Ok, what about Healthcare, universal basic income, free higher education......democrats continue "winning" what amounts to ease of access to distraction rather than improving material conditions that would allow people to create for themselves.
It's not like this will lower the prices or stop people from being willing to pay ridiculous prices for a ticket. This is nothing more than a "symbolic" victory, if you can even call it that.
Tiny first step but they still have no incentive to not rip us off because they still have a monopoly. Until that gets broken up, they will now just show us how much we are being ripped off but leave us with no other choice.
That’s how antitrust suits work though. They have to chunk out all the different allegations and deal with them in their own vacuums. It’s friggin duuuuumb.
Except for certain “account use fees”, “not related to your ticket purchase.” 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️ Doesn’t matter though. They charge what they charge and people accept prices or they don’t. 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️ That’s how a market works.
Hmmmm , thanks . Fuck women’s reproductive rights, all civil rights , but hey , that shitty pop concert you overpaid to see , atleast we know where the fees are going. lol ticket is still overpriced but you can see why now.
I’m old enough to remember waiting in line for days at a venue box office to get a ‘chance’ at tickets. We all knew there had to be a better way. This ISN’T it!!!
A decent seat for the Van Halen 1984 tour was under $20. A poor college kid could scrape that up. Now a similar ticket would be $4k!
Someone needs to explain to me why the Republicans want everyone be charged all these hidden fees? Whether it’s banks, services, or commerce. They have to pay them too!!!
You ever hear that phrase about "cutting off your nose to spite your face"?that's how they operate, they don't care if they suffer as long as someone they don't like suffers too
Democrats: let's make sure you know how much you're being fucked by a corporate mafia... but don't actually try and dismantle said mafia or ban such ticketing extortion...
This is why I can't take the Dems seriously as a whole still... do something of actual use, not just window dressing!
Get fucking unruly and loud and fucking fiery... or please get out of the way and support those who are and can be! FUCK ALL BIPARTISANSHIP for now... these are assholes that you want to reach across the aisle for, unless you're gonna fuck them up!
So…would you mind providing a source link or are we just supposed to take your word for it as well as take your word in the way you framed it? Do better.
That's not a win. It could be easily changed by non-attendance. Actually, it's a waste of time interfering with free trade when it's something the customers can demand.
RepubliKKKlans are so anticonsumer. They are obsessed with attacking the poor and middle class. That’s why they are yanking away healthcare and loading up on tariffs because it’s a regressive tax, hurting the People while enriching the wealthy. Believe me, the wealthy tack on fees on to the tariffs!
It really is amazing the MAGA and Republicans cant see that bill after bill, EO after EO, the GOP does nothing but fight to screw over American citizens/consumers for their corporate donors. Like how does this help anyone but Ticketmaster yet they dont see it🤦♂️
Who the fuck is going to a tacketmaster concert during a coup?
Unless it is a "stop the coup" , "hands off", or "fuck these nazis" concert, shouldn't we be boycotting them?
If artists aren't using their voice to speak out against oligarchs, then they can take a seat.
Seems like more important and pressing issues currently like due process, tariffs and the economy, fake cabinet appointees cosplaying their way across the world, measles outbreaks, science and research funding cuts, complete destruction of our government while tRump and fam make bank...could go on.
They want to hide the extra costs they are imposing because they don't want to be caught in a lie. That's all there is to it. Dems in power need to keep pushing for transparency like they have been. ^^
Something just doesn't sound right. People exposing and stopping rip-offs of taxpayer money wouldn't do it. Not all greed can be attributed to Trump. People are capable of the 7 Deadly Sins all by themselves.
One good thing about being old is that we got to see all of the biggest rock & roll bands before Ticketmaster. They played at roller rinks, school auditoriums, and parks and we never paid more than $10. It was glorious.
Well, we will be able to see if an artist is truly worth the asking price and that's a good thing... I dont go at these prices. most of my gen are older, I've already been and dont need to spend my paycheck to see them now when I didnt then...
They really should have a price of the tickets + fees percentage so buyers understand that in some tickets their fees is over 100% of the base ticket price
They can’t but he seems to be doing it. Ultimately if we don’t have a full fledged dictatorship the courts will find most of his executive orders to be unconstitutional but by then many people and businesses will be financially harmed but unable to get compensation for that harm.
That’s what I’m thinking. Sure, added fee transparency is not a bad thing, but does anyone really think that it will force these greedy ass companies to price their goods more fairly?
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It could be run on a non-profit basis. Entity providing tickets get reimbursed for administration and a reasonable profit while the remainder of any fees collected (minimal compared to current fees) goes toward taxes (for other services) instead of the hands of a few people.
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The sooner we all start promoting (and eventually legislating) alternatives to a profit-controlled society, the sooner we will have a service-oriented society that benefits the public.
Oh wow!
That's fantastic!
The number 1 fear of all Americans is transparency of concert tickets.
They really came through for us.
Health-care and social security being taken away isn't as important as a concert ticket.
Those who have been abducted by ICE, torn away from their families, and flown to El Salvador to face life imprisonment will certainly be relieved to hear about this.
But still the price is what it is and it is RIDICULOUS! It is BS I have to pay on any, $25 extra for handling. All they did was send a mobile tic! Not even in the old days of snail mail would we get this shit!
I'm more concerned about our COUNTRY BEING SOLD OUT... I really don't care about $1,000+ tickets to go see some random artist who earns 100 times what the average citizen earns, to see them perform ONE TIME. I WANT OUR COUNTRY BACK!!!
You mean the ticket that I have not purchased as I don’t make 7 figures like all the rest of you elitist pricks and will never be able to afford things like concerts, Disneyland, and a million other things that are less crucial than food.?!? THAT ticket?!? EAT THE RICH!
.... concert junk fees is legitimately what people are focused on right now as South African nazis are funneled into your country while brown ppl disappear from it?
The US is wacked. 😐
You won't have the luxury of a concert with trump sending everyone to sweat shop existence so maybe focus...
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Fees: $499.99
And $5 for this e-receipt!
Thank you for your patronage, we know you have NO other options!
A decent seat for the Van Halen 1984 tour was under $20. A poor college kid could scrape that up. Now a similar ticket would be $4k!
This is why I can't take the Dems seriously as a whole still... do something of actual use, not just window dressing!
Probably fair, but brutal nonetheless. 😂
Does this count?
Can we do this with everything please?
Especially our government?
Full disclosure of fees please!
Unless it is a "stop the coup" , "hands off", or "fuck these nazis" concert, shouldn't we be boycotting them?
If artists aren't using their voice to speak out against oligarchs, then they can take a seat.
small victories
We’ll never know. That money could be going to RNC for all we know.
It could be run on a non-profit basis. Entity providing tickets get reimbursed for administration and a reasonable profit while the remainder of any fees collected (minimal compared to current fees) goes toward taxes (for other services) instead of the hands of a few people.
The sooner we all start promoting (and eventually legislating) alternatives to a profit-controlled society, the sooner we will have a service-oriented society that benefits the public.
That's fantastic!
The number 1 fear of all Americans is transparency of concert tickets.
They really came through for us.
Health-care and social security being taken away isn't as important as a concert ticket.
We are on fire here!!!
It seems like the contrarians have a vested interest in making people's lives as miserable as possible.
They all couldn't have their hands in everybody's pocket?
It's as if it is permanently opposite day for the #GOPhers.
I really like your posts, but if you could link to an article to support your posts it would be most welcome.
Thank you
The US is wacked. 😐
You won't have the luxury of a concert with trump sending everyone to sweat shop existence so maybe focus...