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Can someone give me a crash course in obtaining tickets?

over bendsover bends Posts: 1,568
edited March 2008 in The Porch
Ok... this would have been my first time obtaining seats through the 10c, however I have class (BOO!) during the presale dates and I have to put my faith in someone else to get the tickets for me, which is scary as shit. So is there anything to know? I don't trust anyone to do this but I need to prep them as well as possible. I'm thinking about going through a few dry runs with them for the Florida dates while I'm at it. Phew... I need these seats.
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  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    Lesson #1...cut class to get tix...you'll be glad you did
    This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper

  • gobrowns19gobrowns19 Posts: 1,447
    Doing a run through on the Florida dates will make it tough for people trying to get tickets, so to respect those people I wouldn't recommend that. Ok, for purchasing tickets.

    Go to the goods section of the PJ site, and make sure you are logged in already. Be logged on and ready about 15 minutes early. Start refreshing about a minute to the sale date. You'll see tickets on the right side with the date of your show. You'll click it, hit add to cart, then go to checkout and put in your CC info and mailing and you should be good.

    It will most likely be hard though. Don't give up right away and be ready to go for an hour straight. The board disconnects you, and other people, with the tickets in your cart before you check them out and they stay in that cart for 5 minutes, so it may say out of stock but not sold out, because those tickets are in carts but ticking away the seconds before they are out there again.

    good luck
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  • meisteredermeistereder Posts: 1,577
    It's definitely worth cutting class for. Your friend will likely mess it up.
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  • over bendsover bends Posts: 1,568
    AmentsChick wrote:
    Lesson #1...cut class to get tix...you'll be glad you did

    Maybe I will for the MSG dates, but for Camden and Hartford that's not really an option.
    Yield!

    3 Decibels Doubles the Volume

    2006
  • SlickslickaSlickslicka Posts: 92
    Make sure your billing and shipping information is up to date in the 10club as well.
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  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,882
    over_bends wrote:
    Ok... this would have been my first time obtaining seats through the 10c, however I have class (BOO!) during the presale dates and I have to put my faith in someone else to get the tickets for me, which is scary as shit. So is there anything to know? I don't trust anyone to do this but I need to prep them as well as possible. I'm thinking about going through a few dry runs with them for the Florida dates while I'm at it. Phew... I need these seats.

    SKIP CLASS

    you gotta do it man. I'm taking off work that day for sure.
    2000: Camden 1, 2003: Philly, State College, Camden 1, MSG 2, Hershey, 2004: Reading, 2005: Philly, 2006: Camden 1, 2, East Rutherford 1, 2007: Lollapalooza, 2008: Camden 1, Washington D.C., MSG 1, 2, 2009: Philly 1, 2, 3, 4, 2010: Bristol, MSG 2, 2011: PJ20 1, 2, 2012: Made In America, 2013: Brooklyn 2, Philly 2, 2014: Denver, 2015: Global Citizen Festival, 2016: Philly 2, Fenway 1, 2018: Fenway 1, 2, 2021: Sea. Hear. Now. 2022: Camden, 2024: Philly 2

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  • over bendsover bends Posts: 1,568
    gobrowns19 wrote:
    Doing a run through on the Florida dates will make it tough for people trying to get tickets, so to respect those people I wouldn't recommend that. Ok, for purchasing tickets.

    Go to the goods section of the PJ site, and make sure you are logged in already. Be logged on and ready about 15 minutes early. Start refreshing about a minute to the sale date. You'll see tickets on the right side with the date of your show. You'll click it, hit add to cart, then go to checkout and put in your CC info and mailing and you should be good.

    It will most likely be hard though. Don't give up right away and be ready to go for an hour straight. The board disconnects you, and other people, with the tickets in your cart before you check them out and they stay in that cart for 5 minutes, so it may say out of stock but not sold out, because those tickets are in carts but ticking away the seconds before they are out there again.

    good luck

    Argghh... yea, I didn't think about messing up people who really want tickets. Don't want to be a douchebag for my benefit. Thanks for the other info too!
    Yield!

    3 Decibels Doubles the Volume

    2006
  • over bendsover bends Posts: 1,568
    Ledbetterman10 wrote:
    SKIP CLASS

    you gotta do it man. I'm taking off work that day for sure.

    Ahh! You people are a bad influence on me! :) I'm so torn. I'm really anal about skipping class, and it'd be classes on three straight days for the shows I plan to attend. So maybe one. And that's still a big maybe.
    Yield!

    3 Decibels Doubles the Volume

    2006
  • DiRtyFranK38DiRtyFranK38 Posts: 3,131
    this is tricky!
    i still don't know whether i should buy through 10c or not with 405xxx
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  • Phantom PainPhantom Pain Posts: 9,876
    Patience

    Don't get too frustrated.....deep breaths........roll a joint
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  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,882
    over_bends wrote:
    Ahh! You people are a bad influence on me! :) I'm so torn. I'm really anal about skipping class, and it'd be classes on three straight days for the shows I plan to attend. So maybe one. And that's still a big maybe.

    you'll be sorry when you're using TICKETMASTER to get LAWN TICKETS!!

    the horror!
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  • stickfig13stickfig13 Posts: 1,532
    1. Skip work
    2. Get Logged in
    3. Get charged for seats
    4. Not Receive Confirmation
    5. Get pissed because you got screwed
    6. Try Ticketmaster
    7. Get screwed
    8. Buy from a scalper on Ebay
    9. live on rice cause you spent all your money on Ebay
    10. Have a fucking kick ass time in the nosebleed seats watching me in the front row.
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  • over bendsover bends Posts: 1,568
    Ledbetterman10 wrote:
    you'll be sorry when you're using TICKETMASTER to get LAWN TICKETS!!

    the horror!

    :D Lawn Tickets at MSG, oh God! I'll be sitting next to the flute player when everyone exits the building!
    Yield!

    3 Decibels Doubles the Volume

    2006
  • Sprunkn7Sprunkn7 Posts: 5,286
    Log on about 10 minutes before, have your shit ready and refresh baby! Just hope for the best. Thats what I do;)
    Thank you fellow 10 clubber for saving my ass....again!!!
  • stickfig13stickfig13 Posts: 1,532
    Sprunkn7 wrote:
    Log on about 10 minutes before, have your shit ready and refresh baby! Just hope for the best. Thats what I do;)


    don't do that on ticketmaster! It will lock you out!
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  • rage against tmrage against tm Posts: 106
    Phantom Pain wrote:
    Patience

    Don't get too frustrated.....deep breaths........roll a joint
    if there ever was a reason to be mia this is it, back in 1970something i wouldn't have blinked to take a mental health day, drive thru the country,get right,go back to class after so it would only be a day and a half in real time? and you may remember more than you would learn in algebra..or at least you can get the boot to refresh your memory
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  • electronblueelectronblue Posts: 3,460
    i sooo can't afford to miss any more work this year to try for a ticket...hopefully i will be able to find a stay-at-home friend that can type and trust with my personal info...








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  • over bendsover bends Posts: 1,568
    eddie's Tone rocks wrote:
    i sooo can't afford to miss any more work this year to try for a ticket...hopefully i will be able to find a stay-at-home friend that can type and trust with my personal info...

    Yea, that's the thing. Who do I trust with my info? Only my brother who has work (not a PJ fan sadly) and my dad who is a little on the slow side when it comes to using the internet. RATS!
    Yield!

    3 Decibels Doubles the Volume

    2006
  • edpearsonedpearson Posts: 331
    OK, this relates to this forum. I'm going to be in Disneyland (in Anaheim, CA) next week (taking the kids for spring break). While I'm psyched for this tour, I'm bummed because it makes things a little tough for getting tix. I was wondering if anyone thinks it's a bad idea to try to get tix via an iPhone for the pre-sale. I'm thinking it's not a good idea, but right now, it might be my only option. I'm hoping Disney might have an internet cafe or something? I've actually never been to Disney so I have no idea about if they have internet access for patrons. I'm not staying at a Disney hotel and it's likely that I'll be in the Disney themepark during that time. So, let's recap: is buying tix on an iPhone a bad idea and if so, anyone know if Disneyland has an internet cafe of some sort?

    Thanks!

    Oh and to the guy thinking about cutting class, just cut class -- as long as there's no exam, what's the worry?
    Rock on!
    ~Edward

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  • nimsu8nimsu8 Posts: 321
    So it's the same buying process as posters?

    In regards to shipping address.... I'm going to try for the NY tix and can have them sent to my parents in NY. Any advantage to doing so opposed to having them sent to my house in TX?... Come to think of it is shipping address even relevant? What is there to ship? Don't you pick them up at the show?
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  • nimsu8nimsu8 Posts: 321
    edpearson wrote:
    OK, this relates to this forum. I'm going to be in Disneyland (in Anaheim, CA) next week (taking the kids for spring break). While I'm psyched for this tour, I'm bummed because it makes things a little tough for getting tix. I was wondering if anyone thinks it's a bad idea to try to get tix via an iPhone for the pre-sale. I'm thinking it's not a good idea, but right now, it might be my only option. I'm hoping Disney might have an internet cafe or something? I've actually never been to Disney so I have no idea about if they have internet access for patrons. I'm not staying at a Disney hotel and it's likely that I'll be in the Disney themepark during that time. So, let's recap: is buying tix on an iPhone a bad idea and if so, anyone know if Disneyland has an internet cafe of some sort?

    Thanks!

    Oh and to the guy thinking about cutting class, just cut class -- as long as there's no exam, what's the worry?

    there has got to be an internet cafe at Disney World somewhere
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  • edpearsonedpearson Posts: 331
    nimsu8 wrote:
    there has got to be an internet cafe at Disney World somewhere

    Thanks! Yeah, you'd think! But I've never been there so I have no idea. I think I'm just going to bank on them having an internet cafe. If I get them, it's meant to be, if not, then I'll bitch and complain when I get lawn seats from TicketBastard.
    Rock on!
    ~Edward

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  • scot88scot88 Posts: 217
    are there as many problems as there were with the Ed solo tickets with people's connections timing out, etc etc?

    I really hope not, but as I live closest to MSG (and have wanted to see PJ at the Garden for many,many years,) I'm kinda thinking that it's going to be a cluster fuck.
  • PatrickBatemanPatrickBateman Posts: 2,243
    AmentsChick wrote:
    Lesson #1...cut class to get tix...you'll be glad you did
    lesson 2
    have a backup plan in case your computer crashes or a car runs into a pole and cuts out your internet
    If a man speaks in a forest and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?
  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    PatrickBateman wrote:
    lesson 2
    have a backup plan in case your computer crashes or a car runs into a pole and cuts out your internet

    Lesson #3...lesson 2 was great advice!
    This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper

  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    scot88 wrote:
    are there as many problems as there were with the Ed solo tickets with people's connections timing out, etc etc?

    I really hope not, but as I live closest to MSG (and have wanted to see PJ at the Garden for many,many years,) I'm kinda thinking that it's going to be a cluster fuck.

    I seriously love the term cluster fuck!! :D
    This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper

  • scot88scot88 Posts: 217
    AmentsChick wrote:
    I seriously love the term cluster fuck!! :D
    its a great term, no doubt.

    don't get me wrong, i LOVE living close to NYC. but sometimes, it can really be a pain in the ass.
  • LUV2ROCKLUV2ROCK Posts: 140
    SPEEDY is that you?
    This has to be the funniest post i've ever read on here!!!

    stickfig13 wrote:
    1. Skip work
    2. Get Logged in
    3. Get charged for seats
    4. Not Receive Confirmation
    5. Get pissed because you got screwed
    6. Try Ticketmaster
    7. Get screwed
    8. Buy from a scalper on Ebay
    9. live on rice cause you spent all your money on Ebay
    10. Have a fucking kick ass time in the nosebleed seats watching me in the front row.
    73,XXX




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  • Gather No MossGather No Moss Posts: 339
    over_bends wrote:
    Ok... this would have been my first time obtaining seats through the 10c, however I have class (BOO!) during the presale dates and I have to put my faith in someone else to get the tickets for me, which is scary as shit. So is there anything to know? I don't trust anyone to do this but I need to prep them as well as possible. I'm thinking about going through a few dry runs with them for the Florida dates while I'm at it. Phew... I need these seats.

    If you want to go to the show, skip your fucking class bro!!!
    Buy the ticket, Take the ride..

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  • Vedd HeddVedd Hedd Posts: 4,602
    This will not be nearly as hard as Ed Solo or the Vic, or even the posters.

    2006 was rather easy. There will be plenty of tickets, these are huge venues.
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