Not exactly a huge story, but I thought it was interesting, especially how it sums up Ticketmaster so well;
He was sold seats at the back of the Lower Hogan. If you know Croke Park, then these are restricted view even when you’re sitting. The upper stand comes into your vision like the sun visor on a car. It may not completely block everything, but it disrupts your view. You mostly get away with it during a match, but even then you miss some of the bigger shots.
But during a gig, people will stand up, and then you’re fucked.
But TM of course don’t say this. And I’m sure they have some bullshit excuse like, “It’s up the venue to provide an accurate seating map”.
So he sues, and TM say, “Nah…not us, you have to sue MCD”.
And the court says, “Bullshit, TM sold you the ticket, sue them”. And of course, Ticketmaster is only a trading name, not the actually company legal name.
So much obfuscation and attempts to dodge responsibility.
And then they offered him barely more than half price as compensation if he’d go away.
And in the end they never even sent someone to the SCC to represent them. It’s a pity he couldn’t be awarded compensatory damages for all the bullshit they made him go through.
Fair play to this guy for sticking it out.
Ticketmaster are the absolute fucking worst.
All the bloke needed was some noise cancelling headphones and he would have been sorted.
Big news coming in!
He might be right but he sounds like a prick.
Be careful about getting FOMO’d in presales. If a gig has a standing option but the presale spits a seated ticket at me, I release it and try again. There is the risk you’ll miss out, but no risk you’ll be in a crap seat
I climbed the fence at Glastonbury in 2019, but security caught me and made me go back and watch Coldplay
Shame there’s no compoface looking all sad outside croke park
Good on him
>As the concert went on, people in the seats behind them, who had an even worse view, began to fill the aisle.
>After seven or eight songs, he and three girls from the row in front of him approached a steward.
>He alleged they were more interested in the concert, had not looked back, and were not policing anything.
>Mr McGetrick, of Corrib Road, Terenure, Dublin 6, said the stewards then went back up the stand with them and told everyone in the aisles to return to their seats.
>That turned bad, he said, because “all those people who were sent back to the seats started to blame myself, now they could not see anything as well.”
>The atmosphere turned unpleasant, and “popcorn and litter was being thrown at us, it was just terrible”.
I’m being slow at this part (and imagining the Simpsons scene where everyone starts throwing their pretzels).
Did people start going into his row or did people start crowding the stairs?
What were the stewards supposed to do about a restricted view? Or was he trying to get the stewards to get people back into their shitty seats for some reason?
Regardless of whatever it was, happy to see Ticketmaster forced to pay.
People like ColdPlay and voted for the Nazis. You can’t trust people.
– SuperHans
The sooner Ticketmaster/Live Nation and it’s gang of monopolistic board of directors are banished from earth the fucking better. Maybe we can sell some tickets for their one way trip to the sun? Better add an extra fee for the convenience of the rocket too.
The fact they’re presale tickets is even worse.
Imagine admitting in public that you’re a Coldplay fan
Yeah, I would ask for a refund too if I had to see Coldplay. Probably the claimant wanted the view fully restricted.
The limit for a Small Claims Court claim in Ireland is €2,000. That should be increased to at least 15-20k. It’s not worth going to court with a solicitor for anything below 20k.
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Not exactly a huge story, but I thought it was interesting, especially how it sums up Ticketmaster so well;
He was sold seats at the back of the Lower Hogan. If you know Croke Park, then these are restricted view even when you’re sitting. The upper stand comes into your vision like the sun visor on a car. It may not completely block everything, but it disrupts your view. You mostly get away with it during a match, but even then you miss some of the bigger shots.
But during a gig, people will stand up, and then you’re fucked.
But TM of course don’t say this. And I’m sure they have some bullshit excuse like, “It’s up the venue to provide an accurate seating map”.
So he sues, and TM say, “Nah…not us, you have to sue MCD”.
And the court says, “Bullshit, TM sold you the ticket, sue them”. And of course, Ticketmaster is only a trading name, not the actually company legal name.
So much obfuscation and attempts to dodge responsibility.
And then they offered him barely more than half price as compensation if he’d go away.
And in the end they never even sent someone to the SCC to represent them. It’s a pity he couldn’t be awarded compensatory damages for all the bullshit they made him go through.
Fair play to this guy for sticking it out.
Ticketmaster are the absolute fucking worst.
All the bloke needed was some noise cancelling headphones and he would have been sorted.
Big news coming in!
He might be right but he sounds like a prick.
Be careful about getting FOMO’d in presales. If a gig has a standing option but the presale spits a seated ticket at me, I release it and try again. There is the risk you’ll miss out, but no risk you’ll be in a crap seat
https://preview.redd.it/xxjfyv8aqx1f1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6f70647f69d12b096c7bbea939161dfe5ea2ac1f
This was my view
I climbed the fence at Glastonbury in 2019, but security caught me and made me go back and watch Coldplay
Shame there’s no compoface looking all sad outside croke park
Good on him
>As the concert went on, people in the seats behind them, who had an even worse view, began to fill the aisle.
>After seven or eight songs, he and three girls from the row in front of him approached a steward.
>He alleged they were more interested in the concert, had not looked back, and were not policing anything.
>Mr McGetrick, of Corrib Road, Terenure, Dublin 6, said the stewards then went back up the stand with them and told everyone in the aisles to return to their seats.
>That turned bad, he said, because “all those people who were sent back to the seats started to blame myself, now they could not see anything as well.”
>The atmosphere turned unpleasant, and “popcorn and litter was being thrown at us, it was just terrible”.
I’m being slow at this part (and imagining the Simpsons scene where everyone starts throwing their pretzels).
Did people start going into his row or did people start crowding the stairs?
What were the stewards supposed to do about a restricted view? Or was he trying to get the stewards to get people back into their shitty seats for some reason?
Regardless of whatever it was, happy to see Ticketmaster forced to pay.
People like ColdPlay and voted for the Nazis. You can’t trust people.
– SuperHans
The sooner Ticketmaster/Live Nation and it’s gang of monopolistic board of directors are banished from earth the fucking better. Maybe we can sell some tickets for their one way trip to the sun? Better add an extra fee for the convenience of the rocket too.
The fact they’re presale tickets is even worse.
Imagine admitting in public that you’re a Coldplay fan
Yeah, I would ask for a refund too if I had to see Coldplay. Probably the claimant wanted the view fully restricted.
The limit for a Small Claims Court claim in Ireland is €2,000. That should be increased to at least 15-20k. It’s not worth going to court with a solicitor for anything below 20k.
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