Comments on: Ticketmaster scalps Radiohead tickets http://www.ateaseweb.com/2008/04/17/ticketmaster-scalps-radiohead-tickets/ You need to lighten up, you take things too SERIUSLEE Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:49:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Liz http://www.ateaseweb.com/2008/04/17/ticketmaster-scalps-radiohead-tickets/#comment-70100 Liz Thu, 15 May 2008 16:39:29 +0000 http://www.ateaseweb.com/?p=2663#comment-70100 Glad someone wrote about this. I tried getting tickets for the Toronto show and within an hour they were all sold out. Now all I can find is tons of scalping websites and Ebay stores selling tickets for outrageous prices. I love Radiohead and really wanted to go the show, but I cant afford to drop $150 for one lawn ticket when they originally were on sale for $35.50. I really dont understand why Ticketbastard would think this would be a good idea. But all they care about is money. The only thing thats gonna happen is that there are going to be tons of empty seats where people could've sat, if they only could've afforded to buy a ticket. Such bull. Glad someone wrote about this. I tried getting tickets for the Toronto show and within an hour
they were all sold out. Now all I can find is tons of scalping websites and Ebay stores selling tickets for outrageous prices. I love Radiohead and really wanted to go the show, but I cant afford to drop $150 for one lawn ticket when they originally were on sale for $35.50. I really dont understand why Ticketbastard would think this would be a good idea. But all they care about is money.

The only thing thats gonna happen is that there are going to be tons of empty seats where people could’ve sat, if they only could’ve afforded to buy a ticket. Such bull.

]]> By: Julia http://www.ateaseweb.com/2008/04/17/ticketmaster-scalps-radiohead-tickets/#comment-69492 Julia Wed, 14 May 2008 03:40:28 +0000 http://www.ateaseweb.com/?p=2663#comment-69492 Brokers gather in Las Vegas to discuss the Ticketmaster/TicketsNow merge. They should leave TicketsNow. Ticketmaster is going to use these brokers to learn the tricks of the trade. Then, they will drop them. I hate Ticketmaster! <a href="http://www.ticketnews.com/Brokers-meet-with-Ticketmaster-TicketsNow-on-strategy05813254" rel="nofollow">Read the article here.</a> Brokers gather in Las Vegas to discuss the Ticketmaster/TicketsNow merge. They should leave TicketsNow. Ticketmaster is going to use these brokers to learn the tricks of the trade. Then, they will drop them. I hate Ticketmaster!

Read the article here.

]]> By: Jason http://www.ateaseweb.com/2008/04/17/ticketmaster-scalps-radiohead-tickets/#comment-65408 Jason Tue, 06 May 2008 07:53:41 +0000 http://www.ateaseweb.com/?p=2663#comment-65408 There is solution provided by the fanprice.com website. Go to www.fanprice.com where fans get to pick their seats and set their price. Remarkale!!!! There is solution provided by the fanprice.com website. Go to http://www.fanprice.com where fans get to pick their seats and set their price. Remarkale!!!!

]]> By: karne http://www.ateaseweb.com/2008/04/17/ticketmaster-scalps-radiohead-tickets/#comment-60774 karne Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:39:21 +0000 http://www.ateaseweb.com/?p=2663#comment-60774 yep. i tried the waste presale, the presale on the edge radiostation, and ticketmaster, all right from the start, and got nothing. very disheartenning for fans that have waited and waited for the tour, and i'm now looking to ebay for my toronto tickets. sucks. yep. i tried the waste presale, the presale on the edge radiostation, and ticketmaster, all right from the start, and got nothing. very disheartenning for fans that have waited and waited for the tour, and i’m now looking to ebay for my toronto tickets. sucks.

]]> By: mike http://www.ateaseweb.com/2008/04/17/ticketmaster-scalps-radiohead-tickets/#comment-58663 mike Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:35:54 +0000 http://www.ateaseweb.com/?p=2663#comment-58663 ticketmaster has always done this. they only make available to the general public the last few rows at a sought after event. the rest go to scalpers. hmm... why would they do that? if they aren't taking money from the scalpers, they would have no incentive to operate this way. radiohead has the clout to release their own album, i cannot figure out why they can't also find a way to ensure their fans get a fair deal. i have no problem paying a reasonable price to go to a concert, and i understand fully how expensive it is to put on a show of this size, between paying security and insurance and renting a venue and trasportation... touring is expensive and i have gladly supported radiohead over the years, but this ongoing scam with the resale of tickets is criminal. ticketmaster has always done this. they only make available to the general public the last few rows at a sought after event. the rest go to scalpers. hmm… why would they do that? if they aren’t taking money from the scalpers, they would have no incentive to operate this way. radiohead has the clout to release their own album, i cannot figure out why they can’t also find a way to ensure their fans get a fair deal. i have no problem paying a reasonable price to go to a concert, and i understand fully how expensive it is to put on a show of this size, between paying security and insurance and renting a venue and trasportation… touring is expensive and i have gladly supported radiohead over the years, but this ongoing scam with the resale of tickets is criminal.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.ateaseweb.com/2008/04/17/ticketmaster-scalps-radiohead-tickets/#comment-58558 Kevin Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:45:03 +0000 http://www.ateaseweb.com/?p=2663#comment-58558 OHHHH Brokers is the new term? Professional resellers? What do we call those? Scalpers! Ya. OHHHH Brokers is the new term? Professional resellers? What do we call those? Scalpers! Ya.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.ateaseweb.com/2008/04/17/ticketmaster-scalps-radiohead-tickets/#comment-58554 Kevin Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:39:01 +0000 http://www.ateaseweb.com/?p=2663#comment-58554 Yeahh.. I got screwed on tickets for Chula Vista. I barely got seats... was supposed to get 202 row, but for some reason, they wouldnt go through, and disappeared. Now I'm near the lawn with the 300 tickets... Whoopee. Yeahh.. I got screwed on tickets for Chula Vista. I barely got seats… was supposed to get 202 row, but for some reason, they wouldnt go through, and disappeared. Now I’m near the lawn with the 300 tickets… Whoopee.

]]> By: Julia http://www.ateaseweb.com/2008/04/17/ticketmaster-scalps-radiohead-tickets/#comment-58358 Julia Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:31:54 +0000 http://www.ateaseweb.com/?p=2663#comment-58358 There was a follow-up article from TicketNews too. Apparently, the inventory was from brokers and not Ticketmaster. http://www.ticketnews.com/TicketsNow-our-inventory-is-from-brokers-not-Ticketmaster48166789 There was a follow-up article from TicketNews too. Apparently, the inventory was from brokers and not Ticketmaster.
http://www.ticketnews.com/TicketsNow-our-inventory-is-from-brokers-not-Ticketmaster48166789

]]> By: bbeckes http://www.ateaseweb.com/2008/04/17/ticketmaster-scalps-radiohead-tickets/#comment-57810 bbeckes Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:01:52 +0000 http://www.ateaseweb.com/?p=2663#comment-57810 I was on Ticketmaster the MINUTE the tickets went on sale. They were "sold out" but I could buy some from TicketsNow for three times the price...what a scam. Thom, sell tickets yourself much like "In Rainbows" and help us real fans. I was on Ticketmaster the MINUTE the tickets went on sale. They were “sold out” but I could buy some from TicketsNow for three times the price…what a scam. Thom, sell tickets yourself much like “In Rainbows” and help us real fans.

]]> By: adam http://www.ateaseweb.com/2008/04/17/ticketmaster-scalps-radiohead-tickets/#comment-57682 adam Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:36:22 +0000 http://www.ateaseweb.com/?p=2663#comment-57682 Although I agree it's disgusting and shouldn't be done, I'm not sure that there is anything illegal about it. Suppose I am the main place at which to buy lemonade. Suppose further that I buy another lemonade stand, name it something different, and sell lemonade at much higher price there. Let's say I sell out of lemonade and direct the rest of my would-be costumers to my other lemonade stand. Now, I don't have any sort of monopoly on lemonade--people could simply buy the lemonade that they purchased from me from other people. Furthermore, I'm not obliged to make sure that everyone gets lemonade from either of my stands. Unbeknownst to the buyers I arranged things in such a way that I would run out of the product at the lowwer cost. But am I obligated to inform my costumers or potential customers of my business strategy? Certainly not. It seems that if anything is illegal it is from the standpoint that Ticketmaster should have to inform the persons who are using them as an outlet for saling tickets. Still, the law might actually work the other way. It may hold that those seeking an outlet through which to sell tickets must really question that outlet and press them on signing contracts against such marketing/sales strategies. Of course, one might then point out that hands are tied here due to Ticketmaster's overwhelming hold on the market. I don't know, the situation is definitey interesting. I think there's a better case to be made against them from a general ethics standpoint. But, I can't go into that here. Fuck Ticketmaster, and if there is a law against it, I hope they are prosecuted. Although I agree it’s disgusting and shouldn’t be done, I’m not sure that there is anything illegal about it. Suppose I am the main place at which to buy lemonade. Suppose further that I buy another lemonade stand, name it something different, and sell lemonade at much higher price there. Let’s say I sell out of lemonade and direct the rest of my would-be costumers to my other lemonade stand. Now, I don’t have any sort of monopoly on lemonade–people could simply buy the lemonade that they purchased from me from other people. Furthermore, I’m not obliged to make sure that everyone gets lemonade from either of my stands. Unbeknownst to the buyers I arranged things in such a way that I would run out of the product at the lowwer cost. But am I obligated to inform my costumers or potential customers of my business strategy? Certainly not. It seems that if anything is illegal it is from the standpoint that Ticketmaster should have to inform the persons who are using them as an outlet for saling tickets. Still, the law might actually work the other way. It may hold that those seeking an outlet through which to sell tickets must really question that outlet and press them on signing contracts against such marketing/sales strategies. Of course, one might then point out that hands are tied here due to Ticketmaster’s overwhelming hold on the market. I don’t know, the situation is definitey interesting. I think there’s a better case to be made against them from a general ethics standpoint. But, I can’t go into that here. Fuck Ticketmaster, and if there is a law against it, I hope they are prosecuted.

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