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[Say Hey Deac]

So I have 17 vouchers for 2 free tickets and 17 vouchers for $2.25 off. How the deuce do I use these??

 

[RJKarl]

At many venues, he does.

There's no legitimate reason for the Angels or Cubs or Madison Square Garden to have a Ticketmaster employee or to charge Ticketmaster fees. It should be against the law to charge a fee to buy a ticket from the venue/team where the event happens.

 

[DistrictDeacon]

There's no legitimate reason for the Angels or Cubs or Madison Square Garden to have a Ticketmaster employee or to charge Ticketmaster fees. It should be against the law to charge a fee to buy a ticket from the venue/team where the event happens.

You know many of those fees are being split with the venue, right? So if you outlaw fees they are just going to raise the ticket price.

 

[RJKarl]

You know many of those fees are being split with the venue, right? So if you outlaw fees they are just going to raise the ticket price.

It doesn't matter. There's absolutely no reason to have Ticketmaster at the venues of the event. If they raise the prices, fine. At least the profit goes to the people who took the risk in having the event.

Ticketmaster is no different than having to pay a fee to the cashier at the grocery store to get your food.

Unless you work for Ticketmaster, I can't understand how you support their extortion.

I'm not saying if you are buying a ticket from Ticketmaster online they shouldn't make a fee. I'm saying at the venue.

 

[Say Hey Deac]

All I'm gonna be able to get is free tickets to like the Warrant reunion tour and shit, aren't I?

 

[DistrictDeacon]

It doesn't matter. There's absolutely no reason to have Ticketmaster at the venues of the event. If they raise the prices, fine. At least the profit goes to the people who took the risk in having the event.

Ticketmaster is no different than having to pay a fee to the cashier at the grocery store to get your food.

Unless you work for Ticketmaster, I can't understand how you support their extortion.

I'm not saying if you are buying a ticket from Ticketmaster online they shouldn't make a fee. I'm saying at the venue.

I don't know how to explain it more clearly. The venue and ticketmaster have an agreement to split the fees/costs. No one is extorting anyone. It's a basic contract between two private parties.

 

[RJKarl]

I don't know how to explain it more clearly. The venue and ticketmaster have an agreement to split the fees/costs. No one is extorting anyone. It's a basic contract between two private parties.

Those two parties are extorting a fee from consumers that needn't be charged. Ticketmaster is extorting the venue by saying they won't sell the non-A-list events at the venue if they don't get a monopoly.

 

[DistrictDeacon]

Those two parties are extorting a fee from consumers that needn't be charged. Ticketmaster is extorting the venue by saying they won't sell the non-A-list events at the venue if they don't get a monopoly.

Needn't be charged? Who's going to pay the guy in the box office's salary otherwise?

 

[RJKarl]

Needn't be charged? Who's going to pay the guy in the box office's salary otherwise?

The teams/venue would pay the guys that they aren't paying like they always used to.

I have no problem if you choose to go to Ticketmaster's website and pay the fee. This may help you get first shot at other tickets or other benefits. You can choose to pay for that. '

I don't think customers should have to pay a third party when they go directly to the venue or team. Sorry, you'll never convince me that this is legitimate.

 

[DistrictDeacon]

The teams/venue would pay the guys that they aren't paying like they always used to.

I have no problem if you choose to go to Ticketmaster's website and pay the fee. This may help you get first shot at other tickets or other benefits. You can choose to pay for that. '

I don't think customers should have to pay a third party when they go directly to the venue or team. Sorry, you'll never convince me that this is legitimate.

How about when the third party (Ticketmaster) and the venue have a contractual agreement to split the fee, thereby allowing the venue to pay for the salary of the guy in the box office?

 

[RJKarl]

How about when the third party (Ticketmaster) and the venue have a contractual agreement to split the fee, thereby allowing the venue to pay for the salary of the guy in the box office?

Working in the ticket office was often the entry level to working for the venue or a team.

The AZ DBacks charge a $4.50/ticket fee. If they split that with Ticketmaster and sell 2,000,000 tickets/year, that means they pay Ticketmaster $4,500,000/year. Even if the D'backs had 10 FT people (most likely less that half that), that's $450,000/year/person.

Even if the D'backs paid the ticket people $50,000/year (including benefits), they are wasting over $4,000,000/year. But there is no need for ten full-time individual game sales ticket people.

Your premise is blown out of the water that they need these fees to pay employees.

 

[DistrictDeacon]

Working in the ticket office was often the entry level to working for the venue or a team.

The AZ DBacks charge a $4.50/ticket fee. If they split that with Ticketmaster and sell 2,000,000 tickets/year, that means they pay Ticketmaster $4,500,000/year. Even if the D'backs had 10 FT people (most likely less that half that), that's $450,000/year/person.

Even if the D'backs paid the ticket people $50,000/year (including benefits), they are wasting over $4,000,000/year. But there is no need for ten full-time individual game sales ticket people.

Your premise is blown out of the water that they need these fees to pay employees.

So now you're against a private organization making too much profit? You and BKF might want to get together and discuss your ideas. They are quite similar.

 

[Toogs]

holy shit I have a ton. Haven't used tm for a long time

 

[2&2 Slider To Leyritz]

Working in the ticket office was often the entry level to working for the venue or a team.

The AZ DBacks charge a $4.50/ticket fee. If they split that with Ticketmaster and sell 2,000,000 tickets/year, that means they pay Ticketmaster $4,500,000/year. Even if the D'backs had 10 FT people (most likely less that half that), that's $450,000/year/person.

Even if the D'backs paid the ticket people $50,000/year (including benefits), they are wasting over $4,000,000/year. But there is no need for ten full-time individual game sales ticket people.

Your premise is blown out of the water that they need these fees to pay employees.

It is more about the ticket management system than the employee salaries. If the venue sells a ticket itself, that ticket being sold still has to be integrated into the overall system so that Ticketmaster doesn't sell it again. And vice versa. So the fees go to support that system.

 

[Ayo]

Working in the ticket office was often the entry level to working for the venue or a team.

The AZ DBacks charge a $4.50/ticket fee. If they split that with Ticketmaster and sell 2,000,000 tickets/year, that means they pay Ticketmaster $4,500,000/year. Even if the D'backs had 10 FT people (most likely less that half that), that's $450,000/year/person.

Even if the D'backs paid the ticket people $50,000/year (including benefits), they are wasting over $4,000,000/year. But there is no need for ten full-time individual game sales ticket people.

Your premise is blown out of the water that they need these fees to pay employees.

holy hell, what an awful post

 

[Liquid Karma]

Working in the ticket office was often the entry level to working for the venue or a team.

The AZ DBacks charge a $4.50/ticket fee. If they split that with Ticketmaster and sell 2,000,000 tickets/year, that means they pay Ticketmaster $4,500,000/year. Even if the D'backs had 10 FT people (most likely less that half that), that's $450,000/year/person.

Even if the D'backs paid the ticket people $50,000/year (including benefits), they are wasting over $4,000,000/year. But there is no need for ten full-time individual game sales ticket people.

Your premise is blown out of the water that they need these fees to pay employees.

How much do you charge the stupid rubes to use your eBook store?

 

[RJKarl]

So now you're against a private organization making too much profit? You and BKF might want to get together and discuss your ideas. They are quite similar.

You can't seem to read. Here's what I said earlier:

" If they raise the prices, fine. At least the profit goes to the people who took the risk in having the event. "

That's pretty clear that I said 180 degrees opposite of what you posted.

 

[RJKarl]

It is more about the ticket management system than the employee salaries. If the venue sells a ticket itself, that ticket being sold still has to be integrated into the overall system so that Ticketmaster doesn't sell it again. And vice versa. So the fees go to support that system.

They were doing this in the 70s and 80s when Ticketron/Ticketmaster started. It's really a non-issue.

In fact, with StubHub and other services as a game day back-up,

 

[Liquid Karma]

You buy tickets day of game on Stub Hub?

 

[2&2 Slider To Leyritz]

All I'm gonna be able to get is free tickets to like the Warrant reunion tour and shit, aren't I?

You know that Ron is cutting a deal for Wake basketball to be on the freebee list to make it look like people are buying tickets. We'll be right there with Gloria Gaynor and Ratt.