Looks like the scalpers win

MSG 1 has been the toughest PJ ticket for me in a long time.
Even my connections have nothing.
Looks like its off to stubhub for a ticket. Luckily the prices are not too insane.
Good luck everyone.
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  • goosefuzz
    goosefuzz Posts: 40
    I missed the boat with tickets. Had no idea I'd be in NYC by the time the show had sold out. Lucrative game for these resellers.

    Too bad the band aren't as progressive against this sort of stuff as they used to be.
    Adelaide '03, '06 x2, '09 and EV Solo x2 '11. New York '16 MSG2.
  • andrew68
    andrew68 Toronto Posts: 1,845

    I missed the boat with tickets. Had no idea I'd be in NYC by the time the show had sold out. Lucrative game for these resellers.

    Too bad the band aren't as progressive against this sort of stuff as they used to be.


    what more do you think they could do?

    keep in mind they could pull a Bruce et al and charge $200+ a ticket....the 2nd market sales will always win out
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  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,201
    It is what it is. I am sure the band does what it can.
    It is ticketmaster. They dont sell face value tickets to the public anymore.
  • opsopcopolis
    opsopcopolis Posts: 1,214
    Don't bother with craigslist. All scams
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    2008: Camden 2, Hartford
    2010: Hartford
    2013: Wrigley, Worcester x2, Hartford
    2015: NYC
    2016: Philly 2, MSG x2, Boston 2, (TOTD Philly 2, MSG)
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  • goosefuzz
    goosefuzz Posts: 40
    andrew68 said:

    I missed the boat with tickets. Had no idea I'd be in NYC by the time the show had sold out. Lucrative game for these resellers.

    Too bad the band aren't as progressive against this sort of stuff as they used to be.


    what more do you think they could do?

    keep in mind they could pull a Bruce et al and charge $200+ a ticket....the 2nd market sales will always win out
    A
    Some ticket vendors in Australia only allow entry with original ID and credit card instead of having a hard ticket.
    Adelaide '03, '06 x2, '09 and EV Solo x2 '11. New York '16 MSG2.
  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,201

    Don't bother with craigslist. All scams

    Definitely agree. And don't buy on the street at MSG. All scams.
  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,201
    Bit the bullet yesterday on Stubhub. Prices are crazy today!!! I would be checking TM all day today for a last minute drop.
  • GM151575
    GM151575 Freehold, NJ Posts: 352
    edited May 2016
    My uncle had shit tickets I had an extra of my good pair, so he sold his on stub hub at 185 just go get rid of it last night. Sold in ten seconds. Then ten seconds after that was on there for resale at 270. Savages. Try to do a good (kind of) deed.
  • Mike's Side
    Mike's Side Posts: 961
    MSG is its own type of evil. I stub hubbed it the minute I missed out on the public sale
    1996 - Ft Lauderdale
    1998 - West Palm Beach 1
    2000 - West Palm Beach 1&2
    2003 - WPB,Tampa,Atlanta,Camden 1&2,MSG 1&2, Boston 3,Hershey Park
    2004 - Asheville, Kissimmee
    2008 - West Palm Beach,Tampa,Columbia,Virginia Beach, Mansfield 1&2
    2010 - Hartford,Boston,Newark, MSG 1&2
    2011 - PJ20 1&2, Costa Rica
    2013 - Wrigley,Brooklyn 1&2,Seattle
    2014 - Denver,Mountain View 1&2
    2015 - Bogata, Mexico City
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  • H.Chinaski
    H.Chinaski Brooklyn, NY Posts: 1,604
    Fuck the scalpers!
    Pine Knob, MI Lollapalooza 1992 / Soldier Field, Chicago 1995 / Savage Hall, Toledo 1996 / Palace, Detroit 1998 / Palace, Detroit 2000 / Pine Knob, MI 2003 / Showbox, Seattle 2004 / MSG, NYC 2008 / Key Arena I & II, Seattle 2009 / Eddie Vedder Beacon, NYC 2011 / Eddie Vedder Benaroya, Hall Seattle 2011 / Barclays, Brooklyn I &II 2013 / Wells Fargo, Philadelphia II 2013 / Wuhlheide, Berlin, Germany 2014 / Wells Fargo, Philadelphia 1 2016 / Madison Square Garden, NYC 2 2016 / Wrigley 2, Chicago 2016/ Fenway 1, Boston 2018/
  • NYCPJ
    NYCPJ nyc Posts: 764
    GM151575 said:

    My uncle had shit tickets I had an extra of my good pair, so he sold his on stub hub at 185 just go get rid of it last night. Sold in ten seconds. Then ten seconds after that was on there for resale at 270. Savages. Try to do a good (kind of) deed.

    I learned my lesson when a few years back, i had an extra ticket to see the Allman Brothers at the Beacon on a night when Clapton was sitting in (everyone knew it in advance). I sold my extra at the show to someone who looked like a fan (face price). The guy who showed up to sit next to me bought it outside for $500 from the "fan"

    6/3/06 (East Rutherford 2)
    6/24/08 (MSG1)
    6/25/08 (MSG2)
    7/1/08 (Beacon Theater -NYC)
    10/30/09 (Philly3)
    5/18/10 (Newark, NJ)
    5/20/10 (MSG1)
    5/21/10 (MSG2)
    10/18/13 (Brooklyn 1)
    10/19/13 (Brooklyn 2)
    5/1/16 (MSG 1)
    5/2/16 (MSG 2)
    3/30/20 (MSG)
    9/3/24 I(MSG1)
    9/4/24 (MSG 2)
  • GM151575
    GM151575 Freehold, NJ Posts: 352
    edited May 2016
    NYCPJ said:

    GM151575 said:

    My uncle had shit tickets I had an extra of my good pair, so he sold his on stub hub at 185 just go get rid of it last night. Sold in ten seconds. Then ten seconds after that was on there for resale at 270. Savages. Try to do a good (kind of) deed.

    I learned my lesson when a few years back, i had an extra ticket to see the Allman Brothers at the Beacon on a night when Clapton was sitting in (everyone knew it in advance). I sold my extra at the show to someone who looked like a fan (face price). The guy who showed up to sit next to me bought it outside for $500 from the "fan"

    He made like 60 bucks on the ticket. Could be worse.
  • NYCPJ
    NYCPJ nyc Posts: 764
    edited May 2016
    GM151575 said:

    NYCPJ said:

    GM151575 said:

    My uncle had shit tickets I had an extra of my good pair, so he sold his on stub hub at 185 just go get rid of it last night. Sold in ten seconds. Then ten seconds after that was on there for resale at 270. Savages. Try to do a good (kind of) deed.

    I learned my lesson when a few years back, i had an extra ticket to see the Allman Brothers at the Beacon on a night when Clapton was sitting in (everyone knew it in advance). I sold my extra at the show to someone who looked like a fan (face price). The guy who showed up to sit next to me bought it outside for $500 from the "fan"

    He made like 60 bucks on the ticket. Could be worse.
    No - he made closer to $400. This was 2009 and tickets for that run were around $100 or so, if that. Highest face price for ABB at the Beacon was for the last shows in 2014 ($250).
    Post edited by NYCPJ on
    6/3/06 (East Rutherford 2)
    6/24/08 (MSG1)
    6/25/08 (MSG2)
    7/1/08 (Beacon Theater -NYC)
    10/30/09 (Philly3)
    5/18/10 (Newark, NJ)
    5/20/10 (MSG1)
    5/21/10 (MSG2)
    10/18/13 (Brooklyn 1)
    10/19/13 (Brooklyn 2)
    5/1/16 (MSG 1)
    5/2/16 (MSG 2)
    3/30/20 (MSG)
    9/3/24 I(MSG1)
    9/4/24 (MSG 2)
  • deweil
    deweil Posts: 245
    GM151575 said:

    My uncle had shit tickets I had an extra of my good pair, so he sold his on stub hub at 185 just go get rid of it last night. Sold in ten seconds. Then ten seconds after that was on there for resale at 270. Savages. Try to do a good (kind of) deed.

    185 total or per ticket? Because if it's per ticket, it's not a good deed at all. Just scalping straight up. I don't mind if you do it, just call it what it is.
  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,201
    It is what it is. I found a good seat for $260, which is about what it costs to see a shitty broadway play or have dinner at a fancy restaurant in NYC. Well worth it for 3 hours of live pearl jam!
  • GM151575
    GM151575 Freehold, NJ Posts: 352
    edited May 2016
    deweil said:

    GM151575 said:

    My uncle had shit tickets I had an extra of my good pair, so he sold his on stub hub at 185 just go get rid of it last night. Sold in ten seconds. Then ten seconds after that was on there for resale at 270. Savages. Try to do a good (kind of) deed.

    185 total or per ticket? Because if it's per ticket, it's not a good deed at all. Just scalping straight up. I don't mind if you do it, just call it what it is.
    What's this an audit. He sold his one extra for 185.
  • GM151575
    GM151575 Freehold, NJ Posts: 352
    NYCPJ said:

    GM151575 said:

    NYCPJ said:

    GM151575 said:

    My uncle had shit tickets I had an extra of my good pair, so he sold his on stub hub at 185 just go get rid of it last night. Sold in ten seconds. Then ten seconds after that was on there for resale at 270. Savages. Try to do a good (kind of) deed.

    I learned my lesson when a few years back, i had an extra ticket to see the Allman Brothers at the Beacon on a night when Clapton was sitting in (everyone knew it in advance). I sold my extra at the show to someone who looked like a fan (face price). The guy who showed up to sit next to me bought it outside for $500 from the "fan"

    He made like 60 bucks on the ticket. Could be worse.
    No - he made closer to $400. This was 2009 and tickets for that run were around $100 or so, if that. Highest face price for ABB at the Beacon was for the last shows in 2014 ($250).
    My uncle made 60 on his tickets is what I'm saying.
  • deweil
    deweil Posts: 245
    GM151575 said:

    deweil said:

    GM151575 said:

    My uncle had shit tickets I had an extra of my good pair, so he sold his on stub hub at 185 just go get rid of it last night. Sold in ten seconds. Then ten seconds after that was on there for resale at 270. Savages. Try to do a good (kind of) deed.

    185 total or per ticket? Because if it's per ticket, it's not a good deed at all. Just scalping straight up. I don't mind if you do it, just call it what it is.
    What's this an audit. He sold his one extra for 185.
    Not an audit. At all. I dont judge or care what your uncle does. I was simply pointing out that what he did was sell the ticket for a profit. That's no different than the scalper you called a savage. His profit was smaller, perhaps, although 185 to 260, minus fees if applicable, isn't really much profit either. This forum is full of people with tickets who sell them to fans for face value because those are the rules and for some because they believe that's the right thing to do. Im not here to say what's right but only that your uncle's deed was no better or worse than that savage, in my opinion. Now, had he sold it for face and then the person flipped it, id understand your post a bit more.

    Happy Sunday to everyone!
  • NYCPJ
    NYCPJ nyc Posts: 764
    GM151575 said:

    NYCPJ said:

    GM151575 said:

    NYCPJ said:

    GM151575 said:

    My uncle had shit tickets I had an extra of my good pair, so he sold his on stub hub at 185 just go get rid of it last night. Sold in ten seconds. Then ten seconds after that was on there for resale at 270. Savages. Try to do a good (kind of) deed.

    I learned my lesson when a few years back, i had an extra ticket to see the Allman Brothers at the Beacon on a night when Clapton was sitting in (everyone knew it in advance). I sold my extra at the show to someone who looked like a fan (face price). The guy who showed up to sit next to me bought it outside for $500 from the "fan"

    He made like 60 bucks on the ticket. Could be worse.
    No - he made closer to $400. This was 2009 and tickets for that run were around $100 or so, if that. Highest face price for ABB at the Beacon was for the last shows in 2014 ($250).
    My uncle made 60 on his tickets is what I'm saying.
    GM151575 said:

    NYCPJ said:

    GM151575 said:

    NYCPJ said:

    GM151575 said:

    My uncle had shit tickets I had an extra of my good pair, so he sold his on stub hub at 185 just go get rid of it last night. Sold in ten seconds. Then ten seconds after that was on there for resale at 270. Savages. Try to do a good (kind of) deed.

    I learned my lesson when a few years back, i had an extra ticket to see the Allman Brothers at the Beacon on a night when Clapton was sitting in (everyone knew it in advance). I sold my extra at the show to someone who looked like a fan (face price). The guy who showed up to sit next to me bought it outside for $500 from the "fan"

    He made like 60 bucks on the ticket. Could be worse.
    No - he made closer to $400. This was 2009 and tickets for that run were around $100 or so, if that. Highest face price for ABB at the Beacon was for the last shows in 2014 ($250).
    My uncle made 60 on his tickets is what I'm saying.
    Got it. Sorry.

    6/3/06 (East Rutherford 2)
    6/24/08 (MSG1)
    6/25/08 (MSG2)
    7/1/08 (Beacon Theater -NYC)
    10/30/09 (Philly3)
    5/18/10 (Newark, NJ)
    5/20/10 (MSG1)
    5/21/10 (MSG2)
    10/18/13 (Brooklyn 1)
    10/19/13 (Brooklyn 2)
    5/1/16 (MSG 1)
    5/2/16 (MSG 2)
    3/30/20 (MSG)
    9/3/24 I(MSG1)
    9/4/24 (MSG 2)
  • GM151575
    GM151575 Freehold, NJ Posts: 352
    deweil said:

    GM151575 said:

    deweil said:

    GM151575 said:

    My uncle had shit tickets I had an extra of my good pair, so he sold his on stub hub at 185 just go get rid of it last night. Sold in ten seconds. Then ten seconds after that was on there for resale at 270. Savages. Try to do a good (kind of) deed.

    185 total or per ticket? Because if it's per ticket, it's not a good deed at all. Just scalping straight up. I don't mind if you do it, just call it what it is.
    What's this an audit. He sold his one extra for 185.
    Not an audit. At all. I dont judge or care what your uncle does. I was simply pointing out that what he did was sell the ticket for a profit. That's no different than the scalper you called a savage. His profit was smaller, perhaps, although 185 to 260, minus fees if applicable, isn't really much profit either. This forum is full of people with tickets who sell them to fans for face value because those are the rules and for some because they believe that's the right thing to do. Im not here to say what's right but only that your uncle's deed was no better or worse than that savage, in my opinion. Now, had he sold it for face and then the person flipped it, id understand your post a bit more.

    Happy Sunday to everyone!
    Sold it with the intent of getting it to a real fan for $100 less than the going rate. Somebody buying it just to sell it is different. Yes he made some money and that's scalping but thems the breaks. I'm selling him the one with me for face if that makes you feel warm and cozy.