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JHirschbeinJHirschbein Posts: 76
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I put in for both NY shows, and didn't get approved for either. 
Also never got a code for the presale this morning - the 23rd. 
I'm online now on Ticketmaster and trying to get in the waiting room -- and can't because I never received a code.
I've been a Ten Club member for years....yet can't get tickets to save my life.
What am I doing wrong? And what's the point of the membership?
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  • thebends9thebends9 Posts: 520
    The disgusting part is the newer (post 2018) TM strategy of being a 'verified fan' and having to be selected for the opportunity to purchase tickets. We cant even try to get lucky and pull tickets; That's whats most disheartening about all of this.
    '98 - MSG 
    '00 - Jones Beach (x2)
    '03 - Nassau Coliseum/Tweeter Center/ MSG (x2)
    '04 - Reading, PA
    '05 - Wachovia Center
    '06 - Irving Plaza; Continental Airlines Arena (x2)
    '08 - MSG (x2); Beacon Theater
    '09 - Philly Spectrum (x2)
    '10 - XL Center; Prudential Center; MSG (x2)
    '11 - Alpine Valley (x2)
    '12 - Made In America
    '13 - Wrigley Field; DCU Center; Barclay Center (x2); Wells Fargo Center; XL Center
    '15 - Ed Sullivan Theater
    '16 - MSG (x2)
    '17 - Barclay Center (R&RHOF)
    '18 - Fenway Park
    '22 - MSG
    '24 - MSG (x2)
  • JHirschbeinJHirschbein Posts: 76
    Yeah, I don't really understand the point of being a member if you can't get tickets. We're supposed to be excited about just a free bootleg?
  • mace1229mace1229 Posts: 9,367
    JHirschbein said:
    I put in for both NY shows, and didn't get approved for either. 
    Also never got a code for the presale this morning - the 23rd. 
    I'm online now on Ticketmaster and trying to get in the waiting room -- and can't because I never received a code.
    I've been a Ten Club member for years....yet can't get tickets to save my life.
    What am I doing wrong? And what's the point of the membership?
    NY are the most in demand tickets. If that is the only show you put in for, your chances are small of getting tickets. 
    Other shows are a much higher chance, especially the ones not in the NE.
  • IamNotMichaelIamNotMichael Posts: 111
    Sadly if you really really want to go you’ll need to pay hundreds-thousand for terrible seats on Stubhub.
  • CM189191CM189191 Posts: 6,927
    I've been a Ten Club member for years.
    your profile says you joined in 2021
    And what's the point of the membership?
    that's the $35 question a lot of people seem to be asking themselves today
  • mpedonempedone Posts: 1,947
    Honestly, I do think that Ten Club members should get codes for any cities they didn't get in the lottery. At the very least, putting in a 10C request should automatically register you for the General Sale. Doesn't make sense that we have to register for two separate sales at the same time, or that if we don't get tickets in the lottery we're not going to want to try for tickets in the General Sale.
    "I'm a lucky man, to count on both hands the [shows I've done]. Some folks just have one, others they got none..."

    Hartford 10.02.96 | Mansfield 2 09.16.98 | Mansfield 1 08.29.00 | Mansfield 1 07.02.03 | Mansfield 3 07.11.03 | Boston 2 05.25.06 | Tampa 04.11.16 | Fenway 1 08.05.16 | Fenway 2 08.07.16 | Fenway 1 09.02.18 | Fenway 2 09.04.18 | Baltimore 03.28.20 | Hamilton 09.06.22 | Toronto 09.08.22 | Nashville 09.16.22 | St Louis 09.18.22 | Baltimore 09.12.24 | Fenway 1 09.15.24 | Fenway 2 09.17.24

    "He made the deal with the devil, we get to play with him.
    He goes to hell, of course. We're going to heaven."
  • thebends9thebends9 Posts: 520

    lol - fuck off.
    '98 - MSG 
    '00 - Jones Beach (x2)
    '03 - Nassau Coliseum/Tweeter Center/ MSG (x2)
    '04 - Reading, PA
    '05 - Wachovia Center
    '06 - Irving Plaza; Continental Airlines Arena (x2)
    '08 - MSG (x2); Beacon Theater
    '09 - Philly Spectrum (x2)
    '10 - XL Center; Prudential Center; MSG (x2)
    '11 - Alpine Valley (x2)
    '12 - Made In America
    '13 - Wrigley Field; DCU Center; Barclay Center (x2); Wells Fargo Center; XL Center
    '15 - Ed Sullivan Theater
    '16 - MSG (x2)
    '17 - Barclay Center (R&RHOF)
    '18 - Fenway Park
    '22 - MSG
    '24 - MSG (x2)
  • JHirschbeinJHirschbein Posts: 76
    CM189191 said:
    I've been a Ten Club member for years.
    your profile says you joined in 2021
    And what's the point of the membership?
    that's the $35 question a lot of people seem to be asking themselves today
    I was a member a few years before, then missed a year....But whatever, it shouldn't be this hard to buy tickets. I'm wondering why we are paying for memberships - for this - and free $10 bootleg?
  • CM189191CM189191 Posts: 6,927
    JHirschbein said:
    CM189191 said:
    I've been a Ten Club member for years.
    your profile says you joined in 2021
    And what's the point of the membership?
    that's the $35 question a lot of people seem to be asking themselves today
    I was a member a few years before, then missed a year....But whatever, it shouldn't be this hard to buy tickets. I'm wondering why we are paying for memberships - for this - and free $10 bootleg?

    I thought I was paying for:
    • better odds to get tix
    • better tix
    • the free shirt was nice too

    odds keep getting worse
    tix keep getting worse
    free shirt is no more
  • AlaGAlaG Posts: 976
    edited February 23
    If you weren't trying exclusively to get tickets in the NYC area you'd have a lot better luck. When they used to post odds there was under a 10 percent chance to score reserved tickets for NYC area shows whereas most other shows were mostly guaranteed to hit on your first choice.

    I always got NYC tickets by only putting in for one through the lottery. I'd trade down to someone with shitty seats if I wanted to take a +1 and then paid for the extra ticket, or I'd just go by myself.
    Post edited by AlaG on
  • mpedonempedone Posts: 1,947
    CM189191 said:
    JHirschbein said:
    CM189191 said:
    I've been a Ten Club member for years.
    your profile says you joined in 2021
    And what's the point of the membership?
    that's the $35 question a lot of people seem to be asking themselves today
    I was a member a few years before, then missed a year....But whatever, it shouldn't be this hard to buy tickets. I'm wondering why we are paying for memberships - for this - and free $10 bootleg?

    I thought I was paying for:
    • better odds to get tix
    • better tix
    • the free shirt was nice too

    odds keep getting worse
    tix keep getting worse
    free shirt is no more

    My seats for Fenway are better than 2018. Could be that you're going to shows that are popular with lower-numbered-than-you members. Could be the way they determine "better" is different than you (I'm guessing more of the first than the second for arena shows; ballpark shows - especially Fenway - are a different monster).
    "I'm a lucky man, to count on both hands the [shows I've done]. Some folks just have one, others they got none..."

    Hartford 10.02.96 | Mansfield 2 09.16.98 | Mansfield 1 08.29.00 | Mansfield 1 07.02.03 | Mansfield 3 07.11.03 | Boston 2 05.25.06 | Tampa 04.11.16 | Fenway 1 08.05.16 | Fenway 2 08.07.16 | Fenway 1 09.02.18 | Fenway 2 09.04.18 | Baltimore 03.28.20 | Hamilton 09.06.22 | Toronto 09.08.22 | Nashville 09.16.22 | St Louis 09.18.22 | Baltimore 09.12.24 | Fenway 1 09.15.24 | Fenway 2 09.17.24

    "He made the deal with the devil, we get to play with him.
    He goes to hell, of course. We're going to heaven."
  • bigpermbigperm Posts: 46
    JHirschbein said:
    CM189191 said:
    I've been a Ten Club member for years.
    your profile says you joined in 2021
    And what's the point of the membership?
    that's the $35 question a lot of people seem to be asking themselves today
    I was a member a few years before, then missed a year....But whatever, it shouldn't be this hard to buy tickets. I'm wondering why we are paying for memberships - for this - and free $10 bootleg?
    We get a free $10 bootleg?  Where is this?  I feel like I’m paying $35 for a chance at tickets (didn’t get the 1 show I requested…miss the priority system), and the ability to buy member exclusive items, which I have no interest in.  Are there any other perks at this point?
    6-29-98 Chicago, 10-9-00 Chicago, 4-23-03 Champaign, 6-18-03 Chicago, 7-1-03 Bristow, 10-1-04 Reading, 10-11-04 DC, 9-30-05 Atlantic City, 5-30-06 DC, 6-17-08 VA Beach, 8-17-08 DC (Ed), 6-15-09 Baltimore (Ed), 5-13-10 Bristow, 10-29-13 Charlottesville, 4-18-16 Hampton
  • mpedonempedone Posts: 1,947
    bigperm said:
    JHirschbein said:
    CM189191 said:
    I've been a Ten Club member for years.
    your profile says you joined in 2021
    And what's the point of the membership?
    that's the $35 question a lot of people seem to be asking themselves today
    I was a member a few years before, then missed a year....But whatever, it shouldn't be this hard to buy tickets. I'm wondering why we are paying for memberships - for this - and free $10 bootleg?
    We get a free $10 bootleg?  Where is this?  I feel like I’m paying $35 for a chance at tickets (didn’t get the 1 show I requested…miss the priority system), and the ability to buy member exclusive items, which I have no interest in.  Are there any other perks at this point?
    https://pearljam.com/ten-club/my-account/membership
    Scroll down to "Bootleg download coupon codes"


    "I'm a lucky man, to count on both hands the [shows I've done]. Some folks just have one, others they got none..."

    Hartford 10.02.96 | Mansfield 2 09.16.98 | Mansfield 1 08.29.00 | Mansfield 1 07.02.03 | Mansfield 3 07.11.03 | Boston 2 05.25.06 | Tampa 04.11.16 | Fenway 1 08.05.16 | Fenway 2 08.07.16 | Fenway 1 09.02.18 | Fenway 2 09.04.18 | Baltimore 03.28.20 | Hamilton 09.06.22 | Toronto 09.08.22 | Nashville 09.16.22 | St Louis 09.18.22 | Baltimore 09.12.24 | Fenway 1 09.15.24 | Fenway 2 09.17.24

    "He made the deal with the devil, we get to play with him.
    He goes to hell, of course. We're going to heaven."
  • marumarukomarumaruko Posts: 253
    JHirschbein said:
    CM189191 said:
    I've been a Ten Club member for years.
    your profile says you joined in 2021
    And what's the point of the membership?
    that's the $35 question a lot of people seem to be asking themselves today
    I was a member a few years before, then missed a year....But whatever, it shouldn't be this hard to buy tickets. I'm wondering why we are paying for memberships - for this - and free $10 bootleg?
    You basically pay for the bootleg. 
  • SHZASHZA Posts: 3,933
    thebends9 said:

    lol - fuck off.
    That's a pretty good price tbh
  • BSullyBSully Posts: 1,214
    edited February 23
    JHirschbein said:
    I put in for both NY shows, and didn't get approved for either. 
    Also never got a code for the presale this morning - the 23rd. 
    I'm online now on Ticketmaster and trying to get in the waiting room -- and can't because I never received a code.
    I've been a Ten Club member for years....yet can't get tickets to save my life.
    What am I doing wrong? And what's the point of the membership?
    I'm right there with you. I got shut out of everything too.

    I was able to score 1 ticket to N1 of Wrigley because of an awesome member of this fanclub.
    I'm confident that I will be able to get 2 tix to N2 as well. 
    I will just stay diligent and I will find someone trying to offload their pair at some point in the next 6 months.
    1998: Noblesville, IN 08-17
    2000: Noblesville, IN 08-18
    2003: Noblesville, IN 06-22
    2006: Cincinnati, OH 06-24
    2010: Noblesville, IN 05-07
    2016: Lexington, KY 04-26, Wrigley Field 2 08-22
    2018: Wrigley Field 1 08-18, Wrigley Field 2 08-20
    2022: St. Louis, MO 09-18
    2024: Noblesville, IN 08-26, Wrigley Field 1 08-29, Wrigley Field 2 08-31
  • wiscojamwiscojam Posts: 343
    Blame TM. There are only so many seats they will hand over to Bands for their fan clubs. They won't just provide the entire venue. The band provided a method (good or bad) for their fans to get what was provided to them by TicketMaster. Those tix were distributed fully. Fan club demand was higher than supply. Someone is not going to get those tickets. Unless the band owns the venue, not much else they can do
  • CM189191CM189191 Posts: 6,927
    mpedone said:
    CM189191 said:
    JHirschbein said:
    CM189191 said:
    I've been a Ten Club member for years.
    your profile says you joined in 2021
    And what's the point of the membership?
    that's the $35 question a lot of people seem to be asking themselves today
    I was a member a few years before, then missed a year....But whatever, it shouldn't be this hard to buy tickets. I'm wondering why we are paying for memberships - for this - and free $10 bootleg?

    I thought I was paying for:
    • better odds to get tix
    • better tix
    • the free shirt was nice too

    odds keep getting worse
    tix keep getting worse
    free shirt is no more

    My seats for Fenway are better than 2018. Could be that you're going to shows that are popular with lower-numbered-than-you members. Could be the way they determine "better" is different than you (I'm guessing more of the first than the second for arena shows; ballpark shows - especially Fenway - are a different monster).


    Real easy way to fix this.  10C & TM can be more transparent about # of 10C tix available,  # of 10C registering, etc....

  • SHZASHZA Posts: 3,933
    You're paying for the ability to post here. Even if you only get tickets once every several years, the value of the ticket relative to the $900-$1,000 market prices we're seeing easily pays for the cost of membership 
  • Go BeaversGo Beavers Posts: 9,087
    JHirschbein said:
    Yeah, I don't really understand the point of being a member if you can't get tickets. We're supposed to be excited about just a free bootleg?
    Tickets are pretty easy at lower demand shows, and if you get reserved they aren’t bad if you’ve been around awhile. 
  • mpedonempedone Posts: 1,947
    CM189191 said:
    mpedone said:
    CM189191 said:
    JHirschbein said:
    CM189191 said:
    I've been a Ten Club member for years.
    your profile says you joined in 2021
    And what's the point of the membership?
    that's the $35 question a lot of people seem to be asking themselves today
    I was a member a few years before, then missed a year....But whatever, it shouldn't be this hard to buy tickets. I'm wondering why we are paying for memberships - for this - and free $10 bootleg?

    I thought I was paying for:
    • better odds to get tix
    • better tix
    • the free shirt was nice too

    odds keep getting worse
    tix keep getting worse
    free shirt is no more

    My seats for Fenway are better than 2018. Could be that you're going to shows that are popular with lower-numbered-than-you members. Could be the way they determine "better" is different than you (I'm guessing more of the first than the second for arena shows; ballpark shows - especially Fenway - are a different monster).


    Real easy way to fix this.  10C & TM can be more transparent about # of 10C tix available,  # of 10C registering, etc....

    Sure. I also don't doubt that seats for lower-numbered members are pushed back somewhat due to the Premium seats, but from what I've seen, it's not like anyone is being forced to the back of the arena or the upper deck (unless they got P2 seats).
    "I'm a lucky man, to count on both hands the [shows I've done]. Some folks just have one, others they got none..."

    Hartford 10.02.96 | Mansfield 2 09.16.98 | Mansfield 1 08.29.00 | Mansfield 1 07.02.03 | Mansfield 3 07.11.03 | Boston 2 05.25.06 | Tampa 04.11.16 | Fenway 1 08.05.16 | Fenway 2 08.07.16 | Fenway 1 09.02.18 | Fenway 2 09.04.18 | Baltimore 03.28.20 | Hamilton 09.06.22 | Toronto 09.08.22 | Nashville 09.16.22 | St Louis 09.18.22 | Baltimore 09.12.24 | Fenway 1 09.15.24 | Fenway 2 09.17.24

    "He made the deal with the devil, we get to play with him.
    He goes to hell, of course. We're going to heaven."
  • AlaGAlaG Posts: 976
    edited February 23
    wiscojam said:
    Blame TM. There are only so many seats they will hand over to Bands for their fan clubs. They won't just provide the entire venue. The band provided a method (good or bad) for their fans to get what was provided to them by TicketMaster. Those tix were distributed fully. Fan club demand was higher than supply. Someone is not going to get those tickets. Unless the band owns the venue, not much else they can do
    They can play more shows =)
  • JimmyVJimmyV Posts: 19,172
    Ticketmaster is the music industry's most convenient Boogeyman. These bands are businesses and the goal is to make money. Platinum pricing helps them do just that. Ticketmaster is not forcing anyone into anything. 
    ___________________________________________

    "...I changed by not changing at all..."
  • Dehall20Dehall20 Posts: 1
    Exact same problem. I have a paid for membership (that conveniently expires Feb 25....won't be renuing!), and I get the error: "This Sale Is for Selected Fans" when I connect to TicketMaster. What the hell do I do now?
  • P-Town-P-Jam-FanP-Town-P-Jam-Fan Posts: 930



    Real easy way to fix this.  10C & TM can be more transparent about # of 10C tix available,  # of 10C registering, etc....

    Sorry but how does more transparency provide an easy way to fix the problem?  Its obvious there are way more FC members than tickets available.
    Gorge
  • mpedonempedone Posts: 1,947
    P-Town-P-Jam-Fan said:



    Real easy way to fix this.  10C & TM can be more transparent about # of 10C tix available,  # of 10C registering, etc....

    Sorry but how does more transparency provide an easy way to fix the problem?  Its obvious there are way more FC members than tickets available.

    My take was that it fixes the problem of not knowing why your seats are farther back than a previous show in the same arena.
    "I'm a lucky man, to count on both hands the [shows I've done]. Some folks just have one, others they got none..."

    Hartford 10.02.96 | Mansfield 2 09.16.98 | Mansfield 1 08.29.00 | Mansfield 1 07.02.03 | Mansfield 3 07.11.03 | Boston 2 05.25.06 | Tampa 04.11.16 | Fenway 1 08.05.16 | Fenway 2 08.07.16 | Fenway 1 09.02.18 | Fenway 2 09.04.18 | Baltimore 03.28.20 | Hamilton 09.06.22 | Toronto 09.08.22 | Nashville 09.16.22 | St Louis 09.18.22 | Baltimore 09.12.24 | Fenway 1 09.15.24 | Fenway 2 09.17.24

    "He made the deal with the devil, we get to play with him.
    He goes to hell, of course. We're going to heaven."
  • SHZASHZA Posts: 3,933
    mpedone said:
    Honestly, I do think that Ten Club members should get codes for any cities they didn't get in the lottery. At the very least, putting in a 10C request should automatically register you for the General Sale. Doesn't make sense that we have to register for two separate sales at the same time, or that if we don't get tickets in the lottery we're not going to want to try for tickets in the General Sale.
    A lot of 10c "members" are ticket broker accounts though. I'm not sure if the verified "fan" screening system is effective or not, but automatic codes could have unintended consequences 
  • jerparker20jerparker20 Posts: 2,501
    If you’re only in for MSG (and Philly) don’t expect great result as mentioned a million times on the boards. There’s still Fan 2 Fan. Wait a few weeks and there will tickets on there (people’s plans changing, realizing they over extended their finances by get tickets to too many shows, etc..) Or, if you can hold out till the day of the show you will find tickets available for well below face value on the secondary market. Last year I could have picked lower level side of arena seats for St Paul N1 for around $50. Others have reported similar experiences. A buddy of mine grabbed a St Paul N2 ticket for $35. 
  • mpedonempedone Posts: 1,947
    SHZA said:
    mpedone said:
    Honestly, I do think that Ten Club members should get codes for any cities they didn't get in the lottery. At the very least, putting in a 10C request should automatically register you for the General Sale. Doesn't make sense that we have to register for two separate sales at the same time, or that if we don't get tickets in the lottery we're not going to want to try for tickets in the General Sale.
    A lot of 10c "members" are ticket broker accounts though. I'm not sure if the verified "fan" screening system is effective or not, but automatic codes could have unintended consequences 

    Doesn't TM's registration process filter out broker accounts, though? I figure it could still have those safeguards in place.
    "I'm a lucky man, to count on both hands the [shows I've done]. Some folks just have one, others they got none..."

    Hartford 10.02.96 | Mansfield 2 09.16.98 | Mansfield 1 08.29.00 | Mansfield 1 07.02.03 | Mansfield 3 07.11.03 | Boston 2 05.25.06 | Tampa 04.11.16 | Fenway 1 08.05.16 | Fenway 2 08.07.16 | Fenway 1 09.02.18 | Fenway 2 09.04.18 | Baltimore 03.28.20 | Hamilton 09.06.22 | Toronto 09.08.22 | Nashville 09.16.22 | St Louis 09.18.22 | Baltimore 09.12.24 | Fenway 1 09.15.24 | Fenway 2 09.17.24

    "He made the deal with the devil, we get to play with him.
    He goes to hell, of course. We're going to heaven."
  • bazfromozbazfromoz Posts: 251
    we pay our 10 club membership fee just for the opportunity to spend more money via the shop. they have set themselves up quite a money maker. cant blame them.
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