Is it legit to purchase GA Field tickets from Stubhub?

corduroykelly

dimitrispearljam wrote:

corduroykelly wrote:

I bet it's legit. Why cant these ticket brokers buy ten club memberships just to get tickets and sell them. There are tons of bands with fan clubs and fan club tickets, if your a ticket broker why would you not buy memberships to get good seats and sell them. It's bullshit and sucks for us but I bet the GA tickets are legit and that's what was done and why you have to meet them the day of the show. I'd buy them if I had the money. Instead I'll end up paying $200 for nosebleed seats just so I can see Pearl Jam.

so if you are a scalper,gonna be a member..when??when they announce the show you suppose to be member the previous day..
that means you pay membership anyway..
and if you are from NY gonna fly at the day of the show to get them from box office,
and i pay you today and wait after 5 months to travel from Greece,and find you out of the venue to give me the tix??
well..who will pay airticket,pay hotel,take day of work ,pay 5 months in advance ,travel to chicago,and wait to get tix 2-3 hours before the show from some guy that dont know >?
i wouldnt

Neither would I do that, but if your a ticket broker in Chicago or any city around the world why would you not pay $20 for a ten club membership every year Pearl Jam comes around every 3 or 4 years sell your good ten club tickets for a $1,000 or more per ticket. It's their business it's what these assholes do.

PJ_Soul

corduroykelly wrote:

dimitrispearljam wrote:

corduroykelly wrote:

I bet it's legit. Why cant these ticket brokers buy ten club memberships just to get tickets and sell them. There are tons of bands with fan clubs and fan club tickets, if your a ticket broker why would you not buy memberships to get good seats and sell them. It's bullshit and sucks for us but I bet the GA tickets are legit and that's what was done and why you have to meet them the day of the show. I'd buy them if I had the money. Instead I'll end up paying $200 for nosebleed seats just so I can see Pearl Jam.

so if you are a scalper,gonna be a member..when??when they announce the show you suppose to be member the previous day..
that means you pay membership anyway..
and if you are from NY gonna fly at the day of the show to get them from box office,
and i pay you today and wait after 5 months to travel from Greece,and find you out of the venue to give me the tix??
well..who will pay airticket,pay hotel,take day of work ,pay 5 months in advance ,travel to chicago,and wait to get tix 2-3 hours before the show from some guy that dont know >?
i wouldnt

Neither would I do that, but if your a ticket broker in Chicago or any city around the world why would you not pay $20 for a ten club membership every year Pearl Jam comes around every 3 or 4 years sell your good ten club tickets for a $1,000 or more per ticket. It's their business it's what these assholes do.

"Legit" ticket brokers don't actually tend to do this. My best friend's brother is one (to my chagrin). He would never do this. He would just work his magic during the public sale, and also buy 10C tix directly FROM 10C members between will call pick up and the show, and sell those last minute... That's if 10C members sought them out, so that would only be Chicago dealers and scalpers, or dealers who went there for the event, which they do do, but not because they have 2 lousy 10C tix. Ticket brokers just wouldn't go through all that trouble for 2 tix. Not worth it to them. Do you know who much they make??? The would just not bother with all that for 2 tickets.

kc007

so basically watching out for legit, reasonably priced PJ tickets is more of a roller coaster ride than watching the stock market...


:shock: :?

eladder

Ill chime in too that ive bought all diff types of tix from stubhub from pj to world series and ive never had an issue. Their cust service is also excellent. If you want to take plunge and get ga then id say to definitely do it. Id think there are simply some miscellaneous ga tix out there and anyone from 10club who got them can simply produce them on the day of the show. It is correct that sellers have to enter in credit card info and other info to sell. Its nothing like craigs list or some bullshit like that. Im not saying stubhub isnt a rip off in this case but id bet youll get what you pay for w no issue.

dimitrispearljam

corduroykelly wrote:

Neither would I do that, but if your a ticket broker in Chicago or any city around the world why would you not pay $20 for a ten club membership every year Pearl Jam comes around every 3 or 4 years sell your good ten club tickets for a $1,000 or more per ticket. It's their business it's what these assholes do.

1st of all..every 3-4 years,who says you will score fan club tix??
second,do u think u can list anywhere on line that you selling 10c tix?
no you cant..
what will you say at tthe description of the sale?
unknown row,unknown seat??
cos you will learn the day of the show what seats you got..

so again..if you are a scalper,you do the tricks at online public sales,while the poor guys are at waiting room,with your 10 friends,and 100 computers you buy 100 tix from public sale and there you go..
no need all this trouble,for every 3-4 years and if you score to sale a pair of fan club tix that you cant list it as fan club tix and you cant quarantee the row and the number of the seat..

kc007

PJ_Soul wrote:

kc007 wrote:

why do I suddenly get the feeling I'll be watching old PJ videos on youtube because I can't get a legit ticket for the Wrigley show...

:(

Because you are being a worry wart.

'tis true... I will have many a sleepless night wondering if I will score my tickets... :shock:

kc007

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0JwW623n1A

helplessdancer

PJ_Soul wrote:

"Legit" ticket brokers don't actually tend to do this. My best friend's brother is one (to my chagrin). He would never do this. He would just work his magic during the public sale, and also buy 10C tix directly FROM 10C members between will call pick up and the show, and sell those last minute... That's if 10C members sought them out, so that would only be Chicago dealers and scalpers (or for a Vancouver show in my friend's case). Ticket brokers just wouldn't go through all that trouble for 2 tix. Not worth it to them. Do you know who much they make??? The would just not bother with all that for 2 tickets.

ha ha u say "legit ticket broker"
don't u mean "legit scalper" ??

eladder

Btw stubhub has same day pick up spots that you can pick up tix literally right before a show. This would obvi also make it easy for 10c tix to be picked up and dropped off at the stub hub location. Perhaps the apprehension will make these tix more affordable come june and july.

kc007

eladder wrote:

Btw stubhub has same day pick up spots that you can pick up tix literally right before a show. This would obvi also make it easy for 10c tix to be picked up and dropped off at the stub hub location. Perhaps the apprehension will make these tix more affordable come june and july.

good to know.

PJ_Soul

helplessdancer wrote:

PJ_Soul wrote:

"Legit" ticket brokers don't actually tend to do this. My best friend's brother is one (to my chagrin). He would never do this. He would just work his magic during the public sale, and also buy 10C tix directly FROM 10C members between will call pick up and the show, and sell those last minute... That's if 10C members sought them out, so that would only be Chicago dealers and scalpers (or for a Vancouver show in my friend's case). Ticket brokers just wouldn't go through all that trouble for 2 tix. Not worth it to them. Do you know who much they make??? The would just not bother with all that for 2 tickets.

ha ha u say "legit ticket broker"
don't u mean "legit scalper" ??

I used the quotation marks for a reason. I meant to decipher between ticket brokers ("legit", as in have an office, a website, etc) vs street scalpers.

kc007

since PJ music is my medicine, I just may buy my tix tonight.

helplessdancer

eladder wrote:

Ill chime in too that ive bought all diff types of tix from stubhub from pj to world series and ive never had an issue. Their cust service is also excellent. If you want to take plunge and get ga then id say to definitely do it. Id think there are simply some miscellaneous ga tix out there and anyone from 10club who got them can simply produce them on the day of the show. It is correct that sellers have to enter in credit card info and other info to sell. Its nothing like craigs list or some bullshit like that. Im not saying stubhub isnt a rip off in this case but id bet youll get what you pay for w no issue.

good customer service with stubhub
only used them once for less than face value, instant download. perfect!
i had trouble with my download and they helped me right away and i bought the ticket the day of the show when time was pressed
they pretty much guarantee u entry/satisfaction...they have a 24hour cust service hotline etc
way better than craigslist, ebay IMO

kc007

Stubhub location in Chicago:

946 W Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60607

PJ_Soul

kc007 wrote:

since PJ music is my medicine, I just may buy my tix tonight.

Don't do it!!! The prices certainly won't go UP between now and July, and they certainly aren't going to run out between now and July either, so why not wait until it's July and see what the prices are?? The very worst that could happen is that you end up paying the same then as you do now, but if you do it now, you'll probably spend way more than you need to (and help keep ticket prices high).

helplessdancer

PJ_Soul wrote:

helplessdancer wrote:

PJ_Soul wrote:

"Legit" ticket brokers don't actually tend to do this. My best friend's brother is one (to my chagrin). He would never do this. He would just work his magic during the public sale, and also buy 10C tix directly FROM 10C members between will call pick up and the show, and sell those last minute... That's if 10C members sought them out, so that would only be Chicago dealers and scalpers (or for a Vancouver show in my friend's case). Ticket brokers just wouldn't go through all that trouble for 2 tix. Not worth it to them. Do you know who much they make??? The would just not bother with all that for 2 tickets.

ha ha u say "legit ticket broker"
don't u mean "legit scalper" ??

I used the quotation marks for a reason. I meant to decipher between ticket brokers ("legit", as in have an office, a website, etc) vs street scalpers.

a scalper is a scalper
there is no need to sugar coat it, to be something it clearly isn't
IMO

dmbolp

Didn't see this mentioned yet, may have missed it, but here goes. Most, and probably all, of the GA tickets listed on Stubhub are speculators without tickets, yet. They see a GA section on the seating chart so they post GAs (that they don't have) on Stubhub at ridiculous prices. But they know that SECONDARY MARKET PRICES ONLY GO DOWN!! So they depend on folks paying them a fortune now, claim a ship date as late as possible (7/16) and know they'll get GAs later at a much lower price, and then ship them to you. Happens all the time.

What they don't know is the specifics around GA being TC only (if that's the case), and will call.

So, if you buy GA on Stubhub, be prepared for it falling thru, and making your claim with Stubhub, which means you'll just get your money back in the case that all GA is really TC and will call. I bet a lot of these listing will fall off once sellers realize they can't get them.

kc007

PJ_Soul wrote:

kc007 wrote:

since PJ music is my medicine, I just may buy my tix tonight.

Don't do it!!! The prices certainly won't go UP between now and July, and they certainly aren't going to run out between now and July either, so why not wait until it's July and see what the prices are?? The very worst that could happen is that you end up paying the same then as you do now, but if you do it now, you'll probably spend way more than you need to (and help keep ticket prices high).

okay, kind PJ fan, you've talked me off the ledge - at least for tonight. But how will I get through this... not knowing if I am going... :crazy:

helplessdancer

if i was a chicago scalper or er um "legit ticket broker" lol i would join the club to sell tickets
pick up will call day of the show
show id
get tickets
sell on street for 10times the value
then go right to jamaica for a week's holiday all inclusive
ya mon

welcome to the lottery
i feel for those MSG peeps, worse than ever!

PJ_Soul

helplessdancer wrote:

PJ_Soul wrote:

helplessdancer wrote:

ha ha u say "legit ticket broker"
don't u mean "legit scalper" ??

I used the quotation marks for a reason. I meant to decipher between ticket brokers ("legit", as in have an office, a website, etc) vs street scalpers.

a scalper is a scalper
there is no need to sugar coat it, to be something it clearly isn't
IMO

I'm not sugarcoating it. That wasn't my intent at all. There is a BIG different between street scalpers and ticket brokers. Not morally, but operationally.