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Was anyone able to get tickets from ticketmaster?

crazymary331crazymary331 Posts: 24
edited July 2008 in Given To Fly (live)
I was on ticketmaster early, right away no tickets available? Just wondering if anyone got tickets. If ticketmaster even had any to sell, since tickets have already been on e-bay and stub hub for hundreds of dollars. I hate ticketmaster!!!!
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    TravelarTravelar Kalamazoo, USA Posts: 3,363
    Looks like several people were able to get tickets. Might be easier to try for singles rather than multiple.
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    andyb24andyb24 Posts: 14
    Anybody have three tickets for DC1? I am trying to take my Mom and Dad for my Mom's birthday (that night). Got shut out of EVERY sale--10C, Ticketmaster (Phone and Internet) and I was on immediately at the on-sale times. All of the seats don't have to be together, just in the building. This is for the August 16th show. If anybody can help out, I would greatly appreciate it!

    Andy
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    rtwilli4rtwilli4 Posts: 261
    I got two for DC II on the 17th and I'm SOOOO happy. I started refreshing at like 957 eastern time.
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    crazymary331crazymary331 Posts: 24
    Yeah, good idea, I should have tried that, maybe next time
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    crazymary331crazymary331 Posts: 24
    rtwilli4 wrote:
    I got two for DC II on the 17th and I'm SOOOO happy. I started refreshing at like 957 eastern time.


    I was on at 955, but congrats to you
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    brainofjbbrainofjb Boston Posts: 381
    do you think it will make it harder to get tickets since NY and Boston are on sale at the same time???
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    jimbeejimbee Posts: 81
    tip of the hat to the fella who "suggested" single ticket purchases...
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    jolinejoline Posts: 27
    I got in through Ticketmaster right at 10am. My seats are lousy, but I won't complain.
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    sibylsibyl Posts: 45
    I am so sad... I'll be in Washington and Newark and I can't find a ticket!
    I tried at 10:00 am but it was already sold out!
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    jolinejoline Posts: 27
    sibyl wrote:
    I am so sad... I'll be in Washington and Newark and I can't find a ticket!
    I tried at 10:00 am but it was already sold out!

    I am starting to feel like a jerk for scoring 3 shows. :( If it turns out that I can't afford to go to any of them, I'll come here first.

    I bought tickets to Montreal before I knew it would cost me $1,017 to fly (2 of us) there!! I'm definitely going, but my head is spinning.
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    sibylsibyl Posts: 45
    joline wrote:
    I am starting to feel like a jerk for scoring 3 shows. :( If it turns out that I can't afford to go to any of them, I'll come here first.

    I bought tickets to Montreal before I knew it would cost me $1,017 to fly (2 of us) there!! I'm definitely going, but my head is spinning.


    could you maybe find a ticket for me?
    :D
    newark please!
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    butterfly1butterfly1 Posts: 372
    Got 2 for DC Sat night no problem. If I cannot use them I will post them here. I figured it would be easier than NY and I used to live in DC and like the Warner Theatre.
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    sibylsibyl Posts: 45
    is that possible? chicago sold out in seven minutes?
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    Mamasan23Mamasan23 Posts: 16,380
    I was able to get tix to the Chicago 1 show - I would have preferred Friday night, but I didn't want to try my luck. Got 2nd balcony seats and from the looks of it, you can go directly to the Auditorium's website and buy tickets there. I tried to get tix on Ticketmaster for Friday's show after I got Thursday's tix (2 minutes after they went onsale) and they were sold out.
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    isewvintageisewvintage Posts: 21
    Wow, I feel very lucky. I was very disappointed at being shut out for 10C seats (my first attempt ever at them), and got Ticketmaster seats for the Sunday DC show no problem. And from what I'm reading, there isn't a bad seat in the house at the Warner theatre!
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    Rjonesrm20Rjonesrm20 Posts: 380
    i got in for chicago2....thru TM ....the second they went on sale...1st level balcony....super excited!
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    riotonsunsetriotonsunset Posts: 33
    ny goes on sale in a few mins. we'll see how this goes
    "Don't go BP Amoco!"
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    simkin7074simkin7074 Posts: 249
    Hope it went better for you than for me
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    ManofthepresenttenseManofthepresenttense Posts: 259
    i scored 2 for boston 1
    wife scored 2 for boston 2


    both mezzanine row b and l


    thank you ticketmaster
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    stssts Posts: 1
    was lucky enough to grab 1 boston ticket for night 2...mezz left row K
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    Go AnimalGo Animal Posts: 4,047
    This is fucking diriculous!
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    raynmanasraynmanas Posts: 13
    got 2 for boston 1 from TM, orch row S
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    riotonsunsetriotonsunset Posts: 33
    Manofthepresenttense wrote:
    i scored 2 for boston 1
    wife scored 2 for boston 2


    both mezzanine row b and l


    thank you ticketmaster

    congrats!

    those went fast, got a pair for nyc, loge row a. no chance for boston after i finished completing the order.

    guess this means i'm going to lolla.
    "Don't go BP Amoco!"
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    VacantVacant Posts: 50
    Wow, I'm a bit heartbroken. I was refreshing ticketmaster for 10 minutes 'til they went on sale. By the time I went through the security code...nothing. I had promised to bring my friend to either Boston show. I've been hopefully trying for 20 minutes, but I'm about to give up.
    Not sure I have the cash to pay the insane price of the ticket agencies.

    Congrats to you lucky bastards who got tix!
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    toddiet123toddiet123 Posts: 271
    i got a single for boston night one very quick in and out...
    ORCHLC

    i tired back when i was done..and it said nothing was left.
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    pjfanfrombostonpjfanfromboston Posts: 20
    I was only able to get 1 single ticket for each show through ticketmaster...def not complaining! But still crazy how fast they sold out...I had got shut out of both 10 club presales...

    I looked at TicketsNow (a "partner" of Ticketmaster) through a link on the Ticketmaster sight just to see how much they were...found tickets in each of the same sections that I have tickets for...BALCRGT are going for $175+26 and the ORCHLC are going for $746+111...unreal - complete bulshit - Ticketmaster sucks!!!
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    crazymary331crazymary331 Posts: 24
    No luck with DC through Ten Club or Ticketmaster. And, now I just spent 50 minutes on njpac.org for NJ show, being patient paid off, I finally got two tixs in the 4th tier, probably the last row in the place. As long I'm in the building, I'm happy. Good luck to everybody!!!
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    toddiet123toddiet123 Posts: 271
    ORCHLC - whoa that is where my seats are...i'll be sitting w/the folks who rattle their jewels rather than applaud.
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    greenledbettergreenledbetter Posts: 9
    Hey, I just want to pass on to people that when you go into Ticketbastard at the moment a sale begins and you get 'no seats available', KEEP TRYING. That doesn't mean the event is sold out. They only have a certain number of ticketing threads available at any given moment, in other words, they can't process 1000 orders at once for the same venue.

    Also, when tickets are offered to a user on the internet, they are locked until the person completes the sale. If they decide they don't want the seats, or their credit card is rejected, or their PC craps out halfway through, the seats come up again for someone else a few minutes later. KEEP TRYING.

    More suggestions:

    1) Have a fast PC.
    2) Have a fast internet connection.
    3) Be right on time. You MUST be hitting the event page at the moment the tix go on sale.
    4) Use two or more browsers at the same time. When you get 'no seats available' figure out how you can quickly get in to try again. It helps if you can type the security codes really fast.
    5) If you strike out asking for 4 tickets, drop back to 3, 2 or one within a few minutes, or you'll be shut out completely. Also, if the venue has different seating area choices, pick a specific area, don't just ask for 'best available'.
    6) Have your credit card ready. If you can't complete the order within a few minutes, the tickets are gone.

    I started out asking for 4 seats for Chicago 2. After three minutes, I gave up and went for 2, 'best available'. After two more minutes, I hit the dropdown and asked specifically for 1st balcony. Bingo, I got two seats. Not great seats, but I'm in.

    You don't always score, but if you just try a couple of times and give up, you will never score.
    I'm starting to believe that this hopeless situation is what I'm trying to achieve.....
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    driventotearsdriventotears Posts: 54
    I got two tix to Boston night 2...single/seperate seats though...one in the balcony and one in the mezz...but not complaining a bit. Just lucky...and I got them really about 2 minutes before 1PM...
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