Monday, January 21, 2008
Class-action suit aimed at ticket scalpers
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: "A New Jersey man is pursuing a class-action lawsuit against a western Pennsylvania firm that helps ticket brokers get around limits Ticketmaster sets for individuals who buy sports and entertainment tickets online."
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I support the suing of companies like this however, there is no point. Even if they sue this one company and the company is shut down there will probably be another comapny that does the same thing which will take it's place. Personally I think they should think of a better, fairer way to buy tickets so that average middle class working people may enjoy events without having to pay 3 or 4 times the normal cost.
I know that everyone has to make money just like everyone else... but I don't really understand the point of ticket brokers. The money isn't going to the artist, it's going to the brokers. The artist (and, you know, producers, crew, company, yadayada) gets the flat rate that ticketmaster lists. It's like free money for these brokering companies. Maybe there is some special treatment given when these companies sell tickets, but I kind of doubt it. Poo on you ticket brokers. I don't want to pay hundreds of dollars for a concert.
Don't buy scalped tickets.
Easy as that.
It doesn't matter if a big company like this goes down: there's still going to be a ton of people that buy 4 or 8 tickets, keep a few, and sell the rest on eBay (using a different address to avoid the instate ticket price restrictions).
Ok... first of all, nobody HAS to buy tickets, to anything... Just throwing that out there. Second of all, it doesn't sound like RMG is actually doing anything wrong. As long as they have a permit (or whatever the equivalent is in big scale companies), it seems to me its no different than buying anything else from somewhere other than a direct supplier. I can see why people might be a little ticked off to pay double the face value for a ticket, I would be too, but I don't think that the brokers are actually doing anything wrong.
The buying of tickets for the purpose of reselling them is wrong on a moral level. However legally, the issue here is not about whether ticket brokers are a good thing for the consumer, but if these companies are using illegal methods to buy their tickets. Obviously buying tickets through a broker is going to cost more for the consumer, and why not, the brokers are taking the risk that the concert will not only sell out, but that they will sell enough tickets to make back what they spent up front on the face value.
I disagree with Teddy. I don't think that anyone is in the position to push this as a moral issue. Reselling is not inherently wrong. If a ticket is "worth it", there will always be a buyer. There's no real difference between buying from a broker or some guy on Craigslist. And if you feel bad about giving someone other than the artist more money for a ticket, then don't buy scalped tickets. Get in line for the tickets as soon as they go on sale.
Great, now it's going to be harder to get those scalped tickets to the penguin games... On the other hand I can now just go to ticketmaster and get real tickets not printed in a basement. But really I do like the idea of people stepping in and making the entire system more fare, and letting those tweens finally see Hannah Montana.
It is funny how a plastic surgeon filed a low suit against this RMG company. I have seen the outrage for these hannah montana tickets. Yea having a 9 year old sister means you hear about this. She unfortunately was not able to get tickets, probably because of the scandals these ticket brokers cause.
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