“PJ Premium” on Ticketmaster?

SH211703

OceansJenny said:

SH211703 said:

So anyone can buy PJ Premium? Or did i have to be selected?

Everyone is welcome to pay above face.

I cant even join the room.

TN49724

So it looks like even the PJ Premium are only for those that were lucky enough to get verified?  Is everyone else seeing this?

droptheleash9

TN49724 said:

So it looks like even the PJ Premium are only for those that were lucky enough to get verified?  Is everyone else seeing this?

Yup - Running into the same thing.

molecule

TN49724 said:

So it looks like even the PJ Premium are only for those that were lucky enough to get verified?  Is everyone else seeing this?

Yup. Same.

molecule

How long does verified stay open? In other words, when can the rest of us get a shot at relisted and premiums.

NewfieintheUSA

molecule said:

How long does verified stay open? In other words, when can the rest of us get a shot at relisted and premiums.

Just a note, F2F has not been opened up yet. Noone has access to relisted tix right now

TN49724

NewfieintheUSA said:

molecule said:

How long does verified stay open? In other words, when can the rest of us get a shot at relisted and premiums.

Just a note, F2F has not been opened up yet. Noone has access to relisted tix right now

Any word on when this does open, F2F that is.  Thanks in advance.  Hard to follow the information path on all of this!

molecule

NewfieintheUSA said:

molecule said:

How long does verified stay open? In other words, when can the rest of us get a shot at relisted and premiums.

Just a note, F2F has not been opened up yet. Noone has access to relisted tix right now

Yup, I know. Just wondering when that next step happens. The presale page says "beginning this Spring".

mcgruff10

PJNB said:

mcgruff10 said:

Check that, 5k a seat. Sec 106 row 1

Wanna go halfers?

Yea!!!!

JR86440

JimmyV said:

JR86440 said:

JimmyV said:

JR86440 said:

JimmyV said:

JR86440 said:

Nothing wrong with premium. Gives opportunity to others who are not long time members to get very good seats. It’s not like they are selling a whole section. It’s a handful of seats. Plus PJ charging 100 per ticket is an absolute steal. Maybe this is going in their pockets or maybe it is charity. I’m fine with either. 

It's not going to charity and I think you are going to be surprised at how many tickets turn out to be Premium. They just kept coming and coming for Ed's shows and those were in tiny theatres. 

Maybe but they also specifically state that the premium tickets keep costs low for everybody else. 

And that may or not be true, but let's not pretend the money is going to charity. 

Reason I said that is because before it went to Vitalogy fund. I know because I bought two for Fenway.  Obviously could be different now. 

I hear you, and I don't mean to jump on you. There just has been a lot of misconception going back to the Earthlings tour that this was about charity and it's not. It's where the business of selling concert tickets is unfortunately going. Sucks. 

Agreed. Whole thing is a scam. Not PJ in particular, but the  ticket market/Ticketmaster. Like everything else, the rich get richer. Normal guy gets screwed 

tdawe

Cropduster-80 said:

Personally I don’t hate premium.  I go to shows infrequently enough since they never play anywhere near me and I missed out long ago on 10c seniority so keeping an active membership without lapsing never really would have mattered anyway. 

Tickets are available easily without buying from some sketchy scalper. It’s not terrible in my book. No lottery, no instant sellout etc. if your going to 10 shows a year it’s not good, but one show every year or two it avoids a lot of hassle.  

 

The amount of stress and anger during ticket lottery/pre sales/verified fan etc. time seems not worth it to me.  Paying more money to lower your blood pressure seems like a reasonable trade off 

This was more or less my thought process when I plonked down a bunch of money for Vitalogy seats for Baltimore (RIP). The money was easily worth it for not having to drive myself insane (and/or get fired and/or divorced) via the Fan To Fan mayhem. 

But I am very fortunate to be in the position to make that kind of choice. Not everyone can, so the frustration is very understandable.

PJNB

mcgruff10 said:

PJNB said:

mcgruff10 said:

Check that, 5k a seat. Sec 106 row 1

Wanna go halfers?

Yea!!!!

My CC is only good for $3000 CAD. Thats like $1000 USD so you buy this one and I will buy the next pair? LOL

mcgruff10

PJNB said:

mcgruff10 said:

PJNB said:

mcgruff10 said:

Check that, 5k a seat. Sec 106 row 1

Wanna go halfers?

Yea!!!!

My CC is only good for $3000 CAD. Thats like $1000 USD so you buy this one and I will buy the next pair? LOL

Sounds good to me!  I'm sure Jess and Christine will be a ok with this! lol

Cropduster-80

tdawe said:

Cropduster-80 said:

Personally I don’t hate premium.  I go to shows infrequently enough since they never play anywhere near me and I missed out long ago on 10c seniority so keeping an active membership without lapsing never really would have mattered anyway. 

Tickets are available easily without buying from some sketchy scalper. It’s not terrible in my book. No lottery, no instant sellout etc. if your going to 10 shows a year it’s not good, but one show every year or two it avoids a lot of hassle.  

 

The amount of stress and anger during ticket lottery/pre sales/verified fan etc. time seems not worth it to me.  Paying more money to lower your blood pressure seems like a reasonable trade off 

This was more or less my thought process when I plonked down a bunch of money for Vitalogy seats for Baltimore (RIP). The money was easily worth it for not having to drive myself insane (and/or get fired and/or divorced) via the Fan To Fan mayhem. 

But I am very fortunate to be in the position to make that kind of choice. Not everyone can, so the frustration is very understandable.

The number of members with 20 plus years of seniority will always get the best seats. Nothing wrong with that, good for them. 

The majority of 10c members and PJ fans who go to shows can’t all be the most senior members.  Getting good seats has almost always required paying above face unless your schedule is flexible enough that you can wait until show day.  It’s just now it seems it’s happening to pretty senior members too. To me nothing has changed 

CO278952

how great would it be if they dropped another nashville or NYC date right now? 

Zod

I don't feel like Platinum is a scam.  For how many decades bands sold their concert tickets below market value.   They wanted to save face and not price tickets as high as they could.   This made an entire industry based on buying concert tickets and flipping them for what they were really worth.

With the $$ made from recorded music way down, it doesn't surprise me that the industry figured out a way to capture those lost $$'s.   I don't feel like it's a scam.  They tell you what the price is, you choose whether or not to buy it.  If you buy it, you get the thing you paid for. 

That being said, I did put a sour taste in my mouth for the EV tour because of how many were reserved for platinum. If you bought them right away, all you saw was a few months of tickets getting continually released, for cheaper prices and closer seats.  That part was disheartening.    For people that like to plan out their trips (even short trips) in advance, it makes stressful playing the waiting game on tickets.

Still.. if you have the means it gets you in the door. 

I guess I'm mixed on the whole thing. I understand why promoters/artists/TM use it.  They all get more money and they're capturing money that used to get lost to scalpers.  I don't feel like it's a scam, because you know what your paying, what you're buying and you get the good.   But still.. watching the band that used to take pride on low ticket prices.. slowly make small concessions over time... that parts tough.

They created a system that basically locks down bought tickets, so scalping would be extremely hard, but really it removes the competition for platinum tickets.... lol.  Isn't the whole point of the locked system to keep ticket prices low and prevent them from being extorted by scalpers?

oh well.. 10c and f2f hooked me up. I'm good for this tour

patkelly12

For the last 10 years or so, I would say 90% of the concert tickets I bought were either platinum or some type of VIP. I justified it by saying "It saved you time and hassle" and "you don't go to many concerts, enjoy the ones you do go to". The one band I couldn't buy my way into was PJ and I always found that honorable and it made me appreciate the fan club lottery more.

But even then, the most I ever spent on a Platinum ticket was $750 (and that came with alcohol). The prices I am seeing today are just loco. And this can't be blamed on inflation. Maybe its a way to recoup the last 2 years of missed revenue but I think we are seeing a seismic shift in pricing and it ain't ever coming back down.

dmbolp

MSG Section 106 Row 1 for $3,506

PJNB

dmbolp said:

MSG Section 106 Row 1 for $3,506

On sale for a limited time! 30% off!

OceansJenny

There is no reason to drop big cash on tickets right now. We have 6 months. Be patient and prices will drop.