I am outraged. Why you ask?
So I leave for school Thursday. That's a day earlier than move in day, Friday. Why you ask? So I can see one of my favorite bands play that night at the Metro, Built to Spill. Incredible band, I love them, this means that much to me that I was actually planning on taking a train at 11:30 to my old neighborhood and having a friend tell their family to leave their backdoor open so I could stay there that night. This is no longer the case, some cool people I've met at Northwestern are moving in a day early, and I will be staying with them on campus now.
So anyway, where's the problem? I'm at ticketmaster.com. I see that the ticket price is only 17 dollars. Huzzah i say. Huzzah. I buy my ticket. BAM! 5.75 "conveniance charge" pops up. WTF? Now my order is 23 dollars instead of 17. Ok, I won't get upset. I know ticketmaster ass rapes their customers on service charges, so I won't complain. I figured the price would be like 21 (you know, a 4 dollar chage is more understandable, but Built to Spill rawks, right?). So I go to check out. BAM! tax (18 cents) and the standard "order processing charge" pop up ... 5 more dollars! I thought the conveniance charge WAS the order processing charge.
I am furious. 28 dollars now for a 17 dollar show. How ridiculous. But it's built to spill, and I paid 50 for radiohead, so I guess 28 aint bad. I scroll to the bottom to hit submit.
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Now I'm fucking pissed.
Whatever, I bought the ticket, it's over, and as Iain said, ticketmaster is a monopoly and it's capitalism. But ... ugh, ok, I'm done. DAMN THEM.
Spork.
I vowed after Incubus in dayton never to buy from ticketmaster again. I think the only times i did, i payed cash at one of their things in kroger or straight from jillians. Ticketmaster is the devil.
amen. and i hate the little word verification "please type the word you see in the box for safety" something, and i think for the radiohead concert, i typed the word wrong, which delayed our ticket selection for like .. 10 seconds. eeeeerg.
ticketmaster = bastards.
i just had to use them to get tickets too. 23 dollars! for a 14 dollar show!! bah.