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Started 1 year ago by jdd
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jdd

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Few things burn me up as much as ticket fees. I went to see something at the LC a couple of months back, and was yet again blown away by how much buying a ticket online cost, after fees, service charges, etc. So now there's something coming up at The Basement, and I'd really like to pay as close to the stated "ticket price" as possible. But looking at their site, even to pick it up at the box office costs an extra $3. Is there any way to get a ticket for the actual ticket price?

I've never met a single person in the music biz who has anything good to say about TM... yet they continue to thrive.

Posted 1 year ago #
NerosNeptune
Goodale Park
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buy them at the box office, no ticketmaster fees.

Posted 1 year ago #
DLDude
VicVil
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You can get any ticket to any show at Newport or LC when there is a show playing that night. Still a $3 'facility' fee but I guess it's better than TM.

Posted 1 year ago #
ColumbusTime

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jdd said:
I've never met a single person in the music biz who has anything good to say about TM... yet they continue to thrive.

Talk to the promoters and venue owners with Ticketmaster contracts. They may say they hate the fees, but most of them get a kickback of part of the service fee in exchange for the exclusive Ticketmaster contract.

Posted 1 year ago #
lazyfish

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avoid corporate rock

Posted 1 year ago #
misskitty
Columbus
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The best way I have learned to avoid fees and get cheap tickets is by signing up for a Decibel Club thru promo-West. Its fifty bucks to join and you get four free tickets. After you use your four you reload, again at 50 bucks and get four more free.
Therefore, it is really like paying 12.50 a ticket they hold them at will call and you get early entry and free shows during the year.
The only downfall of the club is what shows they give you free tickets too. They only release a certain number of tickets for decibel Club members so you have to check the site pretty often when you hear someone is coming to town you want to see. But I have had really good luck with the shows I want to see being on the list so check it out.

Posted 1 year ago #
Walker
The KLD / Downtown / Gay Street
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lazyfish said:
avoid corporate rock

So that means if you like a band, just don't like them *too* much. ;)

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lazyfish

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Walker said:
So that means if you like a band, just don't like them *too* much. ;)

just don't like Arena Rock and Promo West.

Posted 1 year ago #
Snarf
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lazyfish said:
just don't like Arena Rock and Promo West.

you sound so edgy.

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lazyfish

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Snarf said:
you sound so edgy.

old

Posted 1 year ago #
Walker
The KLD / Downtown / Gay Street
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lazyfish said:
just don't like Arena Rock and Promo West.

There's a lot of lesser known artists that come through The LC and The Newport.

"Avoid Corporate Rock" sounds like a T-Shirt or Bumper Sticker slogan more than it does worthwhile or relevant advice in this thread.

Posted 1 year ago #
GCrites80s
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A wise man once said: "I hate listening to bands. Because if I like the band, that means that at least one person likes the band. And, that is just way too mainstream for me. It annoys me that all these bands are just in it for the money and the fame. A true band would just not play."

Posted 1 year ago #
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GCrites80s said:
A wise man once said: "I hate listening to bands. Because if I like the band, that means that at least one person likes the band. And, that is just way too mainstream for me. It annoys me that all these bands are just in it for the money and the fame. A true band would just not play."

Oblig:

Posted 1 year ago #
jdd

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Thanks for the comments, all. The Decibel Club sounds like a pretty decent option -- thanks for mentioning it MK!

Posted 1 year ago #
woofman
Brewery District
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I've had success with the DB club in the past as well, it can pay for itself pretty quick if you get the right shows. New tickets get put on the site every Weds around 3PM, many of the offerings are small shows at the Basement where ticket prices are $15 or less which is a waste of the discount... and the good ones go fast. With patience though you can save a lot on the overall cost of many of the bigger shows PromoWest offers.

If I had a nickel for every nickel I paid in ticket fees over the years...

Posted 1 year ago #
melikecheese
Merion Village
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I signed up for the DB club when it was first launched, and man was it amazing back then. I got 15 free tickets for the entry fee, which I am not sure was even $50 bucks at the start. It was a total no-brainer, which is why it eventually got limited down to 4 tickets.

Posted 1 year ago #
LocalMusicMike
Blacklick
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lazyfish must only listen to music on http://www.columbuslocamusic.com. Shameless plug, I know...just had to get that in there :) In an attempt to stay relevant, I do try to buy as many tickets as I can at the box office to avoid TM as much as possible.

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ColumbusTime

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DLDude said:
You can get any ticket to any show at Newport or LC when there is a show playing that night. Still a $3 'facility' fee but I guess it's better than TM.

The LC has an ATM-type machine in front of the doors to the LC, next to the box office, where you can buy and print tickets 24 hours a day. But I think the fee recently went up to $4 a ticket.

Posted 1 year ago #
AmyArt21
Short North
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I was super annoyed to see the $7.50 fee that Ticketmaster is charging per ticket tacked on to the already-$30 price to see The Shins. I was going to just go to the LC box office to get tickets, but then I realized by the time I pay the $3 box office charge and pay to park my car, that's almost the Ticketmaster fee right there. Sigh.

Posted 1 year ago #
jOHnH
The Central C
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I thought a few years back there was a class action lawsuit against ticket master regarding fees? Apparently nothing came of that?

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