Socializing… v2 dot 1

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So here is my first revision to Socializing… v2.0 (two dot zero.)

Twitter… blah blah blah… I love you all.

Thank you for your time.

Good (insert your current day-part here.)

-gj (a computer pro)

Ticketmaster, thanks for nothing!

I’ll make this ‘blog entry short and sweet. Well, maybe not so sweet! I just filed a complaint online with the Better Business Bureau against Ticketmaster.com, because they really made me mad.  Here is the complaint:

Complaint Type* Advertising Practices

Complaint Summary (150 characters maximum) Tried to purchase tickets for Radiohead concert at 4/12 10 AM PDT per ad. No tix available within 1 second. Redirected to co-owned TicketsNow.com.

Describe your problem with Ticketmaster Corporation (1500 characters maximum)* Tickets for the Radiohead concert at the Hollywood Bowl and Santa Barbara Bowl went on sale at 10 AM PDT on 4/12/08. Within 1 second of Ticketmaster making the link to purchase active, customers, including me, were redirected to purchase from http://www.ticketsnow.com/ConcertTickets/Radiohead_Tickets.html  at a highly inflated price above the actual ticket cost from Ticketmaster. It is my understanding that Ticketmaster.com also owns TicketsNow.com. It appears that this was all a pre-planned scheme to rip-off the consumer. I have seen hundreds (well, okay… a few)  other blog posts today about this same issue.

So WTF do you want Ticketmaster to do about it?* 1. Stop deceptive ticketing practices. 2. Offer tickets fairly and at the advertised price. 3. Stop exclusive pre-sale offers that exclude the majority. 4. Stop giving preferential treatment to Ticket Brokers. 5. Disclose that they own TicketsNow.com 5. Be prevented from using any bait-and-switch tactics. 6. Provide me and others, with the tickets we could have purchased from TicketsNow.com at the TicketMaster price. 7. Stop charging inconvenient excessive and unreasonable “convenience fees.”

Ticketmaster.com

You are preparing a complaint for:	Ticketmaster Corporation
	3701 Wilshire Blvd 7th Floor
	Los Angeles, CA 90010
Contact:	Geoff Carns (800) 726-8669

 

So, let’s see what happens. I’ll keep y’all posted. If you want to complain too…  http://www.labbb.org/

Peace out!

–gj (acomputerpro)