Briala2d ago

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.

Show threadGraeme Hilton
@static Some "QR codes" are dynamically generated with embedded timestamps which means a screenshot is only valid for, perhaps, a few minutes.
Apr 5 at 2:00pmWeb
Show threadBriala2d ago

@fishter_uk I thought I saw it change. Then much later I _did_ see it change...

I think I'm peeved that they say "screenshots won't work" but They Don't Say WHY! My AuDHD brain wants to know whhhhyyyy.....

Which means I'm actually annoyed they expect us to trust them when they seem to have not grasped that many people would really rather not.

Show threadGraeme Hilton2d ago
@static the briefest of expansions would help. And, yes, trust appears to be a one way street where the ticket s/sellers/scalpers are concerned.