Ticketmaster to Start Online Ticket Auction

Jason1729 writes "According to the NY Times, ticketmaster is going to begin auctioning off the best tickets to events online. They claim it's to eliminate scalping, but in truth it guarantees every seat will be scalped for the highest price with all the money going to ticketmaster. It also eliminates the possibility of getting a decent seat by waiting in line or being lucky."

All the money going to the artist

[Macdude]

...in truth it guarantees every seat will be scalped for the highest price with all the money going to ticketmaster.

Don't you mean, "with all the money going to the artist who's performing"?

It would be news if it was still 2003

[Jubalicious]

This article was posted on September 1, 2003... but it could still happen.

So in other words...

[loteck]

I'm tired of the cavity search

I'm tired of rock concerts being at volume 11

not being able to see the band

perhaps you're just getting old and therefore out of the target demographic?

Maybe I'm just getting old.

ah, i see we agree. you forgot to mention how kids these days have no respect for their elders and how you liked walking uphill both ways to school.

Heh

[Stickerboy]

Sure it fights scalping at the gates; now it's just Ticketmaster doing the scalping.

Obviously, Ticketmaster was jealous of some of the profit margins of the professional scalpers. This is like the government fighting the War on Drugs by taking over the dealers' businesses...

Will it work in reverse?

[FunkSoulBrother]

Will I be able to get an unsold seat at a never-sold-out event like a Minnesota Twins baseball game for $1?

Re:Will it work in reverse?

[n6kuy]

You only want a buck?
Make them give you at least $5 to take the ticket off their hands.

Re:Waiting in line?

[Glonoinha]

I'd rather pay more for a ticket

I just RTFA and boy have I got some good news for you!

Holy outdated pop culture reference, Batman!

[apparently]

If too many people get ticked off at Menudo or New Kids on the Block for the incredibly high ticket prices perhaps these groups will find ways to play without having to use Ticketmaster.

Menudo? New Kids On The Block? Incredibly high ticket prices? Let me be the first to welcome you to the future, young time-traveler! Reagan is dead, we're back at war, and there's 3 new Star Wars movies! Don't be scared by any of this; sit back, relax, and surf your way through our new "cyberspace".