got this handout from the local radio station that was sponsoring the show. 
I would love to see Iron Maiden again. Saw the Powerslave tour and it was one of my favorite shows ever.
Incorrect. Viagogo does. I'm not saying they're better, but TM does not own StubHub. TM got into the secondary market because of sites like StubHub but that's a different problem.
If you wait for everything to be perfect to tackle non emergency issues nothing will ever get done
Do you think “don’t say gay” is a more pressing cause?
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