Lottery or No Lottery

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  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,859
    Seniority shouldnt be getting preference to obtain tickets.

    The issue seniority people should have is the main competition for the GA/Best seats is most people in the very high numbers. High numbers have nothing to really gain going for reserved, while seniority people can just "settle" with good odds and get reserved and end up on the wings (sometimes behind ga on the floor).

    Another reason there shouldnt be 2 options for the shows.
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    edited May 2014
    No matter the method they selling tickets.....when they have for exable 1tix for every 5 persons want it...4 fans will shout out....
    there are 2 kind of "fair " of metbod selling tickets
    1.i did t score with lottery so lottery isnt fair cos i never missed out in the past
    2.lottery is fair for all cos noone from fans has any kind of power on it and all members deserve to score tix.. and doesnt matter if i score...ill be in the venue to see the band....
    im with number 2 thats why i support lottery
    Post edited by dimitrispearljam on
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  • perljam
    perljam Posts: 49
    Lottery sucks. GA swallows
  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    breath123 said:

    I long for the days when people only complained about the seats they got, not whether they got seats. I am grateful that I had almost a decade of plentiful seats that were great (those days are clearly over) and that going to a pearl jam show is low on my priority list.

    +1

    I like the lottery. If I don't "win" tickets, I'll just get them elsewhere.

    There is far less stress in the lottery system for me.
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,749
    smak said:

    Think the biggest thing they need to do is get rid of the two types of tickets.

    Pretty silly to not get tickets if you're chosen, because you chose the wrong type of seat for your first choice.

    Just have cities, with a yes/no for GA. You get picked, and there are seats left, you get them.

    If you want GA and those are left, you get them.

    I guess I don't mind the lottery. F5 is a lottery just in a different form.

    Yeah, the yes/no option f
    i_lov_it said:

    breath123 said:

    I long for the days when people only complained about the seats they got, not whether they got seats. I am grateful that I had almost a decade of plentiful seats that were great (those days are clearly over) and that going to a pearl jam show is low on my priority list.

    Yeah how far back they got or if they got Front Row or not...now it's whether they get Tickets at all lol

    That's just because there are less shows now (and probably more fans with money to spend as the fan base gets older).
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,749
    LC49684 said:



    Fair if you have a GOOD Number ;) lol

    ******************************************************************************

    Not really...you have to be drawn first to stand a chance. And that's what I don't like about it.

    Have been in the club many years and have paid more money for the privilege of retaining my number. I'm no smaller or bigger fan than anyone here. It has nothing to do with that.

    But the ticket policy had remained the same since day one, so the lottery seemed to be a drastic change for long-timers with a lower number.

    I won nothing the last lottery with a 189 number. Yet I see someone post here that they had won with a 400+ number for the same show. That was very difficult to accept.

    Loyalty is my main issue, I guess. But I love this band and I'm along for the ride, regardless.



    Why was that suddenly difficult to accept? Seniority plays the same role as it always did. It never helped people get tickets, but only determined where you seat was if you got one. Same thing now. No change at all.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • Vedd Hedd
    Vedd Hedd Posts: 4,631
    edited May 2014
    mcgruff10 said:

    Lottery yes. Ga, no


    Turn this anger into
    Nuclear fission
  • i_lov_it
    i_lov_it Perth, Western Australia Posts: 4,007
    PJ_Soul said:



    Why was that suddenly difficult to accept? Seniority plays the same role as it always did. It never helped people get tickets, but only determined where you seat was if you got one. Same thing now. No change at all.

    Well that's Right it's been Said here Heaps of times that in the Past Seniority only took effect once you had those Tickets.

  • nevmiles
    nevmiles Ottawa, ON Posts: 1,363
    Lottery seems like the only fair way when there are more people wanting tickets than are available.
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  • lukintomyeyes
    lukintomyeyes Posts: 17
    I've been in since 2003 and have never had much luck with the lottery. I landed tickets to PJ20, so that was good I guess. Other than that, I've been shut out of every lottery except Chicago, 2009, and the seats I "won" were way further away than what my friends got through ticketmaster.
  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    lukintomyeyes said:

    I've been in since 2003 and have never had much luck with the lottery. I landed tickets to PJ20, so that was good I guess. Other than that, I've been shut out of every lottery except Chicago, 2009, and the seats I "won" were way further away than what my friends got through ticketmaster.

    They didn't do the lottery until 2013, so I'm not sure what you're talking about.
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • i_lov_it
    i_lov_it Perth, Western Australia Posts: 4,007
    nevmiles said:

    Lottery seems like the only fair way when there are more people wanting tickets than are available.

    Yes it definitely seems that way :)
  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,859
    we'll see. Ill tell you whether i like it or not in a few hours...
  • shortstack
    shortstack Posts: 2,339
    know1 said:

    lukintomyeyes said:

    I've been in since 2003 and have never had much luck with the lottery. I landed tickets to PJ20, so that was good I guess. Other than that, I've been shut out of every lottery except Chicago, 2009, and the seats I "won" were way further away than what my friends got through ticketmaster.

    They didn't do the lottery until 2013, so I'm not sure what you're talking about.
    lolz

    did you see me? i saw you.
  • i_lov_it
    i_lov_it Perth, Western Australia Posts: 4,007
    edited September 2020

    Well Done

    Post edited by Sea on
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    lukintomyeyes said:

    I've been in since 2003 and have never had much luck with the lottery. I landed tickets to PJ20, so that was good I guess. Other than that, I've been shut out of every lottery except Chicago, 2009, and the seats I "won" were way further away than what my friends got through ticketmaster.

    Lottery started at 2012..first shows happened was prague and berlin 2
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • lukintomyeyes
    lukintomyeyes Posts: 17
    know1 said:

    lukintomyeyes said:

    I've been in since 2003 and have never had much luck with the lottery. I landed tickets to PJ20, so that was good I guess. Other than that, I've been shut out of every lottery except Chicago, 2009, and the seats I "won" were way further away than what my friends got through ticketmaster.

    They didn't do the lottery until 2013, so I'm not sure what you're talking about.
    So standing in the tenclub line in Chicago 2009 waiting to see if I got good tickets or shitty ones was what? a dream?
  • lukintomyeyes
    lukintomyeyes Posts: 17
    i thought we always called it the lottery? My friends and I have always called it that. Sorry i'm not hip to the heady lingo
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,749
    lukintomyeyes said:

    know1 said:

    lukintomyeyes said:

    I've been in since 2003 and have never had much luck with the lottery. I landed tickets to PJ20, so that was good I guess. Other than that, I've been shut out of every lottery except Chicago, 2009, and the seats I "won" were way further away than what my friends got through ticketmaster.

    They didn't do the lottery until 2013, so I'm not sure what you're talking about.
    So standing in the tenclub line in Chicago 2009 waiting to see if I got good tickets or shitty ones was what? a dream?
    That wasn't a lottery. Those seats were selected based on your seniority.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • lukintomyeyes
    lukintomyeyes Posts: 17
    PJ_Soul said:

    lukintomyeyes said:

    know1 said:

    lukintomyeyes said:

    I've been in since 2003 and have never had much luck with the lottery. I landed tickets to PJ20, so that was good I guess. Other than that, I've been shut out of every lottery except Chicago, 2009, and the seats I "won" were way further away than what my friends got through ticketmaster.

    They didn't do the lottery until 2013, so I'm not sure what you're talking about.
    So standing in the tenclub line in Chicago 2009 waiting to see if I got good tickets or shitty ones was what? a dream?
    That wasn't a lottery. Those seats were selected based on your seniority.
    I pretty distinctly remember that they gave several tickets to the front sections that weren't based on seniority, but maybe I'm dreaming that too

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