Sell your spare Shepherd's Bush tickets through a lottery!

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  • pdalowskypdalowsky Doncaster,UK Posts: 15,096
    i just think that if you push it towards show time and the touts have some left you can crack a deal right there. Your just taking a gamble on them actually notb having sold out on the day.

    I was outside Bruce Springsteen in 2006 and they were selling £60 tickets for £10. maybe even lower. But then again that was a cricket ground!!!
  • JimNasticsJimNastics Posts: 679
    The problem I'd have with buying from a tout outside the venue would be knowing if the tickets were fake or not. I was there when some guy decked a tout outside the Astoria after he got refused entry with a ticket he'd bought off him...
  • pdalowskypdalowsky Doncaster,UK Posts: 15,096
    well you could march the twat to the front door with you!!!!

    It is possible I guess that its not the touts creating the fakes, its people who hate them who target them with spares that are fakes
  • icemanapicemanap Posts: 406
    I agree with what you are both saying, cheers guys. I just think because it's a small gig, it will be a lot of money but come 9pm when the show is underway, I may get lucky. Got to think long and hard though to whether I will go down on the day.
    :D Rock on!!!! :D
    Seen Pearl Jam 4 times in London, once in Manchester, as well as an Eddie show at Hammersmith.
  • icemanap wrote:
    I agree with what you are both saying, cheers guys. I just think because it's a small gig, it will be a lot of money but come 9pm when the show is underway, I may get lucky. Got to think long and hard though to whether I will go down on the day.

    If you're in London anyway, I don't see how you've got much to lose by giving it a go...
    If I knew where it was, I would take you there...
  • icemanap wrote:
    I agree with what you are both saying, cheers guys. I just think because it's a small gig, it will be a lot of money but come 9pm when the show is underway, I may get lucky. Got to think long and hard though to whether I will go down on the day.

    If you're in London anyway, I don't see how you've got much to lose by giving it a go...

    I'll definitely be trolling around the venue hoping for one at a reasonable price. Depends on how much Cider I've drunk as to how high I will go on the night. :roll:
  • icemanapicemanap Posts: 406
    I agree, I may do, but there will be so many other fans down there on the look out for tickets too. The touts can more or less name their price until show time - and how many will still be hanging around then?
    :D Rock on!!!! :D
    Seen Pearl Jam 4 times in London, once in Manchester, as well as an Eddie show at Hammersmith.
  • JimNasticsJimNastics Posts: 679
    I'm down in Worthing and would need to take the train up... usually takes me a couple of hours in total. I'd say I'm on the border of whether it's worth it or not to travel ticketless :? Dunno what to do, my missus said it's a stupid idea.
  • redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    pdalowsky wrote:

    There still seems to be a lot of people trying to sell these on ebay unsuccessfully at high prices, so I really see there being a good deal to be had on the day if anyone gets real desperate

    Did you see the one from a 'TRUE FAN' wanting another true fan to be able to get to the gig?? At the moment £300 worth of 'true' fan....
  • ilockyerilockyer Posts: 2,271
    pdalowsky wrote:
    i just think that if you push it towards show time and the touts have some left you can crack a deal right there. Your just taking a gamble on them actually notb having sold out on the day.

    I was outside Bruce Springsteen in 2006 and they were selling £60 tickets for £10. maybe even lower. But then again that was a cricket ground!!!

    2006, more like 2003 if it was outside a cricket ground! I saw him in Manchester in 2003 at the Old Trafford cricket ground, great show, and due to the cheapness of tickets on eBay went to London beforehand, saw the 2 gigs at Crystal Palace (shithole) for the total of £20!
    The secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits
  • pdalowskypdalowsky Doncaster,UK Posts: 15,096
    ilockyer wrote:
    pdalowsky wrote:
    i just think that if you push it towards show time and the touts have some left you can crack a deal right there. Your just taking a gamble on them actually notb having sold out on the day.

    I was outside Bruce Springsteen in 2006 and they were selling £60 tickets for £10. maybe even lower. But then again that was a cricket ground!!!

    2006, more like 2003 if it was outside a cricket ground! I saw him in Manchester in 2003 at the Old Trafford cricket ground, great show, and due to the cheapness of tickets on eBay went to London beforehand, saw the 2 gigs at Crystal Palace (shithole) for the total of £20!

    god is it that long ago? my concept of time is appalling
  • jrdjrd Posts: 3,060
    JimNastics wrote:
    I'm down in Worthing and would need to take the train up... usually takes me a couple of hours in total. I'd say I'm on the border of whether it's worth it or not to travel ticketless :? Dunno what to do, my missus said it's a stupid idea.

    she says it's stupid, you KNOW it's stupid, but still... there's that nagging feeling at the back of your mind saying but what if... and what if i don't...? ;)

    :lol:
    Oh yeah? Well, I've had about enough of morons and halfwits, dolts, dunces, dullards and dumbbells - and you chowderhead yokel, you blithering hayseed, you - you've had enough of me?
  • jrdjrd Posts: 3,060
    ilockyer wrote:
    2006, more like 2003 if it was outside a cricket ground! I saw him in Manchester in 2003 at the Old Trafford cricket ground, great show, and due to the cheapness of tickets on eBay went to London beforehand, saw the 2 gigs at Crystal Palace (shithole) for the total of £20!

    i saw those two shows as well... christ! Crystal Palace, what a SHITE venue...
    Oh yeah? Well, I've had about enough of morons and halfwits, dolts, dunces, dullards and dumbbells - and you chowderhead yokel, you blithering hayseed, you - you've had enough of me?
  • ilockyerilockyer Posts: 2,271
    jrd wrote:
    ilockyer wrote:
    2006, more like 2003 if it was outside a cricket ground! I saw him in Manchester in 2003 at the Old Trafford cricket ground, great show, and due to the cheapness of tickets on eBay went to London beforehand, saw the 2 gigs at Crystal Palace (shithole) for the total of £20!

    i saw those two shows as well... christ! Crystal Palace, what a SHITE venue...

    Worth it though for Detroit Medley, Racing In The Street and Meeting > Jungleland.

    I can't believe how long ago it is now either.
    The secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits
  • jrdjrd Posts: 3,060
    ilockyer wrote:
    jrd wrote:
    i saw those two shows as well... christ! Crystal Palace, what a SHITE venue...

    Worth it though for Detroit Medley, Racing In The Street and Meeting > Jungleland.

    I can't believe how long ago it is now either.

    worth it indeed. though as i was at Earls Court in May 1999 for the first Meeting > Jungleland in a bazillion years i felt that was a little old-hat... :ugeek:

    ;):D
    Oh yeah? Well, I've had about enough of morons and halfwits, dolts, dunces, dullards and dumbbells - and you chowderhead yokel, you blithering hayseed, you - you've had enough of me?
  • Good idea about the lottery draw, gets my vote.

    Ames - on the first post of this thread it says...

    bold name = confirmed that they are still in need of a ticket after the general sale.

    but also...

    Anyone who has not been confirmed, and is therefore in bold on the list, by Wednesday 29th will be remved

    So I don't know whether I should be bold or not, but either way I definitely DO need a ticket! :mrgreen:

    Sorry mate, missed out a 'not' in there! To clarify, bold is confirmed and will be included in the draw :)

    AD

    Thanks Ames. I want to say good luck to everyone but given there is only one spare I'm hoping all the luck goes my way! :lol:
  • icemanapicemanap Posts: 406
    Just an idea Downstroke...

    When you draw out the names/numbers later this week, may be a good idea to do two or three reserves just in case. If the winner of the ticket somehow gets one, it can go to the next person and so on.

    I know the odds of this are about as likely as finding a happy Parisian but you never know.
    :D Rock on!!!! :D
    Seen Pearl Jam 4 times in London, once in Manchester, as well as an Eddie show at Hammersmith.
  • IR257328IR257328 Posts: 2
    Can I add my spare ticket to the draw.
  • IR257328 wrote:
    Can I add my spare ticket to the draw.

    What a brilliant gesture, and hugely appreciated by all I am sure. Ames?
    If I knew where it was, I would take you there...
  • Alive 79Alive 79 Posts: 100
    I've been offered 2 tickets from someone on facebook (not a friend, just someone from a Pearl Jam group). He wants £100 each which I'm happy to pay but I'm thinking it's just too good to be true. Apparantly they are
    e-tickets from ticketweb. He's offering to show me email confirmation plus his ID but surely he could print the email off over and over again and be selling them to loads of different people. I don't know what to do! Terrified of losing £200 but more terrified of missing the show! Advice please!!
    Underneath this smile lies everything........... all my hopes, anger, pride and shame
  • IR257328 wrote:
    Can I add my spare ticket to the draw.

    Brilliant! Thank you soooo much. Another ticket added at the 11th hour.

    I appreciate this so much, however I'm sure whoever ends up with your ticket will appreciate this generous offer more than I do!

    EDIT - I have alphabetised and number those of you still in the draw. There are now two tickets available thanks to IR257328's offer. So we will draw two numbers from the national lottery draw this evening. One for ilockyers ticket, and one for IR257328's

    AD
  • To clarify, here is how the tickets will be drawn tonight....

    The list of those still wanting tickets is down to 41. At 10.35-45 tonight, there will be a National Lottery draw on BBC 1. We will use the first number drawn between 1-41 as the who ilockyer's ticket goes to, and the second number between 1-41, will be who gets IR257328's ticket.

    This ok with everyone?
  • Alive 79Alive 79 Posts: 100
    To clarify, here is how the tickets will be drawn tonight....

    The list of those still wanting tickets is down to 41. At 10.35-45 tonight, there will be a National Lottery draw on BBC 1. We will use the first number drawn between 1-41 as the who ilockyer's ticket goes to, and the second number between 1-41, will be who gets IR257328's ticket.

    This ok with everyone?


    When do we find out what number we have?
    Underneath this smile lies everything........... all my hopes, anger, pride and shame
  • Alive 79 wrote:
    To clarify, here is how the tickets will be drawn tonight....

    The list of those still wanting tickets is down to 41. At 10.35-45 tonight, there will be a National Lottery draw on BBC 1. We will use the first number drawn between 1-41 as the who ilockyer's ticket goes to, and the second number between 1-41, will be who gets IR257328's ticket.

    This ok with everyone?


    When do we find out what number we have?

    First post of this thread.
  • Alive 79Alive 79 Posts: 100
    Alive 79 wrote:
    To clarify, here is how the tickets will be drawn tonight....

    The list of those still wanting tickets is down to 41. At 10.35-45 tonight, there will be a National Lottery draw on BBC 1. We will use the first number drawn between 1-41 as the who ilockyer's ticket goes to, and the second number between 1-41, will be who gets IR257328's ticket.

    This ok with everyone?


    When do we find out what number we have?

    First post of this thread.

    Oh sorry Ames, didn't realise you'd done that. Cheers!
    Underneath this smile lies everything........... all my hopes, anger, pride and shame
  • 35 mins and counting people!
  • Alive 79Alive 79 Posts: 100
    I'm more excited about this than the chance of being a millionaire! Although if I won the actually lottery, I'd buy every ticket from every tout and give them out to all of you guys! :D
    Underneath this smile lies everything........... all my hopes, anger, pride and shame
  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    Alive 79 wrote:
    I'm more excited about this than the chance of being a millionaire! Although if I won the actually lottery, I'd buy every ticket from every tout and give them out to all of you guys! :D

    I thought the exact same thing when I played the lottery last week, unfortunately I didn't get a single number! Anyway, good luck guys!
  • I played the national lottery on Fri for the simple hope that I would win something and be able to buy up a load of tickets for us! Can you believe it? I bought one of those lucky dip ones and the numbers on it were my boyfriend's birthday!! I felt sure I would win something but no, I got sod all :-))))

    Seriously, are Pearl Jam fans just unlucky or what!!
  • dbk06dbk06 Posts: 64
    DAMN

    this is exciting...............

    and i got a ticket god knows how you guys are feeling

    again ames and co great work!!!!!!!!!!
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