@Phisherman posted:Dump Ticketmaster? And what then? Go back to sleeping in record store parking lots? No thanks. When people say things like Dump Ticketmaster, do they ever have an alternative plan? Maybe pitch it to some investors. Build a better mouse trap?
Nah, we'll just rant meaningless slogans like "Dump Ticketmaster" or "Ticketbastard" or "TicketMaster must go"
And what is it they do that is so wrong? Well they charge a fee, a convenience fee. For a service that is DAMN convenient. Most convenient way to buy tickets in the history of mankind.
Oh, sure some will reply with incoherent rants about monopolies but no real understanding of what they are talking about or any details of the business they loathe. I am so done with all the crying about a reasonably priced service that if it went away people would lose their shit. Imagine a show geared toward middle aged adults like say Bruce Springsteen, asking his fans to sleep out at the box office like 1984.
I'd rather pay a 25% convenience fee, because it's a friggin bargain!
While I hate their model for service fees (should be a flat fee regardless of the price of the ticket), TM is by far the best ticket selling service. Anyone that has tried to buy tickets through one of the MLB baseball ticket selling sites (before they moved to TM), understands how horrible that service was.
I do remember those old days of buy from ticketron outlets (our best chance was at a Hechts store that nobody went to).