State lawmakers are finally getting tough with one of the worst monopolies in American history and the middle-men who make just about any concert just a little bit worse. Take a look:
Missouri Bill Would Allow You to Resell Concert Tickets Without All the BS
click to enlarge Answering the prayers of concertgoers everywhere - especially those traumatized by Ticketmaster's paperless tickets - a bill now pending in the Missouri House would seek to ban non-transferable ticketing systems that prevent individuals from selling or gifting tickets that belong to them.
You Sprint Center critics should give a thumbs up. They don't use TicketMaster. They use AXS.
ReplyDeleteAnd speaking for naming rights:
http://www.newspressnow.com/news/local_news/proposal-to-sell-bridge-highway-naming-rights/article_3328eb13-a599-5bb3-bb75-8e2671283903.html
Yeah, at least AXS allows electronic delivery of paper tickets that can be printed, but the service fees are insane. For the last event I attended at Sprint Center, tickets were $60 each and AXS tacked on an additional $18 "service fee" per ticket.
ReplyDeleteticketmaster seems like first generation. it should be made more user-friendly.
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