Am I being cynical if I wonder if Ticketmaster just cancelled a number of tickets randomly, just so they can resell those at its new “market price.” Normally I would just assume incompetence or a mistake, but this is Ticketmaster.
If there’s a financial incentive for them to do it, then that’s why they did it. Follow the money. There are no ramifications for Ticketmaster to do this sort of abhorrent behavior. They just don’t care.
This is almost certainly the case. I also know Airbnb hosts do that all the time.
You are, and you’re probably right.
Maybe you are, but it’s what I thought too.
She initially thought the email was fake, but after realising it was from Ticketmaster she said she does not intend to buy tickets from the company in the future, despite being a loyal customer.
Loyal customer pretty much means the same as regular concert goer.
I go to quite a few concerts and all of my tickets are bought from Ticketmaster in some form. I wouldn’t call myself loyal to them as I’m forced to choose between Ticketmaster or no concert.
Exactly. Is it really loyalty when you only have one option?
It sounds better than monopoly. Image is everything.
100% right and I don’t doubt the woman from the article feels the same but if you want to add weight to informing a company they fucking suck you use terms like loyal or committed or something similar that adds the red flag to corporate that their actions are affecting their customer retention bottom line.
Edit: I feel I need to add, “in most cases.” Kinda hard for this to affect companies who are aloud to have monopolies over an industry because it throws customer retention concerns out the window. But I stand by my comment because I still think the verbiage used in the email is just the standard way of addressing corporate ran entities.
It should say “bots not approved and distributed by Ticketmaster to scalpers”.
Former touring musician here. The larger acts are contractually bound to whatever their label decides on venues and ticketing in most cases. But there’s no reason to roll over and accept these assholes at Ticketmaster as our defacto option to have live music. Support local artists and local venues if possible. I’m out in the fucking sticks, but I will drive an hour to catch a show from time to time.
Some venues can also only be booked if you use Ticketmaster. So like at. A certain scale it’s impossible for even the labels to avoid it if they wanted.
Good point. I’m an eternal optimist for an artist first movement where parasitic corps fuck right off. One day… one day…
They should be grateful for Ticketmaster sparing them that torture.
Wow, strong take. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t like Oasis, but I’m sure other people listen to them on purpose.
I don’t actually mind their music, I just like shitting on Oasis because the Gallaghers are assholes.
I refuse to look up if the Gallaghers are the last names of the singers. Instead, I like to imagine you’re blaming a completely different set of famous Gallagher brothers
To be honest, “assholes” fits in either case.
Hi, it’s me, here to ruin the fun as usual.
Noel and Liam Gallagher are the Gallaghers in question, and their band has been successfully sued for plagiarism on three different occasions.
I’m with Squid on this one.
How dare you educate me!? Now this stupid rainbow-shooting star won’t leave me alone!
It’s definitely just me, but I think every event like this is just for consumers that don’t know any better.
It’s sad watching fully-grown adults get googly-eyed over things like this, but here we are.
What a dreary existence your life must be.
Mom’s basement has all of life’s accoutrements already.
It’s definitely just me, but I think every event like this is just for consumers that don’t know any better.
You’re against performing arts/live shows and think people who enjoy them are suckers? That truly is a wild take.
