Get ready for Ticketmaster's latest screw-job...

[MissBehavior]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/...in570971.shtml

Another fawking cash-grab from our friendly neighbourhood ticket-price gougers.

[Skyles]

It was bound to happen... There is deffinately more to it than what you read in that article.. It's the record industries getting behind them too, getting jealous of the scalpers making cash crops off of Ebay and such...

Do you actually know the percentage Ticketmaster makes off of the tickets? I wonder how that will change with the auction... will they get a percentage of the top value, or just a flate fee.. We cannnnn only wait and see.

That'll determine whether they are trying to be competitive and "Stay in the market" while getting pressure from the record industries.. or are they actually making more money off of it.

[Cdn_Brdr]

I heard about this yesterday and there is a lot more to it than the article states. The biggest factor, which will most likely end up protecting the consumer, is the fact that bands have the option of whether or not to use this method. Most bands will realize that they will lose a large fanbase and will opt out of it I think.

Either way it's still a bullshit call on the part of ticketmaster. They figure it'll help reduce scalping but in the end it'll just end up costing more to go to a show. Only the rich will be able to get good seats.

[MissBehavior]

More bands need to go the way of Pearl Jam...

[Cdn_Brdr]

^They can't though.... 99.9% of venues have contracts with ticketmaster.... it's ticketmaster or no show.

So all that would boil down to is a lack of shows to go to.

[MissBehavior]

Pfft.

I'd rather save my money than support Ticketmaster(bators) after this.

I mean, most people can barely afford shows as it is. How long before they auction ALL the tickets to every show?

[jono]

I go to one or two concerts/shows a week and can't remember the last time I went to something that wasn't general admission... so I'm not to worried.

This seems to effect the people who are already paying big money for concerts.

Jon

[Cdn_Brdr]

^Not true... there are rumors of them doing the same to all GA shows too.... if they do that then we're really screwed.

[desiRAWR]

I'm wondering if this means anything to Canadians, because ticketmaster.ca is different from ticketmaster.com. In the article, they're talking about "states" being hit hard with this, but I didn't see any indication that it was going to affect us Canadians. Anybody have any info on this?

[Partizan]

that is just fucking great..

see what capitalism gets ya??? .. fuckin nothin

anways..

i wish all the fucks at RIAA and what not would just die..

[beach*bum]

bullshit.
i can barely afford the shows i go to now [i know...i need a better job...but still]....

that's it...
i'm going to make a whole bunch of connections and start my own "ticketdispenser" system...and make it fair.
heh. that'll be the day.