Ticketing Rant

That's pathetic. Not your post, but how easily scalpers can grab tickets. The sad thing is it doesn't look like the day will come soon enough for the gov't, industrury to solve this problem. I think one day either supply and demand, the gov't, or the industry will solve outrageous ticketmaster charges and scalpers, but I don't expect it to come too soon.

In all honestly I don't think us fans can make enough noise to change this, and until we find a way it's gonna keep happening.

One thing bands have done to help cut down on scalpers is to raise ticket prices, but that doesn't really help fans as we still pay more.

The way I look at it is it's supply and demand. Unless fans get to a point where they refuse to pay high ticket prices scalpers will be everywhere. Until scalpers get to a pint where they can't make a penny from scalping they wil be everywhere.

Send all the emails you want, make lots of noise, and I wish you the best, but I don't think scalping is going away anytime soon.

unfortunately its not going to change unless fans stop paying and artists band together
its only an issue for small percentage of the fans and artists, the rest could care less and don't mind getting gouged by tm and the scalpers
they're also trying to make up in concert revenue, what they've lost in cd sales

Deebs41 wrote:

I got it!
Guys, this is gonna blow your minds...

Why don't we all become scalpers so we can get blocks of tickets???

I actually thought of getting me one of those nifty ticket broker software things, swiping all tix then reselling to 10c at face. I also just generally get a weird sense of accomplishment when I get good seats to shows, plays, etc... so I figured I could potentially also help others out in the process. But I was worried I'd become greedy and become one of those hateful ticket brokers.

mrmojorisinca wrote:

I sent this letter to the fanclub and wanted to share with the board becuase I feel like I need to share..

First off I want to thank you for all the effort you put into getting us fan club members tickets to shows..You guys all truly rock..

now for my rant…

Not sure what you can do with this information but just in case you didn’t know I wanted to let you and the Band know about the practices of ticket scalping sites such as

http://www.ticketsnow.com/Concert_Tickets/Eddie_Vedder_Tickets.html?CAT=Event&FDT=7/8/2008%2012:00:00%20AM&TDT=1/8/2010%2012:00:00%20AM&MAID=0&NodeKey=03140c7a73f44fa9a84774c6b4b72514&SearchPath=1

and

http://www.ticketstub.com/search.php?q=vedder

The big piss off with this is that TicketNow is owed my Ticketmaster, so if you weren’t lucky enough to get tickets the conventional way you are given the option to go to TicketNow and buy tickets at a premium. To add insult to ingury Ticketnow and sites just like it are selling tickets to shows (Including EV) that have not even gone on sale for fan club members let alone general public. Surly there has to be something wrong with this? Again I’m not sure you can do anything but feel that I needed to share this with you..

Peace and much love
Paul
Aka mrmojorisinca

Why are you sending this to the fanclub???

I mean vent on, that is what the board is for (even though some people get pissed off and see it as old news blah blah blah).

However, this kind of stuff should be sent to your senator or congress rep or even newspapers and media. Those are the only types that have the power to do anything (if they truly wanted to).

Pearl Jam does what they can to stop scalping and stuff, so any other complaints tend to get ridiculous.