Thursday, September 27, 2012

BEWARE GREAT FUN

If you buy from Ticketmaster there will be a link for a $15 rebate with a phone number.  DO NOT CALL IT- IT IS A PHISHING EXPEDITION.     Great Fun is an arm of Trilegeant Corporation (motto: We Have Rights.  You Do Not) renowned for charging you for services you never ordered and never received.  In anticipation of trouble I wrote this letter to Ticketmaster:

Dear Ticketmaster,
Like a fool I clicked on the Great Fun $15 rebate under my confirmation, and called the number.   Although I made it perfectly clear I did not want to join Great Fun, I now realize it is an arm of Trilegeant.   Trilegeant is the sleaziest business in the world and if I hear anything more than junk mail from them, Ticketmaster and everyone I meet will hear about your company's involvement with those dirtbags.  You may be the only ticket seller, but I have the internet, which has countless millions of entertainment options of which you don't get a piece.   If Trilegeant screws me, I will never use your company's service again, and I've got about 40 years left to not do so.

And I love how your website only allows email queries that fit carefully selected categories.  Nothing says "customer service" better than "you can only ask the questions we want you to ask."

Go in Peace,

28 September.  We'll see.