So, uh yeah, Ticketmaster. Wanna discuss?

So, today after years of getting screwed over by Ticketmaster more times than I can really even remember, they gave me the VIP level of screw jobs. I was trying to get 4 tickets to Oasis in East Rutherford,NJ on 8/31/2025. You have to use their stupid little app now, so I do as I have before. I got in the "waiting room" that holds you up for about 25mins before dropping you into the "queue". I got in at #930, within 5 mins? I was #1 and got to where I could look and purchase.

Immediately, I found 4 seats in the middle upper center for about $155 a piece. Awesome! I click accept, I click purchase and I click confirm. They give you about 10mins to do this, I had about 8 minutes to spare. The site just sits there, little wheel spinning, saying "please wait". After the time expired? It kicked me out and sent me back to the queue at #10. I got back in and every ticket I clicked? "This ticket is sold". I reload and back to #8. Get in? "All tickets are Limited Viewing ". It kicked me out again and this time sent me to #106,689 to which i get a message " All tickets sold"

At this same exact time, over at StubHub, SeatGeek and Vividseats? There's tickets in the same area I had in my hands virtually and they were now $500 a piece. So people were literally buying them and flipping them within seconds.

See this is my issue: I don't care if I try to get tickets and a shows sold out, it's a case of " Better luck next time" but when I got the tickets there, ready to go and they pull this? How's that not theft at worst but discriminatory at best? It's immoral

The fact is, the government allowed the merger of Live Nation and Ticketmaster and thus approved a monopoly because who else is there? No one but the resellers who are tied with Ticketmaster. In what way is an entity such as this legal let alone ethical?

I can't tell you how pissed off I really am right now

 

Besides the high prices, crap customer service, gouge-o-matic parking fees, the sound systems at these venues suck too.
I came to a conclusion after spending $$$ not really enjoying it.

 

I hate that website, there are other better ones. Seatpin is just one of them.