spoiled PJ fans

edvedr13 · August 2008

Hey for my two Massey Hall shows, Nite 1, I was 4th row and even got to go right to the stage when Ed fell backwards into the crowd. For nite 2, I was stage right and about 14th row. Still awesome seats, I sure as hell wasn't about to bitch and wine about them.. Of course I'd love 4th row every nite, but fuck, I'm lucky enough being there at that venue. Thank you 10c!!

People really need to stop whining and start appreciating what the 10C does for all of us!

given2fly78 · August 2008

edvedr13 wrote:

People really need to stop whining and start appreciating what the 10C does for all of us!

True that! Like I said earlier, I got shut out of 10C pre-sale for MSG 1 and 2 as well as both EV Solo shows that I went to. But I got tickets through TM. Would I have LOVED 10C seats? Absolutely, but I got in the door and had an amazing time nevertheless. I've never had that experience of being right up close (with the exception of the Borgata - which I also scored through TM). Someday, I hope I will. But in the mean time, as long as I get to go, I'm lucky! And I still appreciate 10C! Just my bad luck I didn't score. It is what it is!

bicyclejoe · August 2008

Eisi wrote:

Let those loser fans try living in europe and read about the EV shows instead of actually attending them.

Fuckers, makes me furious.

or Seattle and Portland.

South of Seattle · August 2008

bicyclejoe wrote:

or Seattle and Portland.

Yup

AnnaMelinda · August 2008

rasty10 wrote:

Paid your dues?!?! We're not shareholders of the band, only selfish hardcore fans trying to weasel our way into getting the best seats!
Dues to you are reluctantly and painfully enduring years of paying $10-$20 a year on a membership? now you deserve a reward for all your hard work and dedication, getting the best seats for EVERY single show? That makes no sense and I can't believe this works in getting good tix; what is even more amazing is that so many people passionately believe in this...

All that REALLY matters is that the band thinks that those who have "paid their dues" faithfully for 17 years deserve to sit close on a consistent basis. What you or anyone else thinks of it is irrelevant. It's their band and their fanclub. The fans that have stuck by them and not said "Fuck them... The fanclub didn't send my my VHC newlsetter, so they suck, and this band sucks, and I'm not sending in my $5 this year... " Well those fans sit behind the ones who who didn't decide to quit because the fan club "sucked" in the 90's (how a business that charged $5 a year... and sent a Christmas present for that $$ sucked is byond me.... but apparently some people thought they sucked then.)

Yes. There is a lottery now. People with low #'s still sit close. It's what the band wants... So sorry. If you quit the fan club in 94 and re-joined in 2002 you do not get rows three and four. You just DO NOT. And neither do I.

Sad, I tell you.

This board is full of the biggest complainers. If someone overhears someone saying... "Damn!!! 14th row!?!?!? I travelled 6 hours to get to the show and was REALY hoping for better. :( Oh well." Then they go to the show and have a great time...that's someone overhearing a passing comment...

A thread like this is full of people TOTALLY whining and complaining about Pearl Jam fans. Whiners. Complainers.

POT CALLING KETTLE BLACK.

augustwest · August 2008

edvedderrocks wrote:

I was at DC2 last night & got great seats center orch row L - 12th row). I was so excited to be there in such a small intimate venue. (especially with a 430xxx 10c number. Thanks 10c!)

Anyway, the 2 guys in front of me (row K) got their tickets & figured out they were in row 11. The one guy looks at the other one & says "That sucks" & a girl behind me in line got row G (row 7) & siad she wasn't very happy. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!!!!! How spoiled are you - people wouuld kill for those seats. I will probably never be that close again. The two guys looked bored & even left during the end of the 1st encore.

I am so happy they did random seating (even for PJ - I didn't win the lottery but the people who won looked very happy).

I was just so put off by those who thought they "deserved" better seats. Those of us with higher numbers deserve to be there as much as you do - and we are happy just to be there. If your seats sucked so much, I'm sure someone up in the balcony would've traded with you in a second.

UNREAL!!!! (sorry, just had to vent!)

i personally think this is nit picking. most REAL fans are happy to just be in the building, without having to deal with ticketbastard directly. you are prolly talking about less than 3-5% of the hard core(long term) fans, when making this post.

glass 1/2 full

ofthegirl75 · August 2008

ScottZeagle wrote:

So the people who have paid their dues year after year should just get cast aside because some people decided that the 10C wasn't worth the effort???

Yeah...makes perfect sense...if you are one of the people who said screw it!!!

I don't want to get into the whole "I'm a bigger fan than you" argument that it seems many like to have, but my mother was diagnosed with cancer in 1998 and died in 1999. I was 1000 miles from home to take care of her and I didn't send my SASE in on time to renew my membership so I guess I did't pay my dues.

At the time I wasn't all that into sending in postcards to try and get tickets to a show that I couldn't go to anyway.
Now, it is easy to renew, I renew it for another year every time I buy stuff. I think my membership is good through 2015.

athenssmile · August 2008

Beav wrote:

Do you have any picks or tamborines or have you hit the bottle?

I have two of Mike's picks. One my friend grabbed and very nicely gave to me (she isn't a big fan, just a big fan of the great seats and I appreciate her going with me) and the other I got after the show - it was one that hadn't quite made it into the crowd and the security guard gave it to me. I have been known to occasionally hit the bottle, but I have never taken a swig from Ed's bottle. Never been close enough.

Aside from finding a cure for cancer, ending world hunger, and bringing world peace to everyone, my other goal is to one day legitimately sit center in one of the first two rows for a PJ show. I faithfully renew my membership every year since 1995 and I am having a great time trying to attain this lofty goal.

meme · August 2008

Smartypants wrote:

Besides, the lights go down and Ed comes out and starts playing and the distance just disappears

That's beautiful and true. And I say that as someone who missed out on 10c tickets and enjoyed the show from the Upper Loge in NYC

RockMama · August 2008

I think these complainers are not a representative sample of people who have been in the club a long time. I was not able to get tickets through the 10C this time, but I was very happy to be able to attend in Ticketmaster seats.

ofthegirl75 · August 2008

NeilJam wrote:

I like this suggestion. There are some people that seem to feel entitled to the great seats they get show after show.

This system has also lead to some senior members acting like they are better fans than members with less seniority. 10 Club - Please make some changes like these to the ticket distribution or find another way to fix this rift in the Club before you end up with the level of elitism that caused Trent Reznor to disband the Spiral fan club

I understand that it would not be fair to let somone who just jumped on in August 2008 to get front row. Nor, do you want a-holes selling their tickets as soon as they get them. The closest I have been is 10th row. Usually I am in the last rows on the floor. Couldn't the rest of us at least get a shot at being up close. I guess that is where stubhub and ticketmaster come in.

I am grateful to get in the building, but it would be nice to be in the "club" down front.

Dylan Stone · August 2008

RockMama wrote:

I think these complainers are not a representative sample of people who have been in the club a long time. I was not able to get tickets through the 10C this time, but I was very happy to be able to attend in Ticketmaster seats.

OK...To me it's simple.

They are not "complainers.." Most at least.

BUT...If you know you are going to get tickets in rows 2-15 and the odds of row 2 or whatever are lets say 1/200... you have an equal chance of getting row 2 as 15 and you get 15... or 13... most humans will get a slight and brief rush of disappointment. "Oh. Crap. :(. Row 15."

Let's say you bought some type of raffle ticket...where everyone is guaranteed to win something. Tickets are $5. You know you will win some $$. It's a guaranteed winner. 200 tickets were sold and prizes range from $5 the grand prize winner of $5000. When you scratch off YOUR ticket it's a $5 or even a $10 winner you may feel a little disappointed. Especially when others around you are like..."OMG!! $500!!!...I got $50! Holy crap I won the jackpot!!!! $5000!!!"

Yes. You should be happy that you were even able to buy that $5 ticket with the chances of 1/200 that you could win$5000... but there may be some initial disappointment when you discover you are a $5 winner. Then you get over it.

Human nature people. Human fucking nature.

**especially when you see that your 13th row seats are AWESOME!!!**

Dylan Stone · August 2008

ofthegirl75 wrote:

. Couldn't the rest of us at least get a shot at being up close.

They did that exact thing this year! The lottery!!!!!!

Even if you are 10c # 8xxx there were going to MOST likely be two rows of people in front of you... made up of people with much higher 10c#'s.

Ryan_WFC · August 2008

The more the band and 10 Club does for us, the more the fans expect, and the less they appreciate what they do get.

And the seat locations become competition -- not for optimum sound or view, necessarily, but to know your seats are better than the next guy's.

This is a generalization, of course, but annoying none the less.

ozsmalltowngirl · August 2008

Eisi wrote:

Let those loser fans try living in europe and read about the EV shows instead of actually attending them.

Fuckers, makes me furious.

I hear ya there :(

gozzo5058 · August 2008

edvedderrocks wrote:

I was at DC2 last night & got great seats center orch row L - 12th row). I was so excited to be there in such a small intimate venue. (especially with a 430xxx 10c number. Thanks 10c!)

Anyway, the 2 guys in front of me (row K) got their tickets & figured out they were in row 11. The one guy looks at the other one & says "That sucks" & a girl behind me in line got row G (row 7) & siad she wasn't very happy. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!!!!! How spoiled are you - people wouuld kill for those seats. I will probably never be that close again. The two guys looked bored & even left during the end of the 1st encore.

I am so happy they did random seating (even for PJ - I didn't win the lottery but the people who won looked very happy).

I was just so put off by those who thought they "deserved" better seats. Those of us with higher numbers deserve to be there as much as you do - and we are happy just to be there. If your seats sucked so much, I'm sure someone up in the balcony would've traded with you in a second.

UNREAL!!!! (sorry, just had to vent!)

that's the classic 'half full/half empty' scenario. Heck the best i did was row 11 and row 12 with 10c and i was very grateful. i don't get the whiners either. Perhaps they would like to resign their 10c memberships?

ScottZeagle · August 2008

rasty10 wrote:

Paid your dues?!?! We're not shareholders of the band, only selfish hardcore fans trying to weasel our way into getting the best seats!
Dues to you are reluctantly and painfully enduring years of paying $10-$20 a year on a membership? now you deserve a reward for all your hard work and dedication, getting the best seats for EVERY single show? That makes no sense and I can't believe this works in getting good tix; what is even more amazing is that so many people passionately believe in this...

Here is your lesson for today...free of charge:

dues - a regular fee or charge payable at specific intervals, esp. to a group or organization: membership dues.

whitepants · August 2008

edvedderrocks wrote:

I was at DC2 last night & got great seats center orch row L - 12th row). I was so excited to be there in such a small intimate venue. (especially with a 430xxx 10c number. Thanks 10c!)

Anyway, the 2 guys in front of me (row K) got their tickets & figured out they were in row 11. The one guy looks at the other one & says "That sucks" & a girl behind me in line got row G (row 7) & siad she wasn't very happy. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!!!!! How spoiled are you - people wouuld kill for those seats. I will probably never be that close again. The two guys looked bored & even left during the end of the 1st encore.

I am so happy they did random seating (even for PJ - I didn't win the lottery but the people who won looked very happy).

I was just so put off by those who thought they "deserved" better seats. Those of us with higher numbers deserve to be there as much as you do - and we are happy just to be there. If your seats sucked so much, I'm sure someone up in the balcony would've traded with you in a second.

UNREAL!!!! (sorry, just had to vent!)

I'm glad someone like you were able to get great seats that you were very happy to have. It is messed up that these spoiled bitches can't appreciate just BEING THERE, and sit and sulk because they can count Eddie's nose hairs.

bitches.

dumbek · August 2008

I was all prepared to be a little disappointed with my 10C seats for EVDC2, after seeing what was released via TM the week of the show. Early in the week I pulled up row K. The morning of the show I pulled up row D. I was thinking to myself that if my 10C seats weren't REALLY good, I was going to be a little disappointed. It has nothing to do with entitlement - but rather knowing I could have done better via TM.

Luckily, the 10C came through in a big way - Row A. Holy crap. THANK YOU 10C! :-)

But note that "disappointed" isn't the same as thinking the seats suck. As far as I'm concerned, if there are more people behind me than in front of me - then my seats do not suck. I find it hard to believe that any of the 10C seats really sucked in DC.

Ryan_WFC · August 2008

dumbek wrote:

It has nothing to do with entitlement - but rather knowing I could have done better via TM.

I understand what you're saying, but it's a relative handful of tickets that trickle out, for whatever reason(s), that are better than some 10-C seats.

But ALL of the crappy seats in the venue are Ticketmaster.

It's largely a myth that you could do better with them than 10-C.

spoiled PJ fans

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