Ticket Network, owned by Donald Vaccaro, is a sleazy company that enables other sleazy ticket brokers to scam unsuspecting people. They have been investigated by the Attorney General of the State of Connecticut, and currently have active complaints with that agency at this time. Tickets Plus, which is owned by Donald Vaccaro has an "F" rating with the Connecticut Better Business Bureau. He has other businesses including, but not limited to Ticket Liquidators; Ticketnetworkdirect; Ticket Summit; Ticket Software LLC; Ticket News, Metro entertainment, and Tickets Plus. I am sure that there are more, and I will eventually find and expose them all.

Their method of operation is to have websites that look exactly like the official websites of the venue that one would find when doing an internet search for. Once at that website, they count on the unsuspecting person to believe that they are at the official venue website, and trust that site. This is what happened to me. I thought I was at a website I could trust because they dressed it up to look "official", so I stupidly didn't read the "fine print" disclaimer. Once I purchased the tickets, I received an invoice from a company that I had never heard of (tickets plus), and realized that something shady was happening. I instantly did a search on the Better Business Bureau website, and found that Tickets Plus had an "F" rating, with well over a hundred complaints ranging from deceptive advertising, to delivery of goods issues. Within 1 hour of the transaction, and before my credit card had even been charged, I contacted them by phone with my concerns about the "F" rating with the BBB, as well as the fact that I thought I had been mislead into thinking that I was dealing with the Official Venue. I got nowhere with them when I asked for the transaction to be voided. They replied that all businesses have their ups and downs, and that all sales are final, no matter what. I sent multiple emails up the chain of command, and was stonewalled each time. Basically they just keep stonewalling, and count on the victim to give up, and chalk it up to experience. This is just wrong, and I intend to make Donald Vaccaro, and his various companies held accountable for their sleazy business practices.

I would like all those who have been scammed by Donald Vaccaro, and Ticket Network to remember one thing. They may be able to use their money, and their lawyers to win battles in the court of law, but their business absolutely depends on the Court Of Public Opinion. If Ticket Network is publicly exposed for what they really are, if their sleazy practices are publicly exposed, the rest of the general public will learn from our mistakes and not purchase event tickets from them, or their sleazy partners in crime. Ticket Network will no doubt have an employee respond to my complaints at the various message boards, as this is their standard operating procedure. They will say all the right things, and spin it just the right way, because they know that the more the public starts becoming aware of their sleazy practices, the more their business suffers.

If you want to make them pay for scamming you, the best approach to take after you have contacted the BBB, the Attorney General, and the elected officials in their state of Connecticut, is to go to every possible place where people buying tickets may go to search for them, and expose them. The online entertainment sections of newspapers around the country is a great place to start. Leave a comment, and tell people to be wary of who they are buying their tickets from when purchasing online. Make them aware of Donald Vaccaro, and all of his shady companies. This crook spends a lot of time in court defending his sleazy practices, but he cannot possibly defend himself against all of his victims if they spend a little time spreading the word about him in as many places as possible. The best way to defeat a cheater is to expose him, and I intend to do just that.