Defining Terms

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.
{"cc_re__cc_re__cc_by_3_0": [">I'm a software developer in<br />\n     Ann Arbor, MI.</p>\n  <div class=\"socials\">\n    <ul>\n      <li><a href=\"https://github.com/aag/\"><img src=\"/images/github_icon.png\" /></a></li>\n      <li><a href=\"https://twitter.com/adamgoforth\"><img src=\"/images/twitter_icon.png\" /></a></li>\n    </ul>\n  </div>\n</section>\n\n  \n</aside>\n\n\n    </div>\n  </div>\n  <footer role=\"contentinfo\"><p>\n  <img src=\"/images/cc.png\" />\n  <span class=\"footer-text\">Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under\n  <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/\">CC-BY</a></span>\n  <!--  Copyright &copy; 2013 - Adam Goforth - -->\n</p>\n\n</footer>\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n</body>\n</html>\n"], "copyright__copyright__copyright": ["o $27.30, and that\u2019s 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\u2019s 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.\n\nIn contrast, I had a very good experience at etix, where they charged a $2.50 service fee per ticket. I think that\u2019s reasonable and I wish more venues and artists would use etix and force Ticketmaster to respond to some competition."]}