no way tickeets went that quick

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  • OneLove
    OneLove Posts: 563
    bostonteaoff wrote:
    Spoke to one guy selling tix, he lives in DC-does not know who EV is and like thousands of others, just know they can make a quick $200 on scalping. Now we know why they were sold out in 2 minutes when all these F.Ckin slimeballs are buying tix.


    Ya no kidding. Now I have some A-hole on craigslist telling me to f'off for only offering him double face value on his seats.


    I am highly irritated now! :(
  • threecrookedhearts79
    threecrookedhearts79 Posts: 28
    nikita_02445 wrote:
    I'm trying to be happy about row Q Balcony Boston II, I should be happy, 'cuz i'm in. I am happy, I am happy, i am happy...I live here but have never been to the Opera House, and I did get 10c seats for night. I am awfully f'ing lucking...
    Thank you Thank you Thank you
    I tried for 15 more minutes to get another single to help a 10c pal out, but nothing...I'd keep trying if I were you all until they say sold out - since some dumb@$$ may dump them out of their cart.

    i'd be happy if they let me sit in the bathroom. i can't believe how ridiculously fast those tickets were gone. so sad.
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,936
    Tangerine wrote:
    I pulled up MezzRgt Row A seats 2-4 (i think) for Boston II on my first browser and Sold Out on my second one. Threw them back though, I said the only way we were going to Boston II was if somehow, by some miracle I could get Orchestra on TM.

    No biggie, we still have Boston I :)
    wow... mezzanine row A is better than at least half the orchestra.
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • nikita_02445
    nikita_02445 Posts: 76
    threecrookedhearts79 wrote:
    i'd be happy if they let me sit in the bathroom. i can't believe how ridiculously fast those tickets were gone. so sad.
    no lie. I was refreshing every second from 12:58 and 'find tickets' came up at exactly 1:00. I had 2 browsers open and I got in on one and then it was all over. Sheer dumb luck.
  • Tangerine
    Tangerine Posts: 880
    Poncier wrote:
    wow... mezzanine row A is better than at least half the orchestra.


    OK, everyone can stop making me feel like shit now for throwing those back...

    It was the right thing to do, or at least that's what I keep telling myself :(
    2006: Boston I, Camden II
    2007: Chicago
    2008: Hartford, Mansfield I & II, EV Boston
    2009: Philly III & IV
    2010: Boston
    2011: PJ20
    2012: Philly
    2013: Worcester I & II, Brooklyn I & II
  • beachdweller
    beachdweller Posts: 1,532
    really, it's surprising they went fast? Small venues, what maybe 2k seats, tenclub get's 10% (maybe), then the venue has a few for their premier memebers, pull some for charities, radio giveaways, other, and ticketmaster probably had 1200 tix per show, and scalpers are very organized, so we probably only have a realistic chance at 600 tickets. Depressing, but not surprising by any means.
    "Music, for me, was fucking heroin." eV (nothing Ed has said is more true for me personally than this quote)

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  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,936
    Tangerine wrote:
    OK, everyone can stop making me feel like shit now for throwing those back...

    It was the right thing to do, or at least that's what I keep telling myself :(
    Sorry, not trying to make you feel bad, hadn't read your subsequent posts when I posted that, but damn I hope those tix went to a fan and not Sully the Scalper.
    When you get in for night 1, look up at the first row of the mezzanine and you'll see why people are shocked you threw those back. You literally need to be in the first 10 rows of Orchestra for better seats.
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • washedinblack91
    washedinblack91 Posts: 3,079
    Tangerine wrote:
    OK, everyone can stop making me feel like shit now for throwing those back...

    It was the right thing to do, or at least that's what I keep telling myself :(
    don't feel bad. these people are just sore they couldn't get tickets. you have other priorities, i bet even if you did get the first ten rows you'd feel bad about getting them. if you can't afford it you can't afford it, one show is plenty :)
    PJ: 9/29/04, 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/30/08, 10/30/09, 10/31/09, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 9/3/11, 9/4/11, 10/18/13, 8/7/16
    eV: 8/4/08, 8/5/08, 6/21/11
    SG: 10/4/08<-- MET STONE!!!
  • loveboatdaughter
    loveboatdaughter Posts: 6
    I am beyond pissed...I had two tickets to Friday in Boston...went to fill out the billing section and ticketmonster kept giving me some freaking error...and of course, LOST THE TICKETS b/c of whatever issue that certain page was having!!! I've ordered many tickets from that stupid site and never had this problem! Lost out on tickets in the pre-sale and again today...it's a BAD day...but congrats to those who were able to get tix in this amazingly difficult sale. Oh Eddie, how I will miss seeing you...
    Mansfield, MA 7/3/03
    Boston, MA 5/25/06
    Hartford, CT 6/27/08
    Boston, MA (EV) 8/2/08

    "Oh, I just want to scream HELLO! Oh, my God it's been too long, never dreamed you return, but now here you are and here I am..."

    "What could be better than a beer with Eddie Vedder?"
  • loveboatdaughter
    loveboatdaughter Posts: 6
    OneLove wrote:
    I tried for DC both through the 10c and through ticketmaster. The ticket brokers are having a field day with Eddies solo run....

    They should be sending Ed a big fat thank you card..seriously.



    think about how pissed Eddie would be...I mean I'm sure he knows and understands this happens, but my god this sucks. Drives me crazy that I'm competing w/people who don't even want to SEE this show!!! Sure it's business, but it's shady business!
    Mansfield, MA 7/3/03
    Boston, MA 5/25/06
    Hartford, CT 6/27/08
    Boston, MA (EV) 8/2/08

    "Oh, I just want to scream HELLO! Oh, my God it's been too long, never dreamed you return, but now here you are and here I am..."

    "What could be better than a beer with Eddie Vedder?"
  • Tangerine
    Tangerine Posts: 880
    Poncier wrote:
    Sorry, not trying to make you feel bad, hadn't read your subsequent posts when I posted that, but damn I hope those tix went to a fan and not Sully the Scalper.
    When you get in for night 1, look up at the first row of the mezzanine and you'll see why people are shocked you threw those back. You literally need to be in the first 10 rows of Orchestra for better seats.

    It would make me feel 100% better if someone on here posted that they got those tix. I've been scanning the Boston threads to see if anyone did.

    And, NO I won't do that. Then I'll realize the mistake I made and be depressed all day Saturday. I'll just keep looking straight ahead and enjoy the show I do have :)
    washedinblack91 wrote:
    don't feel bad. these people are just sore they couldn't get tickets. you have other priorities, i bet even if you did get the first ten rows you'd feel bad about getting them. if you can't afford it you can't afford it, one show is plenty :)

    You're right I probably would have. We're facing the fact that we most likely will have to put my husbands car to rest this week and buy a new one so that was a BIG factor in this decision. One show is enough for us, I even made a spreadsheet of all the West coast dates, pivot table and all to prove it to myself :)
    2006: Boston I, Camden II
    2007: Chicago
    2008: Hartford, Mansfield I & II, EV Boston
    2009: Philly III & IV
    2010: Boston
    2011: PJ20
    2012: Philly
    2013: Worcester I & II, Brooklyn I & II
  • SuzieM
    SuzieM Posts: 113
    Tangerine wrote:
    OK, everyone can stop making me feel like shit now for throwing those back...

    It was the right thing to do, or at least that's what I keep telling myself :(

    I'm sorry, I was still pumped from the NYC ticket sale - I pulled up okay tickets and was just jealous. You did the right thing by sticking to your plan.
  • meistereder
    meistereder Posts: 1,577
    GetRight7 wrote:
    I hate the WORLD right now!! The second they went up for tenclub I was there...they were gone....the SECOND they were up on TicketBastard I was there....they were GONE..... What does the world have against me?!!


    Sounds like the string of strikeouts I had for the solo west coast shows. It took me a while to realize it was more about the size of the venues than my horrible luck.
    San Diego 10/25/00, Mountain View 6/1/03, Santa Barbara 10/28/03, Northwest School 3/18/05, San Diego 7/7/06, Los Angeles 7/9/06, 7/10/06, Honolulu (U2) 12/9/06, Santa Barbara (EV) 4/10/08, Los Angeles (EV) 4/12/08, Hartford 6/27/08, Mansfield 6/28/08, VH1 Rock Honors The Who 7/12/08, Seattle 9/21/09, Universal City 9/30/09, 10/1/09, 10/6/09, 10/7/09, San Diego 10/9/09, Los Angeles (EV) 7/8/11, Santa Barbara (EV) 7/9/11, Chicago 7/19/13, San Diego 11/21/13, Los Angeles 11/23/13, 11/24/13, Oakland 11/26/13, Chicago 8/22/16, Missoula 8/13/18, Boston 9/2/18, Los Angeles 2/25/22 (EV), San Diego 5/3/22, Los Angeles 5/6/22, 5/7/22, Imola 6/25/22, Los Angeles 5/21/24, [London 6/29/24], [Boston 9/15/24]
  • poet blue
    poet blue Posts: 12
    I am not buying the small venue explaination. Five minutes after ticketmaster opened, there were tickets available on Stubhub & Ebay for the Chicago shows. As well as available 2 minutes after on ticketfast. Scalpers may have more resources, but they can not work that fast.
    Cheers to all the broken hearted.
  • PJPAT
    PJPAT Posts: 399
    FYI

    Check back a fw days before the shows you plan on going to and try over and over again. Tickets get released. From what I hear it is because of credit card failures but my theory is that they did not sell on the broker sites so they go back to Ticketmaster to sell to the public again at face.

    Shady business indeed.

    When The Who played at HOB in Chicago in 99 ticket brokers had buses of homeless people brought in to get bracelets and buy tickets for them. You had to be there in person to buy tickets and the place had an interesting smell. I saw it first hand. The broker was in the corner with a list of numbers that he had on bracelets for the homeless. When a number was called he would cross it off his list the person with that bracelet would come and get an envelope with $600 cash and would be escorted to the booth to purchase the tickets before they would get paid maybe $20 for their work.

    How bout that as shady. I was lucky enough to get tickets and was offered $1000 as I turned around with them. Coudl have been a quick $400 profit but was a show that was priceless in my eyes. Glad I was able to see Thunder Fingers before he passed.
    "All the money you make will never buy back your soul" Bob Dylan

    "I need honesty, I need truth, and I need hope...I need it! That's what music means to me." EV
  • poet blue
    poet blue Posts: 12
    I will check back before the show, but a part of me wants to thumb my nose at the whole idea of giving a non-PJ fan double face to see a band I have followed to Holland to see.
    Cheers to all the broken hearted.
  • hasigawa
    hasigawa Posts: 55
    got through to ticketmaster and asked for tickets to NYC 2 and was told it was sold out, i then asked what time it was on her system, "1:01".........I know these are small venues but even those don't sell out in 1 minute......

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