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Re: Terrible Food!!
« Reply #30 on Jul 8, 2010, 9:34am »
Somehow I feel like the tweekers and alcoholics they hire for campground security might not be qualified to determine what constitutes a health code violation, but if so I'm sure glad the guy in the stinky old bear suit never got around to making me a breakfast burrito.
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Re: Terrible Food!!
« Reply #31 on Jul 8, 2010, 3:59pm »
Hyphothetically speaking, a couple festival goers buy breakfast burritos Saturday morning, then then get sick later that night. Hypothetically, they go to the medical area for help. Throughout the night, more people hit the medical area with symptoms of salmonella. Upon questioning, it is determined they each ate at the same spot. The head of security rounds up some thugs, heads over, and kicks them out.

In other words, don't eat the fish.
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Re: Terrible Food!!
« Reply #32 on Sept 14, 2010, 7:25pm »
Posted this in the "merch store" thread, but thought I may as well do the same here.

So, after it was determined that Sasquatch employees at the merch store at the festival frauded my cousin's credit card (credit card company had absolutely no doubt in their mind that it was Sasquatch employees), I went ahead and emailed Sasquatch support to see what they had to say. No reply. As someone who has worked at a financial institution (specifically in the fraud department), I can tell you that this is really bad form. Any company being accused of having sketchy employees (you can guarantee they do not do background/criminal checks on employees) would want to get to the bottom of it IMMEDIATELY and would want to apologize to the customer, not Sasquatch.

I also emailed them about some better food options, giving them actual people to contact that could vastly improve the food quality, again, no answer.

Along with that email I gave them a specific plan on how to vastly reduce the amount of garbage at the festival...again, they could not be bothered to reply with anything.

Overall, this is a festival that wants to look like they are allowing their customers to be interactive and proactive with them, but it is all just smoke and mirrors (along with their "Green Agenda").

Last year I pretty much forced them to listen to me as the camping was atrocious in 2009 and nowhere near the quality it should have been at (namely showers). In 2010, they stepped up to the plate and brought in more showers to VIP and they actually worked and most people were happy (but not before I literally had to spend hours on the phone with them). Unless you literally email them everyday and keep on them, they will simply ignore you. Not really a great feeling when you are giving them feedback/suggestions on how to improve the overall quality of the festival.

Smoke and mirrors people, smoke and mirrors.
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Re: Terrible Food!!
« Reply #33 on Sept 14, 2010, 9:09pm »
don't go next year, problem solved!
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Re: Terrible Food!!
« Reply #34 on Sept 15, 2010, 1:56am »
Really man get over it. No one wants to hear you complain about sasquatch and it is no worse than the other large festivals that are the same size. Live Nation takes care of most of the parts of the festival you are complaining about, so if it is that big of a deal talk to them.
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Re: Terrible Food!!
« Reply #35 on Sept 15, 2010, 10:06am »
Dubdog loves to hear his brain rattle. No wonder he was willing to spend hours on the phone with LiveNation.

Guess what dude, they're in it for the money. They don't give a shit about smoke, mirrors, or whether or not you smell pretty at Sasquatch.
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Re: Terrible Food!!
« Reply #36 on Sept 15, 2010, 8:32pm »

Sept 14, 2010, 7:25pm, dubdog wrote:
Posted this in the "merch store" thread, but thought I may as well do the same here.

So, after it was determined that Sasquatch employees at the merch store at the festival frauded my cousin's credit card (credit card company had absolutely no doubt in their mind that it was Sasquatch employees), I went ahead and emailed Sasquatch support to see what they had to say. No reply. As someone who has worked at a financial institution (specifically in the fraud department), I can tell you that this is really bad form. Any company being accused of having sketchy employees (you can guarantee they do not do background/criminal checks on employees) would want to get to the bottom of it IMMEDIATELY and would want to apologize to the customer, not Sasquatch.

I also emailed them about some better food options, giving them actual people to contact that could vastly improve the food quality, again, no answer.

Along with that email I gave them a specific plan on how to vastly reduce the amount of garbage at the festival...again, they could not be bothered to reply with anything.

Overall, this is a festival that wants to look like they are allowing their customers to be interactive and proactive with them, but it is all just smoke and mirrors (along with their "Green Agenda").

Last year I pretty much forced them to listen to me as the camping was atrocious in 2009 and nowhere near the quality it should have been at (namely showers). In 2010, they stepped up to the plate and brought in more showers to VIP and they actually worked and most people were happy (but not before I literally had to spend hours on the phone with them). Unless you literally email them everyday and keep on them, they will simply ignore you. Not really a great feeling when you are giving them feedback/suggestions on how to improve the overall quality of the festival.

Smoke and mirrors people, smoke and mirrors.


So I'm taking a venue management class and representatives from Ticketmaster came to talk about their merger with Live Nation and said that Live Nation is very "customer oriented" and then I thought of these forums on this board and thought to myself "REALLY?!"

Also, if anybody wants to know why Ticketmaster has such high convenience charges (according to them anyway), straight from the Atlanta and Charlotte reps mouths: They are "client oriented" and the convenience charges are usually the work of the venues wanting the rebate that Ticketmaster will give them from the high convenience charges. Some venues though will have lower charges because they will even forgo the rebate just so they don't have to charge crazy convenience charges.

Food for thought.
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Re: Terrible Food!!
« Reply #37 on Sept 16, 2010, 12:49am »
Well now we have something to talk about.

A ticketmaster rebate is a no brainer. They have the online ticket ordering mastered, thus their name, and they make a lot of money because of this. Them using this "rebate" as an excuse to blame their high service fees on their clients is a joke. How much do you think the venues are making off each ticket sold through ticketmaster? A dollar?

I understand business, and I know it takes money (and risk) to make money. They are charging a convenience fee, which is just that, convenient. Sometimes I would rather pay the convenience charge than go out of my way to get to the venue to save a couple bucks. Therefore, I don't find ticketmaster the devil that many do.

However, these ticketmaster reps are paid actors trying to make the company they work for sound friendly, instead of greedy. For example,

The Avett Brothers recently played a charity show at the Crystal Ballroom in Portland. $50 was the fee, a large portion going to charity. The venue charges a $1 ticket fee, so they keep that. If you want to order through ticketmaster, you pay an extra $10, plus a $3 delivery fee. So where does that extra $10 per ticket go? Charity? Fuck no.

I would have loved to be in that class. My first question would have been, "so how do you explain your affiliation with Ticketsnow, a scalper site you support, who routinely charges triple the cost of hot tickets?" They give tickets to this site, with the understanding that they receive a large portion of the profit. Does anyone remember the Bruce Springsteen show a while back when all tickets were given to Ticketsnow, leading to a basic recall because the Boss told them to fuck off?

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Re: Terrible Food!!
« Reply #38 on Sept 16, 2010, 6:49pm »
hornedgramma - if you used showers at the festival at all this last year or were in VIP camping, your welcome.

Also, thank you for letting me know they are in it for the money. As someone who has been in an innovative marketing role for the past 5 years, I think I have a little understanding of how business works. The fact that they are ignoring suggestions to improve the festival (food, camping, garbage) doesnt make it right. Is it a great festival? Yes. Could it be better? Of course.

Any company that ignores its customers (especially when that customer is attempting to improve the overall product and also ensure customers reap those benefits, similar to how everyone reaped the benefits of me consulting with the camping manager last year to get better facilities) is....well...either incredibly cocky (thinking they know everything), or stupid.


I guess if we did it your way...it would go something like this "lets not try to improve things, instead, lets mock the people that are trying to take a proactive approach to make the experience better for everyone. I mean, the reality is, they are a big company, they do what they want. Anyone that attempts to improve my beloved, perfect festival must be mocked".

Or put another way, "i am too lazy to contribute anything"
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Re: Terrible Food!!
« Reply #39 on Sept 16, 2010, 6:57pm »

Sept 16, 2010, 6:49pm, dubdog wrote:
the reality is, they are a big company, they do what they want.



Sept 16, 2010, 6:49pm, dubdog wrote:
the reality is, they are a big company, they do what they want.



Sept 16, 2010, 6:49pm, dubdog wrote:
the reality is, they are a big company, they do what they want.



Sept 16, 2010, 6:49pm, dubdog wrote:
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Sept 16, 2010, 6:49pm, dubdog wrote:
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Re: Terrible Food!!
« Reply #40 on Sept 17, 2010, 9:44am »

Sept 16, 2010, 6:49pm, dubdog wrote:
hornedgramma - if you used showers at the festival at all this last year or were in VIP camping, your welcome.
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I didn't. But thanks.

Honestly, showering at Sasquatch is for chumps. I don't care what your response is to that. And VIP camping is for pissy, elitist chumps. You can bark up LiveNation's tree all diggity day long, dude, and good luck to you. The real party is out in General Camping with all us wild, filthy hippies.

"As someone who has been in an innovative marketing role for the past five years..." BRA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!! Go get `em, tiger, I'm for reals.
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Re: Terrible Food!!
« Reply #41 on Sept 17, 2010, 2:55pm »

Sept 17, 2010, 9:44am, Horned Gramma wrote:

Sept 16, 2010, 6:49pm, dubdog wrote:
hornedgramma - if you used showers at the festival at all this last year or were in VIP camping, your welcome.
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I didn't. But thanks.

Honestly, showering at Sasquatch is for chumps. I don't care what your response is to that. And VIP camping is for pissy, elitist chumps. You can bark up LiveNation's tree all diggity day long, dude, and good luck to you. The real party is out in General Camping with all us wild, filthy hippies.

"As someone who has been in an innovative marketing role for the past five years..." BRA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!! Go get `em, tiger, I'm for reals.


Ah, gotta love trolls. Thinking what they do is always the best way to do things. Never understanding that people have different wants/needs then themselves and mocking them for it (If someone doesnt do up Sasquatch EXACTLY how I do, they are all morons). Simply discriminating against people for the sole porpoise of pointless and unintelligent arguing.

You think by now most people at Sasquatch would be open minded and understanding of all people that attend the festival (which most are). Alas, DB's like you are still around and always will be.

Bye little troll
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Re: Terrible Food!!
« Reply #42 on Sept 17, 2010, 5:04pm »
Nobody is trolling, asshat. I'm saying that it is literally retarded to think that if you rattle the cage over at LiveNation customer service they are going to give even one single shit.

If you ask me, coming in here and talking like you know what is best for 25,000 people because of your 'innovative marketing role' is a lot closer to trolling. At the very least, it is EXTREMELY fucking condescending.

You do up Squatch any ol' way you feel like, dude. Shove a pickle up yer butt before you enter the venue so you feel at home. I don't care. None of us care. Just please quit with the For The Good of the People bullshit.
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Re: Terrible Food!!
« Reply #43 on Sept 17, 2010, 6:56pm »
hahaha oblivious troll is oblivious
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« Reply #44 on Sept 17, 2010, 9:55pm »
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