I HATE Ticketmaster!

[JimChunk]

I tried to get thru to Ticketmaster dialing simultaneously on two cell phonesand my home phone, calling three different numbers in three different states, while I was on the internet and still got skunked.

and there were tickets on EBAY before they went on sale.

this is just wrong on every stinkin level!

[Bucs_fan]

"JimChunk
Southeast of disorder


Joined: 03 Apr 2005
Posts: 54
Location: Mauch Chunk, Penna"


Jim, R U from JIM THORPE?????
If so, ME TOO!

[JimChunk]

"JimChunk
Southeast of disorder


Joined: 03 Apr 2005
Posts: 54
Location: Mauch Chunk, Penna"


Jim, R U from JIM THORPE?????
If so, ME TOO!

I'm a native Chunker, 3 miles removed!

[Flash]

I HATE ticketmaster.

Got on line Sat. Morning at 10am for 2 ticketmaster JB tickets to Riverbend in Cinci. Got the tickets ordered and then confirmed by e-mail. Everything was fine until Sunday when I got on line to double check and they cancelled my tickets !!!!!!!! They kept my $ 288.70 though. Called riverbend, called ticketmaster and was on the phone with them for two hours on monday. Even sent them an e-mail. The mail and the phone call were to be returned within 48 hours. I got nothing !!!! And still no tickets. Finally called the credit card company and put a hold on the payment.

I hate ticketmaster. We have to find a better way to buy tickets.

[davesnik]

I HATE ticketmaster.

Got on line Sat. Morning at 10am for 2 ticketmaster JB tickets to Riverbend in Cinci. Got the tickets ordered and then confirmed by e-mail. Everything was fine until Sunday when I got on line to double check and they cancelled my tickets !!!!!!!! They kept my $ 288.70 though. Called riverbend, called ticketmaster and was on the phone with them for two hours on monday. Even sent them an e-mail. The mail and the phone call were to be returned within 48 hours. I got nothing !!!! And still no tickets. Finally called the credit card company and put a hold on the payment.

I hate ticketmaster. We have to find a better way to buy tickets.

Can I ask where the two tickets that you had, where were they located at the venue? I'm wondering if you had some "phantom" tickets as well.

[Quiet and Shy]

I HATE ticketmaster.

Got on line Sat. Morning at 10am for 2 ticketmaster JB tickets to Riverbend in Cinci. Got the tickets ordered and then confirmed by e-mail. Everything was fine until Sunday when I got on line to double check and they cancelled my tickets !!!!!!!! They kept my $ 288.70 though. Called riverbend, called ticketmaster and was on the phone with them for two hours on monday. Even sent them an e-mail. The mail and the phone call were to be returned within 48 hours. I got nothing !!!! And still no tickets. Finally called the credit card company and put a hold on the payment.

I hate ticketmaster. We have to find a better way to buy tickets.

Can I ask where the two tickets that you had, where were they located at the venue? I'm wondering if you had some "phantom" tickets as well.

Sorry to hear that, Flash. So, you followed their rules...didn't put too many on one card, entered the card number and address correctly? In other words, please let us know their justification for canceling your ticket order.

[CaptainP]

In other words, please let us know their justification for canceling your ticket order.

They found a broker that wanted those seats...

[Sam]

Just think .... there were people that said this Ticketbastard system was suppose to be better for everyone.

Let it go back to old days of standing in lines at the venueat least more people got tickets. Hey I never really had to wait inline until the Fruitcakes tour and I had never seen so many people there in my life before that day. If I had known they were going to be there I would have camped out.

Also lets put a bounty on scalpers....or at least shoot them on sight, and confiscate their tickets and their cash. Maybe bonus points to the parrothead club that bags the most scalpers and EXTRA BONUS points for the person that bags the scalper with the best seats.

Maybe get a pool going and we put in $5.00 for a scalper hunting license. At the end of the concert season everyone gets a cut of the scalpers money or perhaps the winners get to go on a cruise.... hmmmm it could work We have to work out the point system.
Season starts and runs the opening day the tickets go on sale up until 2 minutes before the show actualy starts.
We have category for single and one for cumalitive totals and a category for Parrothead clubs. Others may be added as needed. Such as most ingenius capture and creativity,
No fair baiting the scalpers ...either. You lose points for that.
No fair naming exhorbitant prices either. You must let the scalper do it.
Points are awarded on a system yet to worked out. ( i.e. and legalized scalpers i.e.Ticketbastards, are a dime a dozen While need to be on the list their standing is of questionable nature at this time, due to their legalized status, but I say bag them too.
You can't bait them by offering tasty morsels or beverages in the parking lot.
Bagging them in the parking lot can be considered hunting over a baited field and will be considered on a case by case bases.
Bagging them between the parking lot and the actual concert site is considered prime hunting ground. Some "user fees" may be considered. Guides native to, or most familiar with the area may be available for higher in many locations.

We will need a way to transport the scalpers to where they are going to permanently dissappear. Any volunteers? ( Might could earn some extra points for doing so.)
Okies so this thought needs some work...at least it is fun to think about and relieves frustrations.

LEGAL DISCLAIMER NOTE>>>It is not inferred nor inteneded that anyone actually harm, injure, maim, hang, mutilate, torture, pepper spray ,mace,whip,beat,hit,stike with hand or any type of weapon, verbally asualt,give the "Hawaiian Peace Sign",or in anyway cause damage to, or physically harm or pain , run over,shoot,stab or cut, or otherwise intentionally actually harm,injure, cause pain either physical or mental suffering, to these individuals referred to or known as scalpers, other than not paying them what they demand over above and beyond face value of the tickets.
So far thinking about it is still considered legal.

[which particular harbor?]

We could kill scalpers (figuratively speaking, of course) by simply NOT buying tickets from them until the night of the concert and then they will be begging people to buy them so they won't have a huge loss....but I know that will never happen. I will buy mine at Lakewood the night of the concert...Oh, and ticketbastard,....they s***. This is the first year I have NOT been able to get tickets off TB and I'm sure it's b/c the brokers/scalpers. I wouldn't doubt if they have a deal with TB. I/we were online prior to 10am, refreshing until they went on sale, and were given nothing but error messages after they went on sale....

[Fruitcake in Philly]

I agree with you guys. I had 3 other people helping me try and get tickets to the Camden, NJ show when they went on sale. We tried via internet, via telephone........ and came up with nothing. Its sooo frustrating.

I hate to pay what the prices are on ebay, but dont have a choice. We've already started construction on the tiki bar, its too late to back down now! =)

[Fruitcake in Philly]

Does anyone know how to resize avatars? My picture is really big and scary!!!!!

[OneParticularGirl]

The service that you uploaded your picture should tell you how to resize your avatar. It is a pretty picture, but your right it is very large!

[BFA]

Here's a song Buffett should sing and put on his Fruitcakes album (I didn't write it and I think I found it on here somewhere).

"You know I was talking to my friend the ticket scalper the other day he
runs this gas station and ticket shop down in Beantown. He told
me that human beings are flawed individuals. The ticket makers
took us out of the printer a little too early. And that's the
reason we're as crazy as we are and I believe it."

"Take for example when you go to a concert these days, you know.
They try to sell you this jumbo drink, 2 extra ounces of watered
down Budweiser for an extra 3 bucks. I don't want it.
I don't want that much organziation in my life.
I don't want other people thinking for me.
I want my cheap tickets. Where did the cheap tickets go at the
Tweeter center. I don't want a 10 oz. glass of wine for 25 dollars. I
want my cheap tickets."

"We need more ticket outlets in this world and less ticketmasters!
We need people that care! I'm mad as hell! And I don't want to
pay that much anymore!"

Chorus:
Tickets in my wallet
Tickets on the street
He's Sellin' tickets on the crosswalk
In the middle of the week
Over-priced tickets in my pocket
Over-priced tickets on the bus
There's a little bit of ticketmaster annoying everyone of us

Paradise, lost and found
Paradise, take a look around
I was out in California where I hear they have it all
They got riots, fires, mud slides
They've got ticketmaster in the mall
Parrotheads with Coconut bra's, buy these tickets now
If you want to get in to see the show
Give me money I'll show you how

Chorus:
Tickets in her pocket book
Tickets on the street
Buyin' tickets on the crosswalk
In the middle of the week
Half-priced tickets in the pocket
Half-priced tickets on the bus
There's a little bit of ticketmaster annoying everyone of us

--Spoken:
"Speakin' of tickets, how 'bout the scalpers?
Your hard earned dollars makin' them rich."

We lost our gold circle membership
The ticket spokesman said
Looks like we aint gonna see
Jimmy's balding head
We spent 90 jillion dollars trying to get a closer to the stage
I hear universal laughter from the fans that can see his age.

Chorus:
No Tickets in the galaxy
No Tickets left on the earth
I was on the phone for an eternity
I've been shut-out since my birth
Over-priced tickets in my pocket
Over-priced tickets on the bus
There's a little bit of ticketmaster annoying everyone of us

--Spoken:
" Ticketmaster! Ticketmaster! Oh, there's a long line at the ticket window.
Here we go now.
Alright, boys and girls."

Mea Culpa Mea Culpa Mea Maxima Culpa
Mea Culpa Mea Culpa Mea Maxima Culpa

Where's the number, I hate talkin' to those quirks
Ticketmaster is in the hands of some crazy-ass jerks
Those stinkin' scalpers with greasy hair and pimples
The god's honest truth is it's not that simple
It's the cynic in you, it's the killjoy in me
It's callin' the number, just why arent they free
It's the lost again look, its the one that got thru
Tell me what's goin on, I ain't gotta clue

--Spoken:
"Now here comes the big ones. Front row! Some got 'em, we
all want 'em. How do we get 'em?
Here we go, I'll tell ya."

She said you just have to know someone
Now cough up the big dough
I treat my money like I need it
You treat yours like you dont
But the right word at the right time
May get me a front row seat
That's the difference between bein' on the lawn
Or seein' the reefers keep the beat

Chorus:
Tickets in my wallet
Tickets on the street
Buyin' tickets on the crosswalk
In the middle of the week
Over-priced tickets in my pocket
Over-priced tickets on the bus
There's a little bit of ticketmaster annoying everyone of us

--Spoken:
"The future. Ticketmaster, ticket price two thousand and something."

We're two years from the millenium
That's a science fiction fact
Jimmy Buffett and his buddy Fingers
Now don't look that abstract
So I'll be dialin' on my telephone
And practice my speed-dial technique
Get Jah lost in the busy signal mon
As I swear at the son of a beach
Reach out and touch with my cellular phone is really the only way
Its shut-out year again kiddies
Have a very shitty day
Hey.

Chorus:
No Tickets in the galaxy
No Tickets left on the earth
I was on the phone for an eternity
I've been shut-out since my birth
Over-priced tickets in my pocket
Over-priced tickets on the bus
There's a little bit of ticketmaster annoying everyone of us

--Spoken:
"That's right, you too. Yeah those tickets are spread all around
this universe. I've seen tickets. I saw this guy in Santa
Monica sellin' tickets the crosswalk. Down in New
Orleans in the French market there are tickets like you cannot
believe. New York, forget it. Shut-out city. Down island, we've got
tickets. Spread them tickets around. That's right, we want 'em

[Down2TheC]

For the people that end up getting screwed out their pavillion seats, TB has (had) a deal if you whine loud enough. I got "9th row" tickets at Alpine one year. They were waaaaay off to the side so the entire stage was behind the side speakers. You could only see Jimmy if he walked to the edge of the stage beyond the microphone. (of course we didn't stay there for long).

Anyway, we collected up the 6 tix at the end, and I called Alpine and TB. Ended up with someone at the downtown Chi. TB office that put me on a list for "first round" tix next year. The next year I mailed her a check and they mailed me 6 tix in the pavillion. Not the best but good. They apparently reserve a block to deal with the people they need to bribe to shut up from the previous year. Not sure if it's still that way (this was... 98?) but it's worth a few phone calls to find out.

[Phinsup2!]

I don't even begin to understand how Ticketmaster operates. I know that I had 3 people on computers, and 2 on phones trying for Alpine, and got nothing. SOLD OUT! But the thing that surprises me the most is what I found after the tix were all gone (?) I had already bought tickets for Indy through a broker (I know, I know...bad me), but hey I wanted GOOD seats. The tix I bought were VIP seats sold before the date they actually went on sale through TM. Anyway, after no luck for Alpine, I started looking at broker sites again, and was amazed at the number of tickets they listed. Literally hundreds and hundreds on each site I looked at. And for every show and every possible seat location in each venue. It just really makes me think that the brokers actually get the lion's share of the tickets right from the beginning. and while I am guilty also of buying from brokers occasionally, I just think there needs to be a cap put on the number of tickets they get. It simply isn't fair to others who can't or won't pay broker prices.

[CTParrothead763]

I don't even begin to understand how Ticketmaster operates. I know that I had 3 people on computers, and 2 on phones trying for Alpine, and got nothing. SOLD OUT! But the thing that surprises me the most is what I found after the tix were all gone (?) I had already bought tickets for Indy through a broker (I know, I know...bad me), but hey I wanted GOOD seats. The tix I bought were VIP seats sold before the date they actually went on sale through TM. Anyway, after no luck for Alpine, I started looking at broker sites again, and was amazed at the number of tickets they listed. Literally hundreds and hundreds on each site I looked at. And for every show and every possible seat location in each venue. It just really makes me think that the brokers actually get the lion's share of the tickets right from the beginning. and while I am guilty also of buying from brokers occasionally, I just think there needs to be a cap put on the number of tickets they get. It simply isn't fair to others who can't or won't pay broker prices.

Many of those seats are acquired from season ticket holders at the venue. You can't stop that as long as the venues are selling season tickets. As a practical matter, the venue can't (or maybe doesn't even want) to control the resale of the tickets.

In my view, the only practical way to get this under control is to require that all tickets be picked up at the venue on the day of the show. Tickets would only be issued to the original purchaser, showing ID.

[DTinPA]

Many of those seats are acquired from season ticket holders at the venue. You can't stop that as long as the venues are selling season tickets. As a practical matter, the venue can't (or maybe doesn't even want) to control the resale of the tickets.

In my view, the only practical way to get this under control is to require that all tickets be picked up at the venue on the day of the show. Tickets would only be issued to the original purchaser, showing ID.

I understand your point, CTPH, but how would you rather spend the day of the show, tailgating or waiting in line with 25,000 others?

[Coconuts]

Many of those seats are acquired from season ticket holders at the venue. You can't stop that as long as the venues are selling season tickets. As a practical matter, the venue can't (or maybe doesn't even want) to control the resale of the tickets.

In my view, the only practical way to get this under control is to require that all tickets be picked up at the venue on the day of the show. Tickets would only be issued to the original purchaser, showing ID.

I understand your point, CTPH, but how would you rather spend the day of the show, tailgating or waiting in line with 25,000 others?

Or what happens when you find out you can't take that day off work, and have to resell your tickets for face value?

I really think the biggest problem is Ebay, because those aren't real scalpers selling premium seats to make a living, they're a$$hats looking to make a quick buck.

[spucketts]

From a business standpoint, if a ticket sells for $126 but someone is willing to pay $300, you've lost an opportunity to make money. The problem becomes getting control of the tickets to get them to the $300 market. (That $300 market isn't the type of person that wants to stand in line with the lawn people down at the ticketmaster waiting for a lottery number, they want to pick up the phone and get a ticket. Look at some of the listings, a thousand, two thousand....one venue has tickets for 10 grand.) All of these venues are in the business of making money, not being fair, which makes us victims of our culture's popularity.

[RinglingRingling]

Many of those seats are acquired from season ticket holders at the venue. You can't stop that as long as the venues are selling season tickets. As a practical matter, the venue can't (or maybe doesn't even want) to control the resale of the tickets.

In my view, the only practical way to get this under control is to require that all tickets be picked up at the venue on the day of the show. Tickets would only be issued to the original purchaser, showing ID.

I understand your point, CTPH, but how would you rather spend the day of the show, tailgating or waiting in line with 25,000 others?

Or what happens when you find out you can't take that day off work, and have to resell your tickets for face value?

I really think the biggest problem is Ebay, because those aren't real scalpers selling premium seats to make a living, they're a$$hats looking to make a quick buck.

so if you sell them on eBay, for Face, fees and your postage on a BuyItNow.. no one is hurt.