Starbucks and Ticketmaster
May 24 / 10AM
I'll take an iced, half-calf, no foam, venti latte, one Sweet & Low, with legs and room. Hold the pretense.
I'm officially a corporate Starbucks shill. There's typically a full house at the Dunkin Donuts near where I work, so I started going to the Starbucks across the street really out of convenience. From there my love-affair with my "usual" Venti Iced Latte with One Sweet and Low™ bloomed and I'm now shelling out $3.79 everyday for one. The final nail in the DD coffin for me was when I picked up an iced coffee there the other day and found it all but undrinkable. Watered-down swill.
Sure I feel like a java-addicted, well-to-do yuppie a-hole, but at least now the Starbucks cup on my desk at work marks me as part of the in-crowd.
F**k Ticketmaster
Speaking of a-holes, these ticket scalping monopolists have gotten a free ride long enough. It boggles the mind why more isn't being done about their unscrupulous sales tactics. They should be in jail.
This past week, I tried to purchase tickets for the upcoming Tom Petty show here at Great Woods (I refuse to call it by its new name). Take a look:
First off, they force me to buy a CD for $16. Tack on almost $20 in "convenience" charges, another $4 and change in "order processing charges" and suddenly $60 worth of tickets becomes almost $100! But they do offer to pay for the 39 cent stamp to mail it first class. Thanks, Ticketmaster! (insert tooth glean here, a la Orbitz gum commercial)
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web | May 26, 2006 09:57 AM
This whole industry is doomed i swear. I TRIED getting Pats tickets when they went on sale 2 weekends ago -- I was there with credit card in hand 10 minutes before tickets went on sale. As soon as they went on sale I tired to get tickets to the coldest, most unwanted game of the 8 patriot home games .. 2 tickets at any price --- PLEASE. Needless to say I do not have patriot tickets. Moments later I found all the tickets I wanted up for RESALE on EBAY for twice the price. Fan's want tickets to event -- somebody is going to get rich off you. If its not Ticketmaster -- it's some hack with an eBay account and a 12 inch dildo.