Whats with all the Whining?

shakey420

The amount of anger and outright whining that has gone on since the release of tickets is extremely upsetting to see on this board. I don't know the average age of the people on this board, but if i just stopped by, having never been here, i would assume it was 5 years old. you didnt get tickets, too bad, do what i always do and work your ass off to figure out a way to get some. i don't want to read about you not getting tickets, or the site crashing, it always happens, with every band, with ticketmaster. Its not the ten clubs fault. I just think its hilarious to see all the boo-hoo for me threads and complaints and outright anger, not even like oh schucks, but outright anger and the feeling that we are owed something because of a membership# we have. Its never once been easy for me to see pearljam but while a whole lot of you were busy sending hate mail to the message board i was patiently hitting refresh for an hour and finally got tickets. go ahead and blast me up and down this message board but lets not forget what its all about...

QuarterToTen

we should simply be happy they are touring at all.

emperor penguin

i have the most reasonable explination. People on this board are pathetic, crying little pussies who want to have their way all the time. There are some people on this earth who are really suffering. So suck on that!

SPEEDY MCCREADY

shakey420 wrote:

The amount of anger and outright whining that has gone on since the release of tickets is extremely upsetting to see on this board. I don't know the average age of the people on this board, but if i just stopped by, having never been here, i would assume it was 5 years old. you didnt get tickets, too bad, do what i always do and work your ass off to figure out a way to get some. i don't want to read about you not getting tickets, or the site crashing, it always happens, with every band, with ticketmaster. Its not the ten clubs fault. I just think its hilarious to see all the boo-hoo for me threads and complaints and outright anger, not even like oh schucks, but outright anger and the feeling that we are owed something because of a membership# we have. Its never once been easy for me to see pearljam but while a whole lot of you were busy sending hate mail to the message board i was patiently hitting refresh for an hour and finally got tickets. go ahead and blast me up and down this message board but lets not forget what its all about...

as i have said before...

it breaks my fucking heart to see a 16-18 year old get all excited when a tour is announced....listen to them make there plans....tell everyone it will be their FIRST PEARL JAM concert.....

and then get SHUT OUT .........it KILLS ME!!!!!

and i can understand them screaming and yelling and complaining....

i can also understand us older folk...screaming yelling and complaining when we dont get tickets.....because for 90% of us ....THE ONLY REASON we are in this fan club.....IS FOR THE TICKETS!!!

i dont need a magazine with a banana bread recipe...
i dont need to buy any stickers...
i dont need a christmas single that i cant listen to because i havent owned a record player in 20 years...

and sitting on a computer for 2-3 hours trying to get concert tickets can drive someone fucking nuts......

been there....done that....

so if people want to scream and yell because they didnt get tickets.....i have no problem with it...

shakey420

so you feel it is your right as a pearl jam fan to get tickets? the ten club should make sure that you have tickets to the show since you listen to them and love the band? I've paid a lot of money to get tickets when shut out, and when i was younger listened to bootlegs on tape just to get a listen and i don't remember being all that angry about it. Half the fun is the chase isnt it?

SPALMA

EVERYONE can use a banana bread recipe!

Disappointment is hard to deal with at any age. And yes, the young can be dramatic.

I can understand the screaming and gnashing of teeth... I just don't like the vindictive tone, the blaming, flaming, and general nastiness toward other folks on this board.

Rail against the system... try to change it...that's natural... But don't lash out at those around you.

there's lots of clever kidding and comebacks, but jeez, the fucking fighting is useless.

as one very clever person once said - "the hate flows both ways"... we are none of us blameless.

slightofjeff

You know what's funny to me?

It's like this for EVERY SINGLE TOUR. Like clockwork. The tickets cost too much. It's too hard for me to get tickets. I didn't have enough time to save money.

blah, blah, blah.

I bet if you could pull posts from 2003 or 2006, they would be identical to the posts on here today.

Stryker

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

as i have said before...

it breaks my fucking heart to see a 16-18 year old get all excited when a tour is announced....listen to them make there plans....tell everyone it will be their FIRST PEARL JAM concert.....

and then get SHUT OUT .........it KILLS ME!!!!!

and i can understand them screaming and yelling and complaining....

i can also understand us older folk...screaming yelling and complaining when we dont get tickets.....because for 90% of us ....THE ONLY REASON we are in this fan club.....IS FOR THE TICKETS!!!

i dont need a magazine with a banana bread recipe...
i dont need to buy any stickers...
i dont need a christmas single that i cant listen to because i havent owned a record player in 20 years...

and sitting on a computer for 2-3 hours trying to get concert tickets can drive someone fucking nuts......

been there....done that....

so if people want to scream and yell because they didnt get tickets.....i have no problem with it...

The crack about the banana bread killed me. Its so true, though.

DaytimeDilemma

I don't think it would hurt anyone, if they had an allotment tix for local 10 C member and regular 10 C members with seperate sale dates. Also, telling the fan club how many tickets they actually have before the sale starts would be nice. Therefore people could have a better idea of what the club is working with.

SPEEDY MCCREADY

shakey420 wrote:

so you feel it is your right as a pearl jam fan to get tickets? the ten club should make sure that you have tickets to the show since you listen to them and love the band? I've paid a lot of money to get tickets when shut out, and when i was younger listened to bootlegs on tape just to get a listen and i don't remember being all that angry about it. Half the fun is the chase isnt it?

i dont feel entitled to anything...and i never have....

i just understand people here can spend up to 1-2 hours on this silly computer trying for tickets....getting aggravated beyond belief...and then getting SHUT OUT..

i can then understand them coming on this board and calling the 10club every name in the book...hehehehehehe

and dont get me wrong...im sure the 10club tries their best to make this ticket buying experience ....as simple and easy as they possibly can...

Vedd Hedd

shakey420 wrote:

so you feel it is your right as a pearl jam fan to get tickets? the ten club should make sure that you have tickets to the show since you listen to them and love the band? I've paid a lot of money to get tickets when shut out, and when i was younger listened to bootlegs on tape just to get a listen and i don't remember being all that angry about it. Half the fun is the chase isnt it?

the chase is no fun if you break your leg and dont catch dinner.

Ask a lion if the chase is fun when they get hoofed by a zebra.

ringo

People, no one has been shut out yet.

I know the ticketing system is not ideal and being up close is awesome and what not but....

It's about the music!!!!!

There are still plenty of options to score tickets.

You don't need to see the sweat drip off of Ed's face to enjoy the show.

I was second to last row at Hershey in '03 and still had a fucking good time.

Rub

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

as i have said before...

it breaks my fucking heart to see a 16-18 year old get all excited when a tour is announced....listen to them make there plans....tell everyone it will be their FIRST PEARL JAM concert.....

and then get SHUT OUT .........it KILLS ME!!!!!

and i can understand them screaming and yelling and complaining....

i can also understand us older folk...screaming yelling and complaining when we dont get tickets.....because for 90% of us ....THE ONLY REASON we are in this fan club.....IS FOR THE TICKETS!!!

i dont need a magazine with a banana bread recipe...
i dont need to buy any stickers...
i dont need a christmas single that i cant listen to because i havent owned a record player in 20 years...

and sitting on a computer for 2-3 hours trying to get concert tickets can drive someone fucking nuts......

been there....done that....

so if people want to scream and yell because they didnt get tickets.....i have no problem with it...

AND

I don't think it would hurt anyone, if they had an allotment tix for local 10 C member and regular 10 C members with seperate sale dates. Also, telling the fan club how many tickets they actually have before the sale starts would be nice. Therefore people could have a better idea of what the club is working with.

I am grateful that PJ treats the 10c members so well but its just gotten extremely hard to get tickets for the NY area the last 2 tours. Yesterday took the cake for me as I spent 3 hours on the computer not get tickets to the only area shows. At least the last time I was shut out of MSG, I was lucky enough to catch them in NJ. Unless they add shows or I'm lucky enough to get them through ticketbastard, I'm going to miss them entirely this year.

I don't know the answer, but there has got to be a better way of getting tickets to the fans. It really makes me question why I renew my membership as the tickets are pretty much the only reason I joined 10c in the 1st place.

HermanBloom

They whining is pretty silly; I love all that the ten club does: magazines, singles, tickets, etc. If nobody cared about anything but tickets, why does every bitch when they don't get their singles or deep issues ASAP? I am thankful and I had no problem getting tickets this time to 5 shows.

binauralsounds

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

as i have said before...

it breaks my fucking heart to see a 16-18 year old get all excited when a tour is announced....listen to them make there plans....tell everyone it will be their FIRST PEARL JAM concert.....

and then get SHUT OUT .........it KILLS ME!!!!!

and i can understand them screaming and yelling and complaining....

i can also understand us older folk...screaming yelling and complaining when we dont get tickets.....because for 90% of us ....THE ONLY REASON we are in this fan club.....IS FOR THE TICKETS!!!

i dont need a magazine with a banana bread recipe...
i dont need to buy any stickers...
i dont need a christmas single that i cant listen to because i havent owned a record player in 20 years...

and sitting on a computer for 2-3 hours trying to get concert tickets can drive someone fucking nuts......

been there....done that....

so if people want to scream and yell because they didnt get tickets.....i have no problem with it...

SPEEDY, I'm starting to think you may be my long lost brother. lol. Again...
WORD

binauralsounds

shakey420 wrote:

The amount of anger and outright whining that has gone on since the release of tickets is extremely upsetting to see on this board. I don't know the average age of the people on this board, but if i just stopped by, having never been here, i would assume it was 5 years old. you didnt get tickets, too bad, do what i always do and work your ass off to figure out a way to get some. i don't want to read about you not getting tickets, or the site crashing, it always happens, with every band, with ticketmaster. Its not the ten clubs fault. I just think its hilarious to see all the boo-hoo for me threads and complaints and outright anger, not even like oh schucks, but outright anger and the feeling that we are owed something because of a membership# we have. Its never once been easy for me to see pearljam but while a whole lot of you were busy sending hate mail to the message board i was patiently hitting refresh for an hour and finally got tickets. go ahead and blast me up and down this message board but lets not forget what its all about...

So... just because you don't agree with others venting it's fucked up? Get over it, it's the fucking internet, not a church meeting.

And if it tears you up that bad, get off the fuckin porch.

NiteLite10

Rub wrote:

AND



I am grateful that PJ treats the 10c members so well but its just gotten extremely hard to get tickets for the NY area the last 2 tours. Yesterday took the cake for me as I spent 3 hours on the computer not get tickets to the only area shows. At least the last time I was shut out of MSG, I was lucky enough to catch them in NJ. Unless they add shows or I'm lucky enough to get them through ticketbastard, I'm going to miss them entirely this year.

I don't know the answer, but there has got to be a better way of getting tickets to the fans. It really makes me question why I renew my membership as the tickets are pretty much the only reason I joined 10c in the 1st place.

It sucks not to get 10C tickets but I don't understand why you think you won't get tickets another way? You may not get fantastic seats, but you definitely should be able to get something in the public sale.

And if cost is more of an issue than how good your seats are, in a huge venue like MSG there will be nosebleeds on ebay at or below face value near the show date. There is always a way in.... and this isn't 1994 anymore, it's not even that difficult.

Rub

NiteLite10 wrote:

It sucks not to get 10C tickets but I don't understand why you think you won't get tickets another way? You may not get fantastic seats, but you definitely should be able to get something in the public sale.

And if cost is more of an issue than how good your seats are, in a huge venue like MSG there will be nosebleeds on ebay at or below face value near the show date. There is always a way in.... and this isn't 1994 anymore, it's not even that difficult.

Bro, I simply don't have the time I used to in order to hunt down tickets. I don't even know when they'll go on sale at ticketmaster. I'll make you a deal, you get me tickets and I'll give you a 10% vig. IM me if interested.

NiteLite10

Rub wrote:

Bro, I simply don't have the time I used to in order to hunt down tickets. I don't even know when they'll go on sale at ticketmaster. I'll make you a deal, you get me tickets and I'll give you a 10% vig. IM me if interested.

Well if you don't have time... then it doesn't seem like it's important to you to go. Finding out when they go on sale at ticketmaster and/or making a few ebay bids is not all that time consuming. For me, it would be worth it to make that time investment to see PJ. For you, maybe not?

$168 x 10% = $16.80 ... not worth it for me to make the time investment and risk to make less than $20 though. $20 is not that important to me. Sorry, maybe someone else will take you up on it?

UKpearljammer

Rub wrote:

AND

I am grateful that PJ treats the 10c members so well but its just gotten extremely hard to get tickets for the NY area the last 2 tours. Yesterday took the cake for me as I spent 3 hours on the computer not get tickets to the only area shows. At least the last time I was shut out of MSG, I was lucky enough to catch them in NJ. Unless they add shows or I'm lucky enough to get them through ticketbastard, I'm going to miss them entirely this year.

I don't know the answer, but there has got to be a better way of getting tickets to the fans. It really makes me question why I renew my membership as the tickets are pretty much the only reason I joined 10c in the 1st place.

Only area shows? C'mon man, Camden, Hartford and Boston are hardly a million miles away from you. The majority of the country aren't even looking like getting shows any shows this year. As for everyone's talking like it's the end of the world that they missed out on TC tix, ah HELLO there's a still a company called Ticketmaster who'll be selling the majority of tickets to these shows!!

Rub

NiteLite10 wrote:

Well if you don't have time... then it doesn't seem like it's important to you to go. Finding out when they go on sale at ticketmaster and/or making a few ebay bids is not all that time consuming. For me, it would be worth it to make that time investment to see PJ. For you, maybe not?

$168 x 10% = $16.80 ... not worth it for me to make the time investment and risk to make less than $20 though. $20 is not that important to me. Sorry, maybe someone else will take you up on it?

It is very important that I go - otherwise I wouldn't have wasted several hours yesterday trying to get tix. And I'll probably see what kind of tickets I can get through ticketmaster. But I would easily pay a SMALL fee if someone else we to do it for me.

But you are missing the whole point. Its just frustrating that I have to go through ticketmaster or ebay and spend the extra time and money for PJ tickets in the 1st place! That is why I joined 10c and up until the last tour, it was never a problem.

BTW- I need at least 4, possibly 8 tickets. With ticketbastard fees an etra 5 percent vig, you are looking at a lot more than 20 bucks. Are you interested now? . PM me if interested.