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Live Nation's 'no service fee' tickets do carry fees
CNN ^ | updated 11:02 p.m. EDT, Tue June 2, 2009 | By Alan Duke

Posted on 06/03/2009 11:33:09 AM PDT by a fool in paradise

Music fans who buy concert tickets during Live Nation's "No Service Fee Wednesday" may be surprised when they check their receipt and see some service fees were charged.

Live Nation's announcement for the promotion -- and stories based on their news release -- did not mention the concert promoter's narrow definition of a "service fee."

"Fans will still be asked to pay parking fees (usually $6) as well as in some cases facility fees and/or charity fees," Live Nation spokesman John Vlautin wrote in a reply to CNN's request for clarification.

Still, the promotion will save consumers several dollars on amphitheater lawn seats bought from 12:01 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. Wednesday.

Vlautin did not respond to CNN's question about why the promotion was called "No Service Fee Wednesday" if there were still fees added to the base cost of each ticket -- or why it was not disclosed in the announcement.

Service fees tacked on to ticket purchases -- averaging a third of the base price -- have long been a source of grumbling from concertgoers.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Humor; Music/Entertainment; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: cultureofcorruption; livenation; monopoly; musicindustry; scam; ticketmaster

1 posted on 06/03/2009 11:33:10 AM PDT by a fool in paradise
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To: 537cant be wrong; Aeronaut; bassmaner; Bella_Bru; Big Guy and Rusty 99; Brian Allen; cgk; ...

Musick industry Culture of corruption PING thing


2 posted on 06/03/2009 11:34:01 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Justice is blind. Sonia Sotomayor is not even qualified to sit on an IMPARTIAL jury.)
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To: a fool in paradise

Why patronize these leftists? Pirate their stuff instead!


3 posted on 06/03/2009 11:34:55 AM PDT by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: pnh102

This is about the live show, not the download.


4 posted on 06/03/2009 11:36:01 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Justice is blind. Sonia Sotomayor is not even qualified to sit on an IMPARTIAL jury.)
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To: pnh102

And your taxes generally subsidize their venues.


5 posted on 06/03/2009 11:36:18 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Justice is blind. Sonia Sotomayor is not even qualified to sit on an IMPARTIAL jury.)
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To: a fool in paradise
This is about the live show, not the download.

Oh I know. I just do what I can.

6 posted on 06/03/2009 11:37:36 AM PDT by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: a fool in paradise

Last concert I saw was Genesis in around 1980. I don’t do ticketmaster.


7 posted on 06/03/2009 1:02:50 PM PDT by RobRoy (This too will pass. But it will hurt like a you know what.)
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