Is it legit to purchase GA Field tickets from Stubhub?

kc007

dmbolp wrote:

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.

:corn: My gosh this is getting worse and worse.

:wtf:

PJ_Soul

kc007 wrote:

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:

Think of it this way: You DO know you're going.

helplessdancer

PJ_Soul wrote:

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.

bingo and im talking "morally"
a scalper is a scalper

PJ_Soul

helplessdancer wrote:

PJ_Soul wrote:

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.

bingo and im talking "morally"
a scalper is a scalper

Uh huh. But I wasn't talking morally. We're talking about operations here, not the right or wrong of reselling tickets - there are a million threads about that already.

dimitrispearljam

dmbolp wrote:

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.

im trying all this days to say it...

noone said the stubhud isnt good to buy tix...
the GA arent legit...

PJ_Soul

dimitrispearljam wrote:

dmbolp wrote:

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.

im trying all this days to say it...

noone said the stubhud isnt good to buy tix...
the GA arent legit...

I hear ya man.

helplessdancer

helplessdancer wrote:

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!

right 100,000 post man?

PJ_Soul

PJ_Soul wrote:

kc007 wrote:

PJ_Soul wrote:

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:

Think of it this way: You DO know you're going.

Oh, and btw, the starting price on Stubhub has already dropped by $30 since the public sale, and that's only 5 days.

kc007

PJ_Soul -- July seems so far away... I just don't want to risk waiting too long and then NO tickets will be available.

But thank you for talking some sense into me, I am clearly not thinking my strategy out too well

Given2Fly-Fish

My wife and I HAD used StubHub many times with no problems, until the Soundgarden show at the Orpheum in Boston. Bought paper tickets months in advance, had them shipped to my house well in advance too. Luckily, I brought the stubhub receipt with me to the show as when they scanned our tickets at the door THEY HAD ALREADY BEEN USED. I was lucky to get tix at the box office, and StubHub refunded my money (and paid for the tickets). Not worth the hassle IMO, as if the box office did not have tix I would have been shut out!

Run away!!!

:nono:

eddiec

kc007 wrote:

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

Don't do it, be patient. The prices will come down. Most people won't pay these prices and as it gets closer to the show they will drop.

pjl44

kc007 wrote:

PJ_Soul -- July seems so far away... I just don't want to risk waiting too long and then NO tickets will be available.

Impossible for a show this size. Have used StubHub plenty of times for concerts and baseball games. Wait until a couple weeks before the show and there will be plenty on the site at lower prices and people here unloading extras, too. The only shows you have to worry about are bands playing in rooms way too small for their popularity. Otherwise, buying now is buying at the absolute peak of the secondary market.

eddiec

Or you could pay $25,000 per tic and have them by Feb. 19th. WTF is that! :fp:

kc007

thank you all again... I am going to wait. What worries me more than the price is the delivery date, I want to try to find a ticket that will be emailed to me at point of purchase. I've always had good luck with Stubhub, but never had to wait till the day of show to pick up ticket... that is a bit suspect. :wtf:

LeafsJaysCubsRaptorsFan

The dates say July 16 for all of them because that is only as far as stubhub would let them put them up until

dmbolp

LeafsJaysCubsRaptorsFan wrote:

The dates say July 16 for all of them because that is only as far as stubhub would let them put them up until

Yes, because the sellers don't actually have tickets yet

shep

dimitrispearljam wrote:

shep wrote:

dimitrispearljam wrote:

i have a friend that knows the mayor of Chicago..he told me he will hook me up with 20 GA for me and my friends...im waiting to see if its legit

Can I have one???

I hate to say this, but....

Like it or not Dimi, there are GA tickets out there, no matter what 10C is telling you. Chicago is a big city, and so many people with connections and calling in favors will get tickets.

This is the thing about having a GA area... there's "capacity" and then there's capacity. major venues/concert promoters frequently jam more people into GA areas than their allowed, if there's the demand.

I'm sure 10C were told they got all the GA's.... but I gaurentee you there's people out there with them already in their hand...

And again, like it or not, if a fan club member is determined to scalp his GA for some ungodly sum of money, he'll do it, and someone will pay for it... once the tickets are in his hands from the box office, there's so many things you can do with them....

is what he told me..i have a list friends want GA...
whatever i know i pass it..i want to help good people out there..
so far only 1 GA i found and pass it to a friend..more than 20 seated..
5 months..i hope all get fixed..
and really..there are 2 people im dying to help with GA ...ill fuckin find spares for them..

And i really hope you find tickets for everyone that you're trying to help out... I know you have the best intentions at heart and want to help everyone. Unfortunately, I think for the time being you're going to be at a bit of a stalemate Dimi.... I would say about 2 months before the show you're going to start seeing a lot of people with an extra.... people who have the traveling buddy bail for whatever reason... but until then I think you're going to be lucky to see anything.

and no, i don't have proof that GA tickets exist in people's hands at this point - but I also think you're naive if you truly believe they don't exist. I gaurentee you they're out their somewhere... i bet chicago radiostations have some to give away... and I bet there are high-rollers out there who have them too... but can I prove it? nope...

Promoters always over-sell big shows like this. ALWAYS.

The first tool show I ever saw in 2006 at the Molson Ampitheater in Toronto the lawn was oversold by 2000 tickets and the venue got caught because you physically couldn't move up there...

Happened again at the Amp in 2009 when PJ played there - the venue didn't get caught this time, but I personally know several Amp employees and have met the manager of the place and he told me as much before the show when I was sitting in his office chilling with him having a beer...

So I wouldn't doubt that some of these tickets are legit, but it's still a risky move to pull buying them...

eladder

kc007 wrote:

thank you all again... I am going to wait. What worries me more than the price is the delivery date, I want to try to find a ticket that will be emailed to me at point of purchase. I've always had good luck with Stubhub, but never had to wait till the day of show to pick up ticket... that is a bit suspect. :wtf:

If anything thats NOT suspect. Means youre getting your tix through a 10club member who can only get their tickets the DAY OF the show.

markhamm

Is this the same for non-GA tickets? Do field level/lower bowl/upper bowl 10c winners know the location of their seat ahead of time?

PJ_Soul

markhamm wrote:

Is this the same for non-GA tickets? Do field level/lower bowl/upper bowl 10c winners know the location of their seat ahead of time?

No 10c seats are revealed until they're picked up day of the show.