Gas stations can’t raise their prices triple while you wait in line for it. Why is @ticketmaster any different? @amyklobuchar Ticketmaster monopolistic abuse towards fans needs to stop. #breakupticketmaster

Where was the fake outrage when the Yankees did this to the Red Sox last playoffs? Also it’s been confirmed they didn’t ban Knicks fans. The grifting and cluelessness of politicians are always amazing. nbcboston.com/news/local/red…

The highest grossing Finals ever is also the biggest #PaysToWait Finals ever. We also have Game 6 and 7 sitting an average $8,000 get-in…

Please stop using @StubHub They have zero control of the fraud going on there. The worst part, they use the fraud to profit instead of worrying about if you get in the event.

Should geo restrictions be allowed in ticketing? I know it is mainly used for home teams to keep away teams out, but what is everyone’s thoughts in general on this?

Well this is utterly embarrassing to post

Appreciate the engagement @saumil brings on here but have an issue with the selective transparency that isn’t building trust. If you want real transparency with @Ticketmaster fans, you can't ignore these 3 structural flaws: 1. The Queue: it has been directly said by the global president that the queue isn't random, contradicting public information where Ticketmaster has said otherwise. If the queue is not random, what is it? Device profiling? Purchase history? Transfer history? Fans deserve to know the rules of the algorithm determining their position, especially the ones that are constantly dead last in queue who have to waste valuable time and still not get tickets. 2. Predatory Partner Offers: The system allows "partners" to low-ball fans trying to unload unused tickets when they likely can no longer attend. Ticketmaster takes a fee, the ticket is bought way below market. Is the ticket flipped right back onto Ticketmaster as "Verified Resale" for a massive markup? Who profits on that spread? Why can only a set amount of people offer? Who are the partners that can even offer? 3. Missing Cart Timers: Dropping high-demand tickets without a cart lock creates a millisecond-level race condition. Humans cannot manually type faster than an automated API script. No cart timer means guaranteeing bots win the race to checkout. True transparency isn't just managing the PR narrative. It means addressing the mechanics that actively disadvantage fans. Fans deserve actual answers to this.

🚨.@FIFAWorldCup Fans - Buying 🎟️ last minute is tough since all major secondary exchanges are cutting off sales 4 hours prior to matches. Remember that‼️ Compare and contrast @FIFAWorldCup primary ticket exchange to all other secondary exchanges.

Hey @saumil why are we still doing no cart timers?This fan just got screwed.

$2,368.25 face value for a second-row seat to a 60-minute @SebastianComedy show. Not resale. Not a broker. Not a scalper. That's the original face value price. Insanity

Last week, an arbitrator blew up StubHub's convoluted arbitration agreement. STUB has failed to pay required AAA fees in four of my clients' cases; it has moved it address for Notices of Dispute six times in one year; its addresses have oftentimes been vacant or undeliverable; it claims its liability in most cases is limited to $200 in damages (even if they failed to refund a consumer $8,000 for scam tickets); STUB requires consumers to contact them by certified mail at shifting, bogus addresses while STUB can email the consumer if it so chooses; and the list goes on and on. They wanted to hide all of this in arbitration, but that's not working out so well for them.

Ticketmaster is making fans pay the price for their inability to stop bots. Now they are requiring live selfies and government IDs just to get an opportunity to purchase @charli_xcx tickets which in my opinion is a massive privacy risk and a total overreach. Fans shouldn't have to hand over biometric data for a concert and risk losing their identity.

.@StubHub is by far the worst secondary platform for fraud.

Raise your hand if you have ever been a victim to @Ticketmaster random error codes at check out or have had your browser activity paused because they think you are a bot?

Are game 3 Knicks tickets priced insanely high and setting records? Yes. Were they propped up higher due to the Knicks playing games with their ticket sales limiting supply? Yes. Did Ticketmaster make Knicks fans wait multiple hours in queue for 500 tickets? Yes.

With the confirmation that the Ticketmaster Queue is not actually random, it raises a deeply concerning question: Can Ticketmaster now pick and choose exactly which accounts get first access to high-demand tickets? Because there is zero transparency into how their queue algorithm actually operates, it feels like anything is possible. For a company already facing intense scrutiny over its business practices, this lack of clarity only fuels the belief that the system is rigged against everyday fans.

The @Ticketmaster queue has let 700 people in, in 18 minutes. This is the not only the largest ticket platform in the world, but by far the absolute worst. The amount of time they make fans waste is incredible.

Queue for Knicks Game 3 presale. 550,000 Tickets released 500

The irony is incredible. Toronto backed a law capping ticket resale prices to stop profiteering, then bought 3,500 World Cup tickets and resold them as a revenue-generating investment. Apparently the problem wasn't reselling tickets. It was competition.

Bots are going to feast on this. With supply expected to be limited, the Knicks should make this a will-call-only drop. Then it comes down to the Ticketmaster queue—which has been confirmed to not be random and they get to decide who gets tickets. It’ll be interesting to compare these face-value prices to the Chase presale.