TICKETBASTARD MUST BE DESTROYED!! ARGH!!!

[mattclearing]

I'm trying to get tickets to the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and have been dropped twice now after 8 minute waits to get access to tickets.

Ticketmaster is an awful, awful company.

At least I've got my camping tickets...those are limited. The festival has like 50,000 capacity, so I'm not so worried about not getting tix.

It's just amazingly lame to have to wait in line ON THE INTERNET!!!

I remember getting tickets to events just as big that sold out in minutes without this much trouble.

I wonder if the scalpers have targeted the festival since it sold out last year.

[jilln]

1. i vowed never to buy from them again...

last time I tried to get tickets, and besides the outrageous handling fee, each ticket had a parking fee attached to it, so whether you got 4 tickets and all went in one car or not, you paid for parking 4 times... tickets ended up costing about $20 over list price each. Screw that.

[Spinzonner]

2. Connected to the Evil Empire

through partial ownership by Paul Allen who co-founded Microsucks with Billy-Bob Gates. The monopolistic ethos was shared and portable.

http://www.trashcity.org/ARTICLES/TICKET.HTM

[louis-t]

3. I will NEVER use them again.

Inflexible, inaccessible, thieving bastards!
edit: i before e, except after yadda yadda....

[City Lights]

4. I had great success using them from Safari, but

no luck through IE. :shrug: