Line Out - Comments on Because It Really Can't Be Said Too Many Times... http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/03/because_it_really_cant_be_said_too_many ... Ticketmaster is an an embarrassment to the music industry and the fans who've been judo-flipped into playing—paying—along. And, in case you needed reminding, Sean Moriarty, CEO of Ticketmaster, consented to a public interview at SXSW during which he couldn't... Copyright 2008 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:44:02 -0800 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:34:38 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by nipper Why is this shocking, it's capitalism (major CORPORATE bullshit even), the "market" pays (gouged or not) what it is willing to pay. If you, the consumer, don't wanna pay, then DON'T. It's what YOU buy, not what they sell that counts...and sorry if your favorite group ends up as a cog, blame THEM for being part of the system.

]]> nipper http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/03/because_it_really_cant_be_said_too_many#c971393 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/03/because_it_really_cant_be_said_too_many#c971393 Business Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:55:46 -0800 Comment by Abe "Ticket prices and fees are determined by 'people’s willingness to pay for them.'"


kinda like... everything else?

]]> Abe http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/03/because_it_really_cant_be_said_too_many#c971398 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/03/because_it_really_cant_be_said_too_many#c971398 Business Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:57:48 -0800 Comment by molly hamilton yeah, this reminds me of one of those lame facebook schemes i got sent the other day to lower gas prices by refusing to purchase exxon gas, only from smaller companies like BP. it would eventually force exxon to lower their price slightly to compete, and the other companies would follow suit.

theoretically if even small portions of bands and their fans only used ticketswest or ticketweb, marginally fewer tickets would be sold by ticketmaster, making their profits only slightly less than projected every year. but even that makes a difference because while they might not lower their prices significantly, or at all, it might minimize on inflation.

]]> molly hamilton http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/03/because_it_really_cant_be_said_too_many#c971955 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/03/because_it_really_cant_be_said_too_many#c971955 Business Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:07:48 -0800 Comment by Explorer I missed out on tickets to The B-52's upcoming show at the Showbox because I couldn't bring myself to pay the approximately $16 *per ticket* in Ticketshafter fees. The tickets had a face value of $50 and they went on sale Saturday so I figured I'd be okay to wait until this morning to buy them at Showbox (their box office is closed on weekends) where they charge only a small fee.

When I got there earlier today the tickets were sold out. At $50 each. However, Ticketmaster now has an auction up for the same tickets... *starting* at $70 a pop.

I'm kinda wondering how many tickets were actually sold and how many were set aside for secondary resell. Only the promoters and Ticketmaster know for sure.

]]> Explorer http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/03/because_it_really_cant_be_said_too_many#c972262 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/03/because_it_really_cant_be_said_too_many#c972262 Business Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:34:38 -0800