Verified Fan Presale Strategery Thread

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  • GetRight13
    GetRight13 NY Posts: 588
    Anyone who got msg tickets from the Presale not behind the stage?  Seems like all the Presale tickets were behind the stage.
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  • Heisenbill
    Heisenbill Posts: 70
    WELP MSG is fucked.  I'm going to have to be a bad friend and let down some people now.
  • estarr31
    estarr31 Posts: 628
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Showbiz78 said:
    MSG is only singles behind the stage at this point...
    I think it was only behind the stage when I made it in about 10:15
    THAT is your fan presale.  Only behind the stage tix.

    Well played TM, well played.
    Honestly this shouldn't be a bad thing though. It was clear 10C gobbled up the best seats and had the most available. A lot of us missed out on that but better for 10C than public sale IMO. Tomorrow's sale might be some of the remaining seats beyond 10C in front of the stage. 
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  • lfitzpatrick9
    lfitzpatrick9 NJ Posts: 396
    What a fucking joke Ticketmaster is. Hey here’s a special code for a Fan verified presale where we offere the best seats in the house which is level 400 directly behind the stage. Enjoy. 
  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,168
    Well that was a waste of time.  Sorry another fan grabbed that ticket.
  • shmap
    shmap Posts: 375
    That was a bit of a mess - 2000+ people ahead of me, seats disappearing in the blink of an eye, more "Sorry..." messages than I could count - but finally managed to get two to Baltimore up in the 300s. 
  • TA243471
    TA243471 The Great Northwest Posts: 1,251
    If it doesn't say sold out, usually that means someone else has them in their que, and is trying to purchase them.  Lots of them time out, and get dropped back in.  Don't give up too quickly.  For safeco, tickets still popped up almost 2 hours later, if I remember correctly.
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  • Rsolebello
    Rsolebello Posts: 24
    GetRight13 said:
    Anyone who got msg tickets from the Presale not behind the stage?  Seems like all the Presale tickets were behind the stage.
    I was in section 114, it seems it's to the side of the stage but may be considered "behind" due to the angle?

  • LaFleur
    LaFleur Posts: 829
    well this isn't pretty. If you're in the queue watching your little stick-man race to TO....temper your enthusiasm!

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  • mattsavard
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    Some screen grabs to help folks see what to expect. Could have easily gotten 4 Floor aisle for QC
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  • estarr31
    estarr31 Posts: 628
    GetRight13 said:
    Anyone who got msg tickets from the Presale not behind the stage?  Seems like all the Presale tickets were behind the stage.
    Side of the stage here, section 214. I selected Top Seats tab on the right and just grabbed the first. Didn't want to risk losing any. 
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,886
    GetRight13 said:
    Anyone who got msg tickets from the Presale not behind the stage?  Seems like all the Presale tickets were behind the stage.

    I was under 700 and when I first saw tickets there were still a few out in the normal ticket areas...and lots in fucked-up-land (behind or behind/side stage) but that leads me to believe they may have had a few thousand for sale out in the normal areas.  I was not quick enough to get ones in the normal area so logged out to let others get the fucked-up-land tickets.
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  • estarr31
    estarr31 Posts: 628
    lfitzpatrick9 said:
    What a fucking joke Ticketmaster is. Hey here’s a special code for a Fan verified presale where we offere the best seats in the house which is level 400 directly behind the stage. Enjoy. 
    They never said it was the best seats in the house. 
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  • SS49057
    SS49057 Posts: 79
    OceansJenny said:
    I don’t need tickets but wanted to see how the process worked. Some observations (used mobile):

    1. Couldn’t find a best available filter. It was either “All Tickets” or “Top Seats”. Top Seats did not appear to work like Best Avail, I have no idea what it did actually.
    2. Map and scrolling through sections are the choices. I tooled around for awhile trying to pick the best section. When I went to basket the good tickets, I got the “Sorry! Another fan has already purchased these.”
    3. Next I just basketed whatever the first choice was. I believe the timer was 3 mins to purchase. I canceled out.
    4. Somehow I kicked myself out of the ticket selection screen. I had to go back in the queue. I’ve been stuck at “1 person in front of you” for maybe 5-8 min.
    5. I was 2k plus in the queue and all of the tickets avail in MSG when I get in were behind the bowl.

    Hope this helps someone for tomorrow. Best strategy is basket something quickly and purchase ASAP.
    "1. Couldn’t find a best available filter. It was either “All Tickets” or “Top Seats”.

    This is EXACTLY what I was fearing. Ticketmaster appears to have changed their ticket-buying interface for high-demand events and thus have eliminated a "Best Available" option through which the system automatically pulls and baskets tickets for the buyer.

    Now we are left with this ridiculous shitshow as fans attempt to try and pull and basket tickets from a seating map that constantly updates availability, resulting in     “Sorry! Another fan has already purchased these.” error messages...GARBAGE!
  • demonscars
    demonscars Posts: 92
    Got shut out again. Had 1 ticket in the cart and then got an error message and it’s stuck and that ticket appears gone. 
  • Sprunkn7
    Sprunkn7 Posts: 5,286
    Never using the app again.  TM totally left me spinning so got in with computer but too late. I think I have one for MSG via a friend. Hopefully see you at MSG!
    Thank you fellow 10 clubber for saving my ass....again!!!
  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,605
    estarr31 said:
    lfitzpatrick9 said:
    What a fucking joke Ticketmaster is. Hey here’s a special code for a Fan verified presale where we offere the best seats in the house which is level 400 directly behind the stage. Enjoy. 
    They never said it was the best seats in the house. 
    Best seats in the house went largely to 10c's lottery. 
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  • Little Italy
    Little Italy Rochester, NY Posts: 404
    This is just a BIG SCAM to make sure the seats nobody wants get purchased
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  • mpedone
    mpedone 540xxx - Manchester, NH Posts: 1,961
    jamesbrown1832 said:
    well this isn't pretty. If you're in the queue watching your little stick-man race to TO....temper your enthusiasm!


    To gauge how fast tickets are going there, I was in at 10:10, and there were tickets in all of the 300s, 110-117, and 105. All were solid blue.
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  • starmap3333
    starmap3333 Posts: 3,925
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Showbiz78 said:
    MSG is only singles behind the stage at this point...
    I think it was only behind the stage when I made it in about 10:15
    THAT is your fan presale.  Only behind the stage tix.

    Well played TM, well played.
    There were seats in 114 and the adjacent section on Stone's side but it kept saying "someone beat you to that seat".  Those were almost right on the side of the stage.  I'll take 8 ros behind Mike and Matt.  Fine with me! :0)

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