Tickets now handled by TICKETSTODAY, same as DMB/Warehouse Fan Club, hmmm

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  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,594
    edited January 2020
    dmbolp said:
    indifferentman said:
    Does DMB use a seniority system like PJ though?  Pardon my ignorance on this because I'm not a DMB fan.
    Yes they do, and it's supposed to be similar to how it works here; only comes into play when assigning Reserve seats.  But with DMB it also appear to impact GA/Pit selection...new members seem to "randomly" get PIT more often, with senior members "randomly" getting declined for Pit more often.  The opposing argument is; old members only complain, and new members only post about happy things :blush:  
    If it's a similar seniority system, why would they be upset? I have a low 10C number. I don't care if I get pulled for seats instead of pit. I'm solid either way.
  • coleloco
    coleloco Posts: 4
    With that logic – that they pull from GA first – everyone in that poll that selected "GA Only" should have gotten GA. Not just 71%. 
  • dmbolp
    dmbolp ATL Posts: 1,513
    coleloco said:
    With that logic – that they pull from GA first – everyone in that poll that selected "GA Only" should have gotten GA. Not just 71%. 
    There are only so many GA tickets; if demand exceeds supply then you can't make everyone happy.  And for DMB I think they give some GA PITs to Best Available requests even when demand exceeds supply, so that it isn't completely obvious that Best Available hurts your chances.  And in particular, I think they give GA Pits to new member Best Available requests. 
  • whoyouare72
    whoyouare72 Chicago IL Posts: 2,183
    Ticketstoday is a privately held company with 2 employees out of Charlottesville Virginia




  • smak
    smak Posts: 241
    dmbolp said:
    indifferentman said:
    Does DMB use a seniority system like PJ though?  Pardon my ignorance on this because I'm not a DMB fan.
    Yes they do, and it's supposed to be similar to how it works here; only comes into play when assigning Reserve seats.  But with DMB it also appear to impact GA/Pit selection...new members seem to "randomly" get PIT more often, with senior members "randomly" getting declined for Pit more often.  The opposing argument is; old members only complain, and new members only post about happy things :blush:  
    This is an anecdote from quite a while ago, but the first year I joined the DMB fan club I got better seats then year 2.

    Quite a bit better.

    I was expecting it to be like 10 Club, but it wasn't.  Seems like it still isn't.
  • dmbolp
    dmbolp ATL Posts: 1,513
    edited January 2020
    whoyouare72 said:
    Ticketstoday is a privately held company with 2 employees out of Charlottesville Virginia

    Started by Coran Capshaw, original manager/partner of Dave Matthews Band.  It was part of Live Nation / Ticketmaster for awhile, and Coran bought it back a couple years ago.  They do ticketing/merch/fan club for lots of bands, and now Pearl Jam.  There's still a tie-in with LN/TM
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  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,916
    edited January 2020

    coleloco said:
    With that logic – that they pull from GA first – everyone in that poll that selected "GA Only" should have gotten GA. Not just 71%. 

    The logic would be they don't pull people in order.  If the goal is to fill as many orders as possible then you use an algorithm that does that, which would result in more people who chose best available getting seats.    We don't 100% know how it's programmed to disperse the tickets.   They could program all sorts of things into the software (including maximizing filled orders... and play around to what percentage they want to do that).

    I've psyched myself out and switch my order to GA only.
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  • dmbolp
    dmbolp ATL Posts: 1,513
    edited January 2020
    Sure looks like a lot of GA-only requests getting confirmed first, then Best Available getting confirmed later, hmm...

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