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re: Stub Hub / Ticketmaster rip off

Posted on 5/1/26 at 8:36 pm to
Posted by TJG210
New Orleans
Member since Aug 2006
29414 posts
Posted on 5/1/26 at 8:36 pm to
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Kid Rock has been screaming about this for years


Then charges $5000 for tickets to see his shitty shows….
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
48689 posts
Posted on 5/1/26 at 9:10 pm to
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Kid Rock Calls Ticketmaster A Monopoly That Needs Broken Up: “It’s Highway Robbery”
kid rock could easily lower his ticket prices. I’ll give you one guess as to how
Posted by SlickRick55
Member since May 2016
2848 posts
Posted on 5/1/26 at 9:26 pm to
Didn’t Biden get all kinds of praise and recognition for fighting and removing “junk fees” from ticket sales???
Posted by dirtsandwich
AL
Member since May 2016
7014 posts
Posted on 5/1/26 at 9:30 pm to
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Today I decided to go to a small college baseball game for fun. Tickets were $39 on Stub Hub. I showed up planning to pay at the gate and it turns out there are no tickets to be collected. The games are free.
That’s hilarious.
Posted by greygoose
Member since Aug 2013
15043 posts
Posted on 5/1/26 at 9:39 pm to
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I don't know if they're missing out on money because of this, but there have been events that I wanted to go to but skipped on just because of the constant fees. Priced me out.
Just show up. I've never not seen a guy selling tickets for cheaper than I could buy on any site.
Posted by Sal Minio
17th Street Canal
Member since Sep 2006
4486 posts
Posted on 5/1/26 at 9:48 pm to
quote:

Didn’t Biden get all kinds of praise and recognition for fighting and removing “junk fees” from ticket sales???



frick Biden.
Posted by Jake88
Member since Apr 2005
79818 posts
Posted on 5/1/26 at 9:57 pm to
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Today I decided to go to a small college baseball game for fun. Tickets were $39 on Stub Hub
Are you a rube? What small college charges 39 for a game?
quote:

 I showed up planning to pay at the gate and it turns out there are no tickets to be collected. The games are free
Posted by Jake88
Member since Apr 2005
79818 posts
Posted on 5/1/26 at 10:00 pm to
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Kid Rock has been screaming about this for years


Kid Rock Calls Ticketmaster A Monopoly That Needs Broken Up: “It’s Highway Robbery”
Has he ever done anything about it?
Posted by Lsudx256
DFW
Member since Mar 2016
3460 posts
Posted on 5/1/26 at 10:03 pm to
I won’t use StubHub anymore. The fees are absolutely ridiculous.
Also, I bought tickets through it to a LSU football game a couple years ago. I bought a certain seat and I didn’t get tickets sent to me until 2 hours before game. I guess my fault for not checking the tickets I got but I went into the game and realized after I started walking to seats that I was given different seats. Way worse than I paid for. I tried to contact StubHub but couldn’t get a connection because of being inside game. I contacted them after I got home from game and they told me too late and I should have not accepted the tickets. frick them.
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
177195 posts
Posted on 5/1/26 at 10:04 pm to
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Are you a rube? What small college charges 39 for a game?

This thread is way more about this place being Boomerdroppings now than it is about Stub Hub being a rip off.
Posted by gobuxgo5
Member since Nov 2012
10343 posts
Posted on 5/1/26 at 10:05 pm to
Typically TickPick is the best app. No fees at all not just “visible” like seatgeek which has high fees.

Sometimes Stubhub and Ticketmaster offer the absolute best seats — even after fees.

Why?

StubHub and Ticketmaster get the average Joe seller way more than the others. This means that an individual gets tickets, can’t go, doesn’t know where to list them and usually chooses TicketMaster or StubHub.

They don’t know how to lower prices properly and panic near game time.

They often drop tickets to nearly zero and FOMO ending up with $0.


I’ve sat floor seats to Morgan Wallen for $18 on ticket master while Seatgeek had similar seats still at $300.


I had screen shots of a buddy getting college basketball tickets for $12 on seatgeek and I got them for $8 on StubHub after high fees. Use multiple apps, you never know.
Posted by Jake88
Member since Apr 2005
79818 posts
Posted on 5/1/26 at 10:10 pm to
I've used seergeek, ticketmaster and Vivid resell to get really cheap seats to a bunch of stuff.
Posted by Archives
Member since Mar 2026
210 posts
Posted on 5/1/26 at 10:18 pm to
Posted by gobuxgo5
Member since Nov 2012
10343 posts
Posted on 5/1/26 at 10:21 pm to
quote:

I've used seergeek, ticketmaster and Vivid resell to get really cheap seats to a bunch of stuff.


Me too. The problem is StubHub could have a similar ticket for $18 as Seatgeek has for $300. After fees StubHub could be $28 while Seatgeek is $300 and posters would be like “told you it was a rip off look at these fees!” I’d focus on the total price and less about getting on my soapbox.

TD is hilarious for recommendations. Over on the tech board they are obsessed with YouTubeTV and any Google product. I asked for Recs… stating I watch Cavs and Reds games which are missing from YouTube and they still recommended me YouTube as “it’s the best” well not really if you can’t watch the games lol
This post was edited on 5/1/26 at 10:22 pm
Posted by Jake88
Member since Apr 2005
79818 posts
Posted on 5/1/26 at 10:23 pm to
Ill have to look but I have not run into the disparity you say about stubhub and seat geek.

I've had great experiences with every resale site I've used. People fuss about scalping, but everything ive bought on those sites has been lower than the original price.
This post was edited on 5/1/26 at 10:25 pm
Posted by gobuxgo5
Member since Nov 2012
10343 posts
Posted on 5/1/26 at 10:56 pm to
Usually not a disparity. But sometimes.
Posted by dirtsandwich
AL
Member since May 2016
7014 posts
Posted on 5/2/26 at 5:03 am to
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TickPick
Just downloaded.
Posted by SnacknGold06
Member since Oct 2025
130 posts
Posted on 5/2/26 at 6:27 am to
Report fraud through the FTC

I’d report your experience. frick junk fees and scammers.
Posted by HagaDaga
Member since Oct 2020
7686 posts
Posted on 5/2/26 at 7:23 am to
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Just show up. I've never not seen a guy selling tickets for cheaper than I could buy on any site.
trusting they aren't selling duplicate tickets is the kicker here for me.

It's happened to me, so sucks it's not as easy of an option.
Posted by dallastiger55
Jennings, LA
Member since Jan 2010
34118 posts
Posted on 5/2/26 at 7:26 am to
I bought tickets to see a friends kid play at a TCU baseball game a few weeks back

It was $4 on StubHub and the total was $20 all in. What a joke
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