Ticketmaster Sucks

[Bomber]

Is there a worse place to try and buy tickets?

[LloydLungs]

There's actually a $6.50 convenience fee just for asking that question. Pay up.

[sachmo71]

Yes, there is.

I one tried to buy tickets for a Garth Brooks concert from a viking known as Rolf the Skullsplitter. To start with, it took me forever to get into contact with him. I had to set up a mock French village by the river, complete with weak old men and sultry young virgins. When he and his boatmates finally landed by the village, they spent HOURS pillaging. When he was finally finished, we sat down to talk turkey. (we had to sit on the ground, because vikings LOVE breaking chairs. I don't know why.)

Anyhoo, we parlayed for a while, and he ended up getting insulted a couple of times. Because of this, a couple of my posse ended up with their skulls split by a huge axe. At least I was able to see where he got his nickname. In the end, I wound up saving like $30 dollars, except I had to pay him in gold pieces, which aren't easy to come by and took me weeks to get my hands on. The concert sucked, because I don't like country music, and I doubt I'll be doing business with him. Besides, the service fee he charged was just an insult, and he wouldn't come down.

So yes, there is a worse place to buy tickets.

[Bomber]

No Yankee tickets for me this year, and I got through 3 times too. I love Ticketmaster.

[Bomber]

The fucking wait time doesn't even make sense, 8 minutes, no 12 minutes, no 5 minutes, no 15 minutes, no you're order had an error when processing. Fuck you Ticketmaster.

[MizzouRah]

www.stubhub.com


Todd

[Bomber]

I got through!!!!!!!!!

[Godzilla Blitz]

Originally Posted by LloydLungs

There's actually a $6.50 convenience fee just for asking that question. Pay up.

Just one more reason why I hate Ticketmaster: "Convenience Fee"

"Convenience fee" is the second most annoying euphemism in the English language. Convenient for the Ticketmaster monopoly because you're getting my money, but it's not convenient for me, that's for sure. It's one of those marketing terms that just reeks of the assumption that the average customer has an IQ of a flea. Basically, the term means "silly-ass rip-off charge for doing nothing that we added on to the cost of your ticket because we are the only place you can buy a ticket over the phone".

Ticketmaster Sales Meeting
Ticketmaster Moron 1: "What shall we call this $7.00 price gauge we charge to sell a ticket? We need something to make the customer think they are getting a good deal when we actually allow them to purchase a ticket to an event they would like to go to."
Ticketmaster Moron 2: "A Fuck-Over Fee?"
Ticketmaster Moron 3: "A Rape the Stupid Customer Fee?"
Ticketmaster Moron 4: "A Convenience Fee?"
Ticketmaster Moron 1: "Yeah, convenience fee, I like it. It's vague enough so that the customer will go 'Huh?' and have no idea what it's for. By the time they figure out that we screwed them, we'll have already charged their credit card. Good job, Moron 4! Ok, meeting over!"

Personally, I think they should have gone with "Happy Fee". At least that would make me laugh.

[Bomber]

After scoring two Sox-Yankees games, and a Mets-Yankees game for my brother for Christmas, I take back what I said about Ticketmaster. They don't suck that bad after all.

[Philliesfan980]

Using ticketmaster is pretty much against my beliefs (I warship the god of cheapness). Unless its a playoff game, I won't go near the establishment.

If I can't walk up and get seats, I'm not going.

[sachmo71]

Originally Posted by Philliesfan980

Using ticketmaster is pretty much against my beliefs (I warship the god of cheapness). Unless its a playoff game, I won't go near the establishment.

If I can't walk up and get seats, I'm not going.

Bismark?
Yamato?
Washington?

Or are you more of the tin can type guy?

[Franklinnoble]

Originally Posted by LloydLungs

There's actually a $6.50 convenience fee just for asking that question. Pay up.

That's funny.

Solid contribution by the J.V. this morning... good to see.