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Shake it off? Parents come up short for Taylor Swift tickets

FILE - Ticketmaster tickets and gift cards are shown at a box office in San Jose, Calif., on May 11, 2009. A pre-sale for Swift's U.S. tour next year resulted in crash after crash on Ticketmaster. A pre-sale for Swift's U.S. tour next year resulted in crash after crash on Ticketmaster. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

This photo shows Vivica Williams with her 14-year-old daughter Kaya Roy in Olney, Maryland, on Oct. 16, 2022. Williams lost out scoring Taylor Swift tickets for her teen. (Vivica Williams via AP)

This photo shows Micah Woods with her daughters, 10-year-old Emilynn Dodd, center, and 11-year-old Eleanor Dodd in Little Rock, Ark., on Oct. 22, 2022. After hours dealing with glitches and long waits on Ticketmaster, Woods was unable to buy Taylor Swift concert tickets for her kids. (Micah Woods via AP)

This photo shows Natasha Mitchner, center, at a Taylor Swift concert in Columbus, Ohio, on July 7, 2018, with her now 17-year-old daughter, Melisse Bretz, left, and her now 20-year-old daughter, Amea Bretz. Mitchner scored tickets to a Taylor Swift concert during her tour next year after several hours in the Ticketmaster queue. (Natasha Mitchner via AP)

Shake it off? Parents come up short for Taylor Swift tickets