Brown/Sondheim: Ticketmaster should be ashamed

I foolishly went online this morning, as we were told to do, to purchase ANY tickets I could get for the June 24 Â Jason Robert Brown/Stephen Sondheim evening. Foolish indeed: I watched them disappear in droves, no matter what I did, and I ended up with nothing. I wrote to Town Hall, who nicely told me to take a hike; they had nothing to do with the event. But Ticketmaster allowed buyers to purchase NO MORE THAN 50 TICKETS APIECE. Well, of course there would be nothing left for us, and surprise, surprise, I could now buy lousy seats on Stubhub for $480 each.

Makes me want to scream, but at whom?

I got one during today’s release after much stress The only price originally available was $350 (right at the top of my budget) but the app wouldn’t process my order

Finally, I called and got someone over the phone who tells me I can’t use a credit/debit card for orders over the phone and would have to go to the pharmacy to get some sort of crazy Ticketmaster gift card. At this point, I gave up and felt defeated

I checked the app again and got a ticket in the balcony for $203. I’m glad I didn’t spend $350, but that was beyond stressful

That is why I hung up on him

My guess is the 50 ticket limit is not Ticketmaster’s fault but instead the venue or producer.

I was able to get one ticket (not in my preferred location) the first day they went on sale. I paid more for the less desirable seat than I’d originally intended, but thought it was a unique and rare opportunity, so decided to go ahead and make the purchase.

I was disappointed to learn that tickets had been held back and another round would go on sale. I’ve just looked and better seats are now available. I’m glad for those who can purchase them, but very disappointed in the way tickets were held back originally, forcing those of us who made purchases on the first (and what we believed would be the only) day they were released to buy less desirable seats.

i know. First world problems. But, I don’t like this trend in the way tickets are sold, and Ticketmaster always seems to be in the middle of it.

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