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Old 02-22-2009, 10:46 AM
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The only time I've ever been able to get front row seats at a major arena was for the recent AC/DC tour. They used paperless ticketing, meaning scalpers had no way of getting their hands on a single good seat. I wish they could use this for all concerts.
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Old 02-22-2009, 01:17 PM
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The only time I've ever been able to get front row seats at a major arena was for the recent AC/DC tour. They used paperless ticketing, meaning scalpers had no way of getting their hands on a single good seat. I wish they could use this for all concerts.
How does the paperless process work? Do you show your id at the venue?

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Old 02-22-2009, 01:39 PM
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Very interesting comments in this thread....I think it would serve them right if over half the venues were empty.....I won't invest any $$ buying any tickets to see them or Stevie solo. They can do better than the usual. They are capable of it. The facts are they won't. Besides of course the $$$ there gonna be getting. Great comments by all. Yeah, Azoff , is a master for getting the Eagles all of there dough. I guess he is trying to do that for Mac now. Very interesting but not surprising to say the least.....Thanks for the info everyone!!!!
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Old 02-22-2009, 05:48 PM
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How does the paperless process work? Do you show your id at the venue?

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Yep - ID and credit card used to purchase. They scan the credit card, you get a receipt, and you're in. Went to 2 AC/DC shows and got front row seats both times.
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Old 02-22-2009, 06:31 PM
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Yep - ID and credit card used to purchase. They scan the credit card, you get a receipt, and you're in. Went to 2 AC/DC shows and got front row seats both times.
The Who and Tom Waits use this method too. It's awesome.
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Old 02-22-2009, 06:39 PM
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Yep - ID and credit card used to purchase. They scan the credit card, you get a receipt, and you're in. Went to 2 AC/DC shows and got front row seats both times.
That is genius. Kudos to AC/DC. And they did this to avoid scalpers? Why don't more bands to this?
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Old 02-22-2009, 06:46 PM
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Pearl Jam do it too for their fan club tickets.
It takes hardly any time too - when I went to The Who last year I was in as fast as if I had a ticket in my hand. Just showed my id and credit card, they looked up the booking, gave a receipt and we went straight in.
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Old 02-22-2009, 10:16 PM
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Just showed my id and credit card, they looked up the booking, gave a receipt and we went straight in.
The only question I would have would be about the time factor. I know the Call Waiting line can go quite slowly some times. So, I would wonder how long it would take them to check the id of every person.

But since no one mentioned that this is a factor, then I'm guessing it's not a problem at the paperless shows.

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