TOTD Ticketmaster Tix... What a joke

AceCool

I can't believe that anybody actually attempts to buy tickets directly through TM. That whole setup is the biggest POS deal ever. It was bad enough 20+ years ago when you had to call in to the local TM outlet and all you were battling was the thousands of local fans trying to get through on the 10 phone lines they had. Now that you go through their computer system and you are battling actual fans (potentially) nationwide on top of those scumfuck brokers and their phonebots, it's the ultimate stacked deck.
Especially after reading the article that was linked on here a few months back inwhich the former CEO of TM spelled it out how by the time that tickets are "released to the public" there are probably only 10-15% left of what the house capacity is. Such a fucking scam. As pissed as so many people are about the prices that get charged on the secondary market, I have come to realize that more often than not if I really want to see a high demand show my first stop is a web site that rhymes with Schmub Shlub.

EchoesOnMars

dlymnfld said:

I just scored Loge tickets for the second Philly show. Anyone been to venue and know if Loge are good seats?

Awesome seats, saw the Grateful Dead there a few years ago, good seats

Zod

AceCool said:

I can't believe that anybody actually attempts to buy tickets directly through TM. That whole setup is the biggest POS deal ever. It was bad enough 20+ years ago when you had to call in to the local TM outlet and all you were battling was the thousands of local fans trying to get through on the 10 phone lines they had. Now that you go through their computer system and you are battling actual fans (potentially) nationwide on top of those scumfuck brokers and their phonebots, it's the ultimate stacked deck.
Especially after reading the article that was linked on here a few months back inwhich the former CEO of TM spelled it out how by the time that tickets are "released to the public" there are probably only 10-15% left of what the house capacity is. Such a fucking scam. As pissed as so many people are about the prices that get charged on the secondary market, I have come to realize that more often than not if I really want to see a high demand show my first stop is a web site that rhymes with Schmub Shlub.

I found the part of the article about what the promoter's do is more interesting. They offer to pay bands more than they can physically make selling out the show. They take blocks of the tickets and directly sell them scalpers. All the blame goes on TM, but that practice is the one that pisses me off the most.

PJ_Soul

Zod said:

AceCool said:

I can't believe that anybody actually attempts to buy tickets directly through TM. That whole setup is the biggest POS deal ever. It was bad enough 20+ years ago when you had to call in to the local TM outlet and all you were battling was the thousands of local fans trying to get through on the 10 phone lines they had. Now that you go through their computer system and you are battling actual fans (potentially) nationwide on top of those scumfuck brokers and their phonebots, it's the ultimate stacked deck.
Especially after reading the article that was linked on here a few months back inwhich the former CEO of TM spelled it out how by the time that tickets are "released to the public" there are probably only 10-15% left of what the house capacity is. Such a fucking scam. As pissed as so many people are about the prices that get charged on the secondary market, I have come to realize that more often than not if I really want to see a high demand show my first stop is a web site that rhymes with Schmub Shlub.

I found the part of the article about what the promoter's do is more interesting. They offer to pay bands more than they can physically make selling out the show. They take blocks of the tickets and directly sell them scalpers. All the blame goes on TM, but that practice is the one that pisses me off the most.

I actually consider that to ultimately be the fault of the artists themselves. They are the ones demanding too much pay if the promoters are offering them that much. It's not like the promoters are doing that for fun.

Eddieredder

Millions of people going after a small amount of tickets. This shouldn't shock anyone.

calvo17

AceCool said:

I can't believe that anybody actually attempts to buy tickets directly through TM. That whole setup is the biggest POS deal ever. It was bad enough 20+ years ago when you had to call in to the local TM outlet and all you were battling was the thousands of local fans trying to get through on the 10 phone lines they had. Now that you go through their computer system and you are battling actual fans (potentially) nationwide on top of those scumfuck brokers and their phonebots, it's the ultimate stacked deck.
Especially after reading the article that was linked on here a few months back inwhich the former CEO of TM spelled it out how by the time that tickets are "released to the public" there are probably only 10-15% left of what the house capacity is. Such a fucking scam. As pissed as so many people are about the prices that get charged on the secondary market, I have come to realize that more often than not if I really want to see a high demand show my first stop is a web site that rhymes with Schmub Shlub.

Zod said:

AceCool said:

I can't believe that anybody actually attempts to buy tickets directly through TM. That whole setup is the biggest POS deal ever. It was bad enough 20+ years ago when you had to call in to the local TM outlet and all you were battling was the thousands of local fans trying to get through on the 10 phone lines they had. Now that you go through their computer system and you are battling actual fans (potentially) nationwide on top of those scumfuck brokers and their phonebots, it's the ultimate stacked deck.
Especially after reading the article that was linked on here a few months back inwhich the former CEO of TM spelled it out how by the time that tickets are "released to the public" there are probably only 10-15% left of what the house capacity is. Such a fucking scam. As pissed as so many people are about the prices that get charged on the secondary market, I have come to realize that more often than not if I really want to see a high demand show my first stop is a web site that rhymes with Schmub Shlub.

I found the part of the article about what the promoter's do is more interesting. They offer to pay bands more than they can physically make selling out the show. They take blocks of the tickets and directly sell them scalpers. All the blame goes on TM, but that practice is the one that pisses me off the most.

AceCool said:

I can't believe that anybody actually attempts to buy tickets directly through TM. That whole setup is the biggest POS deal ever. It was bad enough 20+ years ago when you had to call in to the local TM outlet and all you were battling was the thousands of local fans trying to get through on the 10 phone lines they had. Now that you go through their computer system and you are battling actual fans (potentially) nationwide on top of those scumfuck brokers and their phonebots, it's the ultimate stacked deck.
Especially after reading the article that was linked on here a few months back inwhich the former CEO of TM spelled it out how by the time that tickets are "released to the public" there are probably only 10-15% left of what the house capacity is. Such a fucking scam. As pissed as so many people are about the prices that get charged on the secondary market, I have come to realize that more often than not if I really want to see a high demand show my first stop is a web site that rhymes with Schmub Shlub.

That article said it all. After reading what the former CEO said no one should be surprised when tickets sell out right when they go on sale. It's all a fucking scam.

nails r bit off

Hate public sales.

LukinFan

Ticketmaster can go fuck themselves.

UseUrIllusions

Got mine just now for the 21!

-Buru-

The second show appeared and was gone super fast

on2legs

Zod said:

bootlegger10 said:

Zod said:

stickman said:

How can MSG sell out in less than a minute ??

New York has one of the biggest metro populations in the United States, so you've got 10's of thousands of fans, plus bots, scalpers and what not all trying to buy tickets at the same time. If everyone tries at exactly the same time only a certain percentage are going to pull up anything.

You really think there are enough people interested in seeing Temple of the Dog so badly that they are on-line right at noon and buying all the tickets that MSG has?

yes. New York has 20 million in it's Metro area and this doesn't include all the other big cities that are less than a day's drive away. You only need a fraction of a fraction of a percent of those people wanting to go and it's not enough tickets.

I'd hate to live in a big market like that. Makes getting tickets next to impossible.

I love living in this area. I've scored tickets to every MSG show they've played and most of the Camden/Philly ones too. The only ones I've skipped are because of work or family not the availability of tickets.

RazzyLane

UseUrIllusions said:

Got mine just now for the 21!

Seattle 2 never showed for me in the web, just the app and it was sold out immediately.

Get_Right

Tm tends to delay the release of tickets as well. Tickets are usually scored 12-22 minutes in and then again later. True that there are only a small amount of tickets being released, but you need to stay on for an hour or so before you give up. Demand is really strong for these shows.

bootlegger10

only thing more rigged than TM sales is the Democratic primary

andyfarrimond

RazzyLane said:

UseUrIllusions said:

Got mine just now for the 21!

Seattle 2 never showed for me in the web, just the app and it was sold out immediately.

This! How does it sell out instantly, without notification that it is happening?

andyfarrimond

Second SF show up

pjhawks

AceCool said:

I can't believe that anybody actually attempts to buy tickets directly through TM. That whole setup is the biggest POS deal ever. It was bad enough 20+ years ago when you had to call in to the local TM outlet and all you were battling was the thousands of local fans trying to get through on the 10 phone lines they had. Now that you go through their computer system and you are battling actual fans (potentially) nationwide on top of those scumfuck brokers and their phonebots, it's the ultimate stacked deck.
Especially after reading the article that was linked on here a few months back inwhich the former CEO of TM spelled it out how by the time that tickets are "released to the public" there are probably only 10-15% left of what the house capacity is. Such a fucking scam. As pissed as so many people are about the prices that get charged on the secondary market, I have come to realize that more often than not if I really want to see a high demand show my first stop is a web site that rhymes with Schmub Shlub.

i don't even try anymore. it's a wasted effort. if i really want to go to a show i'll find a ticket on that other site. as i get older i'd rather pay more for a quality seat anyway.

bootlegger10

So are the additions of shows in San Fran, Philly and Seattle basically a done deal a while ago but they don't announce so that the fan clubs don't get any allocations? I.e., the band and promoters agree to it ahead of time?

JR76262

tried on both shows all gone in like 5 mins for 20/21 Seattle, what a joke

GoodbyeForNow

So so frustrating :( fuck. Was on 20 seconds before the sale started. tried on my cell and computer under my account and husbands account. Sold out in seconds. Nothing even came up except for that god damn i'm not a bot box which irritates the fuck out of me. 23 minute later - nothing What a joke. Tried to get through on the phone. God damn automated system. Couldn't get through a live person.

Was Seattle night 2 an option through the 10club? (got shut out for night 1)