Whats the deal with TicketMaster, their service, and their charges?
What is Ticketmaster? Ticketmaster is a national agency that directly distributes tickets for events and, in exchange, charges handling and other service fees. Orders can be placed with Ticketmaster either by phone (via numbers designated for the show), in person (at licensed Ticketmaster outlets within a defined geographical area), and online (for most shows, typically with a delay after the on-sale time). What’s wrong with Ticketmaster? During your encounters on the phish.net and at Phish shows, you will likely encounter some hostility expressed toward Ticketmaster. Some who object to Ticketmaster’s virtual monopoly on ticket sales — that is, being the sole distributor for virtually all tickets at a significant number of major venues nationwide, and with service charges on tickets and orders that in some cases consistute a 25% or higher surcharge — refer to the agency, derogatorily, as Ticketbastards. Circa 1993, a suit was filed against Ticketmaster by Pearl Jam, challenging the a
