Didn't Get Tickets - Heartbroken

es233031
es233031 Oakland Posts: 8
in The Porch
Yeah, I'm heartbroken. It's been years since they were here, and I requested dates through the fan club immediately with a 99% shot at getting tickets (to the Oakland, CA shows -- I live in Oakland). I was BEYOND EXCITED to be in the PIT. I didn't get EITHER SHOW. I even checked my chances a couple days and it was still super high, yet I didn't get tickets. I know this was done randomly, but it really fucking sucks to not have gotten fan club tickets to either show. I honestly haven't been able to listen to them since I got those emails - I feel so sad. 

I fucked up by not reading beyond the Ten Club request in the email to see that I should have registered for the Verified Fan Sale, and so didn't register in time. And now - the public sale? The fan-to-fan ticket exchange? How do I get PIT tickets to a band that's been a guiding point for me since I was 12?

First show: April 17th, 1994, Fan Club Show, Paramount Theater in Madison Square Garden, NYC. (Age 13)

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  • AlaG
    AlaG Brookline, MA Posts: 979
    Start by not feeling so entitled to think you need PIT tickets as opposed to any ticket. Your search just became a whole lot easier. You're welcome.
  • pledgeagrievance
    pledgeagrievance Posts: 2,874
    If you don’t feel gutted then it’s not thread worthy, sorry 
  • BennyLaRue
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  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,598
    Public sale tomorrow. None of these shows are sold out yet. 
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  • malphurs72
    malphurs72 NC Piedmont Posts: 70
    BennyLaRue said:

    These puppy posts of yours are cracking me up! But also, its a solid way to cheer people up-bravo!
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  • deadendp
    deadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    🎻 Sorry, but this is maybe the 100th thread of this same nature. 

    You'll be okay. Try for public sale. Try for NAL2. Try for a ticket buddy. Try for a ticket that will just get you into the building. If not, watch it on periscope with the rest of us. 
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  • -decodified-
    -decodified- mobile device Posts: 2,689
    you will get a ticket sooner or later... believe me, try tomorrow for the regular sale, and if you miss again, there will be plenty of tickets available later, with the new "system" have no idea how you will be able to buy and sell them but usually stuff happen beween now and the day of the concert so people can't go... don't give up!
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  • RK50065
    RK50065 St. Louis, MO Posts: 897
    You hate to see it.
  • huntersthompson
    huntersthompson Posts: 1,030
    This again.....
    Oakland was a 99% chance of getting tickets if you put down Best Available.  From the wording of your post you likely requested General Admission (Pit) tickets only...for both shows.  I don't know why people presumed that they would be getting pit tickets if they put in for GA only, but it has been a repeated lament by more than a few 10C folks.  It is almost inconceivable that you didn't get tix for one of the two shows if you put in for both nights under Best Available....
    Beyond that....the lottery gods don't care when you first saw the band, when you first heard the band or when you signed up with 10C.  The lottery gods just care if you are good person....  :)   Not really....the lottery gods don't exist.

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  • kaw753
    kaw753 Posts: 941
    Make the whole arena GA and watch everyone's self esteem go up and levels of guttedness plummet?
  • es233031
    es233031 Oakland Posts: 8
    No need to be a dick, AlaG. I was just putting what I wanted, not what I was 'entitled' to. Also, I never have been in the PIT before, so I was particularly excited about the chance to be. 

    Thanks for the tips, everyone. 
    Start by not feeling so entitled to think you need PIT tickets as opposed to any ticket. Your search just became a whole lot easier. You're welcome.
  • PD279656
    PD279656 Posts: 119
    Guys I went to the casino last night and I didn't win all the hands. I am heartbroken!
  • darwinstheory
    darwinstheory LaPorte, IN Posts: 7,362
    es233031 said:
    No need to be a dick, AlaG. I was just putting what I wanted, not what I was 'entitled' to. Also, I never have been in the PIT before, so I was particularly excited about the chance to be. 

    Thanks for the tips, everyone. 
    Start by not feeling so entitled to think you need PIT tickets as opposed to any ticket. Your search just became a whole lot easier. You're welcome.
    We all understand that, but simply checking Best Available would have given you a far greater chance to at least be in the venue while still giving you the same odds for PIT tickets.

    The ONLY reason to select GA only tickets is because you REFUSE to sit in any of the seats. 
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  • imca43
    imca43 Posts: 54
    OP dont you know if you didnt get tix your not supposed to voice your opinion? Your supposed to keep your mouth shut and be happy for all the folks that got club lottery AND verified fan for the same shows you got denied for....... its ok to post non stop how awesome it is that someone got tix but god forbid you vent cause you didnt. 

    Ive been trying to get msg tix for approx ten years. Yes thats 10 years. Been a club member 7 of them years. Guess how many times ive seen PJ at msg? ZERO. And thats trying via club and regular sale. Was denied club lottery and verified fan this time and im supposed to ne content and happy about that?  Pearl Jam shows are slowly becoming elitist events. 
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  • CantKeepmedown
    CantKeepmedown Portland, Maine Posts: 3,119
    These "GA or nothing" folks are wild!
  • ecdanc
    ecdanc Posts: 1,814
    imca43 said:
    OP dont you know if you didnt get tix your not supposed to voice your opinion? Your supposed to keep your mouth shut and be happy for all the folks that got club lottery AND verified fan for the same shows you got denied for....... its ok to post non stop how awesome it is that someone got tix but god forbid you vent cause you didnt. 

    Ive been trying to get msg tix for approx ten years. Yes thats 10 years. Been a club member 7 of them years. Guess how many times ive seen PJ at msg? ZERO. And thats trying via club and regular sale. Was denied club lottery and verified fan this time and im supposed to ne content and happy about that?  Pearl Jam shows are slowly becoming elitist events. 
    You don’t have to be content, but no one is going to take you that seriously if you complain about being shut out of MSG. Just go to a different show. 
  • AlaG
    AlaG Brookline, MA Posts: 979
    imca43 said:
    OP dont you know if you didnt get tix your not supposed to voice your opinion? Your supposed to keep your mouth shut and be happy for all the folks that got club lottery AND verified fan for the same shows you got denied for....... its ok to post non stop how awesome it is that someone got tix but god forbid you vent cause you didnt. 

    Ive been trying to get msg tix for approx ten years. Yes thats 10 years. Been a club member 7 of them years. Guess how many times ive seen PJ at msg? ZERO. And thats trying via club and regular sale. Was denied club lottery and verified fan this time and im supposed to ne content and happy about that?  Pearl Jam shows are slowly becoming elitist events. 
    You still have the public sale, which has worked out for me literally every time the band has played MSG. Even scored 2 pairs of tickets to both the 2016 shows in the 200 level, front of stage. I'd say its your fault if you haven't been able to make it happen after 10 years.
  • es233031
    es233031 Oakland Posts: 8
    darwinstheory said:
    es233031 said:
    No need to be a dick, AlaG. I was just putting what I wanted, not what I was 'entitled' to. Also, I never have been in the PIT before, so I was particularly excited about the chance to be. 

    Thanks for the tips, everyone. 
    Start by not feeling so entitled to think you need PIT tickets as opposed to any ticket. Your search just became a whole lot easier. You're welcome.
    We all understand that, but simply checking Best Available would have given you a far greater chance to at least be in the venue while still giving you the same odds for PIT tickets.

    The ONLY reason to select GA only tickets is because you REFUSE to sit in any of the seats. 
    Makes sense - I didn't know/realize that. I've only sat in seats before, so it's not like I was refusing, just excited at the possibility of not being in seats. Live/learn. Next time, Best Available 
  • MH56465
    MH56465 Posts: 30
    imca43 said:
    Ive been trying to get msg tix for approx ten years. Yes thats 10 years. Been a club member 7 of them years. Guess how many times ive seen PJ at msg? ZERO. And thats trying via club and regular sale. Was denied club lottery and verified fan this time and im supposed to ne content and happy about that?  Pearl Jam shows are slowly becoming elitist events. 
    Completely different situation.  I don’t know anyone on here who wouldn’t agree that 0/10 sucks, even at MSG.  But that empathy turns to derision if you’re bitching and moaning because you’re one of the  many posters who went GA only and missed out like the OP.  Shows an utter lack of common sense and accountability for their (major) contribution to being heartbroken, especially when admitting that the email directions weren’t even read, let alone followed.

    Throwing around ‘elitist’ when many of the people bitching and complaining were ‘too good’ to accept Reserved seating is ironic.
  • ecdanc
    ecdanc Posts: 1,814
    MH56465 said:
    imca43 said:
    Ive been trying to get msg tix for approx ten years. Yes thats 10 years. Been a club member 7 of them years. Guess how many times ive seen PJ at msg? ZERO. And thats trying via club and regular sale. Was denied club lottery and verified fan this time and im supposed to ne content and happy about that?  Pearl Jam shows are slowly becoming elitist events. 
    Completely different situation.  I don’t know anyone on here who wouldn’t agree that 0/10 sucks, even at MSG.  But that empathy turns to derision if you’re bitching and moaning because you’re one of the  many posters who went GA only and missed out like the OP.  Shows an utter lack of common sense and accountability for their (major) contribution to being heartbroken, especially when admitting that the email directions weren’t even read, let alone followed.

    Throwing around ‘elitist’ when many of the people bitching and complaining were ‘too good’ to accept Reserved seating is ironic.
    He's not 0/10; he's 0/however many times PJ has played MSG in the last 7 years. 

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