<![CDATA[TicketMaster May Stop Charging You For The "Convenience" Of Using Your Own Paper And Ink Soon - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[TicketMaster May Stop Charging You For The "Convenience" Of Using Your Own Paper And Ink Soon - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:55:08 EDT Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:55:08 EDT http://idolator.com/391760/ticketmaster-may-stop-charging-you-for-the-convenience-of-using-your-own-paper-and-ink-soon <![CDATA[TicketMaster May Stop Charging You For The "Convenience" Of Using Your Own Paper And Ink Soon]]> http://idolator.com/391760/ticketmaster-may-stop-charging-you-for-the-convenience-of-using-your-own-paper-and-ink-soon#c5983874 Gee, this wouldn't be the beginning of freezing out non-ticketmaster sanctioned scalpers to increase profits.  Another wonderful convenience for the end customer. thanks TM.

PegFazoons

]]> 33:391760:c5983874 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:55:08 EDT <![CDATA[TicketMaster May Stop Charging You For The "Convenience" Of Using Your Own Paper And Ink Soon]]> http://idolator.com/391760/ticketmaster-may-stop-charging-you-for-the-convenience-of-using-your-own-paper-and-ink-soon#c5799698 I've done this at museums and IMAX theatres, and it did print out a ticket that I then walked 20 feet and handed to a ticket taker.

davidm

]]> 33:391760:c5799698 Tue, 20 May 2008 17:54:14 EDT <![CDATA[TicketMaster May Stop Charging You For The "Convenience" Of Using Your Own Paper And Ink Soon]]> http://idolator.com/391760/ticketmaster-may-stop-charging-you-for-the-convenience-of-using-your-own-paper-and-ink-soon#c5786086 so yeah... what does happen if you want to give someone tickets for a gift? or if you like to buy tickets at the box office to avoid service charges? although, i guess that might even have something to do with this... people are buying tickets without paying convenience charges, and ticketbastard doesn't like it.

dumb_in_the_rain

]]> 33:391760:c5786086 Tue, 20 May 2008 09:52:08 EDT <![CDATA[TicketMaster May Stop Charging You For The "Convenience" Of Using Your Own Paper And Ink Soon]]> http://idolator.com/391760/ticketmaster-may-stop-charging-you-for-the-convenience-of-using-your-own-paper-and-ink-soon#c5784679 what is so convienent about ticketmaster charging you 10$ - 15$ per ticket for a conveinience charge. if you go online and get your tickets you do all the work yourself and its only 42c to mail you the tickets.

bbrian12

]]> 33:391760:c5784679 Tue, 20 May 2008 07:24:35 EDT <![CDATA[TicketMaster May Stop Charging You For The "Convenience" Of Using Your Own Paper And Ink Soon]]> http://idolator.com/391760/ticketmaster-may-stop-charging-you-for-the-convenience-of-using-your-own-paper-and-ink-soon#c5782735 i don't like this, because i like to keep the ticket stubs as "souvenirs".

tenners

]]> 33:391760:c5782735 Mon, 19 May 2008 23:46:41 EDT <![CDATA[TicketMaster May Stop Charging You For The "Convenience" Of Using Your Own Paper And Ink Soon]]> http://idolator.com/391760/ticketmaster-may-stop-charging-you-for-the-convenience-of-using-your-own-paper-and-ink-soon#c5779945 If there are no tickets, shouldn't they change their name?

CardSwipeMaster perhaps?

It's like voting machines...needs a paper trail, for sure, or else there's bound to be malfunctions, fraud and hacking.

ObtuseIntolerant

]]> 33:391760:c5779945 Mon, 19 May 2008 20:08:04 EDT <![CDATA[TicketMaster May Stop Charging You For The "Convenience" Of Using Your Own Paper And Ink Soon]]> http://idolator.com/391760/ticketmaster-may-stop-charging-you-for-the-convenience-of-using-your-own-paper-and-ink-soon#c5776992 How are the seats assigned? Does the usher check your credit card #?

Artie Fufkin

]]> 33:391760:c5776992 Mon, 19 May 2008 17:30:28 EDT <![CDATA[TicketMaster May Stop Charging You For The "Convenience" Of Using Your Own Paper And Ink Soon]]> http://idolator.com/391760/ticketmaster-may-stop-charging-you-for-the-convenience-of-using-your-own-paper-and-ink-soon#c5776294 @summeroflove: 'in A flood-prone...'

*sigh* can't type today.

summeroflove

]]> 33:391760:c5776294 Mon, 19 May 2008 17:00:20 EDT <![CDATA[TicketMaster May Stop Charging You For The "Convenience" Of Using Your Own Paper And Ink Soon]]> http://idolator.com/391760/ticketmaster-may-stop-charging-you-for-the-convenience-of-using-your-own-paper-and-ink-soon#c5776263 @whoneedslight: nope, thank god. i have tix to another show which is thankfully not in the in a flood-prone area. i was reading about it here (sorry, don't know how to post links. hopefully this works):

[consumerist.com]

summeroflove

]]> 33:391760:c5776263 Mon, 19 May 2008 16:59:04 EDT <![CDATA[TicketMaster May Stop Charging You For The "Convenience" Of Using Your Own Paper And Ink Soon]]> http://idolator.com/391760/ticketmaster-may-stop-charging-you-for-the-convenience-of-using-your-own-paper-and-ink-soon#c5775878 @summeroflove:

Did this happen to you?

whoneedslight

]]> 33:391760:c5775878 Mon, 19 May 2008 16:47:30 EDT <![CDATA[TicketMaster May Stop Charging You For The "Convenience" Of Using Your Own Paper And Ink Soon]]> http://idolator.com/391760/ticketmaster-may-stop-charging-you-for-the-convenience-of-using-your-own-paper-and-ink-soon#c5774665 @whoneedslight: imagine having gotten one of those tickets to the washington d.c. radiohead show that people had to drive around hours because of the rain. imagine then if you had gotten lucky enough to be let in and then the system didn't recognize your card, etc.

summeroflove

]]> 33:391760:c5774665 Mon, 19 May 2008 16:03:35 EDT <![CDATA[TicketMaster May Stop Charging You For The "Convenience" Of Using Your Own Paper And Ink Soon]]> http://idolator.com/391760/ticketmaster-may-stop-charging-you-for-the-convenience-of-using-your-own-paper-and-ink-soon#c5773853 Say somebody wants to give you, or you want to give somebody, tickets to a show as a gift. If everything's paperless, then it looks like that's not going to be happening anymore.

One more reason to hate Ticketmaster, I guess.

El Zilcho!

]]> 33:391760:c5773853 Mon, 19 May 2008 15:32:40 EDT <![CDATA[TicketMaster May Stop Charging You For The "Convenience" Of Using Your Own Paper And Ink Soon]]> http://idolator.com/391760/ticketmaster-may-stop-charging-you-for-the-convenience-of-using-your-own-paper-and-ink-soon#c5772683 I bought tickets to the Atlanta show.
I will be fifty shades of irate if I drive 3 1/2 hours and there is a flaw in the system.
Can't I just have a ticket? All of this newfangled technology makes old people like me suspicious.



whoneedslight

]]> 33:391760:c5772683 Mon, 19 May 2008 14:57:04 EDT <![CDATA[TicketMaster May Stop Charging You For The "Convenience" Of Using Your Own Paper And Ink Soon]]> http://idolator.com/391760/ticketmaster-may-stop-charging-you-for-the-convenience-of-using-your-own-paper-and-ink-soon#c5772345 Was there really a huge demographic that always wanted to go see a show but did not because they hated having to pick up a ticket SO MUCH?

Also, it seems to me that having to wait for someone to swipe a credit card AND check your I.D. would, if anything, take MORE time than just have someone scan a ticket...

Thierry

]]> 33:391760:c5772345 Mon, 19 May 2008 14:44:27 EDT