Ticketmaster’s ‘Dynamic Pricing’ for Oasis Tickets Set to be Investigated by U.K. Gov

[BUtterfield 8 40,054]

 

 

[Catnikko 12,872]

Yah i saw there were people who waiting all day from like 90k in the queue and by the time they got to the ticket buying part they were like 500-5k in price  

[Hydrangea 4,305]

They were 150 at point and then labeled in demand and shot up to 350 plus lmao. We’re all dreading winter this year in the U.K. because of energy bills and old people having their help cut but sure people have nearly £400 disposable income  ticket master are delusional

[chromaticainmyhead 5,852]

Dynamic should be illegal imo it's happening more and more that companies use these mechanisms. In my region, where a train ticket used to have cost 30 euros all the time is now literally so expansive at frequent times that I don't use the train at all. It also is becoming more frequent in grocery stores to use digital price tag with dynamic pricing and I fear it's just the same playbook

[Ack1234 468]

Don’t know what all the fuss was about !They can’t work together so it will get cancelled.Believe it was oasis that changed the prices so ticketmaster are saying ,

[Ack1234 468]

Just now, chromaticainmyhead said:

Dynamic should be illegal imo it's happening more and more that companies use these mechanisms. In my region, where a train ticket used to have cost 30 euros all the time is now literally so expansive at frequent times that I don't use the train at all. It also is becoming more frequent in grocery stores to use digital price tag with dynamic pricing and I fear it's just the same playbook

Like Uber 

[ImMatt 1,393]

As shocking as the ticketmaster fiasco is, it was quite funny seeing the Oasis fans having a strop about £150 for a ticket. People who clearly haven't been to a gig since the 90s are only just realising how much the rest of us have to pay to see any major artist or band now...

[Lucas 22,370]

5 minutes ago, ImMatt said:

As shocking as the ticketmaster fiasco is, it was quite funny seeing the Oasis fans having a strop about £150 for a ticket. People who clearly haven't been to a gig since the 90s are only just realising how much the rest of us have to pay to see any major artist or band now...

Yeah. We are literally being scammed nowadays, no wonder why artists keep breaking grossings records.

[elijahfan 24,385]

6 minutes ago, Lucas said:

Yeah. We are literally being scammed nowadays, no wonder why artists keep breaking grossings records.

I mean, that's what we got for living in the streaming world... artists have to turn a profit some way or another. The real scandal is companies like Ticketmaster literally doing whatever they want.

[River 100,314]

I honestly would prefer if tickets won't be transfarable, so scalpers would stop abusing the system, and just to pay a small fee, someone else will buy my ticket anyway and they can make some extra money from the cancellation fee, everyone is happy

[Daenerys 5,916]

36 minutes ago, Ack1234 said:

Don’t know what all the fuss was about !They can’t work together so it will get cancelled.Believe it was oasis that changed the prices so ticketmaster are saying ,

No, it is Ticketmaster. They’ve been through litigation time and time again because of their greedy dynamic prices. It’s happened with Beyoncé, Gaga, Taylor and now Oasis. They’re currently under investigation in the US for breaking anti-trust laws because of their dynamic pricing. Oasis themselves stated all tickets should be sold at face value and no higher. 

[sarahb 15,494]

Ticketmaster have become the scalpers themselves

[androiduser 7,187]

when the tickets are sold for these high prices, is the profit shared between Ticketmaster and the performer? I doubt that performers let Ticketmaster pocket the 500% profit all for themselves.

[fede ARTPOP 5,885]

Will be a boring show tho. 

[Plastic Flower 3,162]

It's insane how much concerts cost nowadays.