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

diamondsnake · #1 06-02-2005, 09:58 PM

I need to get tickets for the FL shows- they go on sale tomorrow. Should I go to the mall and order them at the ticketmaster box office or should I just try my luck online? What has worked best for you?

Also, I heard that if you order them at the box office you can pick your exact seat (as opposed to just getting what pops up on the computer), is this true? And, I really want to get some great seats within the first few rows, any tips? I got third row for Vegas and it was pretty much perfect. I got the seat by ordering it the second it went on sale on ticketmaster. I'm hoping history will repeat itself so I don't have to play the waiting game and hold out until the last second for seats.

darklinensuit · #2 06-02-2005, 10:02 PM

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

LiquidBlue5000 · #3 06-02-2005, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by diamondsnake

I need to get tickets for the FL shows- they go on sale tomorrow. Should I go to the mall and order them at the ticketmaster box office or should I just try my luck online? What has worked best for you?

Neither... wait until the last week, then check online...

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Originally Posted by diamondsnake

Also, I heard that if you order them at the box office you can pick your exact seat (as opposed to just getting what pops up on the computer), is this true?

Yes, that is true... that's exactly what i did for my 5th row seat in Vegas

go6car · #4 06-02-2005, 10:05 PM

For Atlantic City, NJ, the best I got online was in the 18th row. After the "presale ended", best I got was on the first level.

I called and went through the automated process at the same time that I was checking online. With the phone call, I ended up in the 7th row. :-)

Good luck with your tix!

TheMacAttack · #5 06-02-2005, 10:10 PM

It's all a game with TICKETBASTARD. You just never know. Waiting a few days before the show has worked out better for me lately then the tickets I pulled up on the first day of the sale. However, for Stevie's Blossom show in Cleveland I preordered my tickets through a House Of Blue's presale and I got FRONT ROW.

diamondsnake · #6 06-02-2005, 10:12 PM

Well this is discouraging! I long for the simple days of the Fleetwood Mac fanclub! LOL

In case anyone is interested, front row is poping up for the New Jersey show! Why can't I pull up front row for a show I was actually going to? Ahhhhhh!!!!

diamondsnake · #7 06-02-2005, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMacAttack

It's all a game with TICKETBASTARD. You just never know. Waiting a few days before the show has worked out better for me lately then the tickets I pulled up on the first day of the sale. However, for Stevie's Blossom show in Cleveland I preordered my tickets through a House Of Blue's presale and I got FRONT ROW.

You are soooooooo lucky!!!! Front Row!!!! Have a blast, I hope some of that lady luck rubs off on me when I try and get tickets tomorrow!

catinthedark · #8 06-02-2005, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMacAttack

It's all a game with TICKETBASTARD.

Is it evah!

I have never once gotten pit tickets on TM the day they go on sale (and I'm always RIGHT there at 10am sharp). But the past few shows I've gone to, I've gotten within the first 10 rows from TM. Mind you, for Detroit in a couple of weeks, I threw back crappy tickets 3 or 4 times before I got my 5th row centre. I've never had the guts to wait til the very last day.

gldstwmn · #9 06-02-2005, 10:44 PM

Wait until a week or so before the show. That's when you'll find the best seats. They ususally have a release on the same day of the show too.

diamondsnake · #10 06-02-2005, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by gldstwmn

Wait until a week or so before the show. That's when you'll find the best seats. They ususally have a release on the same day of the show too.

That would give me a fatal stomach ache and chronic nail bitting! Seriously, I'd be so nervous waiting that long, down to the wire...

gldstwmn · #11 06-02-2005, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by diamondsnake

That would give me a fatal stomach ache and chronic nail bitting! Seriously, I'd be so nervous waiting that long, down to the wire...

It works if you can do it.

SoulDrifter21 · #12 06-02-2005, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by gldstwmn

It works if you can do it.

What kind of luck have you had with it Chris?

gldstwmn · #13 06-03-2005, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by SoulDrifter21

What kind of luck have you had with it Chris?

Front row and close enough a few times.

Kelly · #14 06-03-2005, 07:12 AM

I have gotten front and second row a few times waiting until the day of or the day before a show. I used to always snatch up something from TM when the tickets went onsale but it just doesnt pay. I was always upgrading and losing money. I have learned to be patient and I have NEVER gone without a seat. I can either find something on ebay or TM releases seats. Take the Philly and Holmdel shows. At the presale and the day they went on sale..nothing better than maybe eighth row showed up. The week of Vegas, front, second and fourth rows popped up for Philly..so I bought them then. Last night, front row for Holmdel popped up. You have to realize that TM holds back blocks of seats and brokers throw seats back into the pool that dont sell. Plus..anything that is not sold through the ILOVEALLACCESS thing would be given back to TM to sell. It usually always pays to have some patience. It is difficult but I have been to dozens of shows and always had close seats.

GardenStateGirlie · #15 06-03-2005, 07:16 AM

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Last night, front row for Holmdel popped up.

And you will NOT be buying them.

youwillnotbuyfrontrowinnorthjerseyyouwillnotbuyfrontrowinnorthjersey

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