Constructive Message to Tenclub

Roscoe28

Dear Tenclub,

If your not going to get a server to support the demand, you need to do something to alleviate the stress on the server. I suggest the following:

For the popular shows (ie. Boston, NYC, Philly, Chicago, Seattle) stagger the onsales not only for those cities, but by Ten Club Number. That was those who have been loyal the longest have a better chance at getting seats. I'm sorry to those who just joined, but you should not be able to get tickets over those who have been members for 15 years.....just my opinion.

Congrats to those who got tickets - but there has to be a better way.

Biggest Wave

It's YOU'RE

Why do so many people get that wrong?

Indian Summer

I disagree with you. Why do you feel you're due tickets over a kid who is 15 years old and not born when you signed up for tenclub. That kid has just as much right to be at the show.

anus ankle soup

Indian Summer wrote:

I disagree with you. Why do you feel you're due tickets over a kid who is 15 years old and not born when you signed up for tenclub. That kid has just as much right to be at the show.

NICE!

BeerBaron

Indian Summer wrote:

I disagree with you. Why do you feel you're due tickets over a kid who is 15 years old and not born when you signed up for tenclub. That kid has just as much right to be at the show.

+1 to that. But what he does have over that 15 year old kid if they both get tickets is seniority and therefore better seats. That is more than fair to me.

youngster

Indian Summer wrote:

I disagree with you. Why do you feel you're due tickets over a kid who is 15 years old and not born when you signed up for tenclub. That kid has just as much right to be at the show.

Yeah, this entitlement shit pisses me the fuck off. How are you better than a new member OP? Cause you paid your dues earlier means you should get seats before anyone else? That's all the band wants is to see the same spoiled fucks at every show. No wonder Eddie ALWAYS gives a shout out to the back. Cause those are the fans he actually cares about.

Stone Is God

Roscoe28 wrote:

Dear Tenclub,

If your not going to get a server to support the demand, you need to do something to alleviate the stress on the server. I suggest the following:

For the popular shows (ie. Boston, NYC, Philly, Chicago, Seattle) stagger the onsales not only for those cities, but by Ten Club Number. That was those who have been loyal the longest have a better chance at getting seats. I'm sorry to those who just joined, but you should not be able to get tickets over those who have been members for 15 years.....just my opinion.

Congrats to those who got tickets - but there has to be a better way.

So what you're saying is, since I just re-joined two years ago, I should not be able to get 10C tickets. Even though I saw my first show in 98, joined the 10C in 99 and let my memebership go in 2001.

What's your plan? Give the most opportunity to the people that have numbers that are 300x and under and let the rest of us fight for shit. That sounds pretty fair.

Get_Right

it is what it is
love it or leave it
the 10c is well aware of the problems
the band does care about getting tix for the fan club
its an imperfect system
sometimes you get through
sometimes you dont

every member has an equal shot at a ticket for every show-fair as can be
if they upgraded the servers to Tm level-everyone would be bitching that they sold out in ten seconds.

please lets end these threads now
(and thats from someone that got shut out of MSG-hometown show-for the first time)

BM42909

There are a lot of elitist douche bags in the NYC area.

10C shouldn't change a thing. Some people were able to secure tickets to a great show at a great venue without paying TicketBastard. Others will have a chance to join in the fun by purchasing tickets on Saturday. Win/Win.

jervin007

Didn't the lottery start because the band kept seeing the same faces up front? I think having fresh blood at shows is a great thing! Pretty much what you are saying is that in major markets people shouldn't join up because they are less deserving of tickets. What you need to realize is that there is no way Pearl Jam could sell out these venues if it wasn't for the introduction of the music to younger generations.

I am 30, first heard Ten through my brother in 7th grade, and didn't join the 10club until 2003. Does it mean I wasn't a devoted fan? Absolutely not!

Senior members already get prime seats, which they deserve, but they shouldn't get priority in ticket sales.

Maybe younger members need to give instructions on how to use the internet to get tickets....these kids are more and more technically proficient these days anyway.

Laddie

Perhaps Roscoe was writing this while under duress.

why now u dont bitching

Get_Right wrote:

if they upgraded the servers to Tm level-everyone would be bitching that they sold out in ten seconds.

No. Like someone said in another thread, I'd rather they sell out right away then have the website get all fucked up with tickets just hanging around for hours that nobody is able to get...wasting a whole day for some people.

yooperpj

Regardless of server size/speed, the bottom line is this:
Some people are going to get shut out no matter what! If you would've gotten the tickets, some one else would'nt have! I got shut out of MSG2. It's not the end of the world.

norm

Get_Right wrote:

it is what it is
love it or leave it
the 10c is well aware of the problems
the band does care about getting tix for the fan club
its an imperfect system
sometimes you get through
sometimes you dont

every member has an equal shot at a ticket for every show-fair as can be
if they upgraded the servers to Tm level-everyone would be bitching that they sold out in ten seconds.

please lets end these threads now
(and thats from someone that got shut out of MSG-hometown show-for the first time)

this


i understand the frustration...i felt like a fool yesterday sitting in front of a computer for 6 hours watching nothing happen...but then i thought about the days before the internet...getting up at 3am or better yet, sleeping outside all night, just for a chance at tickets...rock and roll baby!

tubes10s

Roscoe28 wrote:

Dear Tenclub,

If your not going to get a server to support the demand, you need to do something to alleviate the stress on the server. I suggest the following:

For the popular shows (ie. Boston, NYC, Philly, Chicago, Seattle) stagger the onsales not only for those cities, but by Ten Club Number. That was those who have been loyal the longest have a better chance at getting seats. I'm sorry to those who just joined, but you should not be able to get tickets over those who have been members for 15 years.....just my opinion.

Congrats to those who got tickets - but there has to be a better way.

I have a pretty old, low membership number, but I disagree completely with this post. As fan club members, we all should and DO have an equal shot at tickets for every show, which is cool, because none of us deserve to be at a show any more than the next guy/girl. There is already a great perk for having a old membership number, but it comes in AFTER you get your tickets, when you get to basically "cut in line" and sit up front in front of everyone with higher numbers than you. I'm not the biggest fan of the random rows 1&2 and 9&10 that is done now... but that's not that bad. I would have done maybe rows 6-8 are random and that's it, or something like that instead. But anyway, we certainly do not have anything to complain about here. This fan club treats us very well seeing as it's only $20 a year to stay active, and the way that tickets are done now, like it or not, is completely fair for everyone.

arq

Well maybe I have a different idea of what "constructive" means :roll:

JOEJOEJOE

I have a 5 digit member#, but I think the current system is fair...everyone has an equal chance of getting tix, but the senior members are assured great seats if they are able to get tickets.

Good system of checks and balances.

washedinblack91

JOEJOEJOE wrote:

I have a 5 digit member#, but I think the current system is fair...everyone has an equal chance of getting tix, but the senior members are assured great seats if they are able to get tickets.

Good system of checks and balances.

exactly! in the new system the OP refers to i would never be able to get tickets and see pearl jam in my hometown again because i live in NY and because i didn't have the foresight to join the club back when i was 2. :roll:

Hugh Freaking Dillon

Roscoe28 wrote:

Dear Tenclub,

If your not going to get a server to support the demand, you need to do something to alleviate the stress on the server. I suggest the following:

For the popular shows (ie. Boston, NYC, Philly, Chicago, Seattle) stagger the onsales not only for those cities, but by Ten Club Number. That was those who have been loyal the longest have a better chance at getting seats. I'm sorry to those who just joined, but you should not be able to get tickets over those who have been members for 15 years.....just my opinion.

Congrats to those who got tickets - but there has to be a better way.

I say they just mail you Row 1 Centre, maybe even before the show is announced. You obviously "deserve" it. :roll:

LouisC1974

What the heck let me chime in. I've been in this club since 92 my number is in the mid 3000 I was once told I was the longest running member. I feel the pain I got shutout of the Boston show yesterday and I was upset but I've seen many great shows from truely great seats and as much as I'd like to be up there again I know I'll get in and it will still be amazing. You old timers don't sweat it you'll get the seats again just go to the show and be grateful that they still put on one of the best shows ever.

joebot

My biggest beef is the zero acknowledgement from 10 c when cluster fucks like this go down.
I remember last Hartford show the nightmare of trying to redeem the tix from the 10c booth it was a disaster and by the time most of us got in it was the 3rd song. Not so much as even a blanket sorry email. I still haven't gotten a confirmation email for msg 1 even tho i am confident I got them.
A little compassion and communication goes a long way.

in eds tree

ugh.

it's comments like this that make it hard to even lurk around these boards. "i spend more money therefore i'm a bigger fan" is bullshit. i've been listening to pearl jam since they first came out, but i was also in sixth grade. i didn't have the opportunity to go to my first show until like 2003 when i was 21. most senior members have been to like a million shows, and i feel like that is reward in and of itself. sure, give them better seats, but let other people have a chance to experience what you've already experienced more than most of us. just because you have been a member for 15 years does not make you a more "loyal fan", nor does it make you more deserving. we are all fans here, and it was fair enough. i sat there for almost 7 hours refreshing and still didn't get tickets, but i am not complaining. i tried, and i didn't get them. i don't begrudge anyone else their tickets. congrats to you, and better luck to me and everyone else next time. this whole sore-loser nonsense is REALLY old.


imho.

samjam

Indian Summer wrote:

I disagree with you. Why do you feel you're due tickets over a kid who is 15 years old and not born when you signed up for tenclub. That kid has just as much right to be at the show.

+1
As a 17 year old, thank you for this post!

RC153010

I was not a member but I followed the band for years since I was ten. How does an eleven year get 5 bucks to join the club. Did you want me to strat selling nickel backs of cocaine or something to come up with the money. Mommy and Daddy would of backed handed me if I asked for the money. I have been in the club for like 8 years or so. However, i usually show up without tickets to other states and find my way. Senority is overated.

dimitrispearljam

ofcourse i disagree..justice..its a 25$ per year...u pay ,i pay..all we have the same rights...is like elections..young people can put one vote,like older people...cant say older can put 2 votes couse they pay taxis more years.....