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Pearl Jam - Please user #VerifiedFan for your next US tour
Keep those tickets out of the hands of the scalpers and bots!!
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Also, check out the hoops that Taylor Swifts fans have to go through to get tickets.
Maybe what's needed is more tickets for the fanclub and smaller ticket limits (2) per purchase.
I would love them to force you to bring ID/credit card to match your ticket. Ya it would take longer to get into the venue but it would be worth it imo. If you bought a ticket and can no longer go you can transfer for a fee on Ticketmaster's website. This would make it a lot harder for scalpers and would pretty much kill the second hand market imo.
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For Taylor Swift the fans have to jump through some serious hoops......
http://insider.ticketmaster.com/taylor-swift-tix-verifiedfan-faq/
you cant share code with friends if you don’t go to any shows
you have to link your TM account with your fan club account
you have to enter with credit card used to purchase tickets
if you cannot attend for any reason, you cannot transfer seats
So i don’t know how this deters scalpers, other than adds some hoops to go thru.
To answer the obvious question, it was all through Stubhub after the initial purchase on TM. Nothing different expect the purchase where they sent me a code.
And I have no problem with only two tickets per tour. Sure four tickets for two shows was nice but this is a lot smaller of a tour so it makes sense.
Don't forget, up to 2000 (and changing in '03) pearl jam only allowed two tickets to one show per tour. It'd be nice if pj put a limit on fan club tickets per member. Maybe four shows a tour and not unlimited.
this fan verified just seems like a lot of posturing and patting themselves on the back by ticketmaster to make it seem as if theyre doing something, but theyre not.
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'09 :Philly 1 & 2 '10: Buffalo, Newark, MSG1, MSG2
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It's the convenience aspect that allows scalpers to scalp. Personally I think it's something I'm willing to eat the odd pair of tickets for. I've been going to concerts heavily since I was about 19. Over 20 years now. In the hundreds of shows i've bought tickets for I think I've missed maybe 4 or 5 due to illness (or some kind of other emergency). Eating a pair every 4 or 5 years to cripple the secondary market. It's completely worth it for me.
Any latitude you give someone in transferring tickets also applies to the broker/scalper.
If they decide you're worthy they send you a code. So far for the whole u2 tour you can only get 2 tickets not sure if thatll change.
Well, my experience with getting QOTSA tickets was awesome. I had to buy the new CD through their website. In return I received a link to purchase tickets early. I bought front row (actually third row) tickets to the show I wanted. Those tickets were received in the mail a few weeks later. I could have easily sold them if I had wanted to.
So I guess my view of verified seller is not so much paperless tickets, but just a way to confirm you are not a bot.