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  1. Originally posted by jofice:[..]
    +1 for seatwave, I checked it out today and it is far more intuitive and descriptive about what you're buying.
    Ticketmaster.ie is a nightmare. Worst buying experience I've had in my life was getting Roger Water tix for the AVIVA 3 years ago. Ticketmaster.es is much more like Seatwave in that respect, they have a seating chart with all seats, all prices and more options.

    It's all fucked up though.
  2. Originally posted by jofice:[..]
    +1 for seatwave, I checked it out today and it is far more intuitive and descriptive about what you're buying.
    Seatwave is a Ticketmaster company. And look at the (big) fees they are charging both sellers and buyers.
  3. That's where their profit is. That are facilitators. The tickets are being supplied be ordinary people. As long as people wish to make a quick buck then someone will facilitate it to make a quick buck of their own.
  4. Attendee's name printed on the original ticket (not subject to changes unless force majeure)
    +
    ID checking at the venue gates (mandatory for all zones and venues)
    =
    problem solved.


    They just don't want to.
  5. Originally posted by germcevoy:[..]
    That's where their profit is. That are facilitators. The tickets are being supplied be ordinary people. As long as people wish to make a quick buck then someone will facilitate it to make a quick buck of their own.
    Not just ordinary people. You can be sure that some real scalpers (with maybe programmed ticketrobots) are also on that site. Plus I have never seen evidence that ticketmaster does not sell its own tickets at a much higher price at Seatwave..
  6. Originally posted by LikeASong:Attendee's name printed on the original ticket (not subject to changes unless force majeure)
    +
    ID checking at the venue gates (mandatory for all zones and venues)
    =
    problem solved.


    They just don't want to.
    that prevents honest trading as well though, so not a huge fan of this solution
  7. Originally posted by fv45pfap:[..]
    you mean international companies.

    ...

    Ticketmaster/LN is an international company who has a monopoly on almost and obviously has no interest in that. Big acts sell out anyway and they don't care about the fans, only about paying customers and making profits.
    Politics are not interested either (concerts are just entertainment for a select group of people, no safety is involved).


    International or not, their individual branches are still beholden to a nation's laws. Most politicians probably don't have it high on their agenda but I think it's unfair to sweep them all with the same brush.

    In reality, maybe 1,000 out of the 80,000 Croker tickets will go to touts. A far larger sum will go to corporations/ the GAA. The floor will be amassed with a largely silent international crowd on their phones. 2009 all over again, although I still wish I had a ticket.
  8. Originally posted by fv45pfap:[..]
    Not just ordinary people. You can be sure that some real scalpers (with maybe programmed ticketrobots) are also on that site. Plus I have never seen evidence that ticketmaster does not sell its own tickets at a much higher price at Seatwave..
    No evidence for or against ticketmaster doing that but I imagine there would be an audit trail exposing them if so.

    Scalpers no doubt involved but if people don't pay for the tickets from seatwave and similar the. The reseller market would slump and the prices be cheaper. Simple supply and demand. It sucks but peopble don't have to buy these tickets at ten times face value but if they are willing to pay them people are willing to sell.
  9. Not if you enter the venue with the person who purchased the tickets.
  10. Originally posted by LikeASong:Attendee's name printed on the original ticket (not subject to changes unless force majeure)
    +
    ID checking at the venue gates (mandatory for all zones and venues)
    =
    problem solved.


    They just don't want to.
    It would take five hours to get everyone into the venue.

    Solutions are there. A 6 or 8 ticket limit on a single purchase is way too high for a start.

    The only other option is to feed the demand with more shows.
  11. idk I find that to be a huge hassle, especially if the person purchased a ticket for a country they'd need to travel to... just so to enter the venue with the one they traded with.
  12. Originally posted by flowerchild:[..]
    idk I find that to be a huge hassle, especially if the person purchased a ticket for a country they'd need to travel to... just so to enter the venue with the one they traded with.
    Of course.
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