Misc F*****G Ticketmaster

KC native · 05-15-2009, 09:38 AM

So today my friend and I try to buy Tool tickets for the show at Nokia Theatre in Grand Prairie and it's the usual bs. My friend can't get in and then it took me 4 tries to get pit tickets. We needed 7 tickets but I could only cover 3 so my friend was going to grab the other 4. Luckily I got in when I did because at 10:07 the show was sold out (went on sale at 10) and then pit tickets were posted on stub hub for $542.

On top of all that there were an additional $17.25 in additional fees so an $80 ticket jumped to $97 and then there was another $5 service charge for the overall order. Goddamn 20% of face value fees and 17.7% of total purchase was fees. **** TICKETMASTER!

IIRC Didn't they get in trouble for exorbitant fees before?

Demonpenz · 05-15-2009, 09:43 AM

lmao at tool always talking shit on the system, but bowing down to ticketmaster

**morphius** · 05-15-2009, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Demonpenz

lmao at tool always talking shit on the system, but bowing down to ticketmaster

So you have solution other than not going?

raybec 4 · 05-15-2009, 09:46 AM

I remember when Pearl Jam cancelled the last half of a tour because ticketmaster was assraping their fans.

**Buck** · 05-15-2009, 09:48 AM

I had to buy one extra ticket for the Tech N9ne concert yesterday.

It said $20. Then there was an $8.95 fee + $3 Convenience Fee.

So I told my buddy I was buying it for that it was $32 instead of $20 like I told him, he said okay.

Then I go to checkout and they added another $5 for a service charge and charged me and extra $2.50 just to print the ticket!

So after all was said and done, the $20 Ticket cost me $40.

Thats such bullshit.

DJJasonp · 05-15-2009, 09:51 AM

I agree that Ticketmaster's CEO is lord satan himself....

With that said, NEVER wait until the day tix go on sale.....Pre-sale my friend is the way to go...

Either:

A) Go to the band's website and sign-up for the fan club (that usually gets you a pre-sale code)

OR

B) I've used this website a couple times - well worth the extra 4 bucks to get good tix

http://www.presalecodes.com/index.ph...FQ6jagodknMdrQ

KC native · 05-15-2009, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by DJJasonp

I agree that Ticketmaster's CEO is lord satan himself....

With that said, NEVER wait until the day tix go on sale.....Pre-sale my friend is the way to go...

Either:

A) Go to the band's website and sign-up for the fan club (that usually gets you a pre-sale code)

OR

B) I've used this website a couple times - well worth the extra 4 bucks to get good tix

http://www.presalecodes.com/index.ph...FQ6jagodknMdrQ

Yea, I usually go for the pre-sales too. You can google the name and find the password most times. This show didn't have any presale though. I get emails from all the local venues, ticketmaster, and another ticketing service and this show was announced this week and went on sale today.

Demonpenz · 05-15-2009, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by morphius

So you have solution other than not going?

learn to swim

**Donger** · 05-15-2009, 10:10 AM

I Hate Big Ticket

Fish · 05-15-2009, 10:30 AM

Convenience fee?? But that's not convenient for me at all....

sedated · 05-15-2009, 10:36 AM

Tool is touring again? I knew they were going to be at Lollapalooza in Chicago, but didn't know they were playing anywhere else.

**TrebMaxx** · 05-15-2009, 10:40 AM

My policy is to never use Ticketmaster. My little form of protest. Too bad I can't get more people to protest with me but as the great P.T. Barnum is rumored to have once said ...

"There's a sucker born every minute"

rad · 05-15-2009, 10:46 AM

lol @ Palooza

**morphius** · 05-15-2009, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by KC Fish

Convenience fee?? But that's not convenient for me at all....

They didn't say it was convenience fee for you...

**morphius** · 05-15-2009, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Demonpenz

learn to swim

Whew, and I was almost afraid that you would come up with something helpful. Okay, really, I wasn't, not even a little bit, but where is the fun in that. I was on the swim team, so I know how to swim, tyvm.

05-15-2009, 09:38 AM
KC native Banned Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Fort Worth, TX Casino cash: $10049239	F*G Ticketmaster So today my friend and I try to buy Tool tickets for the show at Nokia Theatre in Grand Prairie and it's the usual bs. My friend can't get in and then it took me 4 tries to get pit tickets. We needed 7 tickets but I could only cover 3 so my friend was going to grab the other 4. Luckily I got in when I did because at 10:07 the show was sold out (went on sale at 10) and then pit tickets were posted on stub hub for $542. On top of all that there were an additional $17.25 in additional fees so an $80 ticket jumped to $97 and then there was another $5 service charge for the overall order. Goddamn 20% of face value fees and 17.7% of total purchase was fees. **** TICKETMASTER! IIRC Didn't they get in trouble for exorbitant fees before?
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05-15-2009, 09:43 AM	#2
Demonpenz I got Rice cookin in the micro Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Apartment "G UNIT!" Casino cash: $3162136	lmao at tool always talking shit on the system, but bowing down to ticketmaster __________________
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05-15-2009, 09:46 AM	#4
raybec 4 MVP Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: East Jabip Casino cash: $5223807	I remember when Pearl Jam cancelled the last half of a tour because ticketmaster was assraping their fans.
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05-15-2009, 09:48 AM	#5
Buck Take a Chill Pill Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Carolina Casino cash: $8329900	I had to buy one extra ticket for the Tech N9ne concert yesterday. It said $20. Then there was an $8.95 fee + $3 Convenience Fee. So I told my buddy I was buying it for that it was $32 instead of $20 like I told him, he said okay. Then I go to checkout and they added another $5 for a service charge and charged me and extra $2.50 just to print the ticket! So after all was said and done, the $20 Ticket cost me $40. Thats such bullshit.
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05-15-2009, 09:51 AM	#6
DJJasonp My work speaks for itself!!! Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: So Cal Casino cash: $2015200	I agree that Ticketmaster's CEO is lord satan himself.... With that said, NEVER wait until the day tix go on sale.....Pre-sale my friend is the way to go... Either: A) Go to the band's website and sign-up for the fan club (that usually gets you a pre-sale code) OR B) I've used this website a couple times - well worth the extra 4 bucks to get good tix http://www.presalecodes.com/index.ph...FQ6jagodknMdrQ __________________ Its easier to fool a man, than to convince a man he's been fooled.
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05-15-2009, 10:10 AM	#9
Donger "Think BOOM!" Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: 33.675° N 106.475° W Casino cash: $10389900 VARSITY	I Hate Big Ticket __________________ I think the young people enjoy it when I "get down," verbally, don't you?
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05-15-2009, 10:30 AM	#10
Fish Ain't no relax! Join Date: Sep 2005 Casino cash: $2318919	Convenience fee?? But that's not convenient for me at all.... __________________
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05-15-2009, 10:40 AM	#12
TrebMaxx Supporter Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Peoples Republic of CoMo Casino cash: $1517252	My policy is to never use Ticketmaster. My little form of protest. Too bad I can't get more people to protest with me but as the great P.T. Barnum is rumored to have once said ... "There's a sucker born every minute"
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