ill repost from people complaining about $162.00 thread
"i wasnt in 10c last year..
had to buy tickets from ticketsnow or something cause it was impossible on ticketmaster
i wont even say how much i spent for nyc1 last summer
enjoy this price
i know i am"
People betting on the fact that they can get tickets... I hate brokers...
I agree, but there are probably some that have a standard agreement with the local promoters and venues and have a good idea what they will get for each show
did you read trents article? "the venue, the promoter, the ticketing agency and often the artist camp (artist, management and agent) take tickets from the pool of available seats and feed them directly to the re-seller"
The public never sees these tickets unless they buy from the scalpers
I trust Trent knows what the heck he is talking about. Nothing's going to change until the ticketing entity gets serious about stopping the problem - which of course they don't see as a problem.
TM/LN are the the heart of the problem I tell ya! The proliferation of auction sites has only made it easier for resales-everyones a scalper now-thats why it just gets harder and harder to get tix!
People betting on the fact that they can get tickets... I hate brokers...
I agree, but there are probably some that have a standard agreement with the local promoters and venues and have a good idea what they will get for each show
did you read trents article? "the venue, the promoter, the ticketing agency and often the artist camp (artist, management and agent) take tickets from the pool of available seats and feed them directly to the re-seller"
The public never sees these tickets unless they buy from the scalpers
I trust Trent knows what the heck he is talking about. Nothing's going to change until the ticketing entity gets serious about stopping the problem - which of course they don't see as a problem.
TM/LN are the the heart of the problem I tell ya! The proliferation of auction sites has only made it easier for resales-everyones a scalper now-thats why it just gets harder and harder to get tix!
you are dead on, this will only get worse see you in AUSTIN ..
In addition to 'season tickets' there are also house tickets. If you work for a venue, depending on your job, you likely have one or a pair of seats. Sometimes there's a pool of them for all workers but there is a group of seats that venue staff has access to that are always precluded from public sale. These are also used for guest list screw-ups and by venue management for box office blunders.
So, say you're the food and beverage manager at a venue. You likely have a pair of house seats and if you're not a fan of EV, you can go out and sell them because you won't use them yourself. Deoending on the market value of the act, you could make a bit of money in the process.
Trent's blog was a great read, thanks for posting that LadyM. The root cause of all the resale sites, honestly, was the massive repeal of ticket scalping laws across the country. If the laws had not been repealed these sites would not be legal and someone (the artist, fans, state consumer affairs agencies) could DO something about it. Anyone else remember back to when eBay would max out an auction based on the venue state's scalping laws? First bidder to the scalping law max (usually 10-15% of the face value) was the winner, no matter how long the auction was set for.
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"i wasnt in 10c last year..
had to buy tickets from ticketsnow or something cause it was impossible on ticketmaster
i wont even say how much i spent for nyc1 last summer
enjoy this price
i know i am"
i feel your pain sir
It said "Life is nothing but a dream."
I've spent so many years in question
To find I'd known this all along.
did you read trents article?
"the venue, the promoter, the ticketing agency and often the artist camp (artist, management and agent) take tickets from the pool of available seats and feed them directly to the re-seller"
The public never sees these tickets unless they buy from the scalpers
I trust Trent knows what the heck he is talking about.
Nothing's going to change until the ticketing entity gets serious about stopping the problem - which of course they don't see as a problem.
TM/LN are the the heart of the problem I tell ya! The proliferation of auction sites has only made it easier for resales-everyones a scalper now-thats why it just gets harder and harder to get tix!
you are dead on, this will only get worse see you in AUSTIN
that is gonna be a big ole hoedown!!!! or whatever they call it in Texas!
So, say you're the food and beverage manager at a venue. You likely have a pair of house seats and if you're not a fan of EV, you can go out and sell them because you won't use them yourself. Deoending on the market value of the act, you could make a bit of money in the process.
Trent's blog was a great read, thanks for posting that LadyM. The root cause of all the resale sites, honestly, was the massive repeal of ticket scalping laws across the country. If the laws had not been repealed these sites would not be legal and someone (the artist, fans, state consumer affairs agencies) could DO something about it. Anyone else remember back to when eBay would max out an auction based on the venue state's scalping laws? First bidder to the scalping law max (usually 10-15% of the face value) was the winner, no matter how long the auction was set for.