Ticketing Rant
mrmojorisinca
Posts: 174
I sent this letter to the fanclub and wanted to share with the board becuase I feel like I need to share..
First off I want to thank you for all the effort you put into getting us fan club members tickets to shows..You guys all truly rock..
now for my rant…
Not sure what you can do with this information but just in case you didn’t know I wanted to let you and the Band know about the practices of ticket scalping sites such as
http://www.ticketsnow.com/Concert_Tickets/Eddie_Vedder_Tickets.html?CAT=Event&FDT=7/8/2008%2012:00:00%20AM&TDT=1/8/2010%2012:00:00%20AM&MAID=0&NodeKey=03140c7a73f44fa9a84774c6b4b72514&SearchPath=1
and
http://www.ticketstub.com/search.php?q=vedder
The big piss off with this is that TicketNow is owed my Ticketmaster, so if you weren’t lucky enough to get tickets the conventional way you are given the option to go to TicketNow and buy tickets at a premium. To add insult to ingury Ticketnow and sites just like it are selling tickets to shows (Including EV) that have not even gone on sale for fan club members let alone general public. Surly there has to be something wrong with this? Again I’m not sure you can do anything but feel that I needed to share this with you..
Peace and much love
Paul
Aka mrmojorisinca
First off I want to thank you for all the effort you put into getting us fan club members tickets to shows..You guys all truly rock..
now for my rant…
Not sure what you can do with this information but just in case you didn’t know I wanted to let you and the Band know about the practices of ticket scalping sites such as
http://www.ticketsnow.com/Concert_Tickets/Eddie_Vedder_Tickets.html?CAT=Event&FDT=7/8/2008%2012:00:00%20AM&TDT=1/8/2010%2012:00:00%20AM&MAID=0&NodeKey=03140c7a73f44fa9a84774c6b4b72514&SearchPath=1
and
http://www.ticketstub.com/search.php?q=vedder
The big piss off with this is that TicketNow is owed my Ticketmaster, so if you weren’t lucky enough to get tickets the conventional way you are given the option to go to TicketNow and buy tickets at a premium. To add insult to ingury Ticketnow and sites just like it are selling tickets to shows (Including EV) that have not even gone on sale for fan club members let alone general public. Surly there has to be something wrong with this? Again I’m not sure you can do anything but feel that I needed to share this with you..
Peace and much love
Paul
Aka mrmojorisinca
FUCK! if you only hear what you wanna hear...
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but them selling tickets to a show that isn't on sale yet just isn't right..
what that means is scalping sites have tickets to shows before they go on sale and that is wrong...and it needs to stop and I don't know how to do it but I had to share...it's the least I can do...maybe the more people know something can change..people have the power
http://www.myspace.com/mrmojorisinca
from what I have read, the 10C/Pearl Jam have to fight just to get what they get us now. its probably only going to get worse as promoters push the envelope to make every extra penny.
it sucks, but thats the system. take some action beyond posting on a message board where youre preaching to the choir. but we're lucky to get what we do through the 10C. are they perfect? no. but you cant fault them for things that are beyond their control.
PJ can demand that no season tickets be allowed for their theater/amphitheater shows, but the venue will wave goodbye and they'll be playing in a field somewhere, fighting for permits and having to charge more to move a makeshift stage every night.
"In your case, I'll check my brain at the door and we'll start even, okay?"
Have you thanked a taper today?
In all honestly I don't think us fans can make enough noise to change this, and until we find a way it's gonna keep happening.
One thing bands have done to help cut down on scalpers is to raise ticket prices, but that doesn't really help fans as we still pay more.
The way I look at it is it's supply and demand. Unless fans get to a point where they refuse to pay high ticket prices scalpers will be everywhere. Until scalpers get to a pint where they can't make a penny from scalping they wil be everywhere.
Send all the emails you want, make lots of noise, and I wish you the best, but I don't think scalping is going away anytime soon.
STOP BUYING THE $8 BEER!
"In your case, I'll check my brain at the door and we'll start even, okay?"
Have you thanked a taper today?
unfortunately its not going to change unless fans stop paying and artists band together
its only an issue for small percentage of the fans and artists, the rest could care less and don't mind getting gouged by tm and the scalpers
they're also trying to make up in concert revenue, what they've lost in cd sales
'00 12 shows / '03 4 shows / '06 6 shows
'08 3 shows / '09 5 shows / '10 6 shows
I second that.
http://www.myspace.com/mrmojorisinca
Guys, this is gonna blow your minds...
Why don't we all become scalpers so we can get blocks of tickets???
I actually thought of getting me one of those nifty ticket broker software things, swiping all tix then reselling to 10c at face. I also just generally get a weird sense of accomplishment when I get good seats to shows, plays, etc... so I figured I could potentially also help others out in the process. But I was worried I'd become greedy and become one of those hateful ticket brokers.
...
Which is never gonna happen.
Hail, Hail!!!
Why are you sending this to the fanclub???
I mean vent on, that is what the board is for (even though some people get pissed off and see it as old news blah blah blah).
However, this kind of stuff should be sent to your senator or congress rep or even newspapers and media. Those are the only types that have the power to do anything (if they truly wanted to).
get wasted before a show. The buzz will typically last until the beginning of the second encore. heheh