Ticketmaster Price Doubling
Ticketmaster has long charged too much in service fees, but this is the first time I’ve seen them almost double the price of a ticket. This is what I saw this morning:
Ticketmaster made the price go from $15.00 to $27.30, and that’s if I print off the ticket on my printer. If I wanted to have a ticket mailed to me, it would cost even more. That’s just out of control. When I saw that, I closed my browser window and decided to buy a ticket at the door and risk it selling out.
In contrast, I had a very good experience at etix, where they charged a $2.50 service fee per ticket. I think that’s reasonable and I wish more venues and artists would use etix and force Ticketmaster to respond to some competition.
Comment by Lauren
I hear ya.
Posted on March 24, 2008 at 10:23 am
Comment by Scott H
I, too, am disgusted. Here in Austin they have been using something called ticketweb. It’s nothing spectacular but the “convenience charges” are no nowhere near the inconvenience of Ticketbastard.
Posted on April 4, 2008 at 5:58 pm