10 club members get the nose bleeds 08/23/09

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the whine in this thread is high

IlliniGuy76

slightofjeff wrote:

IlliniGuy76 wrote:

It's blatently obvious that the 10C way oversold their allotment of tickets, and fans of Pearl Jam were screwed. That's not screwing people, that is just simply wrong. That's all.

You paid money for a ticket to the show.
You got a ticket to the show.
In fact, you saw probably the best show of the tour so far.
I don't see how you got screwed.
And, instead of reveling in the fact that you saw probably the best show of the tour so far, you are on here the next day bitching about it.

What a miserable person you must be.

You are probably too young to remember, but there was a time when it was nearly impossible to get any ticket to a Pearl Jam show, period. My first show, I had to call this crappy phone-in line to get tickets. ME and 10 of my friends all tried. I was the only one to get through. The max you could buy was four tickets. Six of my friends were shit out of luck. They would have been happy to sit in the nosebleeds.

1) I'm ecstatic that I got to see this show.. it was fantastic.
2) I got screwed, and other 10C members did, because the general public got better seats than the members of their own fan club.
3) I'm miserable because I have a legit concern? That's pathetic.
4) I'm probably older than you

decides2dream

slightofjeff wrote:

[No. 3 -- If the only reason you are in the fan club is for the tickets, it's probably a waste of money. They don't tour all that much. Frankly, I'd pay $20 a year just for the Holiday Single. But that's just me. I'm easy.

are you serious?
i have seen pearl jam a few times every year, consecutively, since my first show in 2003. they may not play a lot of shows every single year, but they do play every year for quite awhile now. getting tix to concerts is exactly why i am a 10c member. to me, it's definitely worth it sinmply to have tix. where they are is quite secondary, tho 10c has always treated me pretty decently.


anyhoo...i am curious. i asked as much in my earlier post....is this the first show ever where 10c seats made it into the 300 level? i've never heard it mentioned before, so i simply wonder. it definitely seems new, and good to know for the future. even with the disclaimer for philly, honestly, i hd not imagined seats going that high. now i do. :P i figured my seats would be on par with what i usually score at my hometown MSG shows - always high demand - midway back, 200 level.....now i definitely imagine much worse. and yes, it's good to be prepared.

Ledbetterman10

slightofjeff wrote:

IlliniGuy76 wrote:

It's blatently obvious that the 10C way oversold their allotment of tickets, and fans of Pearl Jam were screwed. That's not screwing people, that is just simply wrong. That's all.

You paid money for a ticket to the show.
You got a ticket to the show.
In fact, you saw probably the best show of the tour so far.
I don't see how you got screwed.
And, instead of reveling in the fact that you saw probably the best show of the tour so far, you are on here the next day bitching about it.

What a miserable person you must be.

You are probably too young to remember, but there was a time when it was nearly impossible to get any ticket to a Pearl Jam show, period. My first show, I had to call this crappy phone-in line to get tickets. ME and 10 of my friends all tried. I was the only one to get through. The max you could buy was four tickets. Six of my friends were shit out of luck. They would have been happy to sit in the nosebleeds.

In defense of this guy, he said his fanclub number is lower than 100xxx. If that's the case, he shouldn't be in the 300 section. That's bullshit.

IlliniGuy76

slightofjeff wrote:

aNiMaL wrote:

I find that extremely hard to believe.

Just like you don't pay $50 a year for membership dues, also not true.

He probably just mis-typed his 10C number, too.

LOL @ people like you...seriously

slightofjeff

IlliniGuy76 wrote:

2) My concern is that fans who have been in the 10C for years, with lower numbers than people posting here, were screwed. When you have the general public getting better seats.. that's a problem. If you wish to trivialize the concern, so be it.

There you go being disingenuous again.

Your concern isn't with other fans. You concern is about YOU. YOU felt you were entitled to more than you got, and YOU want to whine about it.

You are free to do so, but let's call it like it is. Don't act like you're performing a public service here.

pjfan021

on the '06 tour i had a shitty 10C # and got great seats side stage and it was awesome. had a shitty one last night and seats were in 300 but i could see the show perfectly fine..songs were great, straight on view, can't complain. everyone had fair warning that seats may not be "prime" when they went on sale. THE SHOW KICKED ASS! I don't care if it was floor or nosebleeds but if you didn't have a good time at the show regardless of seating then I would reconsider how much you love seeing live music.

Kinsey

He just told you that his number is in the low 100xxx. I wonder if someone from admin is going to post about this person's member no? If he/she is lying I'm sure they will.

If their number is that low, condescending remarks about being too young to remember something will only make you look foolish.

IlliniGuy76

slightofjeff wrote:

IlliniGuy76 wrote:

2) My concern is that fans who have been in the 10C for years, with lower numbers than people posting here, were screwed. When you have the general public getting better seats.. that's a problem. If you wish to trivialize the concern, so be it.

There you go being disingenuous again.

Your concern isn't with other fans. You concern is about YOU. YOU felt you were entitled to more than you got, and YOU want to whine about it.

You are free to do so, but let's call it like it is. Don't act like you're performing a public service here.

My concern is with ALL (hopefully you can grasp that) Pearl Jam fans who are a part of the fan club, and were screwed at their ticket location. I'm not entitled to anything.... I don't know why you claim you feel I said that. I'm issuing a 100% honest complaint of the system. When you have 10C members, who have beem members for many years, getting worse seats than they could have gotten through the GENERAL sale.. that is an issue they must address. End of story.

slightofjeff

decides2dream wrote:

are you serious?
i have seen pearl jam a few times every year, consecutively, since my first show in 2003. they may not play a lot of shows every single year, but they do play every year for quite awhile now. getting tix to concerts is exactly why i am a 10c member. to me, it's definitely worth it sinmply to have tix. where they are is quite secondary, tho 10c has always treated me pretty decently.

I live in Texas. They don't come my way too often. If all I cared about were tickets (ME, ME, MINE!), I probably wouldn't be in the club anymore.

The tickets are a nice bonus, but the Club also has many other amenities that make it worthwhile to me. That's the point I was getting at.

see_the_world

Ledbetterman10 wrote:

In defense of this guy, he said his fanclub number is lower than 100xxx. If that's the case, he shouldn't be in the 300 section. That's bullshit.

Yeah, I've decided to shut up a bit since I read that. I don't know much about ticket allocation for US shows, but that seems wrong...

littlwing

slightofjeff wrote:

You are probably too young to remember, but there was a time when it was nearly impossible to get any ticket to a Pearl Jam show, period. My first show, I had to call this crappy phone-in line to get tickets. ME and 10 of my friends all tried. I was the only one to get through. The max you could buy was four tickets. Six of my friends were shit out of luck. They would have been happy to sit in the nosebleeds.

I very much remember those days. It sucked and I never saw them then because of it. I know my tix are going to suck (but hoping for a miracle). Honestly I will just be happy to be there.

slightofjeff

I don't care whose 10 Club number is what. I'm just fed up with all the bitching from people who saw a kick ass show last night that I and many others could have only dreamed of seeing.

There are more important things in life, and if you let where you sit ruin what appears to be an awesome show ... I just feel sorry for you.

decides2dream

age and 10c #.....really no direct correlation. i know quite a few people under 30 with kickass 10c #s, and plenty of people older, including myself, with mediocre to crap 10c #s. and sure, the reverse as well. bottomline....a low 10c # in no way signifies being at all older, it simply means you joined the 10c earlier....no matter your age.




jeff, it simply was a question. obviously, from your perspective...pj doesn't tour much. all i was saying is that in reality, they do and have. that was all. we all have our reasons for being in 10c, love of pearl jam being the basis for us all.

slightofjeff

IlliniGuy76 wrote:

why the fuck do you continue to put words in my mouth?

I'm not putting words in your mouth. I'm just not believing the words that are coming out of it.

IlliniGuy76

slightofjeff wrote:

I don't care whose 10 Club number is what. I'm just fed up with all the bitching from people who saw a kick ass show last night that I and many others could have only dreamed of seeing.

There are more important things in life, and if you let where you sit ruin what appears to be an awesome show ... I just feel sorry for you.

Jeff, honestly it was a fantastic show. I apologize, to you, if you inferred my comments otherwise.
My concern was on ticket location, not the band/show in general.

Kinsey

slightofjeff wrote:

I don't care whose 10 Club number is what. I'm just fed up with all the bitching from people who saw a kick ass show last night that I and many others could have only dreamed of seeing.

There are more important things in life, and if you let where you sit ruin what appears to be an awesome show ... I just feel sorry for you.

Isn't that a reversed-entitlement argument? 'I can't go to shows, therefore anyone that complains about any aspect of the experience is an asshole'.

slightofjeff

decides2dream wrote:

age and 10c #.....really no direct correlation. i know quite a few people under 30 with kickass 10c #s, and plenty of people older, including myself, with mediocre to crap 10c #s. and sure, the reverse as well. bottomline....a low 10c # in no way signifies being at all older, it simply means you joined the 10c earlier....no matter your age.

I agree.

In my experience, people who complain about where they sit fall into two camps:

1) People who have been around way too long, and are used to sitting in the first few rows and can't BELIEVE the Ten Club would DARE stick their holy asses anywhere else. These people also dislike every show, unless they play Bee Girl.

2) People who haven't been around long enough to realize how fucking tough it used to be to get tickets -- any ticket -- and how fortunate they are just to be able to see the greatest band in the world with relative ease. These people don't know how good they've got it.

I just assumed our boy IlliniGuy fell into No. 2. But it was basically a coin flip.

caruso

FC# is 192XXX not in the 400s like others who were also in the nosebleeds. Someone with a lower number who traveled from out of state and has been part of the fan club since the beginning also was stuck in our section. Something was not right and it's unfortunate that some of you can't understand that. While it was a good show the tickets were still a disappointment.

Ledbetterman10 wrote:

caruso wrote:

This is a big deal. Our seats were in the 300s as well. We would have rethought spending the money knowing the seats would be in the nosebleeds. In this economy, the club owes it to its fans to let them know upfront where the seats are going to be and give them the option to buy. It's disappointing to know I could have gone on ticketmaster and received much better seats. Way to treat your fans!

well what's your fanclub number?

decides2dream

slightofjeff wrote:

decides2dream wrote:

age and 10c #.....really no direct correlation. i know quite a few people under 30 with kickass 10c #s, and plenty of people older, including myself, with mediocre to crap 10c #s. and sure, the reverse as well. bottomline....a low 10c # in no way signifies being at all older, it simply means you joined the 10c earlier....no matter your age.

I agree.

In my experience, people who complain about where they sit fall into two camps:

1) People who have been around way too long, and are used to sitting in the first few rows and can't BELIEVE the Ten Club would DARE stick their holy asses anywhere else. These people also dislike every show, unless they play Bee Girl.
2) People who haven't been around long enough to realize how fucking tough it used to be to get tickets -- any ticket -- and how fortunate they are just to be able to see the greatest band in the world with relative ease. These people don't know how good they've got it.

I just assumed our boy IlliniGuy fell into No. 2. But it was basically a coin flip.

now THAt made me laugh.


personally, and i said as much earlier....i think a bitch about being in the 300 level with 10c tix is a legit bitch. i would be very surprised to get 300 level seats with any 10c # honestly. and yes i know i am repeating myself .....but this is honestly the first time i have ever heard of this happening. you bet, you're seeing pearl jam and that's awesome....but at the very least, the first time something such as this happens, i think it's unsurprising to read of disappointment. as i said, now i know for philly 10.30. i wasn't expecting great seats, i never expect great seats....but 300 level? yea, i never expected that either. now i do.