Scalping and Ticketmaster

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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 45,159
    how many fans are waiting in line for days to get rail at a surgery?
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  • OnWis97
    OnWis97 St. Paul, MN Posts: 5,678
    Meltdown99 said:
    You think musicians are worth more than a doctor?
    I think they're worth more than the Ticketmaster bottom line.
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  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,888
    edited September 2018
    Its a scam.  We knew that.  Their silly photo match game is only designed to keep me and you delayed as long as possible.

    This is proof of blatant fraud. 
  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    MayDay10 said:
    Its a scam.  We knew that.  Their silly photo match game is only designed to keep me and you delayed as long as possible.

    This is proof of blatant fraud. 

    Hmmm. Interesting theory.

    They promote the step as something designed to make the experience better for the fans (a measure taken to battle automated programs). It's not out of the realm of possibilities it's exactly the opposite of this though (and that would be utterly outrageous if so).
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  • what dreams
    what dreams Posts: 1,761
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Meltdown99 said:
    So because you play the guitar you think you have the right to. be super rich.  Lots of bands bring affordability to their concerts.  Why should people who sit in the nosebleeds pay the same as the douche who wants to pluck vedders nose hairs?
    what? what are you talking about? who said anything about being super rich? (no one has a "right" to anything expect to be free and basic necessities of life)

    I said the opposite, actually, that putting on an arena rock show is incredibly expensive. it takes a shitload of people and money to put it on. and they don't make any money from their music anymore, so something had to give. ticket prices were going to be the give. 

    in what universe do nosebleeds and front row seats cost the same?
    Ummm . . . the Pearl Jam universe . . . that's where nosebleeds and front row costs the same
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,997
    what dreams said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Meltdown99 said:
    So because you play the guitar you think you have the right to. be super rich.  Lots of bands bring affordability to their concerts.  Why should people who sit in the nosebleeds pay the same as the douche who wants to pluck vedders nose hairs?
    what? what are you talking about? who said anything about being super rich? (no one has a "right" to anything expect to be free and basic necessities of life)

    I said the opposite, actually, that putting on an arena rock show is incredibly expensive. it takes a shitload of people and money to put it on. and they don't make any money from their music anymore, so something had to give. ticket prices were going to be the give. 

    in what universe do nosebleeds and front row seats cost the same?
    Ummm . . . the Pearl Jam universe . . . that's where nosebleeds and front row costs the same
    really? I honestly never knew that.
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,997
    Meltdown99 said:
    You think musicians are worth more than a doctor?
    jesus. of course not. when musicians start getting paid with our tax money, ask me again. 
    Your boos mean nothing to me, for I have seen what makes you cheer



  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,888
    edited September 2018
    its funny that the theme of that article is:  "thats bad for PR".  Who cares?  They have a near monopoly. If I buy a ticket for anything, pretty much, I need to go through ticketmaster.  The other choice is to not go.  My home arena uses Tickets.com which is a horrible online selling system and interface.

    These kind of things are an example of why we need government involvement and regulations dealing with private business, especially in areas where competition has been all but eliminated.  People wring their hands for a few peanuts in tax dollars, and out of the other side of their peanut brains fight for the "rights" of companies like ticketmaster, verizon, or AT&T to just bend us over and leverage the lack of competition to raid our wallets and limit our service.  Not to mention allowing industry to actively poison us.  
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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    Public beheading of Ticketmaster execs already sold out

    https://www.thebeaverton.com/2018/09/public-beheading-of-ticketmaster-execs-already-sold-out/

    lol
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  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,634
     Ticketmaster Calls Resale Accusations 'Categorically Untrue'

          https://www.pollstar.com/article/ticketmaster-calls-resale-accusations-categorically-untrue-136338
  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 13,041
    edited July 2019
    so live nation scalps metallica tickets.  seems to infer Metallica knew it too but doesn't specifically say that.  not that any of this is even remotely surprising.

    https://www.tmz.com/2019/07/22/live-nation-admits-scalping-tickets-reselling-metallica/
  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,634
    pjhawks said:
    so live nation scalps metallica tickets.  seems to infer Metallica knew it too but doesn't specifically say that.  not that any of this is even remotely surprising.

    https://www.tmz.com/2019/07/22/live-nation-admits-scalping-tickets-reselling-metallica/
    They absolutely did know...

    Live Nation And Metallica Rep Conspired Ticket Scalping Scheme For Metallica Concertgoers

     https://www.forbes.com/sites/quentinsinger/2019/07/20/live-nation-and-metallica-rep-conspired-ticket-scalping-scheme-for-metallica-concertgoers/

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