the demise of hard tickets….

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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    edited November 2021
    Wobbie said:
    brianlux said:
    Thankfully, I kept many of mine:
    IMG

    is that a book you wrote?

    It is, copyright 2018, 258 pages.  Took a couple years to write it, six revisions, two major edits (thanks to my oh so patient wife!).  It's a bit frustrating though because there's so much more I want to add just from the last 3 years (but I did basically say at the end that the story never end until I do).
    I still have a few copies on Biblio.com as per below.  The not-so-good news:  I ain't no Robert Christgau or Greil Marcus or Mick Wall, etc.
    The good news:  the price is reasonable- each one cost me a little more to have published than the selling cost plus shipping, and each copy comes with a $1 million bill.   Neither Robert, Greil, nor Mick can make that claim.  :lol: 


    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    ST66483 said:
    Highly recommend Brian’s book above - a good read.

    Thank you, ST. :blush:
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Gibson
    Gibson Chicago Posts: 2,671
    Wobbie said:
    I recently saw the Rival Sons. The only way I could get a hard ticket was from a nice usher on my way out….she gave me a comp ticket. That night, I bought Big Head Todd tickets at the box office….they sent a link to my phone :angry: I recently ordered War on Drugs tix online….no option for a hard ticket. The only recent exception was Brian Fallon….he had the option of a hard tickets  for a $2.50 mailing fee. I hate that hard tickets are going away. It’s the same bummer if you want to collect “significant” sports tickets….the hard tickets basically don’t exist.
    Keep your eyes peeled on the mail. I had this option for a show late last year (not Fallon) and the tickets never arrived. I had to call Ticketmaster and get them to switch over to e-tickets. 

    I finally got a half assed explanation that even though the option for hard tickets was selectable, the venue and TM weren't doing hard tickets anymore.

    I know its an easy adjustment to make, but anything involving ticketmaster support has been like pulling teeth lately.
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  • CopperTom
    CopperTom Posts: 3,149
    I went to the World Series and have no stubs.  No commerative ticket option either.  I'm very disappointed. 
    http://www.livefootsteps.org/user/?usr=28
  • jjflash
    jjflash Posts: 5,031
    I hear ya, @Wobbie! The hard tickets serve a similar purpose as a t-shirt, poster, button, etc....they're relics from the show, paper fingerprints that bookmark the moment. 

    A few weeks ago I road tripped to Asheville to visit a college buddy and see Billy Strings play. Soon as I got to his house he pulled out a ziplock baggie stuffed with ticket stubs. We thumbed thru them, kinda like old baseball cards, at least half of them were from shows we'd seen together twenty+ years ago. The stubs brought back some great memories. 

    Although it sometimes feels like frittering away money, I'll often pay the extra five bucks to get a hard ticket. It's a rare occasion that I go thru my old stubs...it's probably been ten years since the the last time...but it's a great walk down memory lane when it does happen. Plus I've been to so many shows thru the years that without the stubs there are some I'd probably forget, haha.
  • Malroth
    Malroth broken down chevrolet Posts: 2,557
    CopperTom said:
    I went to the World Series and have no stubs.  No commerative ticket option either.  I'm very disappointed. 

    Yeah that hurts, no cubs world series stub.
    I have a couple cork boards that I stick concert stubs on, but the print out tickets just aren't as cool.
    The worst of times..they don't phase me,
    even if I look and act really crazy.
  • kramer73
    kramer73 Posts: 2,633
    Check out Etsy.  There are some people who will make a ticket for you.  I’m going to do that for a concert in January for my ticket stub book.  

    I will be honest, the first show I bought a ticket for earlier this year did not have a paper ticket, and I really almost didn’t get a ticket because there wasn’t a hard ticket.  
  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,124
    kramer73 said:
    Check out Etsy.  There are some people who will make a ticket for you.  I’m going to do that for a concert in January for my ticket stub book.  

    I will be honest, the first show I bought a ticket for earlier this year did not have a paper ticket, and I really almost didn’t get a ticket because there wasn’t a hard ticket.  
    Thanks. I may do that. This past year I wasn’t able to even have the option of a hard ticket for several shows I went to. There was no mail option. I found a template online that mimics a ticket. I just put in all of the information from the downloaded ticket. Then I print it out and put it in my ticket album. But it is not the same. The good thing is I have all the information on the fake ticket if I ever decide to get them made more properly. I will check out Etsy. Thanks. 
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,269
    eddiec said:
    Yeah, I have pretty much every ticket stub for the concerts I've been to. 
    I went to a Black Pumas show that was digital tickets, so I made a ticket on the computer and used my work printer. Came out really good, you wouldn't notice the difference. 

    same here. have all of my hard tix except one which i lost at a concert (Static-x/PM5K). Sucks that it's going this way but I get it :neutral:
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • kramer73
    kramer73 Posts: 2,633
    GlowGirl said:
    kramer73 said:
    Check out Etsy.  There are some people who will make a ticket for you.  I’m going to do that for a concert in January for my ticket stub book.  

    I will be honest, the first show I bought a ticket for earlier this year did not have a paper ticket, and I really almost didn’t get a ticket because there wasn’t a hard ticket.  
    Thanks. I may do that. This past year I wasn’t able to even have the option of a hard ticket for several shows I went to. There was no mail option. I found a template online that mimics a ticket. I just put in all of the information from the downloaded ticket. Then I print it out and put it in my ticket album. But it is not the same. The good thing is I have all the information on the fake ticket if I ever decide to get them made more properly. I will check out Etsy. Thanks. 
    This is the one I plan on using.  They have their own name thing in it, but I’m ok with that.  

  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,124
    kramer73 said:
    GlowGirl said:
    kramer73 said:
    Check out Etsy.  There are some people who will make a ticket for you.  I’m going to do that for a concert in January for my ticket stub book.  

    I will be honest, the first show I bought a ticket for earlier this year did not have a paper ticket, and I really almost didn’t get a ticket because there wasn’t a hard ticket.  
    Thanks. I may do that. This past year I wasn’t able to even have the option of a hard ticket for several shows I went to. There was no mail option. I found a template online that mimics a ticket. I just put in all of the information from the downloaded ticket. Then I print it out and put it in my ticket album. But it is not the same. The good thing is I have all the information on the fake ticket if I ever decide to get them made more properly. I will check out Etsy. Thanks. 
    This is the one I plan on using.  They have their own name thing in it, but I’m ok with that.  

    Thanks. I will check it out. The template I use online is similar. I am away for a few days but when I get home I will post a photo of one I made. It won’t let you use the name Ticketmaster on the side. But it will let you use Ticketmaster with a period at the end (Ticketmaster.). So it looks close. 
  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,762
    brianlux said:
    Wobbie said:
    brianlux said:
    Thankfully, I kept many of mine:
    IMG

    is that a book you wrote?

    It is, copyright 2018, 258 pages.  Took a couple years to write it, six revisions, two major edits (thanks to my oh so patient wife!).  It's a bit frustrating though because there's so much more I want to add just from the last 3 years (but I did basically say at the end that the story never end until I do).
    I still have a few copies on Biblio.com as per below.  The not-so-good news:  I ain't no Robert Christgau or Greil Marcus or Mick Wall, etc.
    The good news:  the price is reasonable- each one cost me a little more to have published than the selling cost plus shipping, and each copy comes with a $1 million bill.   Neither Robert, Greil, nor Mick can make that claim.  :lol: 


    great read while spinning some tunes. Great to connect with Brian while reading too. but it now!

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