It doesn't get too much better in the Northwest... There's also Fastixx,
Ticketweb, etc. which have recently raised their "convenience" fees so
that they're nearing the fee levels of that of Ticketmaster.
But it is curious why the southern California area doesn't have any
alternatives to Ticketmaster, as far as popular, "big" shows are
concerned.
Where were we when Pearl Jam were trying to fight the good fight? Eddie
Vedder, save us again!
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Brian MacDonald <brianm@kuci.org>
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On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, Yulia Matusov wrote:
quoted 11 lines I think that ticketmaster pays the Russian mafia to break the kneecaps of> I think that ticketmaster pays the Russian mafia to break the kneecaps of
> every venue owner who tries to go through another method of selling tickets.
>
> There's gotta be something that we can do to target the monopoly
> ticketmaster has. Why has there been no other ticket issuing websites in LA?
> San Francisco had ticketweb.com which was waaaaaaay better and only charged
> $3 overall per ticket.
>
> I think its highway robbery every time. I HATE ticketmaster with a passion.
> The worst was Air, they played at the Mayan theatre and I think tickets were
> $40 plus like $10 charges plus some convenience fee.
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