I was purchasing tickets this morning online for The New Yorker Festival. Most of them could be purchased through Ticketmaster.com. Actually, that was the *only* way to purchase the tickets.

I bought 2 tickets for 4 different venues, but I had to pay 4 service charges (actually 8...2X4) and 4 different postage fees.

This totally sucks, but if I wanted the tickets I had no choice. Go through Ticketmaster or you don't go. Is this America????

Where's a good anti-trust, anti monopoly lawsuit when you need one?