Ticketmaster

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.

Comments

[Marc Pawliger]

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...

[Gem of the Ocean tickets]

Gem of the Ocean tickets

[Mike Ocer]

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[steve jackson]

I hate ticketmaster with all of my heart. They suck ass!!!!

[corey andersen]

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..