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Re: Ticketmaster Trying for a Monopoly?

Mike — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:37:50 -0000

good point... and I just don't understand why often times tickets can't be purchased directly from the venue until the day of the show. Either the venue, the headlining artist, or the production group should have control over tickets instead of some unrelated third party.

Re: Ticketmaster Trying for a Monopoly?

Mike — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:28:24 -0000

haha, that's a pretty good one but personally I'm a fan of "Ticketmasterbator"

Re: Ticketmaster Trying for a Monopoly?

Ashmud — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:35:18 -0000

And once they've swept that "sticker shock" under the rug, they can move on to more important things -- like finding a new name. Ticketmaster-LiveNation doesn't have the same ring to it, as say... THIS.

Re: Ticketmaster Trying for a Monopoly?

leglessmoof — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:48:57 -0000

I despise both companies, and am strongly opposed to a merger. But this statement from the article intrigued me:

"combining the two companies could mean some fan-friendly changes, including rolling all fees into one ticket price to eliminate "sticker shock" when fans look at their credit card bill."

Why can't they do that without merging?!