old school ticket-buying experiences

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  • meme
    meme Posts: 4,695
    Oh fine, online sales ain't that bad after all :)
    ... and the will to show I will always be better than before.
  • elyse_UpHereSoHi
    elyse_UpHereSoHi Posts: 42
    meme wrote:
    Oh fine, online sales ain't that bad after all :)

    I am not sure which is worse....the 5-50 minutes of heart racing, palm sweating click click click of the web sales or the long drawn out not knowing of the old school mail-in system

    ....the only option that doesn't suck is the one where I get a personal call from the boys saying "you are such a great fan, we are gonna hook you up with front row center tickets for life"
  • The Stugots
    The Stugots Posts: 306
    I remember when they came up with the concept of line tickets (probably late '80s early '90s). If a concert was set to go onsale on a Saturday, you show up at a participating ticket outlet sometime during that week to claim your line ticket number. Let's say 100 tickets were given out, numbered 1-100. At 945 AM they pick a random number, and that person got first crack at tickets, followed by the next number, all the way to 100, then back to 1. If #45 was picked, #44 is pretty screwed.
  • Jwmcc
    Jwmcc Posts: 451
    The Stugots wrote:
    I remember when they came up with the concept of line tickets (probably late '80s early '90s). If a concert was set to go onsale on a Saturday, you show up at a participating ticket outlet sometime during that week to claim your line ticket number. Let's say 100 tickets were given out, numbered 1-100. At 945 AM they pick a random number, and that person got first crack at tickets, followed by the next number, all the way to 100, then back to 1. If #45 was picked, #44 is pretty screwed.


    Yeah the Yankees did that with playoff tickets for the regular public sale starting in '98 . I had pretty good luck with it except for the '99 ALCS but still got LF bleachers.
    Jw
  • cbbjr
    cbbjr Posts: 241
    The Stugots wrote:
    I remember when they came up with the concept of line tickets (probably late '80s early '90s). If a concert was set to go onsale on a Saturday, you show up at a participating ticket outlet sometime during that week to claim your line ticket number. Let's say 100 tickets were given out, numbered 1-100. At 945 AM they pick a random number, and that person got first crack at tickets, followed by the next number, all the way to 100, then back to 1. If #45 was picked, #44 is pretty screwed.


    I remember trying to game that system. My friends and I would go up and get a ticket at different times to try to ensure that our numbers would be spread out. Then one day the ticket guy picked my number to be first in line for a Rage Against the Machine Show. It was great, particularly when a bunch of people who were there came up to me and offered a great deal of money to also buy seats for them (the ticket limit was 20 or something ridiculous like that).
    98-KC; 00-Indianapolis, StL, KC; 03-KC, DC; 04-DC; 06-Camden2, DC, Pittsburgh; 08-DC; 09-Chicago1, Spectrum3; 10-DC; 13-Baltimore; 16-Chicago1; 18-Seattle2; 22-NY; 23-St Paul1&2, Chicago1; 24-Chicago2, NY1, Baltimore
  • SVRDhand13
    SVRDhand13 Posts: 27,022
    its threads like these that make me realize how much of a PJ noob I am.

    the tickets i bought were off of ebay.
    severed hand thirteen
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    2022: MSG 9/11  2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
    2025: Pittsburgh 5/16+5/18
  • Zanne
    Zanne Posts: 899
    This one experience I want to share isn't as old skool as some of your stories, but the outcome was awesome..

    1994, drove about 2.5 hours to the Fillmore in S.F. to get in line for a ticket lottery to see Eric Clapton. Myself and one friend split up to increase our chances as they were doing blocks of 50 people at a time for tickets. As it turned out, we were both in blocks that were called.. limit was two per person, so we ended up with four and got to bring a couple friends. Tickets cost 27.50 each and were only available at the venue. They limited it to something like 500 people and encouraged people to smoke (weird, huh?) because they were filming and wanted a certain ambiance (a small smoky venue). I never did hear of a video put out from that show, but that's ok with me because I was there! YAY! The show took place some months later on November 8th, 1994.

    Peace
    Just me
  • rhinomagic
    rhinomagic Charlottesville, VA Posts: 2,553
    How about calling an 1-800 number in '95/'96 for PJ tickets?

    Or remember when we mailed 3x5 cards to Ten Club with a money order enclosed?

    Those were the days!

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    Memphis 1994
    New Orleans 1995
    Fort Lauderdale 1996
    Atlanta & Birmingham 1998
    New Orleans 2000
    Tampa 2003
    Kissimmee 2004
    New York City (x 2) 2008
    East Troy (x 2) 2011
    Chicago & New Orleans 2013
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  • joebot
    joebot Posts: 372
    Yeah I remember for that '96 tour I had to call the 800 number and then had to pick the tix up at Yankee Stadium, those tix looked really cool. I wish I still had the stubs.
    I did the mail order 10c tix.
    Does anyone remember if they were guaranteed, I got the tickets I sent out for but what if they weren't available, did they send your money order back ?
    Always curious about that.
  • tkepearljamn
    tkepearljamn Posts: 586
    2 gallons of jungle juice + a backpack + a thirsty line + 10 pizzas from the pizza place I worked at = front row ben folds tickets at Illinois State University
    07-02-98, 10-11-00, 04-22-03, 04-23-03, 06-09-03, 06-10-03, 06-18-03, 06-21-03, 06-22-03, 10-02-04, 10-03-04, 10-05-04, 05-16-06, 05-17-06, 05-22-06, 06-24-06, 06-29-06
  • ONCE DEVIDED
    ONCE DEVIDED Posts: 1,131
    Camped out overnight every tour exept 95 for tickets to sydney 1
    2006 tour did it twice, once for Sydney 1 and then again for newcastle.
    great floor tickets to those who put in the hard yards
    will do it again for next tour as well. Its a tradition now- it proves to me that Im still a rocker at 40
    AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE

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