Ah thanks for the insight. I just hate when I go to buy a $20 ticket and by the time I actually get the ticket, it cost me $35 with all the extra charges tacked on.

Oh, I'm quite aware of where the money goes and the motivations for making TicketMaster be the fall man for it.

What I don't like is that if I saw an ad for a washing machine for sale at Sears for $300 then went to Sears and they would only sell it to me for $450, that would land Sears in some serious legal trouble. Somehow, it's just fine to blatantly advertise goods at a price for which they are not obtainable on the internet.

Yep - Ticketmaster knows everyone hates them. They are happy to be the "bad person" when it's the venue that's charging the bulk of the fee.