Greg Piper, despite the free market facade, poses his TicketMaster gripes to his blog and muses on meeting some key Hill people to try and push some government regulation on the un-American corporation.
This is an evil, egomaniacal, renegade corporation that screws over earnest, low-wage concertgoers…there must be some room for enterprising populist Dems and GOPers to go after a corporation that has never been very popular.
No Rockefeller he, Greg will undoubtedly focus the next ray of ire on his immortal caffeinated archenemy, Starbucks. Or is it only about going after the companies that no one really likes?
i’d def like to join in the ticketmaster fray. i think if i were a prof musician i’d try my hardest to use another third party… one that doesn’t charge seven dollar ‘service fee’s for tickets. and they wonder why people don’t go to live shows anymore…
I’m not a fan of Starbucks, but they don’t add fees on top of your purchase price, and they have increasing competition. I may join it (the competition) someday.