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Old 06-20-2016, 11:05 AM   #121
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Re: Ticketmaster is being forced to act like Santa

I thought when Live Nation started it was the anti TM? no fees, better s&h options?
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    Re: Ticketmaster is being forced to act like Santa

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    I thought when Live Nation started it was the anti TM? no fees, better s&h options?
    Lemme send these pieces of paper in the mail, and charge you $24 for that.
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    Old 06-20-2016, 11:07 AM   #123
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    Re: Ticketmaster is being forced to act like Santa

    doesn't ticketmaster own live nation? haven't they always?
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    Old 06-20-2016, 11:09 AM   #124
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    Re: Ticketmaster is being forced to act like Santa

    They might have? but i could have sworn it started as like hey look at us we screw you like TM does
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    Old 06-20-2016, 11:13 AM   #125
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    Re: Ticketmaster is being forced to act like Santa

    http://www.ticketmaster.com/about/about-us.html

    Live Nation purchased Ticketmaster. Acquisition announced in 2009, completed in 2010

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    Old 06-20-2016, 11:15 AM   #126
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    Re: Ticketmaster is being forced to act like Santa

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    yeah can't even check my vouchers because that portion of the site is down
    same here

    but i haven't gotten an e-mail or anything which is weird...
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    Old 06-20-2016, 11:17 AM   #127
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    Re: Ticketmaster is being forced to act like Santa

    Same as H2P here.

    Didn't get an email. I could check and see all of my vouchers yesterday, but I couldn't access any of them.


    TM is clearly trying to okie doke everyone even after getting okie doked themselves.
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    Old 06-20-2016, 11:22 AM   #128
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    I got an email about a month ago after the settlement was finalized. I logged in over the weekend and saw that I got ~$10 in credits, and 3 pairs of free tickets. The Mrs got about ~$15 in credits and 8 pairs of free tickets.

    The link for the eligible events was still broken as of this morning.
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    Old 06-20-2016, 11:31 AM   #129
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    Re: Ticketmaster is being forced to act like Santa

    Ticketmaster at least had the option to print from home or sometimes send snail mail for a couple of bucks. They suck but the WH is the worst with shipping. Let's order tickets 4-6 months before the event and then charge $16 to 2Day air them.


    Seriously, this is bullshit because I bought way more than 5 tickets in that time span. I was seeing 5-20 non DMB shows a year for a while during that time.
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    Old 06-20-2016, 11:33 AM   #130
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    Re: Ticketmaster is being forced to act like Santa

    I wonder how many vouchers StubHub bots got
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    Old 06-20-2016, 11:35 AM   #131
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    Ticketmaster at least had the option to print from home or sometimes send snail mail for a couple of bucks. They suck but the WH is the worst with shipping. Let's order tickets 4-6 months before the event and then charge $16 to 2Day air them.


    Seriously, this is bullshit because I bought way more than 5 tickets in that time span. I was seeing 5-20 non DMB shows a year for a while during that time.
    did you just put your shit in and check out or did you login to your TM account and complete the process?

    they only credit you for purchase through your account, not made "as a guest" or whatever.
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    Old 06-20-2016, 11:47 AM   #132
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    I thought when Live Nation started it was the anti TM? no fees, better s&h options?
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    doesn't ticketmaster own live nation? haven't they always?
    Other way around, and no, that's relatively new. LN did not start as a ticketing company, it's always been a promoter. In other words, they own and/or control venues, pay the bands' advances, advertising for the show etc, and make money buy varying cuts of ticket sales, merch sales, and concessions.

    Promoters always sell their own tickets, as well, since they 'own' them, so they've always done that, but it was easier for them to go through TM. For a minute they thought they could just handle most of it themselves, but guess it was easier to just buy TM...
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    Old 06-20-2016, 11:52 AM   #133
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    did you just put your shit in and check out or did you login to your TM account and complete the process?

    they only credit you for purchase through your account, not made "as a guest" or whatever.
    Probably not everytime but more than 5 times.
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    Old 06-20-2016, 12:14 PM   #134
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    Ticketmaster at least had the option to print from home or sometimes send snail mail for a couple of bucks. They suck but the WH is the worst with shipping. Let's order tickets 4-6 months before the event and then charge $16 to 2Day air them.


    Seriously, this is bullshit because I bought way more than 5 tickets in that time span. I was seeing 5-20 non DMB shows a year for a while during that time.
    Who cares? Do you really think we are going to be able to use these things? Just another scam
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    Old 06-20-2016, 12:16 PM   #135
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    Who cares? Do you really think we are going to be able to use these things? Just another scam
    you're in an especially sour mood today, bud

    are we good?
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    Old 06-20-2016, 12:21 PM   #136
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    you're in an especially sour mood today, bud

    are we good?
    read all my posts in a happy tone. we are good boo
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    Old 06-20-2016, 12:23 PM   #137
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    Who cares? Do you really think we are going to be able to use these things? Just another scam
    Yes and no. If it turns out to be something I can get some kind of money out of, I want all the ones that are "owed" to me. I know this place that will buy tickets to almost anything, crap included.
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    Old 06-20-2016, 12:25 PM   #138
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    Re: Ticketmaster is being forced to act like Santa

    there is 0.0 chance TM makes these free tickets available for resale
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    Old 06-20-2016, 12:27 PM   #139
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    there is 0.0 chance TM makes these free tickets available for resale
    If they will call something, you can still get them and sell them.
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    Old 06-20-2016, 12:28 PM   #140
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    TM will figure it out. they will have like a free voucher line that gets you escorted into the venue..something. I can feel it
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    Old 06-20-2016, 12:31 PM   #141
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    TM finally puts an end to scalping!
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    Old 06-20-2016, 12:32 PM   #142
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    I was going to see if the 2.25 credits at least work towards the parking passes I buy for Braves games, but alas the vouchers won't load anymore.
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    Old 06-20-2016, 12:33 PM   #143
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    well TM has their own 3rd party ticket outlet so not the end of scalping. But I can't see them allowing these "free tickets" be resold.
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    Old 06-20-2016, 12:35 PM   #144
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    Only a limited amount of tickets and events will be available for the free voucher route. All the ticketmaster bots that buy tickets and flip them will have vouchers. As soon as they become available the bots will scoop them up and sell them.
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    Old 06-20-2016, 02:09 PM   #145
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    Good timing here:

    "New York criminalizes the use of ticket-buying bots"

    https://www.engadget.com/2016/06/20/...w-ticket-bots/


    I hope this works for them and it can be incorporated throughout.
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    Old 06-20-2016, 06:14 PM   #146
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    Anyone have only discount codes? I don't have any ticket codes (or are they in another place?).
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    Pearl Jam finally wins!
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    Old 06-20-2016, 08:02 PM   #148
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    Does anyone else's free tickets still show up? Mine did previously, but now it just shows discount codes.
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    Old 06-20-2016, 08:04 PM   #149
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    Good timing here:

    "New York criminalizes the use of ticket-buying bots"

    https://www.engadget.com/2016/06/20/...w-ticket-bots/


    I hope this works for them and it can be incorporated throughout.
    how are you going to enforce that? lol
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    Does anyone else's free tickets still show up? Mine did previously, but now it just shows discount codes.
    Same here. All my free ticket vouchers are gone and there are now more discount codes than were there before. WTF
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