The only venues scalpers can resell their tickets at for a profit are in NY and CO, right? Otherwise it’s all regulated in terms of price due to the fan to fan exchange?
Kind of makes me chuckle when people complain about getting into the waiting room before everyone else and then getting pushed back to the end of the line. First, there's no way of knowing how many people actually get into the line before/after you. Second, it doesn't matter, because your place in the queue is completely unrelated to when you get into the waiting room. Whether you jump in 15 minutes or 1 minute before the start of the sale, your odds are exactly the same.
While I agree that this process sucks, it's better than the old days when it was "whoever has the fastest computer/server wins." Scalpers invested tons of money into the fastest hardware, fucking it up for everyone. At least this new method has some modicum of fairness. As someone noted earlier, in most cases, Ticketmaster isn't to blame here if you don't get tickets. It's what happens when demand for a show FAR exceeds supply... and when a state (New York) creates a law allowing the resell of tickets despite bands' wishes.
(That said, if you've been screwed over by a Ticketmaster error message or undeserved IP ban -- both things that have happened to me in the past -- I sympathize completely.)
Everything has chains...Absolutely nothing's changed. - PJ
“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.” - Albert Camus
The only venues scalpers can resell their tickets at for a profit are in NY and CO, right? Otherwise it’s all regulated in terms of price due to the fan to fan exchange?
Kind of makes me chuckle when people complain about getting into the waiting room before everyone else and then getting pushed back to the end of the line. First, there's no way of knowing how many people actually get into the line before/after you. Second, it doesn't matter, because your place in the queue is completely unrelated to when you get into the waiting room. Whether you jump in 15 minutes or 1 minute before the start of the sale, your odds are exactly the same.
While I agree that this process sucks, it's better than the old days when it was "whoever has the fastest computer/server wins." Scalpers invested tons of money into the fastest hardware, fucking it up for everyone. At least this new method has some modicum of fairness. As someone noted earlier, in most cases, Ticketmaster isn't to blame here if you don't get tickets. It's what happens when demand for a show FAR exceeds supply... and when a state (New York) creates a law allowing the resell of tickets despite bands' wishes.
(That said, if you've been screwed over by a Ticketmaster error message or undeserved IP ban -- both things that have happened to me in the past -- I sympathize completely.)
Not complaining. Just voicing how disheartening the entire process is. I realized going in that it was a long shot. And we will all experience this again in the fall or whenever they decide to do their NE/Philly/Chi/Sea and other shows...
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While I agree that this process sucks, it's better than the old days when it was "whoever has the fastest computer/server wins." Scalpers invested tons of money into the fastest hardware, fucking it up for everyone. At least this new method has some modicum of fairness. As someone noted earlier, in most cases, Ticketmaster isn't to blame here if you don't get tickets. It's what happens when demand for a show FAR exceeds supply... and when a state (New York) creates a law allowing the resell of tickets despite bands' wishes.
(That said, if you've been screwed over by a Ticketmaster error message or undeserved IP ban -- both things that have happened to me in the past -- I sympathize completely.)
“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.” - Albert Camus
2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
2017: RRHoF 4/7 2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4 2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18
2022: MSG 9/11 2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
Urgh.
Fenway 1 08/16
Fenway 2 08/16
Fenway 1 09/18
Fenway 2 09/18
PJ songs at our wedding: Love Reign O'er Me (1st dance); Sirens (last dance); Long Road (Momma-Son dance).
2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
2017: RRHoF 4/7 2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4 2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18
2022: MSG 9/11 2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
guess i'll be scouring stubhub hoping for a score til the day of the show.
2015: Global Citizen Festival
2016: Philly 1, Philly 2, MSG 1, MSG 2, Fenway 2
2018: Fenway 1, Fenway 2
2024: MSG 2, Philly 1, Philly 2, Fenway 1, Fenway 2