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Edward of Greensburg, PA February 5, 2009

Edward of Greensburg PA (02/05/09)
I was online 15 minutes before tickets went on sale for Bruce Springsteen tickets that went on sale 02/02/09 @ 10:00am. At 10:01 I was in the process of completeing the sale and was knocked off. Tried for a 2nd time and was knocked off again prior to completing the sale. The 3rd time I was successful @ 10:11 and recieved tickets behind the stage, four minutes later it was a sale out. If it would have worked the 1st time I would have gotten good seats, makes you wonder.

Just not fair to the general public how ticketmaster lets these ticket brokers obtain all of the good seats 1st and then resale them to the general public for twice the value.

Joe of Madison, NJ February 5, 2009

Joe of Madison NJ (02/05/09)
How is it that tickets were not available on their site for Springsteen when they first went on sale yet you were re-directed to Tickets Now which is a subsidiary of Ticketmaster and there were loads of tickets available at multiple times the ticket price? Something is not right there.

Mary of Pittsburgh, PA February 5, 2009

Mary of Pittsburgh PA (02/05/09)
I was on the Ticketmaster website Monday morning 2/2/09 attempting to purchase tickets for Bruce Springsteen at the Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh on 5/19/09. I was on the site and prepared (logged in under my account) 30 min. before tickets went on sale. At 10:00 am I hit the refresh button and attempted to begin my transaction. I requested 1 GA ticket. I waited for about 5-10 minutes, and happily 1 GA txt was listed for purchase.

Ready to go I selected mail txts then hit continued - only to receive a message about some technical error and that my transaction could not be completed. Tried again for 1 GA and was quickly notified with the message that no GA tickets were available. Tried for best available - all sold out. Yet next to that message was an ad from Tickets Now (a Ticketmaster company), a resale website which is basically sanctioned ticket scalping. I would like to know how I was unable to get tickets by following the rules, but ticket scalpers were not only able to get them right away, but even had time to list them for double and triple the price (or even more) by 10:15 am.

I should not have to pay double, triple or even more over face to go to a concert. I really want to know what time those tickets were listed on TicketsNow.com and how those people obtained them. If listings were sent to TicketsNow.com before 10am, it will further show what a fraud Ticketmaster is.

Maureen of Bernardsville, NJ February 5, 2009

Maureen of Bernardsville NJ (02/05/09)
When attempting to purchase Bruce Springsteen tickets on Monday, February 2, 2009 through TicketMaster-the website advised that there was 'no match' for the ticket request placed - however, on the right side of the screen..there were tickets available for insane/ridiculous prices - 200+, 300+ all the way up to 1000+. This seemed extremely shady and I feel prompted to boycott Ticketmaster going forward..

Linda of Franklin Square, NY February 5, 2009

Linda of Franklin Square NY (02/05/09)
I was on the Ticketmaster website Monday morning attempting to purchase tickets for Bruce Springsteen at the Nassau Colisseum on 5/04/09. I was on the site and prepared 15 min. before tickets went on sale. At 9 am I hit the refresh button and attempted to begin my transaction. I requested 2 Best Available tickets. I waited for over 20 minutes, and then received the message the system was unavailable due to routine maintenance. I tried again, waited again 15 minutes and now the message said no tickets were available. But next to that message was an ad from Tickets Now (a Ticketmaster company), a resale website which is basically sanctioned ticket scalping. I would like to know how I was unable to get tickets by following the rules, but ticket scalpers were not only able to get them right away, but even had time to list them for 400 to 800 by 9:20 am.

Economic damage? I should not have to spend 400 to 800 when the face value of tickets was not more than 93 per ticket to see Bruce Springsteen. I really want to know what time those tickets were listed on TicketsNow.com and how those people obtained them. If listings were sent to TicketsNow.com before 9am, it will further show what a fraud Ticketmaster is.

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