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A fan of Paul McCartney is alleging ticket fraud in the opinion section of the Salt Lake City Tribune after purchasing Paul McCartney tickets online. Using the American Express Preferred Seating presale password provided to her curtousy of her American Express card, the fan ordered from what he read was the “Best Available Seats”.

And because it was a presale and American Express had indicated “Exclusive Access and Benefits for American Express Cardmembers” the Paul McCartney fan was assuming he would be getting access to better seats than when the Paul McCartney tickets went onsale to the general public days later.

Wrong!  Just as with any presale or regular onsale for concert tickets, whether an American Express, Citibank, fan clubs, arena presales or any of a dozen other ticket presales they throw out these days, you are not guaranteed any better seats . In fact, they are usually trying to blow out the crappy seats because they are holding back the best concert tickets for expensive VIP and Platinum packages.

Not only that, up to 50% of the best seats may be held back for promoters to bargain advertising, for corporate sponsers, the band, the venue, etc, etc, etc.  With all the deals Live Nation and Ticketmaster are making to sell tickets through multiple sources the best seats for most concerts will always be diluted.

The fan believes he was “deliberately deceived” by American Express Preferred Seating because he was able to buy better tickets 20 rows closer three weeks later on Ticketmaster. American Express is just being taken for the same ride as everyone else. Ticketmaster and Live Nation want them to believe they are getting value for their relationshiop with them, but they’re not.

What they are getting is the same treatment all concert fans are getting, not ticket fraud, but the corporate way of extracting the maximum number of $$ from the customer without understanding what the customer really wants or caring what the customer wants. They just shove it at the customer and hope they swallow all the crap they throw out.

But the tide may be changing for Live Nation and Ticketmaster as the summer concert season crashes and the best ticket prices can be found on ticket broker sites such as the original Preferred Seating Tickets, because the market is flooded with tour whores and overpriced tickets.

Forget American Express Preferred Seating, for the best seats for concerts try Preferred Seating Tickets the next time you are looking to buy concert tickets. You may or may not have to pay more for your concert ticket, but you will get the ticket you want, without the bs. Preferred Seating Tickets is in no way associated with the American Express Preferred Seating program.

Fans in New York are getting taken by a someone placing ads on Craigslist for Lady Gaga tickets and Yankees tickets, and reselling them multiple times according to silive.com. There’s nothing new about ticket scams on Craigslist, but in this case the police failed to go after the man because they said he sold legitimate tickets.

Or at least that is what the buyer is saying. But just because they were the old hard tickets and not the new electronic tickets doesn’t mean you don’t have to worry. Selling counterfeit tickets that look real has been going on long before the new electronic tickets came around. But now crooks are taking advantage of peoples trust in the old hard tickets and just counterfeiting them like in the old days.

What can you do about it? Don’t buy from Craigslist to start with. And if you do buy tickets from the Craigslist website, make sure it is a legitimate ticket broker selling the tickets and you can check them out  through their website or the Better Business Bureau.

With the rising prices of concert tickets such as Lady Gaga and the high prices of Yankee tickets at Yankee Stadium, fans are looking for any way to save money. But in the paper, on the web, and outside the stadium or arena, there are ticket sellers just looking for a patsy.

The safest place to buy legitimate concert tickets and sports tickets is from a long time ticket service with a A+ Better Business Bureau rating. To get the best prices for legitimate tickets, find a ticket seller with no hidden service charges or fees added to the cost of their tickets.

Buy your concert tickets and sports tickets from Preferred Seating Tickets, and you won’t have to worry about if you will get scammed, or if you paid too much.

Ticketmaster  was given a slap on the wrist by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday after they have been found to be sending their customers via links on the Ticketmaster website to deceptive rewards cards companies according to the Toronto Sun. Twenty one other companies including Budget, Staples and Avon were similarly found to send their customers to these companies.

Affinion, Vertrue and Webloyalty were singled out for inviting shoppers to receive a discount on an item they were purchasing online. Then they signed them up for a free trial membership that automatically charged them a monthly membership fee, unless the customer phoned in to cancel.

Ticketmaster has been under fire from consumers for years for their high service fees and it’s unlikely that the public will feel any better about them after this. Ticket brokers such as Preferred Seating tickets have been experiencing greater sales with the poor customer satisfaction that the large ticket companies such as Ticketmaster provide.