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  • The Stugots
    The Stugots Posts: 306
    shep wrote:
    Pearl Jam needs to tour so that this supply/demand issue can come to a head and they can satisfy their fans. At this point, the band is being extremely selfish IMO.

    Although this is really separate from the spirit of the thread, do people really feel this way? I have a hard time parsing this - the band should play whenever they want, not at the demands of others. It seems like you think they owe us something they have yet to pay. I hate sounding like the teacher's pet, but I spend far more time wishing I could give more back to the band than I do currently with my support, rather than wishing they'd give more to me.
  • 81
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    The Stugots wrote:
    shep wrote:
    Pearl Jam needs to tour so that this supply/demand issue can come to a head and they can satisfy their fans. At this point, the band is being extremely selfish IMO.

    Although this is really separate from the spirit of the thread, do people really feel this way? I have a hard time parsing this - the band should play whenever they want, not at the demands of others. It seems like you think they owe us something they have yet to pay. I hate sounding like the teacher's pet, but I spend far more time wishing I could give more back to the band than I do currently with my support, rather than wishing they'd give more to me.

    I don't really care any more....but it sure seems like it would make some sense if they just annouced this magical mystery fall tour now so fans could decide where to go.
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  • shep
    shep Houston Posts: 5,902
    edited February 2013
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    shep wrote:

    otherwise, they're basically saying, "If you didn't win the lottery, you don't get to go to the show."

    pfffftttt.... win a lottery to go to a concert.... ridiculous....

    :
    alot score tix at the 2 presales,with the code and the public sale..
    there are like 3k tix for sale at secondary market and we all know alot of them are fake sales
    so 38k tix seems to sold to people want to go to the show..
    how many tix 10c had?4-5 k?

    the problem is there is no tour..if they anounce the fall dates together with wrigley,the prices for wrigley at secondary market will be face value already..

    we cant blame lottery for everything..
    10c had some fan club tix to sell.they did it ..to 10c memebrs..sold out as moist of the times.
    no matter the sale method
    the public sale would be the same..the scalpers would do the same job..
    fans would be looking for tix cos shut out..same as always

    so,isnt the problem this..just wonder..who the fuck has the rest 38k tix tickets that isnt in the secondary market..
    i tell you
    fans of this band..people want to see pj live
    we must realise,this band,is HUGE...and as long there is no big tours,people will travel to see them..
    10c had tix to sale,no matter the method the SAME number of people will score and the rest will shut out..
    lottery didnt change this analogy

    just a quick clarification Dimi - because I think your greeklish might have missed a comparison I was making.

    I am not saying that every 10C member who put in for tickets was shut out because of a lottery...

    I was comparing the tickets.com public onsale to a "lottery" as well... because that's essentially what it was. People were chosen at "random" by their waiting room tool to purchase tickets... so essentially the only way to get tickets to this show - 10C or otherwise - was to win a lottery. I've heard some stories from people who won the tickets.com lottery 2 or 3 times, and actually got to try for a couple of sets of tickets... me, I didn't win it once.

    so just to be clear, I am not blaming 10C for anything - I know that 10C tickets are an occasional privilege of being a club member, not a birthright.
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    Houston, Texas... Believe it or not, there are 7 million people here... must be a couple of fans who'd love to see you play.
  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,965
    81 wrote:
    The Stugots wrote:
    shep wrote:
    Pearl Jam needs to tour so that this supply/demand issue can come to a head and they can satisfy their fans. At this point, the band is being extremely selfish IMO.

    Although this is really separate from the spirit of the thread, do people really feel this way? I have a hard time parsing this - the band should play whenever they want, not at the demands of others. It seems like you think they owe us something they have yet to pay. I hate sounding like the teacher's pet, but I spend far more time wishing I could give more back to the band than I do currently with my support, rather than wishing they'd give more to me.

    I don't really care any more....but it sure seems like it would make some sense if they just annouced this magical mystery fall tour now so fans could decide where to go.


    That would be nice. I get that they announced Wrigley with only one other show because they wanted to be sure that they sold out a huge stadium like that. Now that it is sold out and secondary prices are insane, it would make sense to announce the rest of the dates for this year. Oh well. Maybe we'll just end up standing on Waveland listening to the show.
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,747
    shep wrote:

    just a quick clarification Dimi - because I think your greeklish might have missed a comparison I was making.

    I am not saying that every 10C member who put in for tickets was shut out because of a lottery...

    I was comparing the tickets.com public onsale to a "lottery" as well... because that's essentially what it was. People were chosen at "random" by their waiting room tool to purchase tickets... so essentially the only way to get tickets to this show - 10C or otherwise - was to win a lottery. I've heard some stories from people who won the tickets.com lottery 2 or 3 times, and actually got to try for a couple of sets of tickets... me, I didn't win it once.

    so just to be clear, I am not blaming 10C for anything - I know that 10C tickets are an occasional privilege of being a club member, not a birthright.
    my bad then..you know,i saw the word lotter and mixed the sales..
    and really..my friend..no..public sale wasnt a lottery..
    was an f-5 type system with no f5 cliking..and while u was waiting for 2 hours,some people know the game,they didnt even saw the waiting room,and checking out by putting their cc infos...
    or was lucky to call and get a line..
    that shitty cheating ,10c gave an end,by the new method of selling10c tix..
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  • shep
    shep Houston Posts: 5,902
    The Stugots wrote:
    shep wrote:
    Pearl Jam needs to tour so that this supply/demand issue can come to a head and they can satisfy their fans. At this point, the band is being extremely selfish IMO.

    Although this is really separate from the spirit of the thread, do people really feel this way? I have a hard time parsing this - the band should play whenever they want, not at the demands of others. It seems like you think they owe us something they have yet to pay. I hate sounding like the teacher's pet, but I spend far more time wishing I could give more back to the band than I do currently with my support, rather than wishing they'd give more to me.

    Really?

    You don't think that we as an audience supported them enough that they should give something back? A band that is supposedly all about their fans?

    Whether you like it or not, all of us, everyone in this forum financially supports the band through ticket sales, merch sales, music sales, our $40 annual donation... I don't even what to do the math on the amount of $ I've given to this band and the people they employ. I'm sure the number would make me puke.

    There are a lot of people across america very frustrated that they can't see this band live because of the touring practices they've engaged in the last couple of years - it's made the tickets extremely limited and the demand high...

    Why are they able to do this you ask? Because we financially supported them - we gave them our $, so that now they're comfortably off and don't need to play shows to continue their way of life...

    To me, I would say, after 3 years and 6 shows, from a band that is supposed to be legendary because of their live performances... it's time to give something back.
    Houston, Texas... Believe it or not, there are 7 million people here... must be a couple of fans who'd love to see you play.
  • The Stugots
    The Stugots Posts: 306
    I disagree. If it bothered me that much about their touring practices (I laughed just saying that outloud) I'd stop supporting them. Thankfully the fact that after 21 years they've chosen to slow down and enjoy their lives is completely understood by me, everything is gravy from here on out.
  • Kat
    Kat Posts: 5,003
    We do not link to places with tickets other than face-value because we only support face-value. Please do not post links or suggestions to go to places that do not sell at face-value, thank you.
    Falling down,...not staying down
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