So if you don't own a smart phone.......

iOnlyownMymind said:

openingbandforthesun said:

Here's the response I received.  

No problem. If you end up getting tickets through the pre-sale just shoot us an email explaining you don't have a smart phone and we'll get you sorted.

Nice, I emailed as well but haven't heard anything yet.  I wonder what that means exactly but sounds like there will be ways to get by.  

I predict it will be a huge headache for them and all of sudden thousands of people will not have a cell phone...

PJNB said:

iOnlyownMymind said:

openingbandforthesun said:

Here's the response I received.  

No problem. If you end up getting tickets through the pre-sale just shoot us an email explaining you don't have a smart phone and we'll get you sorted.

Nice, I emailed as well but haven't heard anything yet.  I wonder what that means exactly but sounds like there will be ways to get by.  

I predict it will be a huge headache for them and all of sudden thousands of people will not have a cell phone...

Maybe. There are a lot of people who want a hardcopy ticket, and maybe this is the way to get one, lol.

What's the reasoning for the no hard ticket stance? Environmental? You force say even a handful of fans to buy phones and right there you have harmed the environment way more 50,000 pieces of paper being printed. The amount of fossil fuels and other damaging environmental ingredients like the precious metals that go into making a phone surpass anything that printing out some tickets would. Not to mention we don't even know what the effects of the radiation are and probably won't for a generation.

Hey I own one, and sorry for the rant but it's just obnoxious that the expectation is we all need one. There are a lot of times I wish I didn't have one and I'm honestly envious of those who live happily without them.

PJNB said:

iOnlyownMymind said:

openingbandforthesun said:

Here's the response I received.  

No problem. If you end up getting tickets through the pre-sale just shoot us an email explaining you don't have a smart phone and we'll get you sorted.

Nice, I emailed as well but haven't heard anything yet.  I wonder what that means exactly but sounds like there will be ways to get by.  

I predict it will be a huge headache for them and all of sudden thousands of people will not have a cell phone...

Just get a smart phone you cheap ass!  

PJNB said:

mcgruff10 said:

PJNB said:

iOnlyownMymind said:

openingbandforthesun said:

Here's the response I received.  

No problem. If you end up getting tickets through the pre-sale just shoot us an email explaining you don't have a smart phone and we'll get you sorted.

Nice, I emailed as well but haven't heard anything yet.  I wonder what that means exactly but sounds like there will be ways to get by.  

I predict it will be a huge headache for them and all of sudden thousands of people will not have a cell phone...

Just get a smart phone you cheap ass!  

Hey I have to fund all these expensive Pearl Jam trips somehow.

don't drink any beer during the european tour part and you'll have plenty of money for a smart phone!

PJ_Soul said:

lastexit78 said:

What's the reasoning for the no hard ticket stance? Environmental? You force say even a handful of fans to buy phones and right there you have harmed the environment way more 50,000 pieces of paper being printed. The amount of fossil fuels and other damaging environmental ingredients like the precious metals that go into making a phone surpass anything that printing out some tickets would. Not to mention we don't even know what the effects of the radiation are and probably won't for a generation.

Hey I own one, and sorry for the rant but it's just obnoxious that the expectation is we all need one. There are a lot of times I wish I didn't have one and I'm honestly envious of those who live happily without them.

It's to stop scalpers, not for the environment.

They had scalpers beat 20 years ago, just require fans to pick up tickets at the venue with a current ID. Wow that's difficult, I'm amazed how little progress we've accomplished in two decades. Just wait until even 2% (1000 fans) can't access the tickets on their phones for whatever reason. You'll see a backup that makes the first Gorge show of 2006 look like nothing.

lastexit78 said:

PJ_Soul said:

lastexit78 said:

What's the reasoning for the no hard ticket stance? Environmental? You force say even a handful of fans to buy phones and right there you have harmed the environment way more 50,000 pieces of paper being printed. The amount of fossil fuels and other damaging environmental ingredients like the precious metals that go into making a phone surpass anything that printing out some tickets would. Not to mention we don't even know what the effects of the radiation are and probably won't for a generation.

Hey I own one, and sorry for the rant but it's just obnoxious that the expectation is we all need one. There are a lot of times I wish I didn't have one and I'm honestly envious of those who live happily without them.

It's to stop scalpers, not for the environment.

They had scalpers beat 20 years ago, just require fans to pick up tickets at the venue with a current ID. Wow that's difficult, I'm amazed how little progress we've accomplished in two decades. Just wait until even 2% (1000 fans) can't access the tickets on their phones for whatever reason. You'll see a backup that makes the first Gorge show of 2006 look like nothing.

That didn't beat scalpers because people were picking up their 10C tix from will call hours before doors opened and then selling them for a massive profit. Plenty of 10C members are willing to do that. We're not all on the up and up, haha.
Yeah, the potential technical issues will be interesting. I'm going to go ahead and put the burden of having your phone charged adequately on the heads of fans. That is not a difficult task at all, so anyone who actually shows up with a dead battery has no one to blame but themselves. But tech glitches, cracked screens, and lost phones might cause a bit of an issue. I seriously doubt it will be 2% though. That seems really really high. I'm just going to go ahead and assume they'll be prepared to take care of the small number of people who experience some kind of issue like this. It wouldn't be hard to do. Just send them to will call to figure it out.

on2legs said:

kasedoug said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Will you have to somehow be "online" for it to work?

If Im going from Sweden I'm having my phone on "flightmode" unless I'm on the Hotel/McD Wi-fi...

You should also be able to screenshot your ticket so that it’s in your photos, and be able to enter without being online.

A friend is a baseball season ticket holder and sends me tickets that way when we meet up at games.

I done the screenshot thing with stubhub tickets but I think some ticket apps won’t allow you to make a screenshot. 

Get another phone or camera to take a picture of it.

iOnlyownMymind said:

you can't get in the door with 10 club tickets? Am I reading that right?  I may be the only one out there, but I don't have a smart phone.  Also, no physical ticket is just lame!! I collect those!

I don't have a smart phone either, but it sounds like if I wanted to go and won tix through the fan club, they would sort it. And I also enjoy collecting physical tickets.