[emperor penguin]

It's really a shame that there's nothing anyone can do about any of this. Ticketbastard is a cruel heartless company who owes nobody an apology and feels no responsibility to improve their system because they have absolutely no reason to. They are a monopoly and can therefore do whatever the hell they want, whenever they want because people have to use them if they want to see a concert. I don't know a lot about how the system works. I recall Pearl Jam trying to take them on before and I don't know enough about it to understand why they failed, but why can't bands just distribute their own tickets privately? Would it cost too much money? Is there legal blockages that would prevent this, such as contracts with venues? I'm not angry that bands don't do this because I'm ignorant to the system. But as it stands now, ticketbastard will continue to fuck people over with no remorse simply because they can get away with it and nobody can stop them. They've had issues with their system (crashes, not accepting information, no viable options to enter your information, service fees, ticketsnow etc..) for as long as I can remember, and no attempt has been made to correct any of these issues, or take steps to ensure that they don't continue to take place.