Noting that they’ve “run out of traditional ways to really screw people,” Ticketmaster™ has announced that it’s getting into the scalping business, the WSJ reports.
“Later this year, Ticketmaster plans to launch ‘dynamic’ pricing, which could allow fans to bid for concert tickets rather than sleeping in a line overnight to be among the first to get a seat.
“Ticketmaster can make the reselling of tickets more ‘transparent and fair,’ says its chief executive, John Pleasants. ‘Right now, there
Screw Ticketmaster…I still get all my Boy Band concert tickets from the stinky hippie who lives in my building. He also throws in a couple of spliffs and a fake ID that says I am 17. Talk about service with a smile!
I refuse to believe that musicians will allow this to happen. It’s going one step farther than the price-gouging they’ve always done – and that people couldn’t stop. Besides the fact that “Ten” is on my Top 25 Albums list, I’ll always respect Pearl Jam for taking a stand, no matter if they got shoved on their asses playground-style by the bullies that are TicketMaster.
But THIS. Nah, this just can’t happen.
Let me get this straight…Ticketmaster wants to scalp tickets, but they’re being criticized by guys who are already scalping tickets? Good thing we got a whole bunch of former Microsoft anti-trust prosecuters sitting around with nothing else to do. This whole free market thing MUST STOP NOW!
People (not only scalpers) are worried that Ticketmaster will hold back tickets designated for regular pricing in favor of selling them at ‘dynamic’ pricing once they appear scarce.
Unscrupulous bastards.
Does that mean my stinky hippie contact is going to jack up his prices? Damn…