Ticketmaster’s Ticketfast racket
by Chris 16 comments Leave a comment May 30th, 2008Yesterday I bought two tickets to a concert from Ticketmaster. The concert is tonight, so I couldn’t wait for them to mail me the tickets, and I didn’t want to bother with will call. So, much to my delight, Ticketmaster offered me the opportunity to print my tickets from an online PDF.
Unfortunately for me, this self-printing Ticketfast “service” cost me an additional $2.50.
Here’s part of my online receipt:
That’s right, I paid $12.80 in “convenience charges,” $3.50 for order processing and then another $2.50 for the thrill of printing the tickets myself. For those of you not scoring at home, that’s $18.80 of bullshit.
Now, I’m not opposed to Ticketmaster getting their cut. Someone has to take care of selling tickets. But when I print these tickets myself, I’m saving them money they would have spent on postal and printing fees. So why am I paying more?
To add insult to injury, these Ticketfast PDF tickets have advertising on them!
Unbelievable.
May 30th, 2008 at 9:38 am
Yeah, that is unbelievable… and it pisses me off.
But I guess the thinking is that most of the people using the TicketFast option absolutely have to because of timing issues like yours, and are going to cough it up / bite the pillow hard… I mean, you did.
How high could they price TicketFast before you absolutely wouldn’t pay it?
May 30th, 2008 at 9:57 am
I’m not going to tell them
But you’re right, as long as I’m willing to pay for it, I should just shut up and bend over…
May 30th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Haha tickwnd.
July 28th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
1) Procastinate much? It costs you.
2) Whats wrong with will call? Didnt want to deal with it/ dont want to pay for t-fast…Sounds like you want the best of both worlds…
3) You could go to the event the night of the show and dig 2 measly tickets up off of the crowd like a man, probably save money, help someone out, get better seats, the list goes on and on.
4) Lets see…you bought 2 tickets. They cost 25$ ea. They were available the day before the show…hmmm sounds to me like you bought 2 general admission tickets to a stiff show. There were probably tickets at the box office that not only wouldnt have charged you for t-fast, wouldnt have charged you for convenience and you would have got a nice cardboard ticket for your ticket stub collection.
To the gentleman who said “unbelievable” and “pissed off”, You would be pissed off because of your ignorance (see 1-4)
Unbelievable? Is the population of the campground that you live at under 100? 200? Those fees are a STEAL. It would cost so much more in time and gas to go to the box office etc, etc.
To sum it up-you’re a whiner-get off your ass and get the job done or pay. Whats the problem?
P.S. I myself do not like any monopoly, including ticketmaster but not because of the service fees. Again the fees that they charge are a STEAL if you choose to pay them. I typically dont but when I do it is for the convenience that does save me time and money.
He chose…poorly.
July 28th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
Thanks for the Indy quote
July 28th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Hahaha, buy some scalped tickets “like a man”. I agree though, $18.80 certainly is “a steal”, but for whom? Since when is spending money “a steal” actually?
July 29th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
Ian, denial-its not just a river in Egypt.
July 30th, 2008 at 9:29 am
Chris I believe we have our first troll.
July 30th, 2008 at 10:04 am
I’m getting misty…
July 30th, 2008 at 10:15 am
Does this mean we’re big time?
July 31st, 2008 at 3:34 pm
To be dead wrong about a silly subject is one thing. To deny profusely another. Sarcasm and name calling? No, boys I dont think you’re headed towards the “big time”
July 31st, 2008 at 5:23 pm
kid’s just mad because you posted his picture in
“why sports video games suck”
August 1st, 2008 at 8:50 am
Kidnic
Pot… kettle… kettle… pot.
August 1st, 2008 at 11:56 am
Trolling your own thread? New concept… Its hard to be mad when your correct son.
August 1st, 2008 at 12:50 pm
Kidnic,
In all seriousness, thanks for taking the time to comment here.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Always looking to help.