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Video Games Live National Tour Canceled
Plaguefox writes "Video Games Live ('The first major North American concert tour featuring music from some of the biggest video games combined with video footage, lasers, lights, and live action') announced today that they have cancelled all tour dates in their national tour except for two scheduled for this weekend in Seattle and Vancouver. Fans across the country who have paid for tickets to these events must now manually request refunds and suffer convenience charges. The event was cancelled 'because ticket sales were slow and did not reflect the great interest expected.' This news comes after a previous tour-wide cancellation(with similar convenience charges) when the creators decided to increase tour stops and venue seating to match what they perceived as vastly more interest than they anticipated. As one person said: 'I've already paid enough convenience fees and facility fees to see a broadway musical. I wish I had.'"
Did Yoko Ono break up Mario and Luigi too!? I don't know what to believe in anymore!
Assuming you paid with a credit card...Call your credit card company, explain that the concert has been cancelled and that you have not been offered a full refund. They will ask if you tried to work this out with the merchant. Tell them you can't seem to contact anyone at the merchant location. More than likely your credit card company will immediately credit your account (provisionally) and file a dispute with the merchant's processor. The other plus side of this option is that the merchant will most likely be handed a 'chargeback fee' from their processor. Vengeance is yours!