I freakin' hate ticketmaster. I just had to buy a baseball ticket -- just one as we have another person going to the game. The base ticket price is $16 but the total ended up being $22.81. That is a 43% service charge. That is more than I pay in income tax.
Beyond this, I had to actually use the phone instead of doing it online because I wanted to get a seat as close to my other tickets. In addition to ripping me off they:
- Asked for my email address to send me confirmation and then asked me if it is okay to sign me up to some random spam list.
- Tried to give me a trial subscription to sports illustrated.
- Tried to give me a trial subscription to entertainment weekly.
- Tried to entice me to some other offer that I didn't catch because the poor guy in their phone center was mumbling.
Selling tickets can't be that hard a business to run. Are these guys just money hungry?