Do you have better luck going to Ticketmaster or ordering online? - Page 2

Kelly · #16 06-03-2005, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by GardenStateGirlie

And you will NOT be buying them.

youwillnotbuyfrontrowinnorthjerseyyouwillnotbuyfrontrowinnorthjersey

Is it working? (you know I can't go)

Yes...it worked. (you know I could have sweettalked you in to going...wink)
However, the thought of an hour long Stevie set and half the concert being Don Henley was quite enough motivation to not buy them. I kept saying to myself..."Stevie solo in Atlantic City vs Don Henley and Stevie in Holmdel"......AC won by a landslide.

In twelve hours we will be rocking out to some Stevie! Sweet.

jkmaletic · #17 06-03-2005, 08:00 AM

Kelly-
That was good advice you just gave. I mean, I know that good seats always pop up, but I DIDN'T know that brokers and presale groups give their unsold tickets BACK to TM. That's good to know. It always makes me nervous waiting, because I always think the west coast shows are harder to get seats (good ones) for. You've helped me relax a little. Thanks!

~Jamie

skcin · #18 06-03-2005, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by darklinensuit

I have had no luck with Ticketmaster, period. You're asking, Is it better to get screwed online or in person? But I wish you luck anyway.

- Jake

Nice to see you, stranger.

Enchanted58 · #19 06-03-2005, 09:00 AM

I can't believe front row popped up for PNC and I didn't see it! I threw back 17th row on Tuesday because I felt that better seats would come...and now all I keep pulling up are lawn seats. Of course, I don't have a babysitter, but I'm sure I could bribe someone at the last minute, right???

Wish me luck getting seats, now I'm nervous....

Eileen

GardenStateGirlie · #20 06-03-2005, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Kelly

Yes...it worked. (you know I could have sweettalked you in to going...wink)
However, the thought of an hour long Stevie set and half the concert being Don Henley was quite enough motivation to not buy them. I kept saying to myself..."Stevie solo in Atlantic City vs Don Henley and Stevie in Holmdel"......AC won by a landslide.

In twelve hours we will be rocking out to some Stevie! Sweet.

Atlantic City with no Don or Holmdel with Don? Tough decision, Kelly. No Holmdel for me! I've got to be at work early on Sunday. My ass would be DRAGGING

diamondsnake · #21 06-03-2005, 09:24 AM

This really sucks. I pulled up horrible seats to both Florida concerts. For the Miami show I didn't even pull up floor seats- they were all nosebleed section! And for the Tampa show I could only pull up 12th row towards the side of the stage. Now, I guess I will have to wait it out and check ticketmaster.com religously....

If I wasn't so spoiled with second and third row seats the last few times then I would have taken the 12th row seat, but that seems kind of far away now that I have had the "front row center" experience.

ShangriLaTroubl · #22 06-03-2005, 11:56 AM

The better thing about TM online is you can keep searching, and keep searching, and the people might get mad in person if you tell them to keep searching for 3 hrs.lol

Chris

Enchanted58 · #23 06-03-2005, 12:40 PM

I have better luck online. For PNC tomorrow night, I just got 6th row (side, but hey, I'll take it!) after pulling up lawn seats all morning. For about 15 minutes, decent seats in the 100 sections were popping up. Now there is only lawn again, but I wouldn't be surprised to see better seats even tomorrow morning.

Eileen

diamondsnake · #24 06-03-2005, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Enchanted58

I have better luck online. For PNC tomorrow night, I just got 6th row (side, but hey, I'll take it!) after pulling up lawn seats all morning. For about 15 minutes, decent seats in the 100 sections were popping up. Now there is only lawn again, but I wouldn't be surprised to see better seats even tomorrow morning.

Eileen

I pulled up front row for this show (but since I am not going I didn't buy it)....

I HAVE AN IDEA!!!!

There needs to be some kind of a system where if anyone on the Stevie board pulls up a front row seat for a show we just buy it and assume someone on the ledge will want to buy it from us. It is actually not a bad idea because as luck would have it you always pull up front row for shows you are not going to and never pull up front row for shows you are actually going to.

krrrby · #25 06-03-2005, 08:49 PM

Well if you are patient with Ticketmasterbater

you can get lucky with some good seats...

Like for my Grand Rapids tickets, it took me an hour and a half to get 5th row seats after the website went down for "temporary maintenance" and I did order it on the day the presale started.

As for the fleetwood mac concert that came here last year...not as good of luck as we wanted down in the front...we ended up doing 2nd balcony seats not too far, but not too close to the stage... I ended up liking that though because you could see everything perfectly

So it just depends on the situation/day/whatever with them...
I heard going to the box office like 2-3 days before the show you can get pretty lucky...

diamondsnake · #26 06-04-2005, 05:53 PM

I was just looking at some ticket brokers and they have first row available, for 800 dollars a seat!!!

I think that should be illegal. They steal all the best tickets and make an insane profit for doing nothing whatsoever. It's just very upseting!

ShangriLaTroubl · #27 06-04-2005, 06:20 PM

Also Ticketmaster and often the promoter have a lot to do with the scalpers getting their tix...

I have done very well on Ebay in the past. For 5/23/04 Mac show I bought 3rd row tix on ebay for $360, for two tickets...not bad at all..and I actually ended up being front row at the stage

I also bought tickets in the 8th row for the Mac 2003 Memphis show, for only $260 for 2 tix, altho that event was cancelled eventually--but the broker on Ebay gave me a full refund...

trying ebay is always an option

Chris

diamondsnake · #28 06-04-2005, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by ShangriLaTroubl

Also Ticketmaster and often the promoter have a lot to do with the scalpers getting their tix...

I have done very well on Ebay in the past. For 5/23/04 Mac show I bought 3rd row tix on ebay for $360, for two tickets...not bad at all..and I actually ended up being front row at the stage

I also bought tickets in the 8th row for the Mac 2003 Memphis show, for only $260 for 2 tix, altho that event was cancelled eventually--but the broker on Ebay gave me a full refund...

trying ebay is always an option

Chris

How does ticketmaster benefit from giving tickets to the brokers? I think that whole thing should be illegal. All they do is resell tickets for 10 times as much as they are actually worth.

This whole thing stresses me out because I want great seats but it is sort of scary waiting until the last minute for tickets.

ShangriLaTroubl · #29 06-04-2005, 06:42 PM

It's commonly known that Ticketmaster gives their employees first dibs on the tickets, for face value. Then the employees often sell them to brokers. Brokers will pay $200 for a $100 ticket from you, since they will be selling it for $500+ if it's really good..

Chris

diamondsnake · #30 06-04-2005, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by ShangriLaTroubl

It's commonly known that Ticketmaster gives their employees first dibs on the tickets, for face value. Then the employees often sell them to brokers. Brokers will pay $200 for a $100 ticket from you, since they will be selling it for $500+ if it's really good..

Chris

Ahhh!!! That makes me mad!!! Maybe I need to become a ticketmaster employee...