Presales

Blain · Post by **Blain** » March 22, 2005 2:26 pm

I see alot of chat about presales of tickets, can someone tell me how this works or where I can sign up?

citcat · Post by **citcat** » March 22, 2005 2:28 pm

First, you must prove you're not a toad-sucking leech, I mean a scalper......

Just kidding, I have no idea.

land_shark3 · Post by **land_shark3** » March 22, 2005 2:36 pm

It varies from venue to venue. Most of the shows do not have pre-sales.

Citcat: is that a vague enough reply?

a1aara · Post by **a1aara** » March 22, 2005 2:38 pm

The show at the Schott in Columbus last year had a pre-sale. I just had to sign up as an "Insider".

SomeGuyNamedDan · Post by **SomeGuyNamedDan** » March 22, 2005 2:38 pm

Seems to me that the pre-sales were used for "season ticket" holders for sports venues where Jimmy is playing (i.e., Philly, Pittsburgh), and the tickets were being handled by someone OTHER than Ticketmaster.

Don't know that I've ever seen a pre-sale for Jimmy shows that has been handled through Ticketmaster, and I doubt that they'll be one here. Although I have seen pre-sales for other artists on Ticketmaster (Santana a few weeks ago comes to mind).

land_shark3 · Post by **land_shark3** » March 22, 2005 2:47 pm

SomeGuyNamedDan wrote:Seems to me that the pre-sales were used for "season ticket" holders for sports venues where Jimmy is playing (i.e., Philly, Pittsburgh), and the tickets were being handled by someone OTHER than Ticketmaster.

Don't know that I've ever seen a pre-sale for Jimmy shows that has been handled through Ticketmaster, and I doubt that they'll be one here. Although I have seen pre-sales for other artists on Ticketmaster (Santana a few weeks ago comes to mind).

I was able to snag pre-sale tickets to last year's Dallas show by using the Alan Jackson password.

Pre-sales happen, but not always. Just enjoy them when they do and be thankful for the coconut telegraph!

a1aara · Post by **a1aara** » March 22, 2005 2:50 pm

SomeGuyNamedDan wrote:Seems to me that the pre-sales were used for "season ticket" holders for sports venues where Jimmy is playing (i.e., Philly, Pittsburgh), and the tickets were being handled by someone OTHER than Ticketmaster.

Don't know that I've ever seen a pre-sale for Jimmy shows that has been handled through Ticketmaster, and I doubt that they'll be one here. Although I have seen pre-sales for other artists on Ticketmaster (Santana a few weeks ago comes to mind).

The one at the Schott was thru ticketmaster. The Schott emailed a password and a link to ticketmaster. You had to give the password and were then able to purchase tickets.

SomeGuyNamedDan · Post by **SomeGuyNamedDan** » March 22, 2005 2:56 pm

My bad. Guess I'm used to the mid-Atlantic region (Philly, Baltimore, D.C., Pittsburgh) where I can't rightly remember a presale in the past ten years . . .then again I'm having trouble rightly remembering much of anything these days!

blackjack · Post by **blackjack** » March 22, 2005 4:01 pm

In Philly, I am a season ticket holder for the Wings lacrosse team which plays in a Comcast-owned building. Comcast is the owner of New Era Tickets who offered the tickets (instead of Ticketmaster) and sent out an e-mail to all of their season ticket holders with a password and a link.

That's how it happened in Philly this year but yes, Buffett pre-sales have been kinda rare in the past.

SpartyPH · Post by **SpartyPH** » March 22, 2005 4:24 pm

All of the presales I've ever seen, and never one for Buffett, comes from the artist. For instance, I know KISS and Bon Jovi had presales for their concerts, but you had to be a fan club member. Although, Motley Crue, who recently came through town, did have a presale too, but I think that came from the venue. I would not expect to see one for Buffett anytime soon. They'd be sold out before the official sale date!

jollymon · Post by **jollymon** » March 22, 2005 6:20 pm

Ballpark venues excluded.....I'm not part of one, but I believe they are done through the local PHC's.

blackjack · Post by **blackjack** » March 22, 2005 9:47 pm

SpartyPH wrote: I would not expect to see one for Buffett anytime soon. They'd be sold out before the official sale date!

The pre-sales they had for JB this year only offered a limited number of tickets and held back many for general sale.

Tarheel Tail-Gator · Post by **Tarheel Tail-Gator** » March 22, 2005 10:47 pm

I'm sitting down in Carolina and thanks to BN, picked up pre-sale tickets for Pittsburgh. Check the site daily and everyone will help you out when a pre-sale is in progress