Sharing Tickets with strangers - mutual assurance

whichwaysign

I got fucked over by some dipshit from Worcester, MA for the Hartford show. I went to the meet-up at Sweet Jane's trolling for an extra, and some dude says he had one. He really wanted to find a girl to take, which I'm not, so I told him if he struck out, I'd take the extra off his hands. (this is the same guy that started some thread about asking about prospective girls out to a show, and got flamed so bad about it that the Pearl Jam dating service thread was born. I heard the whole story about how he swears off the message board, but yet he magically found out about the meet-up)
Getting to the point, Chris from Worcester navigates the sea of people at the Hartford 10c tix window and then magically disappears, leaving me holding the bag.

Thankfully, a kind soul from Chicago named Angelo, was selling a 10c tix (13th row) for face and I got in that way. I certainly didn't mind paying double face to see that show from that vantage point. Plus, he was the first person, I've met a PJ show that smuggled better pot in than I did.
I wouldn't have mentioned this, but since the thread was started..... thought I'd add to it.

And to Chris Scioscia (that's not how you spell it, but he had some lame joke about the Angels manager that it's how I remember it. It's how you pronounce it.) Karma is a bitch and it will get you.

Riverrunner

I went to the Tampa and WPB shows, but my husband couldn't go. A nice young man from Springfield, Illinois (AllEncompassingTrip) bought my extra ticket to WPB. We had a good time at the concert.

I promised the Tampa ticket to a friend of Jesika537. I was reluctant, but Jesika537 and her boyfriend (whose user name I can't remember right now) vouched for her. The girl never showed up. When I got home after my mini PJ vacation I found an email that she had sent the day before the show saying that her trip was cancelled and she didn't want the ticket. She never called or used the email address I had told her to use. I had given her all travel information so she could contact me if something happened. Instead she used the email address I told her not to use, and then would not answer the phone or return my calls when I tried calling her the day of the show. So I had a good experience and a bad experience.

faithful2you

I'm actually glad to see this thread. My wife and I have 2 extra tickets to a solo show that were going to be used for 2 of our kids. For several reasons it's not going to work out to take them and now we need to get these seats into the right hands. Waiting to hear back from friends, if they can go, but if not I am going to let them go to someone on here and I have been thinking about how to handle it.

I don't want to come off as a prick but I also don't want to drive 5 hours and be stuck with two extra tickets that could have been enjoyed by someone that wanted to be there.

Would it be unreasonable to ask for half the ticket price up front to assure they show up rather than backing out at the last minute because they have nothing invested?

meistereder

1. It's based on trust, and there is only so much you can do to build that up. Research, get contact info, etc.
2. I basically never do a deal that would break me if it went sour. I am usually the seller of an extra, so in that case, worst case is I have an extra ticket to sell to some lucky SOB at the will call line if the buyer flakes. Hasn't happened yet. When I was a buyer of a TM ticket off a guy on this site during the solo tour, I sent the money with paypal and he emailed the tickets to me. Could he have screwed me? Yeah, but I saw his posts, knew his name, and could have outed him here if I had to. It would have sucked though, but I was pretty confident that would never have happened.

Get_Right

I have had nothing but postive experiences buying and selling through this board. Some truly great people here. (****knocks on wood****)

And I always have a back up in case the first in line flakes out.

I try to avoid last minute deals or I will just eat the costs-I dont need a hassle before seeing a PJ show

SpinMeRoundRollMeOvr

I did it 6 times on this last tour and had no problems. I was the buyer every time. I'm a 10c member but my number is so bad that selling an extra of mine is tough to do. I would reccomend getting the person's contact info and keeping in touch before the show... I.e. A short email or pm every other week. It also helps with the formation of a friendship with the ticketmate.

Also, if you ever get screwed, you can likely find a ticket if you hang out by the 10c window long enough and ask around.

mnpjgrrl

SOLAT319 wrote:

I've gone to many shows by "sharing my pair" with a stranger over the years. In exchange, I was the stranger "sharing somebody else's pair" as well for many more. I just don't understand how people could bring themselves to screw a fellow jammer. Met many cool friends this way. I do have to admit though that I look at the number of posts when answering a "ticket wanted" or "ticket for sale" post. I also ask the person if they could point me out to someone I know on the pit who will vouch for them. Then again, I've done some shows with people who decided to get a username and password for the pit that day because they had extras that they wanted to get rid of.

I have been a long-time PJ fan and had an extra 10c for MSG 2, wanted MSG 1 and thought, "Hey... isn't there some kind of Pearl Jam message board or something? Maybe I can find someone there." I signed up, made my 1st post and was welcomed by someone warning everyone that I was just a big ol' scam and shouldn't deal with me. I was like, "WTF? Boy, do I feel welcome, here." After I thought about it, I saw the risk in someone trusting me, but just because someone is a new poster, doesn't mean they're a scam.

Oh, btw... there's a possibility I might have extra 10c tix for EV shows coming up... and I think I'll have 11 or so posts after this one... soooooooo... if I still do have the extras, whoever decides to trust this infrequent poster (but now a faithful lurker) will be very happy they did.

I do understand your points... just wanted to reiterate that some people do just sign up because they have extras they want to trade or sell. Give us a chance, plz...

peachykeen

i've been lucky, people who said they give me their ticket did. back in 2000 i missed the 10c sale and someone sent me their extra tickets via snail mail and i got an extra ticket from somebody for msg2 this year and boy was i glad they kept their promise!

mauichick

Get_Right wrote:

I have had nothing but positive experiences buying and selling through this board. Some truly great people here. (****knocks on wood****)

Ditto...I've also had great, positive experiences sharing the jam last tour and this tour (crossing fingers as well since I'm buying spare 10C tix off a kind 10clubber who I haven't met in person yet) and it definitely comes down to trust on both sides.
If someone seems cool then thats good enough for me..If someone's going to make you jump through hoops then its just not worth it
I kind of had this situation for the garden shows, got shutout w/ 10 C and went round and round with someone on their extra...but i think it was more a matter of them not really wanting to sell and giving their friend time to work it out to attend. Worked out fine though, my friend took care of me

POSITIVE ENERGY.....

Heineken Helen

I've taken spares from many people and I've given spares too. First couple of shows, I was kinda freaking out wondering if the person would show and blah blah blah... of course they did. I've learned not to panic... cos there are usually plenty of people around who are looking for spares if your recipient doesn't turn up. If it's me with the extra, I've a pretty big circle of PJ friends so usually there's one of them in need.

First ticket I bought from someone else was the Astoria. A guy here, he allowed me to log in and change the address the tickets would be mailed to. He also trusted me that I would mail THE CASH to him :eek: . I'd never even spoken to him before on here... but I guess that's one plus side of having so many posts So I got the two tickets and had to hand over the second one for him and get the cash. So yeh, he put a lot of faith in me... and it all worked out. If you HAVE a spare ticket, try and arrange to meet earlier in the day or even arrange to hang out for the day. Plenty of communication before the show is definitely a help.

mahg33ta

how about a quick post when you guys do a transaction that works, mentioning who the other person was? Sounds like there's tons of easy, successful trades that happen at every show that go unreported...

gozzo5058

all we've got is our word...we've got to keep it!

ms. goldenwords

I've been reading the message pit for years, but never bothered to join, until now. I've joined only because I'm pretty sure I'll have one extra ticket to EV NYC Monday. Unfortunately, I didn't get the ticket for face value (long stupid story - which I'd be happy to explain if asked), but I'd like to break even at least. But it's important to me that a "real" fan gets to see such an intimate/small show. Anyways - my plan was to find somebody out here in Message Pit land that might be searching for tickets. Anyways - I'd ask for what I already paid (which is probably more than most out here want to/can spend, but I have to try, right?). I'm glad that there have been good transactions/experiences out there. PM me if you (or somebody you know/trust) are at all interested.