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klemmer35 wrote:I didn't look at that angle. My thinking was that JLL/LN can now spin it so that it appears the small crowd will be due to the midweek date as opposed to the number of refunds they issue to those they issue as a result of protesting the tailgating ban.

They can spin it whatever way they please.
Makes no difference to me or thousands of others
who will never return
in future years.

They can spin it whatever way they please.
Makes no difference to me or thousands of others
who will never return
in future years.

Here, here. . .

SomeGuyNamedDan wrote:

They can spin it whatever way they please.
Makes no difference to me or thousands of others
who will never return
in future years.

Here, here. . .

Hurumph!

Just did an online chat with a Ticketmaster/Live Nation agent. They gave me a FULL REFUND!!! The guy told me they are doing tons of refunds for this show.
REFUNDS AVAILABLE until 5PM ET, Wednesday 31 August.

drunkpirate66 wrote:I have 6 friends who were going to head down from Rhode Island. They can't get cancel their hotel reservation. Wonder why they waited until the last minute? Jimmy Buffett knows perfectly well people book airfare, hotels, train tickets, etc. months ahead of time. Why not give these people atleast 48 hours? It was obvious that the concert was a huge risk 4 days ago. He could've announced this yesterday and saved people a ton of money. Its all part of the business, I guess.

I got a refund from Airtran/SW last night

JLL: Due to a scheduling conflict, Foreigner will not be performing on the September 4th concert.

Prine in Balmer cancelled too

clearlakeparrot wrote:

drunkpirate66 wrote:I have 6 friends who were going to head down from Rhode Island. They can't get cancel their hotel reservation. Wonder why they waited until the last minute? Jimmy Buffett knows perfectly well people book airfare, hotels, train tickets, etc. months ahead of time. Why not give these people atleast 48 hours? It was obvious that the concert was a huge risk 4 days ago. He could've announced this yesterday and saved people a ton of money. Its all part of the business, I guess.

I got a refund from Airtran/SW last night

When were you supposed to fly in? SW isn't offering me a refund....

looks like the Sat 3rd was booked with Stevie Nicks Sat the 10th had Toby Keith.....17th was open...but isn't he in Paris around there.....24th had Brad Paisly.....Sept 2nd was open which is a Friday.

TommyBahama wrote:looks like the Sat 3rd was booked with Stevie Nicks Sat the 10th had Toby Keith.....17th was open...but isn't he in Paris around there.....24th had Brad Paisly.....Sept 2nd was open which is a Friday.

But given that Sep 2 is Friday of Labor Day Weekend, I bet JB and the band members may well have had plans that no one wanted to mess with.

So, what happens if you now can go, can you buy tickets online? What is preventing me from returning all the tickets I bought (because my friends can't use them) and then just buying myself a ticket?

Hockey Mon wrote: What is preventing me from returning all the tickets I bought and then just buying myself a ticket?

Nothing. in fact there's REALLY good seats available right now.. but better ones to come when the refunds are issued. I'm debating... would be the first time I've missed a JB show since '77!!!!

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:

TommyBahama wrote:looks like the Sat 3rd was booked with Stevie Nicks Sat the 10th had Toby Keith.....17th was open...but isn't he in Paris around there.....24th had Brad Paisly.....Sept 2nd was open which is a Friday.

But given that Sep 2 is Friday of Labor Day Weekend, I bet JB and the band members may well have had plans that no one wanted to mess with.

thats what i was thinking.....also maybe people had weekend plans and Thursday gives them a 4 day weekend!!.....or getting a security force together for that day was tough....could be a few things..but Jen i end to agree with yours.....it's a freak thing with the timing.

Really Glad I sold my tix for full price 2 weeks ago!

Griz wrote:

Hockey Mon wrote: What is preventing me from returning all the tickets I bought and then just buying myself a ticket?

Nothing. in fact there's REALLY good seats available right now.. but better ones to come when the refunds are issued. I'm debating... would be the first time I've missed a JB show since '77!!!!

I can't compare to that streak, impressive.

I bought a few extra tickets for anyone who needed them. With the whole no tailgating policy, I couldn't move them. But now, I can get a refund. So, by my dumb luck, I actually won't lose money. It's Karma I tell you.

Journey just cancelled there show there on Sun the 28th to Sept 4th!!

TommyBahama wrote:Journey just cancelled there show there on Sun the 28th to Sept 4th!!

Yeah, they are scheduling things all over the place there. As well as baseball/soccer games here.

Hockey Mon wrote:

klemmer35 wrote:From the same link:

Jiffy Lube Live
If you cannot make the new date, refunds are available at the point of purchase, starting Monday.
about a minute ago · Like · 1 person

Whoa! That is cool. Of course, I bet they will keep the surcharge. In fact, I know they will.

I just went to the live chat at ticketmaster.com and got a refund, took less than 5 minutes. They said $157 would be credited to my credit card so they're refunding all the charges, not just face value of the ticket. Just for the hell of it, I went to TM after I got the refund, according to the interactive seat map my seat is already available.

When his Chicago shows were rescheduled in 2001, due to 9/11, the same policy was in effect. Lots of poeple turned in their tickets for refunds and then bought better seats.

And while tailgating is a huge deal to most of us, remember, we are also the ones that love hearing all those songs that others sit down for. There will be lots of empty seats because of scheduling problems, especially moving from a weekend to a weeknight, but I think some of you are overestimating how empty it will be solely because of no tailgating.

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:

clearlakeparrot wrote:

drunkpirate66 wrote:I have 6 friends who were going to head down from Rhode Island. They can't get cancel their hotel reservation. Wonder why they waited until the last minute? Jimmy Buffett knows perfectly well people book airfare, hotels, train tickets, etc. months ahead of time. Why not give these people atleast 48 hours? It was obvious that the concert was a huge risk 4 days ago. He could've announced this yesterday and saved people a ton of money. Its all part of the business, I guess.

I got a refund from Airtran/SW last night

When were you supposed to fly in? SW isn't offering me a refund....

maybe not, but SWA is nice enough to roll unused tickets over as a credit against future travel, so this isn't the hardship that cancellation and confiscation would be.

ejr wrote:When his Chicago shows were rescheduled in 2001, due to 9/11, the same policy was in effect. Lots of poeple turned in their tickets for refunds and then bought better seats.

And while tailgating is a huge deal to most of us, remember, we are also the ones that love hearing all those songs that others sit down for. There will be lots of empty seats because of scheduling problems, especially moving from a weekend to a weeknight, but I think some of you are overestimating how empty it will be solely because of no tailgating.

I'm gonna make the call that pholks ARE NOT overestimating the crowd reduction. Now with people having the refund "out" due to the weather.....sorry Jimmy.....don't take it personal!
In fact, I'll be shocked if they're isn't an "upgrade" discount given to the lawn people the day of the show.
Ultimately though, this is karma to the venue for being pricks this year.