On Saturday our local CTV evening news did a story about a lady not able to get floor tickets for the GBS show here in Nov. and ticketmaster & tickets now. It was about the jacking up of prices for tickets from brokers.
This lady tried to buy floor tickets to GBS, but Ticketmaster didnt have any available, the website suggested she try Tickets Now. Tickets Now had floor seats available ranging in price from $200 - $400. The lady's complaint is that Tickets Now is a ticketmaster company, and that it's unfair that they are selling tickets at such a escalated cost.
The reporter then spoke to a former ticket broker about the business, and such practices. He got out of the business because of the cut throat nature & unethical behavior.
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They didnt say when she had 1st tried to buy tickets, & although she came off as a big GBS fan, it would seem to me that she hadn't tried when the 1st went on sale (as I think most big GBS fans would do), b/c I looked a couple days after they went on sale & there were still floor seats available. But i do agree that it's dodgy that ticketmaster would have a link to 1 of it's partner company's that happens to be a brocker & selling tickets for several times the original price.
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