I turned down $4,000 today!

pearljammer14
pearljammer14 Posts: 11
edited June 2008 in The Porch
So I wait in line for about an hour in the rain to get my ten club tickets for the first MSG show tonight. The line is organized like a cattle shoot but whatever it seemed to get people through for tickets at a reasonable rate. So our line is released and I roll up to the window and the gentlemen hands me my tickets and I sign the envelope hand shaking. I look them over and say to myself....hmmmm Section 2....Row B.....Seat 2.....hm.......... My heart immediately starts racing and I rush over to the seating chart and low and behold DEAD CENTER SECOND ROW!!!! So I run out and find my best friend and we go ape shi$ Not two seconds later a gentlemen approaches us and asks what seats we got so we we tell him. He offers us $4,000 cold hard cash for the tickets and shows us the cash.......I can hardly comprehend what's going on. I look at my buddy, pause for a second to comprehend.....then crack the biggest smile........turn to the gentlemen and say....."I can't do it."

I'v been a die hard PJ fan from the beginning, this experience is "priceless" to me and I wouldn't pass it up for anything.

I'd just like to say "Thank You" to the Ten Club for this once in a lifetime experience. The show starts in 3 hours so I gotta get runnin!!
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  • woundedorgan
    woundedorgan Posts: 607
    would have taken the loot...that is just me
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  • TiaMija
    TiaMija Posts: 597
    It was probably counterfeit money anyway!
    Have a blast!
  • AmentsChick
    AmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    Congrats!! That's AWESOME!!!! :D
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  • foxymophandlemomma
    foxymophandlemomma Posts: 103
    YOU RULE and totally deserve those seats. enjoy the show!
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  • spnoone
    spnoone Posts: 633
    congrats. this random seating deal gives me hope.
  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    He was probably a scalper looking to turn them over for 10K.
    ...
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  • woundedorgan
    woundedorgan Posts: 607
    spnoone wrote:
    congrats. this random seating deal gives me hope.


    Some guy 6 spots ahead of me in the line at Camden I got front row...he was totally in disbelief...IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU!
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  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,914
    Holy shit! It would have been hard to turn down 4 grand in cash, but I probably would have done the exact same thing..
  • jxchamb
    jxchamb Posts: 55
    I would've taken the cash and gone to another show. Those stupid student loans make me greedy and that 4K would be very helpful.
  • pjstarr
    pjstarr Posts: 271
    That is what I call dedication.
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  • eduardo
    eduardo Posts: 151
    i dont win the lottery at wpb, fucking section 6, my number is 401xxx
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  • arakias
    arakias Posts: 281
    pearljammer14 wrote:
    So I wait in line for about an hour in the rain

    the rain was 10-15 mins at most, you might be a diehard fan, but dont make it sound like you suffered more...

    congrats on lotto win though
  • manhattan
    manhattan Posts: 258
    I got an offer as I was leaving the ticket window, too. But mine was for a measly $1900. Not even tempted.
  • stickfig13
    stickfig13 Posts: 1,532
    The guy trying to buy tickets probably works for 10c!
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  • svaughan
    svaughan Posts: 18
    I won the lottery and got front row center for DC, and it's an absolutely priceless experience. Enjoy it!
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    pearljammer14 wrote:
    So I wait in line for about an hour in the rain to get my ten club tickets for the first MSG show tonight. The line is organized like a cattle shoot but whatever it seemed to get people through for tickets at a reasonable rate. So our line is released and I roll up to the window and the gentlemen hands me my tickets and I sign the envelope hand shaking. I look them over and say to myself....hmmmm Section 2....Row B.....Seat 2.....hm.......... My heart immediately starts racing and I rush over to the seating chart and low and behold DEAD CENTER SECOND ROW!!!! So I run out and find my best friend and we go ape shi$ Not two seconds later a gentlemen approaches us and asks what seats we got so we we tell him. He offers us $4,000 cold hard cash for the tickets and shows us the cash.......I can hardly comprehend what's going on. I look at my buddy, pause for a second to comprehend.....then crack the biggest smile........turn to the gentlemen and say....."I can't do it."

    I'v been a die hard PJ fan from the beginning, this experience is "priceless" to me and I wouldn't pass it up for anything.

    I'd just like to say "Thank You" to the Ten Club for this once in a lifetime experience. The show starts in 3 hours so I gotta get runnin!!

    Winning the Ten Club lottery....priceless....I would have turned down that kind loot for my front row seats in Columbia.
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  • The Champ
    The Champ Posts: 4,063
    manhattan wrote:
    I got an offer as I was leaving the ticket window, too. But mine was for a measly $1900. Not even tempted.

    I got the same offer, probably from the same fucker ;)..
    'I want to hurry home to you
    put on a slow, dumb show for you
    and crack you up
    so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
    god I'm very, very frightening
    and I'll overdo it'
  • meistereder
    meistereder Posts: 1,577
    This is probably the same guy who paid off the worker at the last show where people got screwed.

    Nice job not giving in. This is like when Charlie got the golden ticket and that scary dude was there immediately and wanted to tempt him into stealing an everlasting gobstopper.
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  • mjb
    mjb Posts: 1,315
    meistereder wrote:
    This is probably the same guy who paid off the worker at the last show where people got screwed.

    Nice job not giving in. This is like when Charlie got the golden ticket and that scary dude was there immediately and wanted to tempt him into stealing an everlasting gobstopper.

    Exactly - tell Slugworth to fuck off - that shit will ruin your PJ karma forever
  • meistereder
    meistereder Posts: 1,577
    mjb wrote:
    Exactly - tell Slugworth to fuck off - that shit will ruin your PJ karma forever


    That's right!
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