Print Your Own Tickets

Guest · Post by **Guest** » October 4, 2002 11:32 pm

I was wondering if anybody has used the "print your own tickets" option with Ticketmaster. The last time JB tickets went on sale, I started to give it a try, but I was a little concerned somebody would try to tell me the tickets weren't valid.

For anybody who has used it, how does it work? This may sound silly, but if you print tickets out, there will be no place on the ticket for the ticket taker at the gate to tear if you print it out on regular paper. And, did you have any problems convincing the ticket taker that the tickets were valid?

AlbatrossFlyer · Post by **AlbatrossFlyer** » October 5, 2002 11:26 am

i used it twice now, shoreline & phx. both times without a problem for any of us (14 tickets total). they scan the tickets to validate/invalidate it. there are 2 barcodes on the ticket which look like, and are the size of a regular ticket. they scan both barcodes at which time the ticket becomes no longer valid. couple of recommendations... print them on a high quality printer and don't fold or damage the barcode areas.

AlbatrossFlyer · Post by **AlbatrossFlyer** » October 5, 2002 1:24 pm

tm emails you a pdf file with each ticket you ordered in it...

Guest · Post by **Guest** » October 6, 2002 2:45 am

I'm glad to hear that caused you no problems. I may have to try that next time. Thanks for the replies.

magnus · Post by **magnus** » October 25, 2002 12:46 pm

We used the print your own option this year. Worked great. The only warning we got was to never buy a print your own ticket from a second hand source. If someone has already gone through the gate and had the same barcode scanned, your ticket wouldn't be valid. As long as you're buying directly from Ticketmaster, there shouldn't be a problem. We had our tickets in about 2 minutes. Our friends, who opted for actual tickets sent in the mail, had to sweat it out until 2 days before the show.

Ann · Post by **Ann** » January 19, 2003 12:25 am

Also, if you need to sell the tickets, people may be wary about buying them from you. I sold a pair once and it was hard to convince people that 1) it was a real ticket or 2) I hadn't sold the same ticket to a jillion people.

PA PAR8 HED · Post by **PA PAR8 HED** » February 13, 2003 3:54 pm

I had no problem with them in Tampa. Takes a little getting used to, holding them all day. But if you get them, plan on using them yourself. I would never buy them from someone I don't know.

Anyone know if a venue would allow you to exchange them for the more traditional kind of ticket?

TigerStripePHead · Post by **TigerStripePHead** » March 5, 2003 1:59 pm

Haven't used them for a Buffett show, but have used on several occasions for sports and other concerts. Never had a problem. TM has to have some agreement with the venue to be able to use the scanners, etc.

SchoolGirlHeart · Post by **SchoolGirlHeart** » March 5, 2003 2:04 pm

I've used them, with no problems.

Selling them (if you have to

) to friends is no big deal, you just forward the email, but I'd never buy one from someone I didn't know, so selling to strangers could be a problem.

NYCPORT · Post by **NYCPORT** » March 5, 2003 4:35 pm

Anyone else find it odd that they charge you $1.75 for this service, but to put it in an envelope and add a stamp there is no charge?

tthorn · Post by **tthorn** » March 7, 2003 1:23 pm

NYCPORT,

My thoughts exactly. Another example of the geniuses at Ticketmaster - "Let's charge extra for something that costs us less money to provide!"

Pure genius.
Good luck with the shows tomorrow! I'll be trying, too!

- Tom