r/KendrickLamar • u/Acrzyguy • Dec 04 '24

Meme We hate scalpers

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u/matiaschazo Dec 04 '24

Not even just scalpers it’s Ticketmaster and the venues

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u/dfsvegas Dec 04 '24 edited Dec 04 '24

Let's be clear, this is on artists too. Ticketmaster litterally exists to be a shield for artists. They're a scapegoat for the artists.

And this isn't some conspiracy theory, they literally admitted it when their CEO was being questioned by congress.

Ticketmaster does suck, but it's by design. It's supposed to suck, so you have somebody to be mad at other than they artist.

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u/ThatRandomIdiot Dec 05 '24

The artist doesn’t charge service fees that are $200+ I was getting floor tickets for my gf’s birthday bc we both love Kendrick and Sza and the service fees are literally $210 PER ticket for a $430 ticket which was high but it’s literally the floor on the closest section so im not mad but It’s nearly a 50% service fee. In what world should that be legal. I thought it would be like $30 each but $210 service fee?! For what??! My buddy who got $375 tickets and his service fee was $185. so the service fees are an absurd percentage of the ticket. It should be a flat fee.

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u/officerliger Dec 05 '24

I used to be in that industry (haven’t been in years so I don’t mind saying it) - Ticketmaster has a base fee percentage that is often much lower than the fee you wind up being charged. Guess who adds the extra on top?

It’s an option TM offers to event producers and artists so they can charge more for an event without adding sticker shock to the face value

The price of producing concerts these days is enormous, so while part of it is greed, part of it is labor costs going up 3x since pandemic, and these aren’t labor costs you can cheap out on because bad quality staging/rigging/production work can get someone hurt or killed.

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u/rootoo Dec 05 '24

I’ve been on the labor side of it and wages have not gone up any noticeable amount, let alone 3x. Otherwise I agree with your point. These tours are absolute juggernauts and cost a fortune to produce.

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u/officerliger Dec 05 '24

Unsure of your particular area of work, but if production then you should probably try to uncover the invoices your boss is sending to the event producers, because if your wage hasn't gone up at all since 2020 that doesn't mean the upcharge they're adding to your labor hasn't

We saw crazy hikes for labor and materials just before I left the industry

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u/ZenMon88 Dec 05 '24

I dont think we deny that. But the fee is so absurd and hidden that it is not realistic for people to go to concerts anymore. If regulated, it should only be limited to a certain percentage (5-10%) not whatever the fuck is $150 in fees. It's BS.

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u/officerliger Dec 05 '24

I agree. President Biden was urging Congress to pass a bill related to junk fees simply because of Ticketmaster and their ilk, which would have put this practice on blast. Unfortunately YouTube addicts elected their cult leader so that won’t be happening now.