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Old 02-12-2013, 01:38 PM
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Default Fleetwood Mac - Platinum Tickets!!

Hi Everybody, this is my first time to post here and honestly I didn't come to cause upset. However, I just spent Friday morning (Friday 8th and Wednesday 6th in the 02 presale) trying to get Fleetwood Mac tickets for next September in Dublin. Tickets sold out more rapidly than any concert I've tried for before and no joy. Which is fair enough... or is it?
I then decided to take a look at these so called "Platinum" tickets. And it seems not all the tickets are sold out. Ticketmaster (in conjunction with the artists they claim) hold these seats for the "most passionate" fans who are willing to pay the "market price". Ticketmaster claim these tickets are sold similar to how airlines and hotels sell their products (ie market driven prices).
A couple of things come to mind - 1/ there's a slight difference between an airline selling a flight which probably departs a couple of times a day most days of the week and this rare chance to see a band that it's fans adore (in other words choice is available). 2/ "Passionate fans" in this case will also mean the most wealthy fans, which is fine if that's what Fleetwood Mac want and appear to support.
I would suggest that this is no more than ticket touting (despite Ticketmaster being at pains to tell us the tickets are not being resold on their website - http://platinum.ticketmaster.ie/about).
Finally I called by phone (no e-mail facility on Ticketmaster Platinum support) to ask if "market prices" mean that if the tickets were not to sell by next September (obviously unlikely), then would the tickets be sold at less than the general public sale price? The agent could not assist me with this question.
I'm a long time Ticketmaster customer and a real fan of Fleetwood Mac for a long time. Call me naive maybe but I'm really disappointed at Ticketmaster (and Fleetwood Mac if it's true that they authorise it) for allowing this practice.
Anyone any thoughts?
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