Tried listing a pair just just now and see the sell button was greyed out, asked Ticketmaster and this was their response:
The option to sell can be removed at any time, we do not have control over this. You are welcome to check back at a later time, to try to sell the tickets.
Heh -- did better than 69% of users on that last captcha refresh...
If you can't laugh at something at this point...
nice
'96: Toronto / '00: Toronto, Montreal / '03: Buffalo, State College, Toronto, Montreal, NYC I & II, Hershey / '04: Toledo, Grand Rapids / '05: Kitchener, London, Hamilton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto / '06: Toronto I & II / '07: Chicago (The Vic), Lolla / '09: Toronto / '11: PJ20 I & II, Montreal, Toronto I & II / '13: London ON, Wrigley, Buffalo, Brooklyn I & II / '16: Toronto I & II, Fenway I & II / '18: London UK I, Wrigley I & II, Fenway I
But this is a stupid waste of time for everyone (btw I'm wasting my time too, so I'm certainly not critical of anyone doing it, just the system). Why don't they collect all the tickets that people want to sell back and do another lottery (or just release them all at once one time a day and have their stupid queue system up and running and it be luck of the draw). I realize that supply and demand dictate that we can't all get seats and I can live with that, and I know PJ wants to stop scalpers, but there has to be a better way than having their biggest fans spend hour after hour just refreshing their screen. At some point I am going to have to try and get work done.....
Because it is a service designed to also help people who need to sell, not just buy. There is no way to collect tickets and hold a lottery when many people don't yet know they will need to sell their tickets.
I disagree with this, you could daily say we're posting all newly listed tix at 10AM, and have everyone look at that time to see if there are new tix available. Then we'd all login at 10, try to get to the front of the line (just like the public onsale date) and cross our fingers. If the tix didn't sell they could remain listed until they sold, but nothing new would be listed until 10AM the next day and we could all spend our time doing other things. I don't see who doesn't benefit from this system, unless you think sellers would be harmed but not having their tix listed until 10AM the following day which I suppose there is some de minimis harm but I think it is far outweighed by the pain on the buyers end associated with wasting our lives away hitting F5.
Also, in the future why doesn't PJ get ticketmaster to agree to sell tix back to 10C if 10C had excess demand. You couldn't wait until day before the show as people need to make travel plans, etc., but what if 10C had an option to select when putting in for tix that said, if you miss out on first lottery, you can elect to automatically be entered into a second lottery for resale tix. Then, to the extent of excess demand, 10C agrees with ticketmaster to purchase all excess tix that are "returned", including fees, and then runs a lottery to distribute them to those that missed out on the first lottery, perhaps two weeks before the show or something. Just another idea of how to make this pain go away.....
Your first paragraph is not a bad idea, but it is not collecting all the tickets and holding a lottery, which is what you originally suggested.
I still think Baltimore is going to be easier to get the closer it gets to show time. More tickets have popped up than I thought would have. Just sucks the are gone in like 5 seconds
"If you're like me, then you know me"
2006: Camden 1
2008: Washington DC
2009: Philly 1, Philly 2, Philly 3, Philly 4
2013: Philly 1, Philly 2, Baltimore
2016: Philly 1, Philly 2,
2017: Temple of The Dog Philly 2
More tix will pop up closer to show time as people realize they cannot attend shows for whatever reason may come up.
'96: Toronto / '00: Toronto, Montreal / '03: Buffalo, State College, Toronto, Montreal, NYC I & II, Hershey / '04: Toledo, Grand Rapids / '05: Kitchener, London, Hamilton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto / '06: Toronto I & II / '07: Chicago (The Vic), Lolla / '09: Toronto / '11: PJ20 I & II, Montreal, Toronto I & II / '13: London ON, Wrigley, Buffalo, Brooklyn I & II / '16: Toronto I & II, Fenway I & II / '18: London UK I, Wrigley I & II, Fenway I
Take 1/2 the arena and allocate the tickets via 10C members via the lotto. Same rules as always. Anyone caught scalping is banished for life. All the "real" fans all have an equal chance at getting in for face value.
Take the other 1/2 and sell it via TM sales where the buyers can sell and transfer to their hearts content. The people that didn't win or are able to afford paying market prices have an outlet to do so.
Done. Problem solved.
Then start your own band and make those the rules. Telling a group of men, that somehow you enjoy seeing, that are and always have been left leaning what to do is extremely wrong. This band is, literally, not for you. Do you listen to lyrics? They have, repeatedly told you that they don't want you, but you keep coming back here with your free market bullshit. Go away, they don't want you.
My god that is lame. "This band is, literally, not for you." Cringe to the wannabe gatekeeper.
"F these ungrateful, entitled fans, with their constant bitching and moaning, inability to read more than two sentences of a paragraph, and their third grade comprehension and critical thinking skills."
Here's another weird thing about this psychologically -- if I step away (either post here or go do something else or whatever) and come back and refresh, I live in fear that tix will show up on the first refresh, as I know I'll be too late to get them. Only once I'm constantly refreshing am I ready to buy....weird to hope to see "sold out", though I realize it's totally irrational.
Here is a story that just popped into my head for no reason whatsoever:
During the summer of 2008, I was working for a firm that would offer pairs of tickets for pretty much every NYC area concert to the summer employees (around 100 people or so). On the same day and same time every week, someone from HR would send around a list of the next week’s events and the tickets went to the first people to respond. Having struck out on the PJ Garden shows, I sat at my desk at the appointed time, refreshing my inbox constantly, and when the email came through I responded as fast as I could asking for either of the Pearl Jam shows. I was too slow.
Tons of tickets for Ottawa - all 300 section behind the stage. Hoping to see some Hamilton come up
Those are standard tickets available for Ottawa. There are no Fan to Fan tickets available at the moment. I was hoping to get 1 ticket that is not behind the stage, but I will grab one if that ends up being my only option. There have been some issues with the Fan to Fan for Canadian shows. Hoping that they get it back up and going soon!
I am about to list my two Ten Club tickets for Nashville. Not sure how long until they appear on Ticketmaster though.
Are they already sold?
'96: Toronto / '00: Toronto, Montreal / '03: Buffalo, State College, Toronto, Montreal, NYC I & II, Hershey / '04: Toledo, Grand Rapids / '05: Kitchener, London, Hamilton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto / '06: Toronto I & II / '07: Chicago (The Vic), Lolla / '09: Toronto / '11: PJ20 I & II, Montreal, Toronto I & II / '13: London ON, Wrigley, Buffalo, Brooklyn I & II / '16: Toronto I & II, Fenway I & II / '18: London UK I, Wrigley I & II, Fenway I
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If you can't laugh at something at this point...
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).
nice
"...I changed by not changing at all..."
2006: Camden 1
2008: Washington DC
2009: Philly 1, Philly 2, Philly 3, Philly 4
2013: Philly 1, Philly 2, Baltimore
2016: Philly 1, Philly 2,
2017: Temple of The Dog Philly 2
2022 Ottawa 09/03
2016 MSG 1 & 2
2013 Brooklyn (10/18, 10/19) Philadelphia (10/21, 10/22)
2012 Atlanta 09/22
2009 Albany 06/08 (Eddie Solo)
2008 Bonnaroo 6/14
2006 Albany 05/12
2005 Philadelphia 10/03
2000 Saratoga Springs 08/27
http://www.vividseats.com/concerts/pearl-jam-tickets/pearl-jam-royal-farms-arena-3-28-3401374.html
-People at the Ten Club, I imagine.
Posters for Sale: http://community.pearljam.com/discussion/117469/posters-for-sale
T-Shirts for Sale: http://community.pearljam.com/discussion/149289/pj-t-shirt-trade-or-sale
2008: Camden 2, Hartford
2010: Hartford
2013: Wrigley, Worcester x2, Hartford
2015: NYC
2016: Philly 2, MSG x2, Boston 2, (TOTD Philly 2, MSG)
2018: Prague, Krakow, Berlin, Boston x2
2022: San Diego, Sacramento, Las Vegas
"...I changed by not changing at all..."
During the summer of 2008, I was working for a firm that would offer pairs of tickets for pretty much every NYC area concert to the summer employees (around 100 people or so). On the same day and same time every week, someone from HR would send around a list of the next week’s events and the tickets went to the first people to respond. Having struck out on the PJ Garden shows, I sat at my desk at the appointed time, refreshing my inbox constantly, and when the email came through I responded as fast as I could asking for either of the Pearl Jam shows. I was too slow.