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It's amazing how long this ticketing scam has continued, and so blatantly. Everyone knows it's a scam! They even managed to make settling a class-action lawsui

It's amazing how long this ticketing scam has continued, and so blatantly. Everyone knows it's a scam! They even managed to make settling a class-action lawsuit into a huge fucking scam. It's infuriating. I feel like they should be sued for the way they settled the lawsuit.

my_usernam3 8y ago
What do you mean ticketing scam? Scalping? If so, I'm confused on how you might stop it without allowing people who can't go last minute to resell their ticket. This feels like a damned if you do, damned if you don't situations. Also which class action lawsuit are you talking about
- saudioger 8y ago
  This is a professional reseller program. It's not about individuals reselling tickets last minute. This is specifically about squeezing more money out of average customers using scalping methods. Sorry for being vague about the lawsuit/settlement, it's just enraging that ticketmaster has been so shitty for so long... yet my options are still generally: 1. use ticketmaster 2. don't get tickets The settlement was: http://settlement.livenation.com/ http://settlement.livenation.com/ — in which Ticketmaster ended up giving tons of borderline _unusable_ vouchers to customers in settlement (the lawsuit was over fees and took a decade to reach settlement). You have to sit and watch their site for specific availability to generally lower-tiered events and hope you're fast enough to actually get the available slots (you're competing against millions of people who also have vouchers). https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/22/business/media/ticketmaster-lawsuit-vouchers.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/22/business/media/ticketmast...
  - jandrese 8y ago
    I'm sure the attorneys were well paid at least. Those things are almost as bad as those coupons for $10 off your next IOMega product because your Zip drive was a piece of overpriced garbage.
    - saudioger 8y ago
      Hey at least I could use the IOMega voucher, I used to go to a lot of shows so I have like 50 worthless Ticketmaster vouchers from the lawsuit. Sometimes I get like $2 off a ticket, but the vast majority of them will go unused.
  - thecatspaw 8y ago
    How is it legal that they can give out vouchers, and dont have to pay cash?
    - saudioger 8y ago
      Because it's a settlement I assume? It's a racket.
- Jonnax 8y ago
  Make it so that tickets can only be resold at face value. There's an app called Twickets that does something similar to that. Also I've been to concerts where the person who bought the tickets needs to be there. And they check your ID matches the name on the tickets. Both of these work. Ed Sheeran has explicitly said that reselling of tickets are not allowed: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-44195496 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-44195496 Tbh to solve the last minute thing. Venues should provide refunds for tickets. If it's a certain time before the concert.

my_usernam3 8y ago

What do you mean ticketing scam? Scalping? If so, I'm confused on how you might stop it without allowing people who can't go last minute to resell their ticket. This feels like a damned if you do, damned if you don't situations. Also which class action lawsuit are you talking about

saudioger 8y ago
This is a professional reseller program. It's not about individuals reselling tickets last minute. This is specifically about squeezing more money out of average customers using scalping methods. Sorry for being vague about the lawsuit/settlement, it's just enraging that ticketmaster has been so shitty for so long... yet my options are still generally: 1. use ticketmaster 2. don't get tickets The settlement was: http://settlement.livenation.com/ http://settlement.livenation.com/ — in which Ticketmaster ended up giving tons of borderline _unusable_ vouchers to customers in settlement (the lawsuit was over fees and took a decade to reach settlement). You have to sit and watch their site for specific availability to generally lower-tiered events and hope you're fast enough to actually get the available slots (you're competing against millions of people who also have vouchers). https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/22/business/media/ticketmaster-lawsuit-vouchers.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/22/business/media/ticketmast...
- jandrese 8y ago
  I'm sure the attorneys were well paid at least. Those things are almost as bad as those coupons for $10 off your next IOMega product because your Zip drive was a piece of overpriced garbage.
  - saudioger 8y ago
    Hey at least I could use the IOMega voucher, I used to go to a lot of shows so I have like 50 worthless Ticketmaster vouchers from the lawsuit. Sometimes I get like $2 off a ticket, but the vast majority of them will go unused.
- thecatspaw 8y ago
  How is it legal that they can give out vouchers, and dont have to pay cash?
  - saudioger 8y ago
    Because it's a settlement I assume? It's a racket.
Jonnax 8y ago
Make it so that tickets can only be resold at face value. There's an app called Twickets that does something similar to that. Also I've been to concerts where the person who bought the tickets needs to be there. And they check your ID matches the name on the tickets. Both of these work. Ed Sheeran has explicitly said that reselling of tickets are not allowed: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-44195496 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-44195496 Tbh to solve the last minute thing. Venues should provide refunds for tickets. If it's a certain time before the concert.