Ticketmaster rip off
The other day my friends and I wanted to check out an upcoming DJ show in San Francisco, so we followed the link from the site and it took us to ticketmaster, ok thats fine, i’m used to a bit of extra charges and I can usually add in few bucks here to get my ticket mailed to me or printed out, but low and behold, a $35 show ticket ended up costing me $52.30.
WTF is that about?
Thats an additional $17.30 extra added onto my ticket price. Holy outrage Batman, what the hell are they getting away with here. Ok let me look at my order again to make sure I didn’t accidentally order the gold plated ticket.
Here is the break down:
Main Ticket: $35
Total Convenience Charge: $9.56 (wtf thats not a convenience)
Order Processing Charge: $5.15 (you know processing feeds for cc’s are about 2-3%, thats about $1.05 buddy)
Ticket Fast: $2.50 (oh sure, I just wanted to print my ticket, so you charged me more than a stamp, envelope, paper and mailing it)
I could drove from my house, across the Golden Gate Bridge, paid the $5 fee to go across the bridge, then went down to the Warfield ticket office probably paid $37.45 (im taking into consideration 7% tax), That still leaves me almost $10, where I could of went to this cheap Thai place for some good ass spicy drunken noodle.
This is a complete outrage as to what these companies get to charge now. I mean things on the web are supposed to be cheaper. WTF kind of rip off is this Ticketmaster?
Sasha and Digweed, I need to have a nice chat with you guys at the show, this is really crazy, at least if they threw in a free drink or two I would be happy but I sure feel ripped off.
Tuesday, March 25th 2008 at 11:42 pm
Hey !!!
At least
Sasha and Digweed are going to your city! I (humbly, thanks to DUBYA) am from Texas.
I can’t beleive they skipped our state but they’re going to Opryland! No offense TN!
We do have at least 3 major cities! S + D are making me fly to Chicago!
It could’ve been worse!
Wednesday, April 23rd 2008 at 11:37 am
Thanks for giving the shout out about the nasty price for tickets. I have always been a Sasha and Digweed fan, but for me and my girlfriend to go to the show is $100. That’s just f-ing insane! I’ll have to pass. Keep in mind I can actually afford this, but I’m unwilling to cede to the greediness of Ticketmaste.
Tuesday, April 29th 2008 at 10:43 am
Okay. The convinience charge is just a name they call it, but it actually means it TM charge for using there service, because they guarantee you a seat for the show if purchased ahead of time. The order processing, (this one might sound a little off but im still trying to understand Y?). is for processing the order via internet… (something i feel is really not needed, but whatever.. then the TF. charge is due to a Program TM just purchase about a year or a while back, and trust they paid big bucks, so customers can have tixets in their hand. 2.50 as a one time charge. all these charges can be broken down, BUT ONE MAIN Thing you need to understand is I lost my tixets, for a Wicked show, and i had but them online, and I was scared all my 352.25 was gonna go down the drain, when i contacted TM they informed me, that because i had purchased tix with them, (its either over the phone or online) they guarantee my entry to the event. no matter what happens to tixets.. this is the only reason i still pay there charges.. BUt again, if you want avoid this charges, you can always drive down to the venue they are the only one that only charge you may 5-10 dollars extra in total, but they dont guarantee the entry .. I ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT>.
Friday, July 25th 2008 at 3:16 pm
Ticketmaster is a monopoly, so they get away with stealing from people off every day.
People should spend less time complaining about gas prices (the gas station owners make almost nothing) and go after these rip off artists.
I’m a capitalist, but these guys have a true monopoly and need to be regulated- I’ve had tickets almost double in price because of their idiotic fees, and you know it costs them almost nothing (maybe $2-3) to print and mail a ticket- its all done by machine.