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bill: 70% of concert tickets are sold via ticketmaster in america today. that s a stunning number. i didn t realize. why everybody is calling ticketmaster a monopoly. no one is happy. that s 0 for three. i think it is amazing to have this level of republican and democrat unity on any given issue right now. you could chalk that up as a win. when you have millions of constituents in districts across the country sitting at computers all at once and not getting tickets that s a recipe for bipartisan outrage. a majority of people are calling ticketmaster a monopoly because 70 to 80% of the ticket market they do have. in the interest of fairness they fought back against that and said they have loss, not gained market share since the merger with live nation. also this. major issue with bots that occurred yesterday that they
frustrated. they don t know what to to do. if they re at caesars, they get a refund. if they re somewhere else, that s a different story. they booked a trip around this. for the most part, most people were very understanding. sandra: i don t know if you will be understanding if you paid upwards of $6,000. that was face value for some of the tickets paid to go to these concerts. several thousand dollars higher on the secondary ticket market. i can t imagine that there s anyway to make them feel better if they re out that money. no. this was a highly anticipated show. the demand was so high. it was after her new album. yes, those resellers are also reports of $40,000 for tickets, 30,000. you re hearing numbers that are incredible. and the fans, they scooped up these tickets. yeah, i m not sure how you