Mastodawn

I wish we could break up the monopoly of TicketMaster.

Just bought a ticket to the Easter Show. Required to change my password - no reason given. They push you hard to install their app, apparently oblivious to how much people distrust them. This might be linked to the lack of a printable ticket.

I got to the QR code* in the webpage and took a screenshot with my phone. The page happens to say "Screenshots will not get you in" which is kind of nuts as the screenshot is exactly the same as what the webpage looks like. So if the webpage will work, the screenshot should too?

It's getting awfully user hostile

* it's not a QR code - it's a PDF417, also called a 2D barcode.

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decryption 1d ago

@static for the AFL at least, the QR code/barcode is animated and moves around, a screenshot doesn't work :(

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AJ Sadauskas 1d ago

@decryption @static Can confirm. And (at least for GWS games) they only send it out to Google Wallet at the last minute sometimes.

Speaking of which, GWS members are supposed to get into the Royal Show on particular days for free. The instructions say you just need to enter your member barcode number to get in.

(Keep in mind, this is with me already logged into the Ticketmaster website from an account that's linked to my membership.)

So I enter in the barcode number and... An error message.

It's just frustrating.

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Briala

@aj @decryption

*sigh*

They don't have to be this bad. They really don't have to be this bad.