From: Larry Solters

Maybe TM should get some credit for "trying" to be totally
transparent.

But we always take the heat.

My guess is that nobody in the industry or the public knows that the
following is posted on every event page:

"Our event provider clients decide at their sole discretion which of their tickets are made available for public sale. The tickets we sell belong to our clients and typically represent only a portion of (and
sometimes substantially less than) the total venue seating capacity.
On occasion, additional tickets may be released by the event provider as late as the event date."

And that every event presale is listed.

Ticketmaster’s event info tab states the internet presales and general public onsale information.

For example: http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1D004369C9B54AF3?artistid=1249444&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1