OFFICIAL TM PLATINUM ????? PJ...please ...say it ain't so.

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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Posts: 40,309
    just noticed this for the headstones/tea party/.big wreck/moist tour. first few rows are triple the price of all the others. who is paying $300+ for these bands? I'm a massive fan and NOT ME
    Your boos mean nothing to me, for I have seen what makes you cheer



  • nautical_disaster
    nautical_disaster Posts: 346
    edited January 2020
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    just noticed this for the headstones/tea party/.big wreck/moist tour. first few rows are triple the price of all the others. who is paying $300+ for these bands? I'm a massive fan and NOT ME

    1997 me would be super stoked to see this show

    Edit: But never for that price!

    Post edited by nautical_disaster on

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  • kaw753
    kaw753 Posts: 941
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    just noticed this for the headstones/tea party/.big wreck/moist tour. first few rows are triple the price of all the others. who is paying $300+ for these bands? I'm a massive fan and NOT ME
    We shall call this the "Re-Living Frosh Week 1995" tour. My friends and I always joked that Our Mother Moist was the greatest Canadian band of all time.
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Posts: 40,309
    nautical_disaster said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    just noticed this for the headstones/tea party/.big wreck/moist tour. first few rows are triple the price of all the others. who is paying $300+ for these bands? I'm a massive fan and NOT ME

    1997 me would be super stoked to see this show

    Edit: But never for that price!

    kaw753 said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    just noticed this for the headstones/tea party/.big wreck/moist tour. first few rows are triple the price of all the others. who is paying $300+ for these bands? I'm a massive fan and NOT ME
    We shall call this the "Re-Living Frosh Week 1995" tour. My friends and I always joked that Our Mother Moist was the greatest Canadian band of all time.
    all these are still making good music, for the record. 
    Your boos mean nothing to me, for I have seen what makes you cheer



  • nautical_disaster
    nautical_disaster Posts: 346
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    nautical_disaster said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    just noticed this for the headstones/tea party/.big wreck/moist tour. first few rows are triple the price of all the others. who is paying $300+ for these bands? I'm a massive fan and NOT ME

    1997 me would be super stoked to see this show

    Edit: But never for that price!

    kaw753 said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    just noticed this for the headstones/tea party/.big wreck/moist tour. first few rows are triple the price of all the others. who is paying $300+ for these bands? I'm a massive fan and NOT ME
    We shall call this the "Re-Living Frosh Week 1995" tour. My friends and I always joked that Our Mother Moist was the greatest Canadian band of all time.
    all these are still making good music, for the record. 
    full disclosure: I thought Big Wreck was the only one still making music lol

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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 32,361
    Ah never mind ..
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    PB11041 said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    What does this mean?  How does one get access to Official Platinum and what does it include?
    you get a date with junbugtn24
    I typically don't laugh out loud at comments on the board, but this?

  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,985
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    just noticed this for the headstones/tea party/.big wreck/moist tour. first few rows are triple the price of all the others. who is paying $300+ for these bands? I'm a massive fan and NOT ME
    Not me.  I think we paid $69.50 for 8th row.  I thought that was a lot.   We've been watching these bands play in smallish bars for the last who knows how many years.   Headstones are amazing in small venues.  The only one I hadn't see in a while was moist.   Not since they played the old arena (where they tore the house down).   No my bar is super high, but I'm pretty stoked to see them.

    Still, even at the regular prices the show isn't selling out fast at all.  Four bar bands playing an arena.......
  • gobr0309
    gobr0309 Posts: 168
    edited January 2020
    nicknyr15 said:
    Lerxst1992 said:
    Sports teams, Broadway, the Opera, etc. all charge premium prices for premium tickets 

    But damn it that rock band better not charge one penny more than $98 for next to stage tickets, after I steal their album on Napster. 
    Is this a joke? I’m not an expert on platinum seats, nor do I know how they will play out with PJ. But I did watch it with Tools tour and here’s what saw:

    shows went on sale 
    shows “sold out”
    weeks later, miraculously, whole rows of BLUE dots appeared for double to triple the original price during the initial on sale. I actually called TM to ask how these whole rows became available. I was told it was cancellations or credit card declines  😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 what a fuckin joke answer. What a coincidence that a whole row of diff people canceled at the same time. What are the odds? 

    So, they created false demand by staggering the release of tickets and claiming initially it was a sell out, then double the price based on demand. Demand that they created. Does that sound right to you? 
    Good news is that if nobody buys the overpriced platinum seats they sell them at face value eventually. Been watching Tool tickets for tomorrow night and a few dozen good lower level side seats were high priced this morning and face value tonight. Gonna wait til near showtime and pick up a great seat for under face value from one of the many scalpers who haven't sold their stubhub tickets
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,900
    gobr0309 said:
    nicknyr15 said:
    Lerxst1992 said:
    Sports teams, Broadway, the Opera, etc. all charge premium prices for premium tickets 

    But damn it that rock band better not charge one penny more than $98 for next to stage tickets, after I steal their album on Napster. 
    Is this a joke? I’m not an expert on platinum seats, nor do I know how they will play out with PJ. But I did watch it with Tools tour and here’s what saw:

    shows went on sale 
    shows “sold out”
    weeks later, miraculously, whole rows of BLUE dots appeared for double to triple the original price during the initial on sale. I actually called TM to ask how these whole rows became available. I was told it was cancellations or credit card declines  😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 what a fuckin joke answer. What a coincidence that a whole row of diff people canceled at the same time. What are the odds? 

    So, they created false demand by staggering the release of tickets and claiming initially it was a sell out, then double the price based on demand. Demand that they created. Does that sound right to you? 
    Good news is that if nobody buys the overpriced platinum seats they sell them at face value eventually. Been watching Tool tickets for tomorrow night and a few dozen good lower level side seats were high priced this morning and face value tonight. Gonna wait til near showtime and pick up a great seat for under face value from one of the many scalpers who haven't sold their stubhub tickets
    Those are Vitalogy seats
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  • blackhawks
    blackhawks Posts: 307
    I don’t understand the big deal.  Am I the same 25 years ago as today?  Do I think the same?  Is the market and how things are done the same?  There is infrastructure TM has that makes their life easier I suspect as well.

    The band does the best of ANY band taking care of their fans and I would like someone to show me how they haven’t on the ticket front.  They keep ticket prices reasonable as well.  If this makes you dislike the band then that is on you living in the past.  The seniority thing is most likely a big pain in the ass for then too (as we wait for seats for shows).   I guess I don’t  behoove a successful company or band from making money or running them how they like.  
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  • Lerxst1992
    Lerxst1992 Posts: 8,577
    gobr0309 said:
    nicknyr15 said:
    Lerxst1992 said:
    Sports teams, Broadway, the Opera, etc. all charge premium prices for premium tickets 

    But damn it that rock band better not charge one penny more than $98 for next to stage tickets, after I steal their album on Napster. 
    Is this a joke? I’m not an expert on platinum seats, nor do I know how they will play out with PJ. But I did watch it with Tools tour and here’s what saw:

    shows went on sale 
    shows “sold out”
    weeks later, miraculously, whole rows of BLUE dots appeared for double to triple the original price during the initial on sale. I actually called TM to ask how these whole rows became available. I was told it was cancellations or credit card declines  😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 what a fuckin joke answer. What a coincidence that a whole row of diff people canceled at the same time. What are the odds? 

    So, they created false demand by staggering the release of tickets and claiming initially it was a sell out, then double the price based on demand. Demand that they created. Does that sound right to you? 
    Good news is that if nobody buys the overpriced platinum seats they sell them at face value eventually. Been watching Tool tickets for tomorrow night and a few dozen good lower level side seats were high priced this morning and face value tonight. Gonna wait til near showtime and pick up a great seat for under face value from one of the many scalpers who haven't sold their stubhub tickets

    What’s the difference if a fan buys a ticket for a grand on SH or spends it flying to Canada?

    at least the stub hub option is carbon neutral 
  • foodboy
    foodboy Posts: 988
    dear clapper you are 1000 percent correct in your description of contacts and tickets. people need to calm down. they got more seats for us fans than any other time. the rest is noise. don't you notice there are far less complaints about being shut out. i am not including the 2 hottest shows. if i was in town i could have gone to 3 shows . no problem. so if its for charity that is way different than their own pockets and even if they did that is their right as well. uncle neil charges 275 .00 usually.
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Posts: 40,309
    Zod said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    just noticed this for the headstones/tea party/.big wreck/moist tour. first few rows are triple the price of all the others. who is paying $300+ for these bands? I'm a massive fan and NOT ME
    Not me.  I think we paid $69.50 for 8th row.  I thought that was a lot.   We've been watching these bands play in smallish bars for the last who knows how many years.   Headstones are amazing in small venues.  The only one I hadn't see in a while was moist.   Not since they played the old arena (where they tore the house down).   No my bar is super high, but I'm pretty stoked to see them.

    Still, even at the regular prices the show isn't selling out fast at all.  Four bar bands playing an arena.......
    a buddy of mine paid for it for both winnipeg and brandon shows. that's $1200 for two headstones shows, just for front row (which, for the last 9 years of shows, was easy to be up front with it being GA and all). I couldn't fucking believe it. 
    Your boos mean nothing to me, for I have seen what makes you cheer



  • i am a target
    i am a target Posts: 808
    AEllboPJ said:
    this hurts.....after all the TM shit....PJ is 'allowing' platinum packages for sale....to....it's....fans
    when you do a deal with the devil.....nobody wins

    2020, watch it go to fire
    It's evolution, baby



    Pearl Jam has also donated $27 million through the Vitalogy Foundation ... so ...who gives a shit about this?
  • Clapper
    Clapper Toronto Posts: 209
    i am a target said:


    Pearl Jam has also donated $27 million through the Vitalogy Foundation ... so ...who gives a shit about this?
    This is the correct answer.  What the people here really mean when they say "we got screwed", "what a scam", "it's not fair"  is This is about meeeeeeeee and I didn't get what I wanted and what I wanted was exclusive access to premium seats for well below actual market value, anything else isn't faaaaaaaaaaair. 
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  • Bu$chlager
    Bu$chlager Posts: 500

    Any word on other shows having these "platinum" tickets, or is it still just St. Louis?

  • ryanphishes
    ryanphishes Posts: 586
    i am a target said:
    AEllboPJ said:
    this hurts.....after all the TM shit....PJ is 'allowing' platinum packages for sale....to....it's....fans
    when you do a deal with the devil.....nobody wins

    2020, watch it go to fire
    It's evolution, baby



    Pearl Jam has also donated $27 million through the Vitalogy Foundation ... so ...who gives a shit about this?
    Phish does this and donates to their Waterwheel foundation.  I'm pretty sure PJ will be doing this for the Vitalogy Foundation.
    If you don't want to pay the extra money, don't.  It's a better option than stubhub though, and it might be some people's only option.

    If people want to argue that these tickets could've gone to real fans at face value, it's probably a small allotment.
    There will never be enough supply to satisfy demand in certain markets, MSG being an example.

    Phish sold out all 13 nights at MSG in 2017 for their Bakers Dozen.  I had trouble getting rid of my extra tickets the first few nights, even took less than face and almost miracled someone.

    By night 5, when it was clear Phish was doing no repeats the whole run, special "theme" nights, etc, demand shot through the roof.  Stubhub prices skyrocketed, and friends and online "friends" were begging for my extras.  I had section 102 the whole run, although I could only do 8 of the 13 shows.
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  • Lerxst1992
    Lerxst1992 Posts: 8,577
    So today was supposed to be the day of Platinum and or Foundation tickets.

    Since it so quiet seems unlikely.  Really hurts in the gut.
  • MakeUSmile
    MakeUSmile NJ Posts: 1,162
    Lerxst1992 said:
    So today was supposed to be the day of Platinum and or Foundation tickets.

    Since it so quiet seems unlikely.  Really hurts in the gut.
    Yeah, that disappeared from TM it seems. 
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