Midnight Oil

[Powderworks] Ticketmaster story... (mostly NMOC)

Palmer John E CONT CRBE PalmerJE1@nswccd.navy.mil
Mon, 24 Sep 2001 06:40:25 -0400


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Good old TicketBastard ... not only do they rape you with the 'convenience' fees, they hire dumb people who don't know where Minneapolis is, or even Minnesota for that matter.  I think they need to send her back to an elementary school geography class so she can finally learn her states!!
 
John
 
 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hunter S. Magellan [mailto:aldean@du.edu]
> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 2:27 PM
> Cc: Powderworks
> Subject: [Powderworks] Ticketmaster story... (mostly NMOC)
> 
> So my girlfriend decided that she did want to come with me to
> Minneapolis to see the Oils show there.  I say 'great!' and march off to
> get her a ticket.  My internet connection was down, so I thought I'd be
> old-fashioned and use the telephone.
> 
> Of course I talk to a machine, and listen to 30 seconds of commercials
> before I'm allowed to push 1 to purchase tickets.  Then I'm asked to,
> after the tone, say the name of the event and the venue.  So I wait for
> the tone and say "Midnight Oil, The Quest".  I listen to elevator music
> for 15 seconds, and it comes back with "Midnight Oil, The Fillmore, San
> Francisco".  I push 3 to try again, and repeat myself "Midnight Oil, THE
> QUEST".  More elevator music, then "Midnight Oil, Clutch Cargo's,
> Pontiac Michigan".  I try again, and this time the machine gives up on
> me and transfers me to a real person.
> 
> After being on hold for 20 minutes, the lady asks me who and where.  I
> say "Midnight Oil in Minneapolis".
> She asks "Where is that?"
> I say, "Minnesota."
> "Oh, where is that?"
> "It's another state, I promise.  It's in your computer."
> "Not in Utah or Colorado?"
> "Nope."
> "What's the abbreviation for that?  MO?"
> "No, that's Missouri. It's MN."
> "Oh..."
> 
> So this is when I finally find out my $21 ticket will actually cost $31,
> at which point I get pissed and hang up - which I shouldn't have done
> becuase of course I had to do the whole thing over today.  But anyway,
> another reason to hate Ticketmaster.  (The 'no shipping charge' option
> for normal post delivery translates into a $3.50 'shipping fee' at final
> checkout, too.)
> 
> alex
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New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Good old <span =
class=3DSpellE>TicketBastard</span>
... not only do they rape you with the 'convenience' fees, they
hire dumb people who don't know where =
</span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font
  color=3Dnavy><span =
style=3D'color:navy'>Minneapolis</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><fo=
nt
color=3Dnavy><span style=3D'color:navy'> is, or even =
</span></font><st1:State><st1:place><font
  color=3Dnavy><span =
style=3D'color:navy'>Minnesota</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><fon=
t
color=3Dnavy><span style=3D'color:navy'> for that matter.<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>I think they need to send her =
back to an
elementary school geography class so she can finally learn her =
states!!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3D"Courier =
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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>John<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
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10.0pt'>&gt; -----Original Message-----</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>&gt; From: Hunter S. Magellan =
[mailto:aldean@du.edu]</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>&gt; Sent: </span></font><st1:date Month=3D"9" Day=3D"21" =
Year=3D"2001">Friday,
 September 21, 2001</st1:date> <st1:time Hour=3D"14" Minute=3D"27">2:27 =
PM</st1:time></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>&gt; Cc: Powderworks</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>&gt; Subject: [Powderworks] Ticketmaster story... (mostly =
NMOC)</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>&gt; </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>&gt; So my girlfriend decided that she did want to come with me =
to</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>&gt; =
</span></font><st1:City><st1:place>Minneapolis</st1:place></st1:City>
to see the Oils show there.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; =
</span>I say
'great!' and march off to</p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>&gt; get her a ticket.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; =
</span>My
internet connection was down, so I thought I'd be</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>&gt; old-fashioned and use the telephone.</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>&gt; </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>&gt; Of course I talk to a machine, and listen to 30 seconds of
commercials</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>&gt; before I'm allowed to push 1 to purchase tickets.<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>Then I'm asked =
to,</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>&gt; after the tone, say the name of the event and the =
venue.<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>So I wait =
for</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>&gt; the tone and say &quot;Midnight Oil, The Quest&quot;.<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>I listen to elevator =
music</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>&gt; for 15 seconds, and it comes back with &quot;Midnight Oil, =
The
Fillmore, San</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>&gt; Francisco&quot;.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; =
</span>I
push 3 to try again, and repeat myself &quot;Midnight Oil, =
THE</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>&gt; QUEST&quot;.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; =
</span>More
elevator music, then &quot;Midnight Oil, Clutch =
Cargo's,</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>&gt; </span></font><st1:place><st1:City>Pontiac</st1:City> =
<st1:State>Michigan</st1:State></st1:place>&quot;.<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>I try again, and this time the =
machine
gives up on</p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>&gt; me and transfers me to a real person.</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>&gt; </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>&gt; After being on hold for 20 minutes, the lady asks me who =
and
where.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; =
</span>I</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>&gt; say &quot;Midnight Oil in =
</span></font><st1:City><st1:place>Minneapolis</st1:place></st1:City>&qu=
ot;.</p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>&gt; She asks &quot;Where is that?&quot;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>&gt; I say, =
&quot;</span></font><st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota</st1:place></st1:Sta=
te>.&quot;</p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>&gt; &quot;Oh, where is that?&quot;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>&gt; &quot;It's another state, I promise.<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>It's in your =
computer.&quot;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>&gt; &quot;Not in =
</span></font><st1:State><st1:place>Utah</st1:place></st1:State>
or <st1:State><st1:place>Colorado</st1:place></st1:State>?&quot;</p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>&gt; &quot;Nope.&quot;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>&gt; &quot;What's the abbreviation for that?<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>MO?&quot;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>&gt; &quot;No, that's =
</span></font><st1:State><st1:place>Missouri</st1:place></st1:State>.
It's MN.&quot;</p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>&gt; &quot;Oh...&quot;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
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<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>&gt; So this is when I finally find out my $21 ticket will =
actually
cost $31,</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>&gt; at which point I get pissed and hang up - which I =
shouldn't have
done</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>&gt; becuase of course I had to do the whole thing over =
today.<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>But anyway,</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>&gt; another reason to hate Ticketmaster.<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>(The 'no shipping charge' =
option</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>&gt; for normal post delivery translates into a $3.50 'shipping =
fee' at
final</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>&gt; checkout, too.)</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>&gt; </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>&gt; alex</span></font></p>

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