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TicketMaster is involved in their own scalping

foxymophandlerfoxymophandler Posts: 54
edited July 2008 in The Porch
How is this legal? Look at their sister companies. I bet they just sell to them at a higher profit while people like us keep on trying to get them from TM. They are probably also making money each time we click on their site to buy.

So pissed off. Something needs to be done
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  • the_donthe_don Posts: 513
    LETS TAKE EM DOWN!
    I'm sure if we all get together, we can at least make ourselves be heard.. it's getting ridiculously out of hand!!
    Who's with me???
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  • pjten77pjten77 Posts: 225
    Are there rules in the US regarding this practice??
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  • MathataMathata Posts: 41
    I was thinking the same thing as I was sitting here - so frustrated! Should do a show for just 10c members only - have to show ID and member number. All we want to do is hear good music and all they are out of is the big money. Should not be allowed to have another site selling tickets.
    Mathata


    How I choose to feel,... Is how I am.
  • MathataMathata Posts: 41
    Where is Eddie's political attitude when we need it - boycott Ticketmaster Eddie! Go into the Wild and sing for the fans!!!!!
    Mathata


    How I choose to feel,... Is how I am.
  • stuckinlinestuckinline Posts: 3,381
    sunkDeep wrote:
    such frustration. at 10:00 am and 15 seconds EST... there are no tickets left? but... conveniently our 'partner' has some tickets at triple the cost. F ticketmaster!
    same thing happened to me...........
  • maccimacci Posts: 1,057
    F*CK TICKET B@STARD!!!

    PJ tired to take them down - but TM probably has the governement in their pocket.....
    My lips are shaking.......
  • MathataMathata Posts: 41
    And they have front row seats to all the shows!
    Mathata


    How I choose to feel,... Is how I am.
  • jervin007jervin007 Posts: 3,182
    Yeah, between giving tickets away to corporate companies, ticketmaster also auctions off the best seats to shows at inflated prices. The fact that most people could only get balcony for the DC shows is a surefire indicator that the company is completely corrupt.
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  • ajedigeckoajedigecko \m/deplorable af \m/ Posts: 2,430
    the only thing "ticketslaves" can do is....... stop buying from ticketmaster. that is correct...you may never get to see your favorite musician(s) again.

    go on a "ticketstrike"..........but the thing with a strike, there is always someone waiting to replace you.
    live and let live...unless it violates the pearligious doctrine.
  • BetterVedderBetterVedder Posts: 145
    It's disgusting. The only hope anyone had today was the gallery at Massey Hall in Toronto and even those couldn't be had. Tickets are sold out literally when they go on sale and then when they notify you of this they give you the option of going back and trying again or going to our sister company TicketNow and pay triple the price. I just don't comprehend how it even exists.
    "I don't wanna go, from Toronto!!!" - EV '06
  • Mrs.Vedder78Mrs.Vedder78 Posts: 4,585
    Im not going to the DC show but I was trying for a friend, she was trying for one show and I was trying for her for the second, neither one of us got shit, it was 10:00am on the dot hit find tickets got nothing, and I have a T1 connection... :(
    "Without the album covers, where do you clean your pot?" - EV
  • foxymophandlerfoxymophandler Posts: 54
    FUCK THIS, I will NEVER use TM again!
    Barrie 98, Toronto 00, 03, Montreal 03, Toronto 05, Kitchener 05, Toronto 06 (x2), Berkeley (EV), Toronto (EV)
  • augustwestaugustwest Posts: 739
    ticketsnow for massey hall $188 for obstructed view upper level

    approx $300 for a good seat

    thats just insanity...i can barely justify paying LIST price
  • Reddev10Reddev10 Posts: 63
    They need to be taken down. They SUCK!
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  • Super_FanSuper_Fan Posts: 249
    Remember in January/February '09 ticketmaster will not be selling tickets through LiveNation. Eventim in Europe will be taking over selling tickets in the States. Yes DC is corrupt and I told you that to be careful when you receive your tickets at the box office at Warner Theatre.
    Tour '08
    Destroying DC Scum.
  • BetterVedderBetterVedder Posts: 145
    Correct me if I'm wrong but is this not illegal and pretty cut and dry at that. Is the definition of scalping not selling tickets for then faxe value?
    "I don't wanna go, from Toronto!!!" - EV '06
  • Vedderman23Vedderman23 Posts: 859
    It truly is getting harder and harder to get decent priced tix these days, expecially with the practices that these companies use. Pretty soon they won't even bother having public sales and scalp ALL the tickets.
    "Fuck the talkin', let's start rocking." - E.V. 9-5-00

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  • SlickslickaSlickslicka Doniphan, NE Posts: 92
    Does anyone know if this was an internet only ticket sale. Did anyone try to buy their tickets from a Ticketmaster outlet? I bought Metallica tickets at an grocery store once. Was this an option for buying EV tixs?
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  • vic in T.O.vic in T.O. Posts: 385
    BetterVedder wrote:
    It's disgusting. The only hope anyone had today was the gallery at Massey Hall in Toronto and even those couldn't be had. Tickets are sold out literally when they go on sale and then when they notify you of this they give you the option of going back and trying again or going to our sister company TicketNow and pay triple the price. I just don't comprehend how it even exists.

    I was lucky enough to score Balcony seats through ticketmaster.
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    10/1/96- Buff.
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    6/28/03-T.O.
    6/29/03-MTL.
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  • over bendsover bends Posts: 1,568
    Super_Fan wrote:
    I told you that to be careful when you receive your tickets at the box office at Warner Theatre.

    Why do you say that?
    Yield!

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  • jtr101jtr101 Posts: 270
    vic in T.O. wrote:
    I was lucky enough to score Balcony seats through ticketmaster.

    Yeah i managed to get one balcony seat from TM and single floor ticket from the massey hall site....Still sucks though because i needed to get four....
    Enjoy difference. Without it we're all boring!

  • Vedderman23Vedderman23 Posts: 859
    sunkDeep wrote:
    http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/15/ticketmaster-buys-online-scalper-ticketsnow-for-265-million/

    I love how they just come out and call them exactly what they are...Online Scalpers.
    "Fuck the talkin', let's start rocking." - E.V. 9-5-00

    8/25/98, 8/21/00, 9/5/00, 4/26/03, 5/3/03, 6/24/03, 9/28/05, 10/03/05, 5/20/06, 6/23/06, EV 8/16/08, EV 6/18/09, 5/20/10, 9/15/11, 10/11/13, 10/27/13, 10/1/14, 8/20/16, 8/22/16, TOTD 11/7/16, 8/18/18, 9/2/18, 9/4/18, 9/11/22, 9/14/22, 8/26/24, 9/12/24, 9/27/24, 9/29/24
  • Super_FanSuper_Fan Posts: 249
    over_bends wrote:
    Why do you say that?

    I uncovered their illegal practice in 2003. A ticket broker in the area hires bums to protect his investment and threaten other people in line. We were the first one's in line and they pulled a gun on me because I beat them camping out for tickets. It was first come first serve. I gave up the tickets to the box office lady and she handed them to an Asian guy who is a ticket scalper that is always in front of Verizon Center. I got his name which he goes by which is Ritchie. Beware of him and his thugs and the lady that is incharge.
    Tour '08
    Destroying DC Scum.
  • Super_FanSuper_Fan Posts: 249
    1500 club wrote:
    Does anyone know if this was an internet only ticket sale. Did anyone try to buy their tickets from a Ticketmaster outlet? I bought Metallica tickets at an grocery store once. Was this an option for buying EV tixs?

    Metallica tickets are easier to get unless its New York or an LA show.
    Tour '08
    Destroying DC Scum.
  • over bendsover bends Posts: 1,568
    Super_Fan wrote:
    I uncovered their illegal practice in 2003. A ticket broker in the area hires bums to protect his investment and threaten other people in line. We were the first one's in line and they pulled a gun on me because I beat them camping out for tickets. It was first come first serve. I gave up the tickets to the box office lady and she handed them to an Asian guy who is a ticket scalper that is always in front of Verizon Center. I got his name which he goes by which is Ritchie. Beware of him and his thugs and the lady that is incharge.

    ....
    Yield!

    3 Decibels Doubles the Volume

    2006
  • cashcash Posts: 55
    1) dont buy scalped tickets the day the tickets were "sold out"
    2) wait till the week of the show and ticketmaster will release more, day of the show is even better (they always release more for every band, every show)
    3) if you have to go thru a scalper do it the day of the show, itll be about the same price as face value


    If you dont freakout when a show is "soldout" you wont pay inflated prices.

    take a breath, relax
  • FuBaRFuBaR Posts: 35
    I have my 10c tics for the shows I wanted to see, but seeing this shit makes me sick, "oh tics are sold out but go to our sister site and get them for $500 instead"
  • jimbeejimbee Posts: 81
    Bob Dylan --> "pay for your ticket and don't complain"....yes it's out of hand, yes it's crazy...look at yourelves as being part of the problem by creating the demand.... :O
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  • cashcash Posts: 55
    If you dont buy those "ticketsnow" tickets, they get rereleased thru ticketmaster.

    SHOW RESTRAINT!
  • EddiesMuseEddiesMuse Posts: 389
    Mathata wrote:
    Where is Eddie's political attitude when we need it - boycott Ticketmaster Eddie! Go into the Wild and sing for the fans!!!!!


    dont you remember that little fiasco from the 90s that got no where except hardly any PJ shows and only at tiny venues???
    Sometimes "Majority" just means all of the Fools are in Agreement.
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