Fucking $11.10 (25%) Service Charge for Concert
This is fucking out of control. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.
I want to see Chemical Brothers at the McCarren pool this saturday. The band charges $44. The ticketing service charges $11.10. That’s 25% the ticket cost. That is completely unreasonable and, given my online service creation experience at Microsoft, unmatching a reasonable profit margin above their cost of service. It doesn’t cost $11.10 per ticket to host and run their ticketing service. Unless…they are idiots running a poor service.
The Chemical Brothers gets their $44 and probably don’t care beyond that. They may even have a flat fee and the promoter chooses the per ticket cost. The band has a single promoter (Made Events) and that promoter choose an exclusive ticket provider (TicketWeb), there is no free market. There is no competition. It is locked in. The only choice I have is to not choose to see Chemical Brothers.
Fucking thieves are TicketWeb, TicketMaster, and the lot of them. EXCEPT for Brown Paper Tickets. They charge reasonable service fees and have excellent service. I’ve used them as a promoter and its excellent.
Tags: Electronic Music, Rant, Shows
