BUtterfield 8 40,717 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Ticketmaster, which is owned by live entertainment juggernaut Live Nation, enlists resellers to grab batches of tickets from its site and then flip them for higher prices on a Ticketmaster-owned, invite-only platform called TradeDesk (toutedby the company as “The most powerful ticket sales tool. Ever”), according to the report. Ticketmaster gets extra fees from the pricier resale tickets on top of its fees from selling the original ticket. CBC and Toronto Star journalists were told that despite the existence of a Ticketmaster “buyer abuse” division that looks for suspicious online activity in ticket sales, the company turns a blind eye to its TradeDesk users. A sales representative told one of the undercover journalists that there are brokers with “literally a couple of hundred accounts” on TradeDesk, and that it’s “not something that we look at or report.” Ticketmaster has sued groups in the past for using bots to grab up live events tickets from its site, which prompted counterclaims that Ticketmaster was itself supplying scalpers with bot software — which, per this week’s investigation, TradeDesk appears to be doing. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ticketmaster-cheating-scalpers-726353/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
raragaga 8,111 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 fxck them xoxo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DONAJENDRO 1,914 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Use code GAGAVEGAS at SeatGeek.com to get $20 off tickets Mad Onna Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreu 37,216 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 We been knew at least in Barcelona Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlastiscGuy 20,636 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Wbk, all ticket companies do the same. It is really not a surprise lol PG. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azor Ahai 18,861 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Obviously. How else would a 30 thousand people venue be sold out in 60 seconds? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
androiduser 7,436 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 well, to be honest, Gaga haters have been warning about this in relation to Joanne tour Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panchecco 17,403 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 50 minutes ago, Andreu said: We been knew at least in Barcelona I think Europe in general is used to this, the same scandal happened a few years ago in Italy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 101,992 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gagaisitalian 3,573 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 This company is so fraudulent. They just got out of a huge lawsuit in which they were overcharging for shipping and now this? And don't get me started on how they've added so many ****ing "platinum tickets" to every event. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychicGuru 1,592 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Obviously, this has been happening for a long time. Ticketmaster can suck my Gaga's #1 fan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Getlostwithme 54 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 we been knew but I just hope it comes to an end now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lextyr97 18,927 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 This just made me recheck the Joanne World Tour dates and she honestly did incredibly well, I’m shook. She did 2 mil on a 19k date. That’s amazing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinster13 3,545 Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 when I bought my Taylor swift tickets its cahrged me $40 for “ticket insurance” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pink sushi 4,351 Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 On 9/19/2018 at 2:47 PM, Mad Onna said: Use code GAGAVEGAS at SeatGeek.com to get $20 off tickets I used the code to see Fall Out Boy for $11.50 earlier this month. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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