If you ever buy tickets from Ticketmaster, you know that you have to get through a verification screen that presents you with a word, twisted and warped, that you have to type, to prove that you're a human being and not an evil scalperbot. Being a word guy who tends to overthink, I sometimes chuckle at Ticketmaster's choice of words for this purpose. People don't like Ticketmaster, because of their outrageous "convenience" fees and monopolistic practices. So yesterday, as I tried to buy some overpriced, "convenient" tickets, I noticed that the verification word was even more appropriate than usual.
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Friday, May 07, 2004
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Too funny. I find the result of the whole Bill Graham Presents / SFX / Ticketmonster confluence abhorrent, but, given the monopoly, what else can you use? Especially galling is the practice of charging the 'convenience fee' as a percentage of the ticket price, rather than a fixed amount, or percentage with an absolute cap. What, is the overhead of selling a $100 ticket online twice that of a $50 one? They have become the Clear Channel of ticket selling...
Posted by: Marc Pawliger | Friday, May 07, 2004 at 08:41 AM
Gem of the Ocean tickets
Posted by: Gem of the Ocean tickets | Tuesday, January 25, 2005 at 10:18 PM
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spread the voice
Posted by: Mike Ocer | Monday, March 21, 2005 at 05:24 PM
I hate ticketmaster with all of my heart. They suck ass!!!!
Posted by: steve jackson | Thursday, September 15, 2005 at 01:13 PM
this blog post is a little old...
but i actually have a screenshot of the ticketmaster verification word....guess what it was.
chode.
oh ticketmaster..
Posted by: corey andersen | Monday, November 12, 2007 at 10:56 PM