Scalpers Have Methods

[ParrotheadPeteNJ]

An an experienced concert goer and Springsteen fan (the most knowledgeable fan base who dsicovered many of these methods and experiencedsuffered from some of this fraud big time first hand during the 1984 Born In The USA Tour"), there is some TOP great advice and true stories here. These people who posted are really great Parrotheads. Tampico, all you ever do is complain! If you take 5 minutes, read some of this advice and digest, you'll almost always get seats. You can even takle a method here an apply with your friends. If you can't I'll quote The Eagles "You can see the stars but still not see the light! (that's right!).

And by the way people, during the past year I've seen many of the top front orchestra seats sold on either the day of or a few days before a given concert. This includes the Garden show. Many top tickets ARE NOT sold on the first day of sales! if you don't get tickets on day one, don't panic.

[ParrotheadPeteNJ]

Tamp: I think you are a bit off the mark here. However, this depends on the given venue. Yes, Promoters and the artists get allotments (often a big argument). However, often in outdoor summer venue you have a subscriber base which gets first crack at those seats. Where you are often wrong is that sometimes any unused seats (even singles) are put back for sale later very quietly. Ditto media/tickets for friends tickets. The first day of sales is uaually just that-a beginning. It's the time for those not in the know (read dumb s***ers)to buy up all the less desirable seats. This method of ticket distribution creates another opportunity in that many unused subscriber seats (especially if they are corporate seats because people win these things, are officers, yada and could care less about an artist) go unused. On the day of the show the unused seats go into the hands of scalpers very cheaply and the scalper is making a big profit at the original ticket price. These same outdoor venues usually gave a glut of tickets on the day of the show. Top tickets such as Jimmy tickets are still tough. However, I have gotten in at half price for Jimmy! Now if you get there early and sacrifice some partying, you shoud be ok.

I'm not such a bad person am I?

[DebSabriel]

Pete:

Many people already know to constantly check Ticketmaster for availability even after official on-sale, and the loyal board members always post when they find that additional tickets have been released. The annoying thing is that additional ticket releases are rarely, if ever publicized. Because of this, insiders have first crack at these tickets and can grab the pick of the ticket crop.

Waiting until the day of the event can be a risky proposition. I guess maybe you didn't hear about the hundreds of fans at Great Woods this year who got burned by fake tickets. According to board posts and media accounts, some of these fans bought their tickets *before* the event from brokers. Sure, if they paid by credit card they can dispute the charges and get their money back, but that doesn't get them into the show, does it?

Deb.