I recently bought tickets to see Maroon 5 for one of their upcoming shows in Los Angeles this October. Let me tell you, I love Maroon 5 almost as much as I love my dog – which puts them pretty far up my totem pole of most-cherished entities.

Of course, like most mere mortals in Los Angeles without a connection to Ryan Seacrest – or some other music industry insider – I reluctantly bought my tickets on-line through Ticketmaster.

Anyway, a few days ago I got my tickets in the mail and was immediately reminded why I hate them so much.

See, I bought four tickets at a total face value of $260. Fair enough. However, after Ticketmaster tacked on their world infamous “convenience charge” ($50.80) and an order processing fee ($4.55), I ended up paying $315.35.

Believe it or not there would have been another $2.50 tacked onto the bottom line if I

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