Concert Tickets
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Meet the man who introduced concert ticket-buying botsThere's a reason you can't secure tickets to a concert by your favourite artist. Ticket-buying bots are faster and stronger than any human. And this guy started it all.EntertainmentJan 12
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Repeat after me one more time: Ticketmaster does not set the price of concert ticketsTicketmaster is constantly being blamed for the sky-high costs of concert tickets. It seems necessary to issue another correction.EntertainmentDec 1, 2024
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 978: The weird history of concert tickets, part 1A concert ticket should be a simple thing, right? It's anything but. In fact, few things are more frustrating to purchase than a concert ticket. And it's always been this way.EntertainmentMar 3, 2023
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A brief history of scalping concert ticketsSelling an event ticket for more than its original face value isn't something that arrived with rock concerts. It's a problem as old as ancient Greece.ConsumerJan 22, 2023
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OPP issue notice after Lucan Biddulph man conned buying concert tickets on social mediaOntario Provincial Police say people purchasing items from someone online should conduct the meeting at a common area and should not pay for the items before seeing them.CrimeNov 24, 2022
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Weekly survey: What are your thoughts on Ticketmaster’s “dynamic pricing” for concert tickets?You may have read the outrage about $5,000 concert tickets for Bruce Springsteen's 2023. However, there's more to what's going on that you may think.EntertainmentAug 15, 2022
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In defence of Ticketmaster’s ‘dynamic pricing’ model for concert ticketsAlan Cross admits that it isn't a popular stance, but he's ready to defend Ticketmaster and its 'dynamic pricing' practices. Before you open fire, hear him out.EntertainmentAug 14, 2022
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Weekly survey: How much is too much for a concert ticket?It's not your imagination. Concert ticket prices are way up this summer. But going to shows is based on discretionary income. How high are you willing to go?EntertainmentJul 18, 2022
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Weekly survey: Should we go back to paper concert tickets?Thousands of people were caught with digital concert tickets they couldn't access this past Friday because of the big Rogers outage. Is it time to go back to paper tickets?EntertainmentJul 11, 2022
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Roughrider games, concerts, games, gyms to get more expensive with Sask. gov’t adding sales taxExpect to pay more for admission and entertainment charges for concerts and large sporting events as the Sask. Party introduces PST in the 2022-23 budget.PoliticsMar 23, 2022
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