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Somewhat off-topic, but I wanted to buy some tickets for a comedian and the venue uses Ticketmaster. The tickets were $75/ea and the service fees were $65/ea. H

by djitz 4y ago

Somewhat off-topic, but I wanted to buy some tickets for a comedian and the venue uses Ticketmaster. The tickets were $75/ea and the service fees were $65/ea. How in the hell are the service fees basically the same price as the price of admission?

ChildOfChaos 4y ago
Because ticketmaster. They used to charge a pretty high delivery fee for e-tickets. When they were first introduced they where the same price as having an actual ticket delivered. They have since stopped that, but will find a bunch of ways to charge you extra fees. Some venues add restoration fees, why should i be paying a fee to help you with the up keep of your building? Surely that is the cost of doing business, I don't pay a fee at the supermarket because they want to refurbish. Other annoying things I have had, is ticketmaster charging £10 each for delivery, on two tickets I ordered. Both where delivered in the same envelope using standard postage, which is less than £1
- JadeNB 4y ago
  > Surely that is the cost of doing business, I don't pay a fee at the supermarket because they want to refurbish. You probably do; it's just not itemized as such. (I mean, I don't know how, since supermarket prices at least at the big stores seem to be the same across very different chains—but they do refurbish, and the money for that has to come from somewhere, so they're getting it out of you somehow.)
- jffry 4y ago
  Because pushing more of their cost of doing business into fees allows them to advertise a lower face price on their tickets.
KMnO4 4y ago
Because it’s a monopoly. They charge what people will pay, and it turns out people will still sell out a venue even after $65 fees.
- jrochkind1 4y ago
  Why is it a monopoly? I think at many venues they only sell via TicketMaster; but why have the venues locked themselves into this, what do they get out of it? Are there some kickbacks for venues or something?
  - djitz 4y ago
    I recall some other ticketing companies moving in a few years back and now it seems that Ticketmaster has regained a lot of their original stronghold. It could just be the Denver area, but they are everywhere again over here.
jen729w 4y ago
Oh and by the way they’re also getting some of that $75 from the comedian by way of ‘inside fees’. Possibly as much as $20 of it. Source: I put on a large event once and we had to use Ticketmaster. I hate them like nothing else.
- djitz 4y ago
  Wowwwww
Karellen 4y ago
Ticketmaster's motto: Because fuck you, that's why.

by djitz 4y ago

ChildOfChaos 4y ago

Because ticketmaster. They used to charge a pretty high delivery fee for e-tickets. When they were first introduced they where the same price as having an actual ticket delivered. They have since stopped that, but will find a bunch of ways to charge you extra fees. Some venues add restoration fees, why should i be paying a fee to help you with the up keep of your building? Surely that is the cost of doing business, I don't pay a fee at the supermarket because they want to refurbish. Other annoying things I have had, is ticketmaster charging £10 each for delivery, on two tickets I ordered. Both where delivered in the same envelope using standard postage, which is less than £1

JadeNB 4y ago
> Surely that is the cost of doing business, I don't pay a fee at the supermarket because they want to refurbish. You probably do; it's just not itemized as such. (I mean, I don't know how, since supermarket prices at least at the big stores seem to be the same across very different chains—but they do refurbish, and the money for that has to come from somewhere, so they're getting it out of you somehow.)
jffry 4y ago
Because pushing more of their cost of doing business into fees allows them to advertise a lower face price on their tickets.

KMnO4 4y ago

Because it’s a monopoly. They charge what people will pay, and it turns out people will still sell out a venue even after $65 fees.

jrochkind1 4y ago
Why is it a monopoly? I think at many venues they only sell via TicketMaster; but why have the venues locked themselves into this, what do they get out of it? Are there some kickbacks for venues or something?
- djitz 4y ago
  I recall some other ticketing companies moving in a few years back and now it seems that Ticketmaster has regained a lot of their original stronghold. It could just be the Denver area, but they are everywhere again over here.

jen729w 4y ago

Oh and by the way they’re also getting some of that $75 from the comedian by way of ‘inside fees’. Possibly as much as $20 of it. Source: I put on a large event once and we had to use Ticketmaster. I hate them like nothing else.

djitz 4y ago
Wowwwww

Karellen 4y ago

Ticketmaster's motto: Because fuck you, that's why.