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> "If I can help it, I will never order another ticket from them again." I find these to be weasel words. I don't use Ticketmaster. Full stop. If your concer

> "If I can help it, I will never order another ticket from them again." I find these to be weasel words. I don't use Ticketmaster. Full stop. If your concert uses Ticketmaster, I'm not going to that. It's not a problem because all the cool acts don't use Ticketmaster. Only lame old decrepit acts use Ticketmaster anyway. And if I wanted to see those, I'd go to Vegas, and at least get a comped all you can eat buffet as well. Brown Paper Tickets is an alternative that is fair and reasonable. Oddly, many fantastic acts I've see such as The Orb use them for ticket sales instead of the vile corrupt corparate boondoogle that is Ticketmaster. https://www.brownpapertickets.com/ https://www.brownpapertickets.com/ Ticketmaster was corrupt and horrible 30 years ago. If you are still using them or claiming to buy tickets from them for any reason then you're either a corporate shill or terminally clueless.

schwap 10y ago
> Only lame old decrepit acts use Ticketmaster anyway ... and a few little sports leagues like the NFL, NBA, and NHL (for primary sales).
anoonmoose 10y ago
You're not serious, are you? As a person who goes to dozens of concerts a year, not using Ticketmaster would be a huge hassle. Let's take just one example: I'm going to see Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds in NYC. I have three options to get tickets directly: -Ticketmaster -In person -Over the phone Since I don't live in NYC, I don't want to give my CC number to some random theater employee over the phone, and I am not going to skip seeing my favorite band in the world, what do you suggest I do?
- dublinben 10y ago
  >I am not going to skip seeing my favorite band in the world, what do you suggest I do? See them somewhere else, in a venue that hasn't sold out to Ticketmaster.
  - Bahamut 10y ago
    Because people should spend potentially thousands of dollars just to avoid seeing one artist at a venue using Ticketmaster - this is ludicrous. There were a couple of times I had no choice this year but to go through Ticketmaster because they were the only times when the day & location aligned. I had little choice when booking an Iron Maiden ticket, or a ticket to two Dream Theater shows. I generally avoid Ticketmaster when I can and when it is convenient enough to do so, but I'm not going to idiotically avoid going to a show I want to go to and sacrifice enormous time & money to not use Ticketmaster. The reality is that Ticketmaster is largely immune to a ticket purchase boycott - their involvement in owning venues mitigates the effect of a boycott because they're the only way to see a huge swath of entertainment.
    - dublinben 10y ago
      Ticketmaster is immune to a ticket purchase boycott because of people like you who will go to great lengths to justify why they have no choice but to continue purchasing their tickets.
      - vonklaus 10y ago
        I agree. Patronizing a company diametrically opposed to one's interests is terrible. Disproportionately, music lovers seem to be the first to deride TM but defend why they won't use anything else.
        pimlottc 10y ago
        What choice do they have? Music is not fungible. You can't substitute Kanye West for Michael Bublé, or Miley Cyrus for Bruce Springsteen.For most shows, there is only one online option. An increasing number of venues don't even sell advance tickets in person any more, and when it is an option, it has additional costs in time and effort, as well as risk of missing out completely.
        ryandrake 10y ago
- vonklaus 10y ago
  Buy a prepaid vanilla visa. Give credit card info over the phone. Give regular credit card over the phone. Buy tickets on craigslist (at least not directly supporting TM) Go a day early, buy tickets at the venue. Have friend buy extra tickets at the venue.
- pzh 10y ago
  > Since I don't live in NYC, I don't want to give my CC number to some random theater employee over the phone I seriously wonder why people are so paranoid about their CCs. Most cards have really good fraud protection with pretty much zero liability, and there's also the option of a virtual CC. E.g. some banks like Citicards allow you to generate a temporary CC number with a very low limit, and then you can safely give that number to any merchant over the phone or internet.
donretag 10y ago
The acts do not dictate the ticketing agency, the venue does. These ticketing agency will have an exclusive for every event at the venue. Occasionally, an artist, usually via their fan club, will sell tickets themselves using services like Brown Paper Tickets. If you want to see a concert that can sell out very quickly, buying tickets online is the only option. The only time I have used TM is the past several months (I go to a lot of shows), was for a concert that eventually sold out in two minutes.

schwap 10y ago

> Only lame old decrepit acts use Ticketmaster anyway ... and a few little sports leagues like the NFL, NBA, and NHL (for primary sales).

anoonmoose 10y ago

You're not serious, are you? As a person who goes to dozens of concerts a year, not using Ticketmaster would be a huge hassle. Let's take just one example: I'm going to see Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds in NYC. I have three options to get tickets directly: -Ticketmaster -In person -Over the phone Since I don't live in NYC, I don't want to give my CC number to some random theater employee over the phone, and I am not going to skip seeing my favorite band in the world, what do you suggest I do?

dublinben 10y ago
>I am not going to skip seeing my favorite band in the world, what do you suggest I do? See them somewhere else, in a venue that hasn't sold out to Ticketmaster.
- Bahamut 10y ago
  Because people should spend potentially thousands of dollars just to avoid seeing one artist at a venue using Ticketmaster - this is ludicrous. There were a couple of times I had no choice this year but to go through Ticketmaster because they were the only times when the day & location aligned. I had little choice when booking an Iron Maiden ticket, or a ticket to two Dream Theater shows. I generally avoid Ticketmaster when I can and when it is convenient enough to do so, but I'm not going to idiotically avoid going to a show I want to go to and sacrifice enormous time & money to not use Ticketmaster. The reality is that Ticketmaster is largely immune to a ticket purchase boycott - their involvement in owning venues mitigates the effect of a boycott because they're the only way to see a huge swath of entertainment.
  - dublinben 10y ago
    Ticketmaster is immune to a ticket purchase boycott because of people like you who will go to great lengths to justify why they have no choice but to continue purchasing their tickets.
    - vonklaus 10y ago
      I agree. Patronizing a company diametrically opposed to one's interests is terrible. Disproportionately, music lovers seem to be the first to deride TM but defend why they won't use anything else.
      - pimlottc 10y ago
        What choice do they have? Music is not fungible. You can't substitute Kanye West for Michael Bublé, or Miley Cyrus for Bruce Springsteen.For most shows, there is only one online option. An increasing number of venues don't even sell advance tickets in person any more, and when it is an option, it has additional costs in time and effort, as well as risk of missing out completely.
        ryandrake 10y ago
vonklaus 10y ago
Buy a prepaid vanilla visa. Give credit card info over the phone. Give regular credit card over the phone. Buy tickets on craigslist (at least not directly supporting TM) Go a day early, buy tickets at the venue. Have friend buy extra tickets at the venue.
pzh 10y ago
> Since I don't live in NYC, I don't want to give my CC number to some random theater employee over the phone I seriously wonder why people are so paranoid about their CCs. Most cards have really good fraud protection with pretty much zero liability, and there's also the option of a virtual CC. E.g. some banks like Citicards allow you to generate a temporary CC number with a very low limit, and then you can safely give that number to any merchant over the phone or internet.

donretag 10y ago

The acts do not dictate the ticketing agency, the venue does. These ticketing agency will have an exclusive for every event at the venue. Occasionally, an artist, usually via their fan club, will sell tickets themselves using services like Brown Paper Tickets. If you want to see a concert that can sell out very quickly, buying tickets online is the only option. The only time I have used TM is the past several months (I go to a lot of shows), was for a concert that eventually sold out in two minutes.