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Old 09-19-2018, 06:12 PM
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Default Tickets Master epic scalping fail

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4828535

Unbelievable. TicketMasters executives should be jailed for corrupt business practices.
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Old 09-19-2018, 06:25 PM
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Unbelievable. TicketMasters executives should be jailed for corrupt business practices.
That's the biggest reason we don't do concerts or anything you have to buy ticket from Ticket master.
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Old 09-19-2018, 06:38 PM
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Being so close to the Banff Centre we get top entertainment for $50.00 and under without having to drive to Calgary and no ticketmaster. Just to mention a few.

Blue Rodeo

Stompin Tom

Steve Earl

Bela Fleck

Great Big Sea

Corb Lund

Ian Tyson

And a whole lot more. Location location.
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Old 09-19-2018, 07:16 PM
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Like the Government collecting gst on a used veh every time a dealership sells it????
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Old 09-19-2018, 08:13 PM
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Unbelievable. TicketMasters executives should be jailed for corrupt business practices.

Why, are they doing something illegal? Are they making unfair profits? Do you have proof of illegal activities?
Looks like capitalism is working. Ticket master is making a profit as are it's associates. And customers are paying what they feel those tickets are worth.
Supply and demand...
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Old 09-19-2018, 08:34 PM
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Why, are they doing something illegal? Are they making unfair profits? Do you have proof of illegal activities?
Looks like capitalism is working. Ticket master is making a profit as are it's associates. And customers are paying what they feel those tickets are worth.
Supply and demand...
ya guess they may doing...no..no.. so class action filed against them .Merchant Law here in Sask. Making profit and other are way to different .
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Old 09-19-2018, 09:02 PM
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Although this practice is unethical, it's seems that it's not illegal.

Many will be outraged and Some will boycott Ticketmaster.

But Most will continue to purchase resold (scalped tickets) for high demand events.

Business as usual the day after tomorrow unless the law changes.

So ....... I'd disagree that this is an "epic fail" on the part of Ticketmaster .... to the contrary ...... this is an epic feat of capitalistic brilliance.
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Old 09-20-2018, 06:40 AM
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Why, are they doing something illegal? Are they making unfair profits? Do you have proof of illegal activities?
Looks like capitalism is working. Ticket master is making a profit as are it's associates. And customers are paying what they feel those tickets are worth.
Supply and demand...
When a retail seller sells at a price agreed to by the artist to a secret group of businesses who in turn sell for an inflated price and the retailer colludes to create the platform for such activity by law there is grounds for legal concern and certainly ethical concerns.



Apply that to anything you buy. As a business if it feels icky likely it is.

They are in breach of their own rules. They are collecting and therefore colluding to collect double fees.
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Old 09-20-2018, 08:15 AM
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When a retail seller sells at a price agreed to by the artist to a secret group of businesses who in turn sell for an inflated price and the retailer colludes to create the platform for such activity by law there is grounds for legal concern and certainly ethical concerns.



Apply that to anything you buy. As a business if it feels icky likely it is.

They are in breach of their own rules. They are collecting and therefore colluding to collect double fees.
Sounds like Ticket master is emulating a petroleum company......
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Old 09-20-2018, 10:47 AM
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Ticketmaster is the most evil company out there. We stopped going to any events that only sell through them. They are not getting a cent from us!
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Old 09-20-2018, 11:02 AM
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Ticketmaster is the most evil company out there. We stopped going to any events that only sell through them. They are not getting a cent from us!
They may be the 2nd most evil, when the cost of Daraprim dictated by Martin Shkreli went from $13.75 to $750.00 per pill, a 5000% price increase that likely put him on top of the list.


But yes, being forced to pay twice as much to see Lady Gaga or whoever is just so goshdarn evil

First world problems LOL!
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Old 09-20-2018, 12:26 PM
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They may be the 2nd most evil, when the cost of Daraprim dictated by Martin Shkreli went from $13.75 to $750.00 per pill, a 5000% price increase that likely put him on top of the list.


But yes, being forced to pay twice as much to see Lady Gaga or whoever is just so goshdarn evil

First world problems LOL!
Yeah I thought about pharm. That's definitely true.
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Why, are they doing something illegal? Are they making unfair profits? Do you have proof of illegal activities?
Looks like capitalism is working. Ticket master is making a profit as are it's associates. And customers are paying what they feel those tickets are worth.
Supply and demand...
Yeah, the rich get Richer and the peons get screwed.

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They may be the 2nd most evil, when the cost of Daraprim dictated by Martin Shkreli went from $13.75 to $750.00 per pill, a 5000% price increase that likely put him on top of the list.


But yes, being forced to pay twice as much to see Lady Gaga or whoever is just so goshdarn evil

First world problems LOL!
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They may be the 2nd most evil, when the cost of Daraprim dictated by Martin Shkreli went from $13.75 to $750.00 per pill, a 5000% price increase that likely put him on top of the list.


But yes, being forced to pay twice as much to see Lady Gaga or whoever is just so goshdarn evil

First world problems LOL!
Sorry for the slight derail..whatever happened to the member that was goo goo for Lady Gaga ???
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Old 09-20-2018, 09:17 PM
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Sorry for the slight derail..whatever happened to the member that was goo goo for Lady Gaga ???
oh that goes way back..... funny stuff. What a pigpile that was!
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Old 09-24-2018, 10:11 AM
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Being so close to the Banff Centre we get top entertainment for $50.00 and under without having to drive to Calgary and no ticketmaster. Just to mention a few.

Blue Rodeo

Stompin Tom

Steve Earl

Bela Fleck

Great Big Sea

Corb Lund

Ian Tyson

And a whole lot more. Location location.

Not wanting to poopoo on your taste in music, but none of those would be considered top tier talent. Scalpers would not be wasting their time on Ian Tyson, so I think your pretty safe on those no matter where you get them. And if someone is trying to sell you Stompin Tom tix, I would probably pass!!

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