Ticket ripoff!

Originally posted by This Is My Name:

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
and SFA's giving tickets away for people you signup on thier mailing list.

Woah, what is this?

check their official website…

Coke and Pepsi? I really don't think that's an apt comparison. TicketMaster is hugely, hugely dominant in this field and Tickets.com would like to follow its monopolistic business model. TicketMaster has used its deep pockets to scare away most competitors, shutting down potential competition on the Internet, suing potential rivals, etc. The more apt comparison would be Coke vs. Vess Cola.

That's it…

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You must work for Tickets.com. If you don't want to participate, why are you here, idiot?

Originally posted by BoomBoom:
You must work for Tickets.com. If you don't want to participate, why are you here, idiot?

Yep, you found me out. Now aren't you jealous because I get all my tickets without added convenience fees? Mwhahahahahaha! <img src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/19.gif" alt=" - " />

Originally posted by BoomBoom:
Coke and Pepsi? I really don't think that's an apt comparison.

It's apt for the limited comparison we're making: they're rivals that make people sign exclusive contracts.

Oh, and tickets.com is pretty big in it's own right. MLB bought it/financial backs it.

Well, thanks for the repartee everyone. I have to run. I'm off to the Nightclub 9:30 ticket window. The roundtrip Metro fare will be $2.70, plus $1 at the window. Hey, I'm saving nearly $4 off the Tickets.com price, and my dignity is intact – at least until I get to the bar at club tonight. But that's a thread for another day.

Defending rock 'n' roll consumers everywhere, this is BoomBoom – signing out.

Originally posted by BoomBoom:
Defending rock 'n' roll consumers everywhere, this is BoomBoom – signing out.

Good night, and good luck.

Your Son Volt show is $20, so why did you use $15 in your example? Hell, the average ticket price at 9:30 is well above $15, making it less of a ripoff.

Originally posted by BoomBoom:
Well, thanks for the repartee everyone. I have to run. I'm off to the Nightclub 9:30 ticket window. The roundtrip Metro fare will be $2.70, plus $1 at the window. Hey, I'm saving nearly $4 off the Tickets.com price, and my dignity is intact – at least until I get to the bar at club tonight. But that's a thread for another day.

Defending rock 'n' roll consumers everywhere, this is BoomBoom – signing out.

Originally posted by [username edited by p.c. moderator]:
Good night, and good luck.

Seeing that movie tomorrow. :D

Originally posted by BoomBoom:
I don't mind paying a reasonable fee for ordering tickets online or over the phone. But more than $7 on a $15 ticket is NOT a reasonable fee.

The one question I have is how the fees are set for each show. I just bought Ambulance Ltd tickets through Ticketmaster, and the fees were only $3.50 on a $10 ticket. I know, percentage-wise that's a big chunk, but sometimes a $12 ticket will come with $7 or more of fees. It's all so odd. I go to the clubs most of the time, but sometimes I just can't get by. So I PAY for the convenience of online shopping.

Originally posted by BoomBoom:
some people (myself not included, fortunately) can't go down to the club during its very limited box office hours and buy tickets.

Noon to 11:00 p.m. is limited? Dude, you're a busy guy (if you are a guy…).

Originally posted by Bags:
So I PAY for the convenience of online shopping.

NO! You are paying for a stamp! Forget convenience! 32 cents! Focus only on that!!

Originally posted by BoomBoom:
Man, I would have thought their would have been fewer rah-rah capitalists in a rock club forum. What is the world coming to? Must be because it's D.C. – conformist, conservative and comfortably smug. I'm sure that Tickets.com is lavishing huge salaries on its employees and paying them Cadillac benefits. C'mon – these fees are lining the pockets of the execs and the club owners. Bottom line: they are not reasonable fees. They are a ripoff.

Now I think you're just trying to be an ass. Yeah, like telemarketers are always reaping in the cash hand over fist.

As to the lack of 'rah rah', we've been over this argument a hundred times on here. We've heard it all before, debated it all before, and realize that either it's important to us to go to shows so we get tickets whichever way we can, or we boycott. Some folks on here definitely buy fewer tickets and have said so. So far, no cause-and-effect surcharge price drops.

Originally posted by [username edited by p.c. moderator]:
Cat's Cardle uses etix.com which costs $1/ticket, but there aren't really tickets, just massive will call lists/print outs.

Ugh, and how annoying is that. Bowery Ballroom does that, and you can't sell tickets you can't use. While it's good for scalping, a PAIN in the ASS if you just can't go to a show, but can only 'sell' your ticket if you show up.

See, no fee, no convenience.

Some folks on here definitely buy fewer tickets and have said so.

shit, Mankie moved to Ireland rather than pay tickets.com convenuience fees….now THATS sticking to your principles :p

Originally posted by Bags:

Originally posted by BoomBoom:
I don't mind paying a reasonable fee for ordering tickets online or over the phone. But more than $7 on a $15 ticket is NOT a reasonable fee.

The one question I have is how the fees are set for each show. I just bought Ambulance Ltd tickets through Ticketmaster, and the fees were only $3.50 on a $10 ticket. I know, percentage-wise that's a big chunk, but sometimes a $12 ticket will come with $7 or more of fees. It's all so odd. I go to the clubs most of the time, but sometimes I just can't get by. So I PAY for the convenience of online shopping.

I just want the Black cat to build a proper box office. Everytime I try and buy tickets, they act as if I'm asking them to complete a calculus test.

Originally posted by MTB-Markie:
they add a $3.25 mailing fee which they charge you even if you Will Call tickets.

That I've never understood. It's just work for the CLUB to handle Will Call tix, not tickets.com or ticketbastard.

Originally posted by Bags:

Originally posted by MTB-Markie:
they add a $3.25 mailing fee which they charge you even if you Will Call tickets.

That I've never understood. It's just work for the CLUB to handle Will Call tix, not tickets.com or ticketbastard.

Admittedly that sounds funny, but I'm sure the intended purpose is to have a certain fee per ticket, and a certain fee that's per order. It's all convenience, though.

I'll never understand people cutting off their own nose over disliking how things are labeled on an invoice, which is really what this is.

Originally posted by Glass Arm Shattering:
I just want the Black cat to build a proper box office. Everytime I try and buy tickets, they act as if I'm asking them to complete a calculus test.

Yeah - That's annoying as hell. If I'm just buying one ticket, I'll just go to an outlet and pick it up. It's worth the $3.50 to not stand there for 10 minutes waiting for the guy to show up, or hoping they even remember to go get him.