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Thank you Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr.!
Folks, please write your representatives and
urge them to sign his letter to the DoJ.
This is exactly the congressional support we need
to effect change regarding Ticketmaster's business practices.
Now you know that your voices are being heard loud and clear!

Ticketbastard Tax Tracker

Comments from submitters

If you're on Facebook join the Ticketmaster SUCKS group!

I've been sending out a small letter, here's the text. Please copy it,
find your senators and congressperson here, print it out, and mail it to them!

Please also express your displeasure with the Attorney General!

Basically there is nothing good about Ticketmaster. Seriously.

Why are TM fees so much higher than other online transactional fees?

Ticketmaster only option for tickets = outrageous fees.

Please support change.org, I missed my opportunity to support their letter writing campaign to the US DOJ.

Complete and utter Ticketmaster incompetence.

A note from a competitor locked out of potential business.

Yet another incredible story of horrible customer service.

Change of concert date = screwed.

Jay Z album promo ripoff!

Great rant about Ticketmaster and LiveNation.

Some questions for U2 and Ticketmaster.

Why the forced charitable contribution?

More incredibly poor customer service.

Gouging with a twist. (Don't you love how TM preys on fans?)

With all the money they're raking in why can't they provide decent customer service?

Another complaint about possible Bait-n-Switch.

A couple of class action lawsuits against Ticketmaster.

Caught in the act?

False advertising? Bait-n-Switch? Gouging? YES !!!

What does it take to get a TicketWeb refund?

Scummy TicketsNow practice.

Some interesting numbers.

Can you imagine if your bank charged you $30 to send you a statement
or your credit card company charged you $10 per transaction?

***+++***+++***Please check out this boycott effort. ***+++***+++***

Ticketmaster and Live Nation - Worse than the Mafia

Excellent article in the LA Times on a possible Live Nation/Ticketmaster merger.

Petition to have Ticketmaster disclose all fees at the beginning of the transaction.

 
  A new reason to hate Ticketmaster, spam and a horrible privacy policy. J W wrote to me about his spam problem, he had to resort to contacting the Better Business Bureau to get his email off of Ticketmaster's marketing list, see the comments.
  I ran across this cafepress site selling Ticketbastard T-shirts. Nice!
 
  I just got an email from John G, he had to pay an $8 Ticketmaster "convenience" charge on top of his $20 ticket AT THE DOOR. What in the hell is up with that? Why is House of Blues taking a ticketbastard tax at the door? venicemike also wrote that the HOB website had a ticket price of $27.50 but when he showed up at the door he was hit with an additional $5.00 ticketbastard tax. THAT'S FALSE ADVERTISING!!!
  Please email (my email address is at the bottom of this page) me your Ticketmaster experiences and fees for the Ticketbastard Tax Tracker. If you could also include whether the venue has their own box office for advance ticket sales or whether Ticketmaster is the only outlet I'd appreciate it. I'm mostly looking for fee-related submissions but I'd also be interested in hearing any info about inside selling of high demand tickets.
  And what's up with having to pay $2.50 for the honor of printing tickets on ONE'S OWN PAPER?
  Thanks Dale for your two submissions, and, yes, to paraphrase you, WE HATE TICKETMASTER. Thanks John P., Lauren, Katie, Joanne, Nancy, Aidan, Nick, Adam, Kimberly, Mike, John H, Mark, Jerry, Jessica, Leslie, John 3, Brandon, John G, Brentonius, Dante, Maciej, Joanne, James, George, Laurent, Scott, Jason, David L., Chuck S, Randy S, Kris K, Heather, venicemike, Jeff M., Ajay G, Jason R., Jerry E., David D., Jrivera, Deron, Wally, Sammy, Kevin S, Tifanie, Doug F., Pete S., Kevin S., Chris C., Charles D., Aaron T., Clayton, Stefanie C., Lindsay J., Neil D., and Rick for your submissions, thanks Matt for pointing out the congress.org site, and thanks Micaela, Parker S., jonnyHal, rgp215, Peter K., Dana B., Scott H., Paul G, J W, Dave, Kcg, Abe, Karen T., Meghann, Ron L, Jon L, Joe H, Kornelis, dan v, Rick M., john p., Maurits, Greg W., Jenn B., Kevin B., Marianne K., David H., Lenora, Christian, Bob P., Pat Q., Pedro S., Beth D, Mac, Jim F., Pat R., Heather B., Matt J., Matt S., Ibrahim H., Laura H., Mike M., and Karen W. for your comments!

If anyone wants to submit some sample letters I'll post them up. Also, I've been putting selected comments up, if you'd rather not have yours up there let me know! Even if you don't have a ticketbastard tax submittal send me a note letting us know how much you think Ticketmaster sucks!

Find and write your Senator, Representative, or state representatives!

Express your displeasure with the Attorney General!

E-mail me, Greg Thomas, to make a submission or to send me your suggestions.

Updated 04/28/10

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