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Posted in music on April 24, 2009
4) How pricy
I guess it goes without saying that Ticketmaster's public relations team has no influence on what the Security Check displays.
(this is the screen I got while buying PJ Harvey tickets)
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Posted on April 24, 2009 11:13 AM
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hahha. awesome.
Posted by Anonymous | April 24, 2009 11:21 AM
ticketMEHster
Posted by Anonymous | April 24, 2009 11:21 AM
i thought bv didnt have to buy concert tix. isnt that point of having a music blog? are you the dude i bought those printout bunk tickets from for animal collective at bowery?
Posted by Anonymous | April 24, 2009 11:22 AM
That is so funny. I got "felcher" once
Posted by Anonymous | April 24, 2009 11:25 AM
I got Johnny Marr when buying Morrissey tickets..Seriously I'm not kidding.
Posted by Anonymous | April 24, 2009 11:31 AM
enough with the "MEH" jokes, people.
Posted by Anonymous | April 24, 2009 11:47 AM
I've gotten: "inexpensive", "pornographer", and perhaps most disturbingly--"Dial-a-teen"
Posted by Anonymous | April 24, 2009 11:48 AM
I don't want to turn this into a super long thread, but the best word I ever got was "Pat Morita." It was awesome.
Posted by Matt | April 24, 2009 11:50 AM
How about "Ticket Bastards?"
Posted by Anonymous | April 24, 2009 11:51 AM
Haha the irony. That's exactly what was going through my mind while buying my tickets.
Posted by amphibian | April 24, 2009 12:04 PM
Ticket Bastards or even Ticket Basterds is acceptable, yes. Thank you.
Posted by Anonymous | April 24, 2009 12:06 PM
My captcha code for Neko Case tickets was "unsettled woman". I El-Oh-El'd in real life.
Posted by Anonymous | April 24, 2009 12:13 PM
Considering that she charged $60 for Irving Plaza, I'd say she deserves some criticism.
Those ticket prices were offensive.
Posted by Whatever | April 24, 2009 12:14 PM
perfect
Posted by sarahspy | April 24, 2009 12:21 PM
Best one I've personally seen was "Kitty mounting"
Posted by Cuse | April 24, 2009 12:42 PM
I got my last name - a rare one - minus one letter
Posted by jason | April 24, 2009 1:33 PM
When I bought Fall Out Boy tickets it said "only fat chicks".
Posted by Anonymous | April 24, 2009 1:47 PM
FAKE
Posted by Anonymous | April 24, 2009 1:56 PM
"FAKE"
not fake. I swear
Posted by brooklynvegan | April 24, 2009 2:00 PM
Is p-r-i-c-y an acceptable alternate spelling of 'pricey'?
Posted by nitpicker | April 24, 2009 2:20 PM
"Is p-r-i-c-y an acceptable alternate spelling of 'pricey'?"
in this case, I would vote "close enough"
Posted by brooklynvegan | April 24, 2009 2:27 PM
Who buys Fall Out Boy tickets anyway?
Posted by Anonymous | April 24, 2009 3:02 PM
This killed me. Thank you BV.
Posted by Anonymous | April 24, 2009 3:10 PM
boston tickets were $25 (before the usury fees). i was pleasantly surprised they were that inexpensive.
Posted by Anonymous | April 24, 2009 3:15 PM
When I click on the continue button above, nothing happens.
Anyone else having this problem??
Posted by Anonymous | April 24, 2009 4:56 PM
Nice, pity whoever put in the word list for that app couldn't spell. How about this one:
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_1-VHLFE-5g4/R4V9xr-Dw8I/AAAAAAAAAJY/XkNB9vTawbw/s800/Spam_666.jpg
Posted by tudza | April 24, 2009 5:08 PM
When the 'captcha' is 2 words, 1 is the genuine captcha security word (usually the distorted one). The other is a word from project where they are digitizing old texts in libraries. Instead of having fallible humans (paid to) read through and verify the text, they serve it up a multiple times in the captcha for us plebs to verify the word. Which is why you get some very odd words in there sometimes. Its a pretty cool use of technology. And a pretty good assessment of ticketmonster.
Posted by clairepetrol | April 24, 2009 5:30 PM
money, money, money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by Anonymous | April 24, 2009 6:23 PM
So, clairepetrol, as long as the would-be ticketbuyer gets the "genuine" word correct, s/he can get the other word wrong?
Posted by Anonymous | April 24, 2009 10:09 PM
yeah. there are times i know i've gotten one word wrong but have still made it through to the ticket page.
Posted by Anonymous | April 24, 2009 10:16 PM
Welcome, Consumerist readers! Please note, it is customary for female BV commenters to post a link to photos of themselves so that male BV commenters can decide whether or not they'd hit it.
Posted by Anonymous | April 25, 2009 9:00 AM
I got "prison soon" when I signed up for an account on Obama's website.
Posted by corbin | April 25, 2009 5:35 PM
i got "skeet" from ticketmaster once.
Posted by Anonymous | May 3, 2009 7:51 PM
http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL260/1619033/3102886/347332662.jpg
Posted by Anonymous | May 3, 2009 7:56 PM
Software development
Data collection
Posted by 数据采集 | November 5, 2009 9:19 PM