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Sprunkn7Sprunkn7 Posts: 5,286
edited March 2008 in The Porch
If you were not able to get tickets today, I have a secret (that many people know about ;) ). If you try TicketMaster and are unhappy with tickets you get, or get shut out, go to the venue the day of the show. Get in line at the ticket window and wait to see if tickets are released. You may be surprised and get some really good seats. Even better than your 10c # seats.

Saw some people looking to buy tickets in the parking lot at NJ2, they had a sign up in the car window. Told them about the window and saw them on the way back to the car. They thanked us profusely and got great seats!

I know people don't like to talk about "secrets" like this, but I feel so bad for people that just don't know there is still hope for good seats without breaking the bank.
Thank you fellow 10 clubber for saving my ass....again!!!
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  • release30release30 Posts: 2,051
    I have also been to shows where gracious 10c fans have given me great seats for face value...
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  • mauichickmauichick Posts: 964
    Sprunkn7 wrote:
    If you were not able to get tickets today, I have a secret (that many people know about ;) ). If you try TicketMaster and are unhappy with tickets you get, or get shut out, go to the venue the day of the show. Get in line at the ticket window and wait to see if tickets are released. You may be surprised and get some really good seats. Even better than your 10c # seats.

    Saw some people looking to buy tickets in the parking lot at NJ2, they had a sign up in the car window. Told them about the window and saw them on the way back to the car. They thanked us profusely and got great seats!

    I know people don't like to talk about "secrets" like this, but I feel so bad for people that just don't know there is still hope for good seats without breaking the bank.

    Unfortunately, the MSG line will probably be a Campout
    Fun yes, and very worth it if you have the time to spare
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  • Sprunkn7Sprunkn7 Posts: 5,286
    mauichick wrote:
    Unfortunately, the MSG line will probably be a Campout
    Fun yes, and very worth it if you have the time to spare
    True but if you want it there is some hope! I have never done it at MSG.
    Thank you fellow 10 clubber for saving my ass....again!!!
  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    Sprunkn7 wrote:
    If you were not able to get tickets today, I have a secret (that many people know about ;) ). If you try TicketMaster and are unhappy with tickets you get, or get shut out, go to the venue the day of the show. Get in line at the ticket window and wait to see if tickets are released. You may be surprised and get some really good seats. Even better than your 10c # seats.

    Saw some people looking to buy tickets in the parking lot at NJ2, they had a sign up in the car window. Told them about the window and saw them on the way back to the car. They thanked us profusely and got great seats!

    I know people don't like to talk about "secrets" like this, but I feel so bad for people that just don't know there is still hope for good seats without breaking the bank.

    Get in line, but also GET ON YOUR CELL PHONE AND CALL THE BOX OFFICE\AREA TM # as well.

    They access different seats in different ways, and you may have better luck with the person on the phone than the person in the window! DOUBLE your options! :D

    NO FUCKING AROUND THOUGH, you have like ONE MINUTE or something before those tickets are GONE, so if the lady on the phone says "row X on Stones side" just FUCKING TAKE THE TICKETS, don't wait to get to the window, hoping for "Row W on Mike's side" because you will end up either totally fucked, or with ROW ZZ BEHIND the stage at that point.
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  • LeilaMoonTurtleLeilaMoonTurtle Posts: 1,418
    get tix for FL, VA, SC tonight


    Sprunkn7 wrote:
    If you were not able to get tickets today, I have a secret (that many people know about ;) ). If you try TicketMaster and are unhappy with tickets you get, or get shut out, go to the venue the day of the show. Get in line at the ticket window and wait to see if tickets are released. You may be surprised and get some really good seats. Even better than your 10c # seats.

    Saw some people looking to buy tickets in the parking lot at NJ2, they had a sign up in the car window. Told them about the window and saw them on the way back to the car. They thanked us profusely and got great seats!

    I know people don't like to talk about "secrets" like this, but I feel so bad for people that just don't know there is still hope for good seats without breaking the bank.
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  • Sprunkn7Sprunkn7 Posts: 5,286
    LeilaMoonTurtle wrote:
    get tix for FL, VA, SC tonight


    I don't want to laugh...

    Hahahehehe

    But I have to!
    Thank you fellow 10 clubber for saving my ass....again!!!
  • JaneNYJaneNY Posts: 4,438
    Another thing is just keep checking ticketmaster. At times there are ticket drops. I got a pit/GA Springsteen ticket one week before the supposedly sold out Rochester show, and decent ticket the day of a U2 show in Montreal. You just have to keep checking.
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  • Sprunkn7Sprunkn7 Posts: 5,286
    I got Camden 2 in 2006 like two weeks before the show. We had 10c for 1st night, but decided to go 2nd if we could get a seat and not lawn. I checked daily and pop, there it was!
    Thank you fellow 10 clubber for saving my ass....again!!!
  • oldermanolderman Posts: 1,765
    I have also had luck on day or so before the show with ticket master(baiter). don't have any idea where the tix come from but they have always been decent seats.

    For the KC 2003 show, I kept searching tm for a friend and got two excellent seats on the day before the show. These weren't quite as good as my 10c seats, but anyone on this forum would have been more than glad to score them, even thru the 10c pre-sale.
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  • release30release30 Posts: 2,051
    .....
    Conversations getting dull
    There's a constant ringing in my ears
    Sense of humor's void and numb
    And I'm bored to tears.......
  • dlymnflddlymnfld Posts: 918
    Craig's List. Check out EV in CA. There are a bunch for face value or a little higher. You can get tix for face value on that sight and I usually meet in person or do payapl. Just have to be persisent and keep checking. People panic about getting rid of tix even when there is a big demand because no one (myself included) wants the hassle of wasting time just for a few dollars.
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  • wilfmisswilfmiss Posts: 196
    Sprunkn7 wrote:
    If you were not able to get tickets today, I have a secret (that many people know about ;) ). If you try TicketMaster and are unhappy with tickets you get, or get shut out, go to the venue the day of the show. Get in line at the ticket window and wait to see if tickets are released. You may be surprised and get some really good seats. Even better than your 10c # seats.

    Saw some people looking to buy tickets in the parking lot at NJ2, they had a sign up in the car window. Told them about the window and saw them on the way back to the car. They thanked us profusely and got great seats!

    I know people don't like to talk about "secrets" like this, but I feel so bad for people that just don't know there is still hope for good seats without breaking the bank.

    This is how i got tickets the first time i saw pearl jam while i was on spring break. Eight hours in the Florida sun was totally worth it!
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  • AllieAllie Posts: 2,908
    JaneNY wrote:
    Another thing is just keep checking ticketmaster. At times there are ticket drops. I got a pit/GA Springsteen ticket one week before the supposedly sold out Rochester show, and decent ticket the day of a U2 show in Montreal. You just have to keep checking.
    that's how I got into the show at the Meadowlands in '06 also, I got the ticket like maybe 2 weeks before the show.
    also the going to the ticket window thing is true, I did that at Yankee Stadium with my dad and we got in on OPening Day last year (we got awesome seats) and got into a few playoff games!!
    and now I see they changed the online sale date to the 11th? So if that's the case I'll be online and dialing the phone number as well. Whateve I get through with first! :)
    I remember trying to get tickets for Borgata on Ticketmaster and they quite literally sold out in 1 minute. When I called that's what they told me! D'oh!
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  • mauichickmauichick Posts: 964
    Sprunkn7 wrote:
    True but if you want it there is some hope! I have never done it at MSG.

    I havn't either, but I've seen the line...
    Other cities not as competitive, i've seen plenty of happy people
    and a few 10c's trading up
    This is a great thing that the band has consistently done, hopefully that won't change (sorry i'm still bitter over my msg shutout..)

    Good luck to everyone looking for tix
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  • xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Posts: 9,296
    craigslist does work, especially closer to the show. for the reading show in 2004, i got one for 40 bucks which was 10 dollars less than face value.
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  • mjbmjb Posts: 1,315
    Great idea for locals - I have scored day of tickets plenty of times...but a pretty risky move for a trip me thinks.
  • sk8nshoot1sk8nshoot1 Posts: 722
    I waited online at the box office five hours before the start of World Series game 2 in Detroit in 2006 and got great seats... first row next to the foul pole... Tickets were returns to MLB from the teams...
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  • tschavtschav Posts: 2,861
    sk8nshoot1 wrote:
    I waited online at the box office five hours before the start of World Series game 2 in Detroit in 2006 and got great seats... first row next to the foul pole... Tickets were returns to MLB from the teams...

    same here for a Bears/Falcons game in Chicago a few years back. face value, front row in the end zone. tickets reserved for friends/family of the players get released the day of the game.
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