DonRocks Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 Are you kidding me? I was about to buy some tickets to an event that cost $263 each. Right when I was ready to check out, TicketMaster kindly informed me that the service charges would be $71 - *PER TICKET* !!! Is this really how things are?! Are there options? Ebay? Craigslist? This must fall under some type of extortion or usury law. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Jesus. Are these resale tickets? I'm assuming they are given the price tag. Stubhub, Vividseats and the like have services charges too, but nothing like that. Although, maybe the $$$ is baked into the price. I've never seen a service charge like that. Look elsewhere dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted December 11, 2017 Author Share Posted December 11, 2017 2 hours ago, Al Dente said: Jesus. Are these resale tickets? I'm assuming they are given the price tag. Stubhub, Vividseats and the like have services charges too, but nothing like that. Although, maybe the $$$ is baked into the price. I've never seen a service charge like that. Look elsewhere dude. They are listed as "Approved Resale" tickets - nothing else is available at TicketMaster for this event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 This is worth a listen: "Why Is the Live-Event Ticket Market So Screwed Up?" by Stephen J. Dubner on freakonomics.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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