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TicketMaster is a parasite, Ill. Attorney General should have fined them $500,000 a day. NYS Attorney General just lets TicketMaster get away with it.

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TICKETMASTER IS A SLIMEBALL OPERATION. THEY PAY PROMOTERS TO GIVE THEM EXCUSLIVES, THEN SCREW CUSTOMERS BY LYING. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR YEARS. IF A VENUE IS USING THEM IT IS BECAUSE SOMEONE IS GETTING PAID OFF.

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I find it funny that in AOL's headline's they write "Ticketmaster agrees to pay massive fine...." Who are they kidding, $50,000? TM probably blows their nose with $50,000 tissues. This fine won't event make them blink!

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The ticket business is a monopoly and the consumer is getting screwed as well as many artists. Ticketmaster diverts huge blocks of tickets to their sister companies and marks up the prices 500-1000%. This is after they screw you with add on fees such as facility charges, convenience fees etc.
These scumbags should rot in hell with Bernie Madoff!!!!!

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I think the Movie theaters should be fined for charging excess prices on concessions. It is ridiculous along with the escalating prices on movie tickets also.

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Dick is right. As a smaller promoter and producer...I've had nothing but trouble with Ticketmaster. Unfortunately, they have a monopoly in some cities and it's hard to combat them due to contracts that they have with venues. They do scam and over- charge the general consumer...and sometimes it makes the producer or the promoter look bad. But there's nothing we can do about it.
However...there is sun over the horizon. Due to the failing economy...certain venues are becoming smarter realizing that they can make up for some lost revenue by instating their own ticketing sytem through web-based design. It works....however....beware....you can still get a hefty "convience fee" here as well, just depends on how greedy the venue wants to be! either way....consumers are gonna end up paying some sort of "over-charge" to go to a concert or see a show. The question is...how much longer is the general public willing to put up with it. The way it's going now....hopefully not long! I can't wait to see the day ticket-master is a thing of the past!

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I asked my secretary to get me 4 seats for Wicked at the last minute. I paid $250 each, only to find out the face value was $85 and the show was only half full! I thought, gee, she should have used TicketMaster. Turns out she did! Ticketmaster directed her to TicketsNow, who still emails me every day.

Yeesh. Nice job, Lisa Madigan. Now they will pay back less than one day's take for this deceptive practice.

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Midas got me also. I was cautioned by a co-worker that they might try to dupe me. My brakes were squeeking and took it in to have them checked.I took some chalk and marked my tire position.
a little time later I needed to get something from my vehicle.
I felt the hood...not warm, and chalk lines still aligned perfectly. As chance would have it, my cell phone rang while I was there.
My car was done...?
#1 I did not authorize any repairs to be done, nor was I notified.
I was told it was over $400. They said rotors were warped and they also did an oil change.
I still had the receipt from an oil change 2 days before.
I went to the store and asked for the manager and told him what happened. He said the employee would be fired, and apologized. That employee is still there.
How many others have been screwed by them?

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Ticketmaster is greedy

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this does NOTHING to put Ticketmaster in its place !!

50,0000,00. would still have little impact on them !
really. 50k is a joke, and it shows how good they attorneys
are and how Poor of a job the lLL Attn. General is.

wow they r bad. they still are blocking out prime seats, and selling them on brokers which they now are. so they can steal for themselves and then re-sell some to other brokers!

A scam of scams. This when u consider that at approx.15-18 fees per TICKET fees. Ther have a Monopoly that makes them over well one billion in profit each year! Even though they don't perform one moment of the stage.

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how bad is AOL? A massive fine of $50k, for a scam of a company that illegally deverts prime seats to itself and other reseller brokers?

One you makes over one BILLION in profit, from charging as much as it possilby get away with. about $15-18 per ticket "handling' fees. They started out at 2.50 a few years ago and have kept it up to this.

Pearl Jam called it years ago, they are a Monopoly, who will soon own LiveNation !! what!!

they are pulling in money as of they were indeed the performer on the stage ! Owning this reseller company, when THEY are printing out these valuable tickets to concerts if even a greater joke somehow !!

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They Suck.... plain and simple. I've been charged 30-35 % service charges and fees these bastards tag on to concert tickets. The artists should unite and change the policies. I'd much rather see the money going to the artists

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i always knew ticketsnow marked their prices up 6 times more then ticketmaster. this isnt new information.

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$50,000? They steal more in one show! Who got paid off this time?

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Some ticket resale outlets don't care where they get the tickets or how much the seller marks them up. And the original venues give away these BLOCKS of tickets under promotion deals, etc. They don't care either as long as what they have left over sells. It's these that often go for up to 10 times their face value for the really hot seats. Legalized scalping.

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They should close ticketmaster down !!! $50,000 thats peanuts ! They are laughing right now !

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