StubHub - Buy now or wait?

Usually waiting is best but not too late. Also, some shows just have a ton of demand and tickets slowly get bought up and prices increase the steadily the whole time. See Bruce in Boston next week. Probably could only happen to MSG shows.

pearlgirl52 said:

If we all stopped buying tickets from stubhub we could take the power back! Unfortunately, that probably won't happen. I can't say I hate a lot of things, but I HATE stubhub. I didn't try for tickets today, but I feel everyones pain who got screwed over. Stubhub, you can bite me.

At least StubHub gives you the opportunity to buy tickets it's just a matter of at what cost...if you really want to go than that's the most likely ticket in after being shut out from lottery and TM.

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

SVRDhand13 said:

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

Say what you want about stubhub...

But I see some seats...For MSG 1
Section 114...side stage..actually great seats
For $250

Those are damned good seats.
Twice face? Yep
Side stage to the rear? Yep
Damned good seats? YEP

Add in stubhub fees and those are very expensive for decent seats

Yeah, but as far as I am concerned.....

Peace of mind, is worth paying twice face, for a decent seat.
But that's just me. I am not one to beg, plead, and pull my hair out of my head, looking for a ticket. I could pay my $250 today, take that section 113-114 ticket for MSG. 1, and be done with it.

The extra $100-$150 I pay for the ticket, is worth my peace of mind.

I get what you're saying but I'd love to see scalpers business be ruined and take hits on these purchases (after their end of the stubhub fee)

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

SVRDhand13 said:

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

SVRDhand13 said:

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

Say what you want about stubhub...

But I see some seats...For MSG 1
Section 114...side stage..actually great seats
For $250

Those are damned good seats.
Twice face? Yep
Side stage to the rear? Yep
Damned good seats? YEP

Add in stubhub fees and those are very expensive for decent seats

Yeah, but as far as I am concerned.....

Peace of mind, is worth paying twice face, for a decent seat.
But that's just me. I am not one to beg, plead, and pull my hair out of my head, looking for a ticket. I could pay my $250 today, take that section 113-114 ticket for MSG. 1, and be done with it.

The extra $100-$150 I pay for the ticket, is worth my peace of mind.

I get what you're saying but I'd love to see scalpers business be ruined and take hits on these purchases (after their end of the stubhub fee)

Since we are talking...Haha

I have always scratched my head to some peoples thoughts, in regards to stub hub.

People here on this board are willing to purchase every damn poster Pearl Jam releases for $30-$50 dollars.
They are willing to buy every shirt, pair of socks, coffee cups, record releases, bootlegs, etc.
They are willing to spend thousands of dollars a year on this website.

Yet when tickets go on sale, and they get shut out?
NO WAY IN HELL will some people pay 2 times over face value for a ticket!
They will go on ebay though, and spend $600 on a cracker jack poster.
They will spend $1000 on a Benny.


And I just don't get it.
Isn't that why we are all here? Isn't seeing the band play live what it is all about?
Isn't the little extra you might have to pay for a concert ticket worth a hell of a lot more than the $200-$500 a year some people spend on posters? POSTERS???

Your guess is as good as mine. I pay face for everything. Once I paid twice the original cost for a keychain.... I don't know why but I fell in love with that damn thing

Wait til they go down substantially and then buy the instant they start to creep up a little because they're probably not going down any more after that. Speaking from my experience with StubHub.

I stand by my aggressive controversial statement

I'm not saying the extra money spent on tickets wouldn't be worth it, I mean I would sell my kidney to see PJ live anywhere, but not everyone can afford to.

The secondary market prices for Wrigley were crazy. I was only 17 at the time and no way I could afford them.

Also, sometimes people get their ticket scanned to find out it was fake. I definitely don't fault the fan who gets a ticket through stubhub as a last resort. I just wish it didn't exist in the first place. It would make getting face value tickets easier for the true fans. That's another reason I love 10c for not letting people sell their tickets above face.

Anyway, I hope everyone gets in to the show they want to see somehow.

SOLD prices on Stubhub for the 5/1 MSG show as of 30 seconds ago.

Market info
Sold
Active listings
Low $130.00 $148.00
Median $249.99 $300.00
High $899.00 $10,698.93

200 Level - 212 $270.00 13 2 01/29/2016
Floor 2 $361.00 9 2 01/29/2016
100 Level - 103 $285.00 12 1 01/29/2016
Floor 2 $348.99 8 1 01/29/2016
200 Level - 208 $249.99 6 2 01/29/2016
400 Level - 415 $195.00 7 2 01/29/2016
Chase Bridges 316 $275.00 2 4 01/29/2016
200 Level - 216 $200.00 2 2 01/29/2016
Floor 1 $350.00 7 2 01/29/2016
200 Level - 222 $219.00 18 2 01/29/2016
200 Level - 212 $392.00 5 2 01/29/2016
Floor 3 $350.00 2 2 01/29/2016
200 Level - 223 $290.00 8 2 01/29/2016
Floor 3 $350.00 2 2 01/29/2016
Chase Bridges 326 $195.00 1 2 01/29/2016
200 Level - 207 $240.00 4 2 01/29/2016
200 Level - 224 $250.00 17 1 01/29/2016
100 Level - 113 $228.63 18 2 01/29/2016
200 Level - 207 $240.00 4 2 01/29/2016
200 Level - 211 $219.98 11 2 01/29/2016
200 Level - 225 $350.00 1 1 01/29/2016
200 Level Bar Stools - 205 $250.00 BS4 2 01/29/2016
400 Level - 419 $189.00 3 2 01/29/2016
100 Level - 113 $240.00 16 2 01/29/2016
400 Level - 417 $151.00 1 1 01/29/2016
400 Level - 416 $199.99 7 4 01/29/2016
200 Level - 226 $223.37 16 2 01/29/2016
200 Level - 225 $250.00 10 2 01/29/2016
400 Level - 419 $189.00 3 2 01/29/2016
200 Level - 206 $275.00 1 2 01/29/2016
100 Level - 114 $240.90 19 2 01/29/2016
200 Level - 211 $239.80 22 2 01/29/2016
100 Level - 101 $313.95 14 2 01/29/2016
400 Level - 419 $130.00 3 2 01/29/2016
100 Level - 112 $289.00 11 2 01/29/2016
200 Level - 211 $249.99 19 2 01/29/2016
200 Level - 221 $240.00 3 2 01/29/2016
100 Level - 102 $340.00 15 2 01/29/2016
100 Level - 113 $230.00 8 2 01/29/2016
200 Level - 225 $245.00 4 2 01/29/2016
200 Level - 225 $249.00 9 2 01/29/2016
Chase Bridges 326 $226.33 1 2 01/29/2016
200 Level - 224 $303.00 8 1 01/29/2016
200 Level - 213 $239.99 7 4 01/29/2016
100 Level - 114 $215.00 22 1 01/29/2016
200 Level - 208 $200.00 7 1 01/29/2016
200 Level - 211 $350.00 2 4 01/29/2016
200 Level - 209 $195.00 22 1 01/29/2016
Floor 3 $350.00 7 2 01/29/2016
200 Level - 214 $265.00 6 4 01/29/2016
West Balcony 321 $198.99 1 2 01/29/2016
200 Level - 206 $250.00 4 2 01/29/2016
200 Level - 222 $199.99 15 1 01/29/2016
200 Level - 209 $244.00 9 2 01/29/2016
The Lounges 302 $270.00 1 2 01/29/2016
225 $245.00 6 4 01/29/2016
200 Level - 226 $239.99 17 4 01/29/2016
200 Level - 213 $224.99 14 2 01/29/2016
200 Level - 214 $240.00 15 2 01/29/2016
200 Level - 213 $225.00 19 2 01/29/2016
100 Level - 103 $313.95 18 4 01/29/2016
100 Level - 101 $350.00 17 2 01/29/2016
200 Level - 202 $245.00 2 2 01/29/2016
200 Level - 206 $275.00 3 4 01/29/2016
200 Level - 225 $235.00 4 2 01/29/2016
200 Level - 210 $262.00 8 4 01/29/2016
200 Level - 223 $275.00 8 4 01/29/2016
100 Level - 117 $899.00 21 2 01/29/2016
200 Level - 219 $210.00 4 2 01/29/2016
100 Level - 112 $249.98 18 2 01/29/2016
100 Level - 113 $240.00 17 3 01/29/2016
200 Level - 209 $240.00 17 4 01/29/2016
100 Level - 114 $240.90 19 2 01/29/2016
100 Level - 112 $242.00 20 4 01/29/2016
200 Level - 212 $275.00 16 2 01/29/2016
200 Level - 208 $230.00 16 2 01/29/2016
200 Level - 223 $250.00 23 4 01/29/2016
100 Level - 113 $240.00 19 2 01/29/2016
200 Level - 221 $199.00 18 2 01/29/2016
West Balcony Bar Stools 323 $177.31 BS3 2 01/29/2016
200 Level - 223 $245.00 9 1 01/29/2016
200 Level - 207 $239.00 5 1 01/29/2016
200 Level - 206 $250.00 3 2 01/29/2016
Floor 1 $306.00 13 2 01/29/2016
200 Level - 224 $350.00 9 4 01/29/2016
200 Level - 225 $262.00 4 2 01/29/2016
400 Level - 416 $225.00 7 2 01/29/2016
200 Level - 210 $215.00 22 2 01/29/2016
100 Level - 112 $241.00 22 2 01/29/2016
200 Level - 225 $230.00 21 2 01/29/2016
200 Level - 201 $250.00 5 2 01/29/2016
400 Level - 419 $214.20 6 4 01/29/2016
200 Level - 225 $230.00 21 2 01/29/2016
200 Level - 209 $262.00 5 2 01/29/2016
200 Level - 213 $240.00 6 2 01/29/2016
200 Level - 216 $200.00 3 2 01/29/2016
Chase Bridges 327 $197.99 1 2 01/29/2016
Floor 3 $300.00 9 1 01/29/2016
200 Level - 227 $270.00 1 2 01/29/2016
100 Level - 103 $351.00 14 2 01/29/2016

Showing most recent sales

FoxyRedLa said:

Is stubhub worth it? I've heard there's no way to know if the ticket is legit and they could sell that dame ticket like 100 times??

People posting here don't seem to have that issue...

You are 100% guaranteed if you buy through StubHub.

The absolute worst case scenario is that something happened that invalidated the ticket you bought (for one of like 50 different possible reasons) you call the Service Center, and they reissue you comparable tickets immediately.

Basically, this is what you are paying them their Buyers % for.

Also, you should sign up for the Rewards program before you buy anything. It starts at 2% cash back for future ticket purchases and goes to 3% once you buy a lot of tickets through them.

I've earned like $1,000 to use for other tickets over the years just by using it.

(I use StubHub a lot)

Whatever you do, don't buy on streets in NYC. Probably 75% of the tickets around there are fake

Stubhub has the guarentee, so if it is fake they will get you another ticket or your money back. Extra money is worth that guarentee if your going that route. (I've never been burned by SH)

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

SVRDhand13 said:

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

SVRDhand13 said:

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

Say what you want about stubhub...

But I see some seats...For MSG 1
Section 114...side stage..actually great seats
For $250

Those are damned good seats.
Twice face? Yep
Side stage to the rear? Yep
Damned good seats? YEP

Add in stubhub fees and those are very expensive for decent seats

Yeah, but as far as I am concerned.....

Peace of mind, is worth paying twice face, for a decent seat.
But that's just me. I am not one to beg, plead, and pull my hair out of my head, looking for a ticket. I could pay my $250 today, take that section 113-114 ticket for MSG. 1, and be done with it.

The extra $100-$150 I pay for the ticket, is worth my peace of mind.

I get what you're saying but I'd love to see scalpers business be ruined and take hits on these purchases (after their end of the stubhub fee)

Since we are talking...Haha

I have always scratched my head to some peoples thoughts, in regards to stub hub.

People here on this board are willing to purchase every damn poster Pearl Jam releases for $30-$50 dollars.
They are willing to buy every shirt, pair of socks, coffee cups, record releases, bootlegs, etc.
They are willing to spend thousands of dollars a year on this website.

Yet when tickets go on sale, and they get shut out?
NO WAY IN HELL will some people pay 2 times over face value for a ticket!
They will go on ebay though, and spend $600 on a cracker jack poster.
They will spend $1000 on a Benny.


And I just don't get it.
Isn't that why we are all here? Isn't seeing the band play live what it is all about?
Isn't the little extra you might have to pay for a concert ticket worth a hell of a lot more than the $200-$500 a year some people spend on posters? POSTERS???

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

SVRDhand13 said:

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

SVRDhand13 said:

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

Say what you want about stubhub...

But I see some seats...For MSG 1
Section 114...side stage..actually great seats
For $250

Those are damned good seats.
Twice face? Yep
Side stage to the rear? Yep
Damned good seats? YEP

Add in stubhub fees and those are very expensive for decent seats

Yeah, but as far as I am concerned.....

Peace of mind, is worth paying twice face, for a decent seat.
But that's just me. I am not one to beg, plead, and pull my hair out of my head, looking for a ticket. I could pay my $250 today, take that section 113-114 ticket for MSG. 1, and be done with it.

The extra $100-$150 I pay for the ticket, is worth my peace of mind.

I get what you're saying but I'd love to see scalpers business be ruined and take hits on these purchases (after their end of the stubhub fee)

Since we are talking...Haha

I have always scratched my head to some peoples thoughts, in regards to stub hub.

People here on this board are willing to purchase every damn poster Pearl Jam releases for $30-$50 dollars.
They are willing to buy every shirt, pair of socks, coffee cups, record releases, bootlegs, etc.
They are willing to spend thousands of dollars a year on this website.

Yet when tickets go on sale, and they get shut out?
NO WAY IN HELL will some people pay 2 times over face value for a ticket!
They will go on ebay though, and spend $600 on a cracker jack poster.
They will spend $1000 on a Benny.


And I just don't get it.
Isn't that why we are all here? Isn't seeing the band play live what it is all about?
Isn't the little extra you might have to pay for a concert ticket worth a hell of a lot more than the $200-$500 a year some people spend on posters? POSTERS???

FUNNY and true