Ticketmaster Sucks

[amargari]

I just got an e-mail for special AC/DC tickets for $29.50. I clicked the link to look for tickets and the tickets are $26.50 plus $3.00 for a Building Facility Charge for $29.50. However, Ticketmaster charges an additional $10.25 per ticket on top of this as a Convenience Charge. What a joke. The Convenience Charge is more than 30% of the ticket charge.

[NastyEllEssWon]

under a hundred bucks is still a deal for a band like ac/dc....iirc metallica tickets were like close to 200

[zuuhlsT/A]

Well.....I guess it's convenient for Ticketbastard to rape you for another $10.25!:nod:

[amargari]

NastyEllEssWon I agree. However it is disgusting that Ticketmaster makes over $10 per ticket. Also, I think they charge you per ticket to mail them. It costs the same to mail 8 tickets to one address as 1. Also, if you decide not to mail them and print them instead, they charge you a fee to print your tickets. It is such a scam.

[NastyEllEssWon]

theyre still hooking you up with tickets for under a hundred bucks :nod:

[amargari]

theyre still hooking you up with tickets for under a hundred bucks :nod:

I would prefer that the money goes to AC/DC and not Ticketmaster.

[Scrat's_Camaro]

i got charged 12 dollars on top the cost of the ticket when i bought my rise against tickets the other day from live nation. **** sucks

[WildBillyT]

Ticketmaster is under investigation for a lot of shady business practices. I know the NJ Dept of Consumer Affairs tore them a new ******* a little while back.

[band77one]

under a hundred bucks is still a deal for a band like ac/dc....iirc metallica tickets were like close to 200

where did u buy tickets from? wachovia center i beleive stopped using ticket master. i had floor seats for metallica this past january and they were 82.50 a ticket.

[BonzoHansen]

My metallica tix were less than $100.

I understand PNC is adding $6 per ticket for parking!

[bobb1589]

yeah, they have raped with their charges... i hate it... i think i bought 2 concert tickets last summer for $36 dollars each but by the time i was done the bill was like... $114 after all their charges though

[NastyEllEssWon]

where did u buy tickets from? wachovia center i beleive stopped using ticket master. i had floor seats for metallica this past january and they were 82.50 a ticket.





i didnt go...i dont like metallica...wouldnt waste 5 bucks on them....but i remember my friend telling me that tickets were super expensive....bah either way....ticketmaster has gotten away with middle manning everything for years...so who knows

[Whiplash Performance]

under a hundred bucks is still a deal for a band like ac/dc....iirc metallica tickets were like close to 200

That cheap for AC/DC tickets? My AC/DC tickets for the last tour was like 100 bucks ea for SEATS!


My Metillica tickets $95.00 after all the bs fees. The base price was like 64 bucks. My spot was right on the railing infront of James as he opened the show with that was just your life at the philly show in January.

I got the same pit tickets for the Sunday show at the garden in Nov. So looks like another 8 hours waiting in line to be up front again!!:headbang::headbang:

[HardcoreZ28]

Yup....Ticketmaster FTL

You waited 8 hours to be upfront Metallica?? I saw them at the Pru Center and we got there half hour before the show and were still on the railing. Just bought tix for the MSG show.

[BonzoHansen]

Live nation is no better.

BTW, anyone want Judas Priest tickets?

[Whiplash Performance]

Yup....Ticketmaster FTL

You waited 8 hours to be upfront Metallica?? I saw them at the Pru Center and we got there half hour before the show and were still on the railing. Just bought tix for the MSG show.

Yeah I had to like if i showed up a half hour before the show we would have been in the way back. Metclub entry FTW. This was the show in Philly.
I have an extra ticket for the Saturday show at MSG in the 300 section. Slow work internet FTL caused me not to get GA for Saturday's show but I got GA with metclub early entry on Sunday :)

[Little G]

God forbid anyone tries to make a buck in this country.

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[HardcoreZ28]

There's a difference between making a buck and marking something up 30% just for taking an order and mailing out a ticket. I'm sure they incur some fees as well but it can't be that much.

[WildBillyT]

There's a difference between making a buck and marking something up 30% just for taking an order and mailing out a ticket. I'm sure they incur some fees as well but it can't be that much.

Absolutely. Not to mention they have little competition from other vendors.

[Triple-A]

I would prefer that the money goes to AC/DC and not Ticketmaster.

Band usually don't get anything from tickets money.
They get paid (for example) 5000 for concert and organizer paying for flight, hotel, food etc
All the profit from tickets goes to organizer of the event.