get ready for the first 10c-ticket bitchfest of 2008

To sum up the day, this was a total black eye of an experience. I hope the 10c will read through this, and similar threads wearing a condom over their emotions, and pull from it many of the suggestions and criticisms, and be able to think of better alternatives.

I have faith in them and have seen many times in the past where something went haywire, and 10c listened, and responded with a better system. One example of where many complained and 10c fixed was the rear floor situation. Many 10c people couldn't see from the rear of the floor while a non-10c Ticketmaster seat was a couple of rows up the side near the stage. The following tour, 10c went up the sides as opposed to rear floor. There were many threads like this one, related to that, and 10c listened and tried their best. That's why despite days like this, I still love them and have faith in them. I still think they went with the best of intentions and it just didn't go well. I have faith that they'll regroup.

Veddernarian wrote:

To sum up the day, this was a total black eye of an experience. I hope the 10c will read through this, and similar threads wearing a condom over their emotions, and pull from it many of the suggestions and criticisms, and be able to think of better alternatives.

I have faith in them and have seen many times in the past where something went haywire, and 10c listened, and responded with a better system. One example of where many complained and 10c fixed was the rear floor situation. Many 10c people couldn't see from the rear of the floor while a non-10c Ticketmaster seat was a couple of rows up the side near the stage. The following tour, 10c went up the sides as opposed to rear floor. There were many threads like this one, related to that, and 10c listened and tried their best. That's why despite days like this, I still love them and have faith in them. I still think they went with the best of intentions and it just didn't go well. I have faith that they'll regroup.

I have faith too. It's not like they are oblivious to the fact that there are problems, and it's not good business practice to continue running things this way. They probably have been, and are continuing to research the best server/database solutions for both the quieter months and the times of ticket and merchandise sales. But implementing the upgrade is definitely long overdue. Our blood pressure can't handle it!

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

its seems to me they havent done a fucking thing to fix this problem in 2 years....

its the same bullshit fucking problems they had in 2006....

i dont have faith...

i just have to deal with the fact that every time i want to go to a show..

im going to have to deal with hours and hours of aggravating bullshit.....

It did seem like things got better for awhile though, no?

But yeah.. next time I'm not getting up early, that's for sure. I feel bad for the people who have the CC charges pending.

MasterFramer wrote:

Why else would the continue to use the mom and pop hosting? Cause they dont care... If they trully did they would pony up the cash and get proper backend support. We re arrange schedules, re arrange budgets, re arrange our lives to fight and claw to give this band money and the fan club continues to make it as difficult as possible us to do so.

my farming friend.....

im pretty sure this was the last straw for me....

i just dont give a fuck anymore....

i need to pull my head out of my ass and realize these shows are really not that important .................

and there is NO WAY IN FUCKING HELL i will ever again sit on this computer for more than 5 minutes trying to get tickets....

MasterFramer wrote:

Why else would the continue to use the mom and pop hosting? Cause they dont care... If they trully did they would pony up the cash and get proper backend support. We re arrange schedules, re arrange budgets, re arrange our lives to fight and claw to give this band money and the fan club continues to make it as difficult as possible us to do so.

maybe they like to support the mom & pop companies.

Cosmo wrote:

You guys don't remmeber having to camp out at box offices to get tickets, do you? Like sleeping in Inglewood to try to get Who or Zeppelin tickets... and end up in the Colonade.
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Life is much easier these days. One or Two hours online beats 16 hours (of sitting in the bad part of town to get tickets) anyday.

thats nothing....try having to crank the victrola for a few hours like we did in my day!

(and no, thats not a masturbation reference!)

But yes, I do remember the days of going for priority numbers at 6am in Inglewood!

Never really waited in-line overnight, thankfully!

Cosmo wrote:

You guys don't remmeber having to camp out at box offices to get tickets, do you? Like sleeping in Inglewood to try to get Who or Zeppelin tickets... and end up in the Colonade.
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Life is much easier these days. One or Two hours online beats 16 hours (of sitting in the bad part of town to get tickets) anyday.

I definitely remember camping out for tickets. Good times. I also remember easily buying tickets through Ticketmaster's website or the websites of other acts. Also good times.

What went down with this ticket sale today doesn't "beat" anything. It was completely lame and embarrassing.

Cosmo wrote:

You guys don't remmeber having to camp out at box offices to get tickets, do you? Like sleeping in Inglewood to try to get Who or Zeppelin tickets... and end up in the Colonade.
...
Life is much easier these days. One or Two hours online beats 16 hours (of sitting in the bad part of town to get tickets) anyday.

haha...i thought about this a little while ago......when u2's joshua tree tour went on sale, i stood in line starting at 5:00am WITH A BROKEN LEG IN A CAST AND CRUTCHES to get tix......the first 3 shows sold out before i got any.....the next show added - nothing....driving home the radio said they were adding a fifth show so i turned around and ran (limping) to the tm window and manged 4 tix....kinda like today....persistence paid off!!

demetrios wrote:

I had this just the first minute of purchase:

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj29/demetriosns/doh-1.jpg

When I went to the payment screen, it just kicked me out of the system. :( Then my eyes went dazzed & stessed out of my mind. It was a scary & heart pounding experience i'll never forget. So pale that I almost fainted off my chair. Seeing the screens go by with errors, seeing atleast 10+ times adding to cart and couldn't finish at the end. Which would kick me out of the system, and start over again, with errors. I got through at 40 minutes after the 11 pst hit with LA 1. Then 20 minutes later refreshing with every breath the "temp sold out" for Santa Barbara I got through. Kept trying for LA 2, but no dice! Won't be able to purchase tickets this Friday for the show. Can't miss another day from work.

Got 2 out of 3 today. It ain't bad at all. It will be my first time visiting the USA, and it all happens this April in California. I can't wait.

i had the same thing....'cept when i went to checkout, i got logged off so i had to start over....an hour and half later i got tix...:rolleyes: hope to see ya in la!!