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Time-Guess6600 t1_j2dq9gg wrote
Reply to comment by HalobenderFWT in Officials in Buffalo, New York, face questions about storm planning and response as harrowing accounts emerge of death and survival by Lazy-Lawfulness-6466
I've lived in Buffalo for decades. We do expect snow storms. But this was like a category 1 hurricane, and hurricanes are not usually a part of living in Western NY.
Time-Guess6600 t1_jcpfirn wrote
Reply to Robert Smith of The Cure convinces Ticketmaster to give partial refunds, lower fees by eastbayted
People need to understand that the point of ticketmaster is to take the heat for high concert prices. That $150 ticket with $150 in fees? That's really a $300 ticket. The artists and concert promoters don't want the greedy optics of charging that kind of money. So they play the "good guys" and only charge their $150 for the Ticket. Then Ticketmaster intentionally plays the bad guy and picks up the other $150.
The money goes to the same place in the end, it's just that Ticketmaster takes the heat off the artist for charging $300 a ticket. Keeps the fans happy.
You're supposed to get mad at them, that's the point of their existence.