My Chemical Romance fans criticize Ticketmaster after rough rollout
With the flood of My Chemical Romance tickets going on sale today, some fans were bound to be left disappointed but Ticketmaster‘s rollout seems to have caused more issues than necessary.
Countless fans came up empty-handed due to the company’s online queue system which sent plenty of tickets into the hands of resellers who are aiming for a massive profit.
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The Ticketmaster website explains their ticket pricing noting that “events on our platform may have tickets that are “market-priced,” so ticket and fee prices may adjust over time based on demand.” They call it “Dynamic Pricing” while comparing it to how airlines and hotels operate.
That’s before they even get to their ticket fees which “can include a service fee, order processing fee and sometimes a delivery fee.”
On top of the hefty pricing for tickets, fans were met by the site’s ticketing queue which allowed people to digitally line up for tickets 10 minutes ahead of going on sale. They claim this is a measure to prevent resellers from snatching as many tickets as possible. They provide a number of tips for the best chances at getting tickets while trying to highlight that “you’re only competing against other real, human fans for the same seats.”
Still, a lot of people were left looking at high resell ticket prices after not getting through the queue in time. You can see some of the reactions below.
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Me: *tries to buy tickets to My Chemical Romance’s show*
The Wells Fargo Center’s website: pic.twitter.com/JvK1h3Obb8
— Kristen (@AnteKrist) January 31, 2020
I made it through with pit tickets three times and the link timed out every time. This is honestly devastating, @WellsFargoCtr #MCRXX https://t.co/5mSGnvP0wg
— Cassie The Venomous ? (@PoisonAndFire) January 31, 2020
Oh, wow! Look at my shopping cart when I “got” my Philadelphia pit tickets ? #MCRXX pic.twitter.com/OpE1SJVvUc
— Cassie The Venomous ? (@PoisonAndFire) January 31, 2020
We have been made aware of a glitch in the system for Tacoma that was making it difficult for people to buy tickets from Canada. This has now been fixed. https://t.co/6LZfEdzyQh
— My Chemical Romance (@MCRofficial) January 31, 2020
So I sit on the ticketmaster website for hours this morning, join the queue just before noon just to have 10k people ahead of me. I wait 40 minutes in the queue, then get in only to see it all sold out and tickets being resold for $800+. This is fucking ridiculous. #MCRXX
— Mir (@XCalypsoChaosX) January 31, 2020
To every piece of shit who bought #mychemicalromance tickets only to resell them for thousands of dollars: pic.twitter.com/uUt1M6Nixh
— kaite??♀️ (@kaiteeliz) January 31, 2020
#mychemicalromance Waited an hour and a half in tne waiting line and then queue and got nothing aghhhhh pic.twitter.com/ZfjzBGHsiz
— Brooke R (@BrookeLR42) January 31, 2020
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Paying $950 for My Chemical Romance tickets in 2020 as a bit
— Jeremy Gordon (@jeremypgordon) January 31, 2020
Ticketmaster: Oops! Sorry, another fan beat you to those tickets.
Also Ticketmaster: *doesnt remove those tickets from the list of available seats*#mychemicalromance— Maggie @AMKE (@maggie_barney) January 31, 2020
if you bought my chemical romance tickets and are trying to resell them for 1,000+ UR A FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT U DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH THIS MEANS SO SO MANY PEOPLE AND FOR YOU TO THINK ITS OKAY TO BUY THEM FRO REGULAR PRICE TO THEN RESELL IT FOR 4 TIMES THE AMOUNT IS FUCKING-
— azucena ? (@chxrryred_) January 31, 2020
The fact there are probably thousands of tickets on resale sites for Houston and they were all bought in three minutes is fucking infuriating. #mychemicalromance pic.twitter.com/oGuBSCahzK
— gabby ◢ ◤ (@defendthestars) January 31, 2020
Every emo kid in Philly trying to buy MCR tickets from the Wells Fargo Center website. #wellsfargocenter #mychemicalromance pic.twitter.com/Ib8X62TrCj
— Allie Martin (@allieeileen) January 31, 2020
Did you face issues on Ticketmaster getting tickets to see My Chemical Romance? Let us know in the comments below.