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I think they're pissed they didn't get the golden poo this year. Comcastmaster would be unstoppable!
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I think they're pissed they didn't get the golden poo this year. Comcastmaster would be unstoppable!
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They also want to buy NBC-U.
*sigh*
No! This will cause a singularity of bad value and crappy customer service that will rip the fabric of the universe in twain!
If this partnership does not come to pass we may only conclude is that the people in the future took a break from sabotaging the LHC to prevent this from occurring.
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@diasdiem: Wait! Maybe that's it! This merger won't happen because the only way to fix the resulting issue would be to employ the LHC against it, thus the universe will respond by preventing Comcast and Ticketmaster from ever merging.
And if the universe happens to take its preventive steps a little too far, who are we to complain?
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Oh god no, please no no no no no no no no no no.
If this happened, I could see things getting really screwy in my area with ticket venues and Comcast. Too bad most venues can't drop Ticketmaster as their ticket seller. I just told the local football team in a fan survey that I really wish they would drop Ticketmaster as a ticket provider, or at least kill off the stupid fees as it was getting ridiculous to drop over $90 for a $75 ticket.
@theblackdog_FeelingRandom: Is complaining to one monopolistic franchise about another monopolistic franchise really going to help all that much?
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@theblackdog_FeelingRandom: \"Your concert is scheduled to start between 4 and 8 pm\"
followed by:
\"Hey, why was the concert canceled?\"
\"It wasn't canceled-the concert showed up at the venue, but nobody answered the door.\"
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Hopefully they will bring an airline into the mix so they can add a service charge to the baggage fees while making you pay extra to watch the NFL Network.
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@Bluth_Cornballer: American Airlines can include concert tickets in their new plan for selling shit people don't need/want while flying. This would be like the Trifecta of Fucked. Yes...that is what it would be.
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@Bluth_Cornballer: Or a rental car company, so they can charge you for damage to your seat even though you barely sat in it?
Be careful of talking about anti-consumer abominations or the NFL (aka No Fun League) might send a DMCA takedown due to you insisting there's a company that cares less about customers.
DOes this means I can get my concert trickets directly billed to my tv/internet bill.... Score!!!
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@edguitar: Just as long as you can take a day off for the tickets to be delivered to your home within a 4 hour window. That is, if the delivery person thinks you are home and also doesn't want to take a long lunch...
@edguitar: Sure, as long as you pay the $30 \"ticketmaster convenience fee\" for all the electrons that were sent over the wires.
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Is this what the movie 2012 is about?
So I am not yet done with law school and have not taken antitrust law (that's next semester) but could someone please explain this to me: how does involving another enormous corporation in a merger REDUCE antitrust concerns?
@allknowingtomato: I was wondering that too. They aren't adding a competitor they are adding a partner. The merger would still create a market with only one player in it which is what antitrust laws are there to stop.
@YardanCabaret: Okay, I reread the article and I don't get it either. Argh.
Maybe it's because Ticketmaster and Live Nation only do ticket sales. Comcast does more than that. Maybe?
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@allknowingtomato: This makes especially little sense when you throw in the fact that Comcast owns Fandango, ComcastTix and New Era Tickets. How does adding three more ticketing services reduce anti-trust concerns?
@allknowingtomato: I'm guessing it's because Ticketmaster and Live Nation are in the same business; if they merge, then there's no competition. Comcast does not sell tickets to concerts/events, thus not the same business. Big corporation, yes; against antitrust laws, I guess not.
And good luck finding a job after law school. I mean that sincerely; no sarcasm tag here. Too many lawyers, not enough jobs right now. Not a fun time in the marketplace.
@hotdogsunrise: Actually, I am one of the 7 law school students in the country who DOES have a job waiting for her. But thanks for your concern.
Patent law specialization/molecular biology degree FTW!
@allknowingtomato: Congrats! I know people I graduated with a year and a half ago that still don't have jobs. It's tough out there.
Will AIG be financing the deal? Maybe there will be a promo deal that will allow Monster Cable to advertise at the concerts? Perhaps a partnership with Best Buy stores to sell tickets at the Geek Squad counter?
Who could be behind this scheme? Here's one possibility:
Any other theories?
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@diasdiem: Thats absolutely hilarious.
My guess is the Illuminati or this guy
[reporting.journalism.ku.edu]
@jayphat:
Well, it's a well known fact, Sonny Jim, that there's a secret society of the five wealthiest people in the world, known as The Pentavirate, who run everything in the world, including the newspapers, and meet tri-annually at a secret country mansion in Colorado, known as The Meadows.
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Can this be Part B of this week's Consumerist Troll-a-Thon, started yesterday by Chris Walters with the story about receipt checking, Walmart, XBOX 360, and violence in the Walmart parking lot?
The world is coming to an end. And we don't need to wait for 2012.
Cash 4 Gold wants in on this.
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Isn't this one of the signs of the apocalypse? Should we put paper bags over our heads? Would it help?
We need a government sponsored \"public option\" for buying tickets.
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Now I have XTC in my head.
Dear God
Comcast is considering
Partner-
ing with ticketmaster
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If Bank of America and GM had a baby, this would be it.
God, help us.
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This is really bad news for Consumerist. Just think of the \"Worst Company\" contest. They'd win every year by a landslide.
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@Saboth: Plus, a whole bunch of contenders all just sucked into one. Now we have a lot of brackets open.
If all of these proposed mergers go through, we'd have ...
National Ticket BroadComcastMastering NationCompany
Any other ideas?
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Ticketmaster does not currently suck enough for concertgoers to refuse to buy tickets from them, for bands to refuse to play shows at Ticketmaster venues, or for venues to lose attendence due to using Ticketmaster.
That means that either Ticketmaster is pretty good, or it just isn't bad enough to need to improve anything.
I don't know what a marriage to Comcast would do. It wouldn't necessarily be worse, but maybe worse would be the best case scenario. Maybe it'll make Ticketmaster so bad that people will stop buying tickets from them. That's the best thing that could possibly happen to live music.
Wait a minute, now that I read the Bloomberg story, we should make something clear.
Comcast isn't considering merging with Ticketmaster and Live Nation. Comcast is considering acquiring acquiring some spinoffs of the companies, such as ticketing software and client contracts.
It's an effort to please the Justice Department because if Ticketmaster/Live Nation no longer has those assets, it controls less of the market.
@TCama: Rightttttttttttttttttt. And we all know that adding a middle man always makes transactions less expensive...
Awesome! Soon only the rich will be able to afford concerts for anyone beyond the local band level!
Ticketmaster, the whore of a company who provides marginal service for big bucks and is under investigation with the Justice Dept concerning anti-trust issues, joining forces with ANY company is a bad idea.
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Look under the dictionary definition of clusterfuck. There it is.
Am I going to end up seeing a \"convenience fee\" added to my monthly cable bill? Will I have to pay to print out my own bill? Will they automatically charge me for parking my ass in front of the TV?
www.comcasttix.com
Everything in the Philadelphia area goes through them. They also run the Wachovia Center, the home of the Sixers and Flyers. To be fair, Comcast Spectracor is a pretty decent outfit.
The picture only shows half the story, her bleeding corpse needs to be getting dry fucked by some CEO/CFO...OH...I'm sorry, I was thinking of the republican health care plan!
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@allknowingtomato: I hear patent law + science or engineering degree is the way to go. I have a degree in Mechanical Engineering, but I opted for the Ph.D. instead of the J.D. Some of my friends are looking at patent law, but I think I'd be bored senseless. That is to say, congrats and good luck to you! :)
@katstermonster: Also, since I'm still in school and never got a real job past summer internships, it still blow my mind to think OH MY GOD I have a bachelors degree, WHAT AM I DOING WITH MY LIFE??? Heh.
Bush was right when he called the combination the axis of evil. He just had the wrong players.
I have been lucky in that I never had Comcast anywhere I have lived; however my significant other was forced to use them since they where the only \"provider\" allowed. She has had more problems with her provider then I have had with my last 5 providers in four different states.
I avoid Ticketmaster events due to the \"fees\", I perfer smaller locations which may offer Ticketmaster service but still allow you to buy the tickets at the box office before or even at the day of the show. I started to use Ticketmaster once a year ago to see a show in DC. I looked online at the ticket prices and Ticketmaster was charging the max weekend price for the front rows for the tickets for the weekday rear rows before \"fees\". I am unsure if that is criminal but I ended up spending a day looking around online before finding the tickets for the correct price. The $65 dollars saved was worth my time for those couple hours.
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I hate Ticketmaster. A few years ago I took my son to see a WWE show at our local arena. I bought the tickets at the arena and had to pay a convenience fee.
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Comcast sounds like it could use a TR-style trust bust.
@Alys Brangwin: TR would be considered a communist today.