Ticketmaster Sucks!

DateJanuary 26th, 2009    Comments1 Comment

Ticketmaster sucks!  I know this opinion is well documented all over the internet, but I wanted to add my own complaint.

Today, I was planning to purchase my ticket to see Cynic play at the House of Blues in Chicago.  As I went through the checkout process, their ridiculous charges that nearly doubled the ticket price were more than I could take.  Now, I know Ticketmaster has always been bad about these additional charges, but I didn’t realize they had gotten this bad:

Ticket: $20.00
Building Facility Charge: $2.00
Convienence Charge: $8.70
Taxes: $0.35
Order Processing Charge: $4.60
TicketFast Delivery: $2.50
Total: $38.15

How in the world can a $20 ticket end up costing $38?  It’s ridiculous!  Now, I could have avoided the $2.50 TicketFast Delivery fee by choosing the Will-Call option, but that is more trouble than I wanted to deal with.  What makes me angry about this charge though, is that they are charging me $2.50 to print the ticket off on my own printer!

Anyway, due to Tickemaster’s exessive greed, they will be getting $0 from me today and probably in the future as well.  The only possible exception may be for shows in town when we can purchase the tickets at the box office.  That seems to be the only way to not get completely ripped-off by Ticketmaster.


Bye Bye 2008

DateJanuary 2nd, 2009    CommentsNo Comments

Yet another year has gone by so here are the highlights:

  • Having a baby (baby to come in 2009).
  • Had a great time vacationing in San Diego.
  • Harakiri is still moving towards that next album (a little slower than I’d like, but we’re still moving).

Hmmm…I’m sure there was more but that’s all that is standing out in my head right now.  I’m looking forward to 2009.  Some big changes are coming (the baby) and I know I’ll sleep less but it’s still exciting!


Bye Bye 2007

DateJanuary 1st, 2008    CommentsNo Comments

Another year has gone by. As with any year, a lot happened so here is my wrap-up of the highlights of 2007…

  • First full year of being married.
  • Finally got a dog that has been almost the perfect dog for us.
  • Playing the first Harakiri shows back after a very long hiatus.
  • Having 8 songs for the next Harakiri album. More songs to come.
  • Going to User Experience 2007 conference in Vegas and learning so much good stuff.
  • Lost some weight.

Overall, 2007 was a good year. I’m looking forward to see what 2008 has in store!