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I have a question for the forum, because I can't get a straight answer from our "friends" at Ticket-you-know-what.

I know there are "regions" where you can only buy shows at a Ticketmaster outlet if that show is on sale in the so-called "region". The question is... can I buy tickets for a New England show at, say an outlet in Pennsylvania?

Any help you can provide would be great.

Thanks

you'd proabably be better off calling the outlet itself and asking them. If they say you can buy them ask them if there is any type of out of state delay. Sometimes major concerts have out of state delay of say 10 minutes...I would think if you were on the east side of PA you'd be close enough to get tix for a New England show. The 1.800 number of tixmaster will be basically useless for questions like this...good luck!

Check with the outlet. I tried for GW tix one year at an outlet near Philly. No go. Or at least an hour delay.

It does depend on the specific tickmaster outlet, but in my experience some will do it but it depends on what is going on sale the same day locally...

For example: when we got our tickets for Alpine, some local ticketmasters wouldn't sell us them until they where done selling Sting tickets for the local show... You need to get lucky and get a friendly ticketmaster outlet... And YES they are out there....

I have another quck question... every ticketmaster I have ever gone to get Buffett tickets here in the Boston area gives out the random numbers instead of first come first serve, anyone know anywhere around here that doesnt do that random number system? Or should I just avoid all this trouble and just use the internet to get my tickets?

personally i've had better luck hitting the website. when cincinnati tickets went up for sale, my wife went to an outlet (2nd in line) and i went through the site. i scored great seats and she got lawn tickets...

according to the "rules" on the website, when you click on "find tickets," the best seats available at that moment will come up.

good luck with whatever strategy you go with

I believe the TM rules are that if there are more than 5 people in line for an event, they have to do a random lottery. Not all outlets follow that rule, so it pays to check first. The internet seems to be the way to go these days.

I once got tickets for an Atlanta show by calling the TM number for Nashville! It's the only year I got Atlanta tickets without having to go through a scalper or a secondary ticket agency.

parrothead338 wrote: Or should I just avoid all this trouble and just use the internet to get my tickets?

My group has found that having multiple people on multiple computers with a good fast connections is the best way to get what you need. We haven't been shut out yet <knock on wooden head>. Good luck.

Oh yeah, if you have the extra manpower, send a few folks out to the local TM outlet to stand in line...it's all about hedging your bets. If you end up with more than you need, just pass them on to a fellow PH (for face value, of course) - it's good ticket karma.

i agree with redneck with one additional comment -

according to the tm rules, if their system detects multiple orders with the same credit card number or billing address, they claim they will cancel all associated orders, and then you get NOTHING. now i understand that this policy is designed to prevent individuals from buying more than the maximum through duplicate orders but it doesn't seem to slow down the scalpers.

my recommendation is to ensure that your other buyers are all using unique credit cards with unique billing addresses. it also helps to coordinate everyone with cell phones so you know who has the best option on the best possible seats.

it's not fool proof but it has worked a few times for us with good results.

Do you guys think your chances are better if you put in less than the alloted amt of tickets?

Caribbean Soul Man wrote:according to the tm rules, if their system detects multiple orders with the same credit card number or billing address, they claim they will cancel all associated orders, and then you get NOTHING.

CSM - good call on the different credit card and billing addresses. We all have our own accounts set up - I should have specified this in my earlier post. Last year, we did duplicate orders on one account, and got both orders processed. However, I would not recommend this - as you said, if you get caught, you will get NO tickets (and that would make Baby Jesus cry )

photogal wrote:Do you guys think your chances are better if you put in less than the alloted amt of tickets?

PG - we always start out trying to get the max. If that doesn't go through, we start trying for lower numbers. We usually man 3 computers each, so that gives us the option of trying different amounts, just in case.

photogal wrote:Do you guys think your chances are better if you put in less than the alloted amt of tickets?

it could potentially improve your seats because if you request 2 tickets rather than 4 or 6 (or whatever the max is) at that exact moment, there may be 2 seats available up front but the best group of 4 or 6, etc. may be several rows back. it depends on how many pholks are counting on your success

photogal wrote:Do you guys think your chances are better if you put in less than the alloted amt of tickets?

It also helps to ask for an odd number of seats. There my be 3 at the end of a row that someone asking for 4 won't get.

Of course this only applies to reserved seating, if you want lawn ask for the max.

right, lower than the max usually gets you better seats than requesting the max, but it won't make a difference in how fast your request goes through...the toughest thing about getting the tickets online is getting out of the 'waiting line'...it doesn't matter how many tickets you requested, your in the queue behind those that are currently using the database...