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Ticketmaster: Two Tickets Per Household Literally Means Two Tickets Bought From Within Your House
By Chris Morran on February 6, 2012 2:18 PM
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Consumerist reader Laura recently went online to buy two pairs of concert tickets, one for herself and a second pair in a different section for her boss and his wife. But when she went to go print out these tickets last week, she found that the second pair had been cancelled several weeks earlier without telling her. More »
Woman Says Ticketmaster Threatened To Blacklist Her For Contacting American Express
By Chris Morran on January 23, 2012 12:15 PM
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With the clock ticking down until we open the floor up to Worst Company In America nominations, perennial Final Four contender Ticketmaster is here to remind everyone why they belong in the tournament. More »
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When You Buy A Paperless Ticket To An Event, Do You Actually Own It?
By Mary Beth Quirk on January 20, 2012 2:00 PM
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Consumers might be laboring under a misapprehension when it comes to reselling tickets to games, concerts and other live fare. One might think that purchasing a ticket would equal the right to do whatever you want with it, barring the practice of scalping. Maybe not. More »
You Could Score $1.50 As Part Of Class Action Suit Against Ticketmaster
By Mary Beth Quirk on November 28, 2011 5:00 PM
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Start greasing up your piggy bank, Ticketmaster users! If you bought tickets from the online behemoth between October 21, 1999 and October 19, 2011, you could be entitled to anywhere from $1.50 to $25.50 as part of a settlement in a class action suit. More »
Ticketmaster Promises To Restore Lost Radiohead Tickets, But Doesn't
By Laura Northrup on September 28, 2011 8:45 AM
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Tonight and tomorrow night, Radiohead, a band from England that you may have heard of, is playing two shows at the Roseland Ballroom in New York. The show was announced only a few weeks ago, and tickets went on sale Monday. Through Ticketmaster. Yes, this ends about as well for reader Kelsey as you would expect. More »
Ticketmaster Makes Deal With Walmart, Devil Confused As To Whose Soul To Collect First
By Chris Morran on August 2, 2011 3:30 PM
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Earlier today the nation's largest retailer, Walmart, announced a deal with the nation's least essential company, Ticketmaster, to sell overpriced tickets via in-store video screens at hundreds of Walmarts around the country. More »
Worst Company In America Final Four: Bank Of America Vs. Ticketmaster
By consumerist.com on April 12, 2011 1:00 PM
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This year's WCIA Final Four kicks off with a rematch of the closest fight from last year's tournament. More »
Here They Are: Your Worst Company In America Final Four!
By consumerist.com on April 12, 2011 12:00 PM
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Thirty-two entered. Four remain. And in the end, there can be only one. More »
Worst Company In America Elite 8: Ticketmaster Vs. Chase
By consumerist.com on April 7, 2011 12:00 PM
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The fisticuffs continue with today's battle between last year's runner-up and a surging contender with promise for future tournaments. More »
Say Hello To Your Worst Company In America Elite 8!
By consumerist.com on April 6, 2011 12:00 PM
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Two rounds of WCIA bloodshed are in the book and the beaten bodies of 24 multi-billion dollar companies are being hauled off to be burned on a pyre. But for those businesses left standing — let's call them the Elite 8 — the parade of pain marches on. More »
Worst Company In America Sweet 16: Ticketmaster Vs. Sony
By consumerist.com on March 29, 2011 12:00 PM
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We were going to buy tickets to this Sweet 16 battle, but Ticketmaster tried to charge us twice the face value for printing the tickets at home. And then we looked into watching the online stream, except our computer won't work properly since Sony's copy-protection software exposed it to malware. More »
Meet Your Worst Company In America Sweet 16!
By consumerist.com on March 25, 2011 12:00 PM
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After eight days and 16 first round battles, the WCIA steel cage is littered with the bones of those companies not crappy enough to continue on in the tournament. But the thrill of victory is fleeting for the remaining combatants, all of whom must square off again if they hope of crowning themselves the Worst Company In America! More »
Worst Company In America Round One: Ticketmaster Vs. PayPal
By consumerist.com on March 17, 2011 12:00 PM
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Like having to choose between a punch in the face or a kick in the gut, there are no good guys in today's early WCIA bout! More »
Ticketmaster Charges $327.50 In Fees For One Florence And The Machine Ticket?
By Ben Popken on February 17, 2011 10:00 AM
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Ticketmaster is known for getting away with charging high service fees for its tickets thanks to its effective monopoly over the concert business, but reader Mark noticed a fee that really takes the cake — and smashes it! Right now a ticket for a Florence and the Machine show is showing up as having $327.50 in fees. Talk about a kiss with a fist! More »
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Ticketmaster Settles Class Action Lawsuit
By Ben Popken on January 28, 2011 11:00 AM
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If you bought a ticket from Ticketmaster between Oct '99 and May '10, get ready for some bucks/ticket discounts coming your way. Ticketmaster has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit brought against it in 2003 that alleged the ticket giant's processing fees were just a "profit component" and didn't recoup any actual costs of doing business. More »
Ticketmaster Won't Refund Shipping Charge For Unshipped World Series Tickets
By Chris Morran on October 27, 2010 4:30 PM
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As mentioned earlier, the World Series starts tonight. Consumerist reader Louis is doubly ticked-off because A) his Yankees aren't playing and B) Ticketmaster is still holding onto some of the money he paid for tickets to a game he'll never see. More »
Webloyalty Settles With NY AG For $5.2 Mil
By Ben Popken on September 24, 2010 10:00 AM
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Online "marketing" company Webloyalty has settled with the New York AG for $5.2 mil. You know how when you buy movie tickets and at the end it says, "You won a free $10 gift certificate!" And then if you read the small print it says that if you accept the gift certificate you get signed up for a discount club that charges a monthly fee? Yeah, that was their game. More »
Ticketmaster Bungles My Concert Order, Supervisor Doesn't Care
By Phil Villarreal on August 2, 2010 2:30 PM
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Joe ordered tickets to a John Mayer concert through Ticketmaster but was turned away at will call. His order didn't go through because someone at the company input his credit card number incorrectly. He wants to run through the halls of his high school and scream at the top of his lungs: More »
Yankees And Mets Among Baseball's Biggest Online Ticket Fee Gougers
By Ben Popken on June 23, 2010 5:00 PM
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A new study released by Rep. Weiner shows that Yankees and Mets fans are bleeding more than just their team colors, they're also getting gouged with some of the highest online ticketing fees in baseball. More »
Worst Company Final Deathmatch: Ticketmaster VS Comcast
By Meg Marco on April 23, 2010 9:30 AM
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Hide your children and gird your loins, because just like The Highlander, there can be only one. From the depths of the stinking swamps of mergepocalypse, come our two ignoble contenders. First, the dread pirate Comcast, known throughout the land for gobbling up all companies that are foolish enough to sail through its treacherous waters. Second, Ticketmaster, Lord of Tickets, Duke of fees, Master of... tickets. After forming an unholy alliance with LiveNation, Lord Ticketmaster has united the forces of darkness in a quest to force all people of this good land to pay $2.50 for the use of their own printers. More »
