Ticketmaster “Premium Ticket” SCAM

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  • SHZA
    SHZA St. Louis, MO USA Posts: 4,314
    njhaley1 said:
    Merkin Baller said:

    LOL - so they weren't lying at all. GOTCHA, homonym!

    I seem to recall someone saying the excess went to EV charity or something. At least that was just one of the rumors flying around earlier in the year. 
    In 2020 before the tour was postponed, some of the MSG tickets were sold as Vitalogy charity seats for $1k+. PJ Premium were added in 2022 if I recall correctly. I don't believe they've ever claimed that the cost differential of the PJ Premium seats goes to charity. 
  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,126
    SHZA said:
    njhaley1 said:
    Merkin Baller said:

    LOL - so they weren't lying at all. GOTCHA, homonym!

    I seem to recall someone saying the excess went to EV charity or something. At least that was just one of the rumors flying around earlier in the year. 
    In 2020 before the tour was postponed, some of the MSG tickets were sold as Vitalogy charity seats for $1k+. PJ Premium were added in 2022 if I recall correctly. I don't believe they've ever claimed that the cost differential of the PJ Premium seats goes to charity. 

    I would say the band definitely gets a piece of the extra profit earned from dynamic pricing. I have no facts to back that up, and have no direct knowledge of the contracts, but it makes sense. It would not surprise me if they requested that the face value be under $200 as I would guess TM wanted to charge more. Pure speculation.
  • Tjm007
    Tjm007 Posts: 189
    Get_Right said:
    SHZA said:h
    njhaley1 said:
    Merkin Baller said:

    LOL - so they weren't lying at all. GOTCHA, homonym!

    I seem to recall someone saying the excess went to EV charity or something. At least that was just one of the rumors flying around earlier in the year. 
    In 2020 before the tour was postponed, some of the MSG tickets were sold as Vitalogy charity seats for $1k+. PJ Premium were added in 2022 if I recall correctly. I don't believe they've ever claimed that the cost differential of the PJ Premium seats goes to charity. 

    I would say the band definitely gets a piece of the extra profit earned from dynamic pricing. I have no facts to back that up, and have no direct knowledge of the contracts, but it makes sense. It would not surprise me if they requested that the face value be under $200 as I would guess TM wanted to charge more. Pure speculation.
    Of course they do - and please put to bed any nonsense about the band’s altruism towards fans - I’m sure they donate some towards their causes (tax deductible of course) but as seen recently keen to get fans use any left over money from concert ticket extortion to prop up these “foundations”.

    It’s not a good look for PJ - the Cure are showing them how to do things with class.
  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,126
    Tjm007 said:
    Get_Right said:
    SHZA said:h
    njhaley1 said:
    Merkin Baller said:

    LOL - so they weren't lying at all. GOTCHA, homonym!

    I seem to recall someone saying the excess went to EV charity or something. At least that was just one of the rumors flying around earlier in the year. 
    In 2020 before the tour was postponed, some of the MSG tickets were sold as Vitalogy charity seats for $1k+. PJ Premium were added in 2022 if I recall correctly. I don't believe they've ever claimed that the cost differential of the PJ Premium seats goes to charity. 

    I would say the band definitely gets a piece of the extra profit earned from dynamic pricing. I have no facts to back that up, and have no direct knowledge of the contracts, but it makes sense. It would not surprise me if they requested that the face value be under $200 as I would guess TM wanted to charge more. Pure speculation.
    Of course they do - and please put to bed any nonsense about the band’s altruism towards fans - I’m sure they donate some towards their causes (tax deductible of course) but as seen recently keen to get fans use any left over money from concert ticket extortion to prop up these “foundations”.

    It’s not a good look for PJ - the Cure are showing them how to do things with class.

    I think the ship has sailed on the "if you can't beat'em join'em" for Pearl Jam. It is noble of Robert Smith to take a position. But it is a terrible business decision given the current state of the concert industry and allows others to get fat off their art. Again, if there was any competition for Ticketmaster we might see a market adjustment on ticket prices. The fact of the matter is that all entertainment has gotten ridiculously expensive. At least with Pearl Jam I feel like I get my money's worth. 
  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,185
    It's bullshit...TM will keep those premiums prices up and prevent people from selling tix they have purchased so that the premiums sell. They are controlling the market for their own tickets. 

    I don't mind the idea of the artist getting paid more and cutting out scalpers but TM is manipulating the process.

    When tix first go on sale it makes sense for TM to put premiums on...but after a few days they clearly need to adjust those prices. People willing to pay more for good seats will do so. Then the demand drops and those that have already bought tickets (that they supposedly can sell through TM at cost if needed) get screwed.
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