Revenge of the BOTS...Reason why PJ, The Hip and other tickets are hard to get...

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  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,916
    I don't see that helps. I saw a video on one of the big ticketing agencies in England. They had binders and binder full of valid credit cards issued in different names. That's how they get around ticket limits. Making someone pay a fee to have a registered account on ticketmaster isn't going to eliminate any of that. Broker's make enough money they'll pay the fee(s) too.

    In the article I posted i think one of things that I didn't realize was promoters paying bands more money than what they take in from ticket sales (at face value). I always blamed everything on TM, but there's so many problems that go beyond TM too. Promoter's selling blocks of tickets to brokers above Face Value so they can still make money on the concert. The whole system is rigged. I never realize how much control Promoter's had with the tickets.
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,263
    I don't see a problem with the band or promoter controlling who gets the tickets. They are putting on the event. If they want 20% to go to the public and 80% to internet presales, friends, family, business contacts, brokers, etc... then that is their right. Their show, their risk, their rules.

    The problem is when the tickets allocated to the general public are not allocated fairly.

  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    bootlegger10 said:

    I don't see a problem with the band or promoter controlling who gets the tickets. They are putting on the event. If they want 20% to go to the public and 80% to internet presales, friends, family, business contacts, brokers, etc... then that is their right. Their show, their risk, their rules.

    The problem is when the tickets allocated to the general public are not allocated fairly.

    I don't have a problem w/ the band controlling the tickets. That's it though.
    Pearl Jam is in a position to say "Hi, we want to rent your facility on this night, how much"?
    Pay the fee and then allocate tix via 10c as they see fit.

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