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How the fuck is this my problem, ticketmaster?! (ibb.co)

submitted 9 months ago by tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world

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Apparently they won't sell you seats if you leave a single seat next to your order. Fuck this shitty monopoly

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[-] captainastronaut@seattlelunarsociety.org 69 points 9 months ago

Ticketmaster is truly the bastard spawn of satan and corporate greed, an evil so foul and repugnant that merely speaking its name sends chills through all that hear it and sends children running to hide under their covers.

[-] GordieHowesThumb@midwest.social 52 points 9 months ago

Someone in a different thread told me if you open up a separate browser and put the single ticket in your cart you can buy the seats you want, haven't tried it yet but I definitely will next time I have the misfortune of using ticketmaster.

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 20 points 9 months ago

Good idea. And from the picture they clearly have single seats in a row left to sell, so someone managed to do it.

[-] Witchfire@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Alternatively, try incognito/porn mode

[-] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Ok....but why?

[-] Szymon@lemmy.ca 49 points 9 months ago

If Mark Cuban has the resources to take on the drug industry by creating a service to get reasonably priced medicine, can we ask him to make a new TicketMaster that doesn't rip everyone off?

[-] johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 25 points 9 months ago

Won't work. Livenation owns the majority of the major venues in the US.

[-] undercrust@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago

Sounds like a pretty clear cut antitrust issue

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I have a friend who did this, quitting their job for ticketmaster to run it. If you run a venue, get in touch and I can link you guys up, they have a list of clients, testimonials and competitive pricing, with an ethos based around consumer-fair practices.

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 9 months ago

Bought there a ticket for the first time and oh boy.
How can it be, that they have a centralized login but can't share a ticket and need to log in to the specific country page.
You already have my login, just show me the damn ticket as "Tickets in country [XYZ]". (eyeroll)

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 36 points 9 months ago

That's started to become standard practice for anywhere with seating. Ticketmaster may implement it, but it isn't the only company doing so.

[-] TheGreenGolem@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It's the case on every cinema's website I've bought a ticket in the last decade.

[-] Killer@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yea i bought a ticket to something recently straight from the venue's website and they had the same rule.

[+] driveway@lemmy.zip 34 points 9 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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[-] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml 64 points 9 months ago

Finally, someone who can clean my dirty boots with his tongue

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 55 points 9 months ago

Oh noes, the giant corporation might miss out on tens of dollars after charging exorbitant fees! Maybe they shouldn't leave seats in odd numbers at all then.

[+] driveway@lemmy.zip 19 points 9 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 62 points 9 months ago

What the fuck are you talking about? I tried to buy tickets from a site that said tickets were available. Then it said I didn't buy enough tickets.

Seems like you've been licking too many corporate boots to understand this post. Maybe you can buy the extra ticket for me if you feel so strongly about the poor monopolies.

[-] die444die@lemmy.world 21 points 9 months ago

There’s plenty of other seats you can pick that don’t leave a single seat out there. If everyone had their choice they’d have an empty seat between every group of people going to the show. This is to prevent that and perfectly reasonable.

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 9 points 9 months ago

Do you think this should also apply to air travel?

[-] jacksilver@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

That's not an apt comparison and while I definitely think it should reach a point in ticket sales where they turn this feature off (about leaving single seats), we both know that people would absolutely leave single seats all over the place if they could (I do it when I go to the movies).

Im also fairly certain that this is analytically driven and been shown to cause less tickets to be sold, which is most likely worse for everyone (not just ticketmaster/the venue).

There are things to call out monopolies on or hate for big corporations, but this is an instance where it may actually be a better overall outcome.

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 7 points 9 months ago

That’s not an apt comparison

Why not? I want space next to me when I fly. And if only a single seat is left I'd prefer to sit next to a friend rather than a stranger. Why are airlines allowed to break up couples and a show venue isn't? And how is a movie different? Wouldn't you feel frustrated if movie theaters had this policy?

Hell, why shouldn't everything come in pairs? If I go to a restaurant with a friend and order 2 of the remaining 3 steaks, should they not sell them to me because it would require one lonely person to order the final one?

[-] jacksilver@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

I mean they are fundamentaly different businesses. Additionally, given demand for flights, airlines know they'll sell their seats regardless of configuration, because you're primarily buying transit not an experience. However, for venues, they seem to believe that single seats won't sell (and I suspect that's backed by data they've collected).

Also, to be pedantic, restaurants do have stipulations about the quantity of steak you buy, it's just broken down by Ounces. If they only sell 16oz steaks you probably aren't going to be able to order a 10 Oz steak. If you wanted 10oz you'll be stuck with an extra 6oz exactly like with the seats.

[-] Carighan@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

All cinemas I've booked tickets from (as in, directly, through their own system or via the phone all retro) have always done this. Maybe it's different in the US, granted. But not leaving single seats open is a nearly universal rule here.

[-] Carighan@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

This is standard for air travel at least over here. If you want an empty seat, you got to buy it. 🤷

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 3 points 8 months ago

What airline does this? I can see a concert or something like how I posted above getting away w it when the seats are 50 or 100 USD, but an airline saying you have to buy an extra $1000 or $2000 ticket is absolutely bananas to me. At prices like that I'd happily break up my party than even remotely consider buying an extra seat.

[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 38 points 9 months ago

Wait. Your first comment wasn't sarcasm? Or is this one as well? I'm having trouble believing that anyone besides Ticketmaster would honestly feel that way.

[-] speff@disc.0x-ia.moe 21 points 9 months ago

People like this and the ones who responded to you aren't thinking. They see the words Ticketmaster or Corporation and immediately lose any sense of higher-level reasoning - they just start metaphorically foaming at the mouth. Other trigger words: libs/trump/edison/GMO/coal/big tech/ you get the picture

On topic to the OP -

it's not Ticketmaster setting these rules, it's the venue
they probably had the seating rule listed somewhere along the process and you just skipped over it
you can just... not fucking go

[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 21 points 9 months ago

“Everyone I disagree with is just emotional”

You’ll make a woman very unhappy one day with this logic.

[-] speff@disc.0x-ia.moe 11 points 9 months ago

Thanks for proving my point. Taking two seconds to think about the trigger word list I put out would lead to the conclusion that no-one would support all of them.

But yea, pop off trying to get a gotcha in. More power to you.

[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

You’re ignoring the relationship Ticketmaster plays with big venues. They collude and often serve as a lightning rod for anger for the venues, they deserve the ire. I might agree if this was an indie venue but it’s owned by MSG group and is thus absolutely a party to Ticketmaster’s BS.

[-] speff@disc.0x-ia.moe 10 points 9 months ago

I'm not ignoring it but as you said, their role is to play the lightning rod. Why on earth are people falling for the lightning rod even after knowing about it and not complaining about the venue. Every single comment here is blaming the fall-guy exactly as designed. Why should they ever change their strategy - it's working exactly as they want.

[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

I’ve got plenty of not nice things to say about TM, MSG, and James Dolan. They all deserve it. Unfortunately as you’ve said, the only option when you decide not to play their bs is to not go. We need better antitrust enforcement in this country.

[-] speff@disc.0x-ia.moe 4 points 9 months ago

Agreed

[-] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Dude, what the fuck? You're also leaving dozens of seats that actual people won't want to buy, effectively canceling out a portion of available tickets. I really don't see why you're whining about this.

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

WON'T SOMEONE THINK OF THE MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR MEGACORP'S PROFITS!!!

[-] Brekky@lemmy.world 26 points 9 months ago

I swear I'd buy tickets to anything if the sellers tagine was "we're not ticketmaster/livenation"

[-] woelkchen@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago

The clostest cinema to me introducted seat checking during covid (where they made shure there is an extra seat free). After covid they tweaked the same feature to make sure mo extra seats are free.

[-] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 months ago

There's nothing mild about Ticketbastards.

[-] ZombieTheZombieCat@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

Some of us go to concerts alone. It's not that crazy to leave a single seat open.

Not that that should ever be the consumer's problem anyway.

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