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Post by beplumcrazy on Mar 22, 2010 22:33:13 GMT
the only reason i was able to go to the nashville show is because i paid $200+ for my ticket from someone who wasn't able to go anymore. yeah it was an asshole thing to sell their ticket for that price but i wouldn't trade being able to go for anything!!!
i think a large part of the problem lies with people being able to buy 6-8 tickets at once. not many people buy that many at once besides scalpers! scalpers buy them all up before fans get them and then we're forced to pay that money.
i do however agree if it was KOL's decision to do the paperless that they are just trying to protect us from having to pay scalpers outrageous amounts (even though the protection has its flaws)
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Post by rockchick26 on Mar 22, 2010 22:41:03 GMT
I have bought many tickets at once, and not for scalping. I'm the only one of my friends who had a credit card back like 10-15 years ago when me and my friends were going to concerts a lot, I'd be putting up to 10 tickets on my card at a time for just about every show I went to back then. Now, you would only be able to buy 2, and then everyone would get split up in pairs!! This pretty much made it impossible for a group of people to go together and sit together. I also just found out that scalping is actually legal in most states. I wasn't aware of that, but that makes all this even more stupid. Ticketmaster is just greedy. If they really want to stop scalping, they should just make it illegal to sell any ticket at over face value. and how hard would that be since most of it is done online anyway.
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Post by Savanna on Mar 22, 2010 22:47:18 GMT
It isn't just scalpers that get screwed though, it's us! I had to sell my ticket for Nashville last year because I couldn't go, I didn't ask for $300 for it, I put it up for $50 and the demand raised it that high. I am not a low person, I was simply letting people fight it out for my ticket which is what anyone would do if they had no money and had people wanting their ticket. Shelley, scalpers are people who intentionally buy tickets to re-sell them at ridiculous prices. This is not what you did, therefore you are not a scalper. I wasn't referring to you.
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Post by rockchick26 on Mar 22, 2010 22:50:56 GMT
Shelley, scalpers are people who intentionally buy tickets to re-sell them at ridiculous prices. This is not what you did, therefore you are not a scalper. I wasn't referring to you. Oh yeah I know, but to Ticketmaster I would be no different except that I only had one ticket and not a ton of them. I just feel like a criminal in their eyes. But i'm equally upset for everyone that this affects. I feel like concertgoers are one and we gotta look out for each other and what hurts one hurts all.
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Post by NikLovesLeb on Mar 22, 2010 22:51:33 GMT
Hey, Pearl Jam and a bunch of other bands took a stand against Ticketmaster. They've survived and sold out arenas for like 15 years now. If an artist wanted to get away from Ticketmaster, they could. If they dont care to, well, we, the fans, are left sucking Ticketmaster's and its policies d*ck. Ticketmaster is a business, and very close to being a monopoly. Most artists, including KOL, are giant corporate machines, which make promoters and themselves a LOT of $$. So people can debate what's wrong and what's fair till everyone is blue in the face. Bottom line is, nothing will change. Ticketmaster has us by the balls, due to our love for our bands. If change will come, it will come from artists.
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Post by Erin on Mar 22, 2010 22:53:14 GMT
Cheers for posting the full article Coxy. *karma*
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Post by rockchick26 on Mar 22, 2010 22:56:00 GMT
Yeah Nik, the bands have to start the change because without them, the ticket companies have no one! And if the fans boycott TM, they're hurting the bands also. Well there's also LiveNation, don't they sell tickets too? I've never bought any from there though.
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Post by Mrs. Flowers on Mar 22, 2010 23:04:16 GMT
this is a stupid question... but with these paperless tickets, how are they going to know which seat you bought if the only thing you have is a credit card? :ll and, as someone mentioned before, I hope because you may not be the owner of that credit card that doesn't mean they won't let you in the venue.
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Post by rockchick26 on Mar 22, 2010 23:09:55 GMT
this is a stupid question... but with these paperless tickets, how are they going to know which seat you bought if the only thing you have is a credit card? :ll and, as someone mentioned before, I hope because you may not be the owner of that credit card that doesn't mean they won't let you in the venue. Apparently their scanners they use can tell them all that information, like it brings up the transaction details. It prints you out a receipt so I imagine it would be just like the receipt you currently get with your ticket and it says the seat on there. And i'm really hoping for you guys' sake that they do let you in!!!
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Post by Mrs. Flowers on Mar 22, 2010 23:12:54 GMT
^ thanks, Shelly. I don't know why I couldn't figure that out myself. I'm going to email Ticketmaster or someone about this.... I don't want to worry about not getting in the venue because I'm not an adult who owns the credit card.
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Post by truexlovexway on Mar 22, 2010 23:25:13 GMT
I keep going back and forth between being excited and psychotically scared for the Chicago show. I've never traveled by myself, and if my best friend can't get a ticket, that's what I'm gonna have to do. So, how many of us are gonna be at that show, anyway?!
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Post by moose949 on Mar 22, 2010 23:26:39 GMT
my life would be over if I couldn't get in to the concert for a stupid reason like that. but if my ID has the same LAST name, isn't that close enough? they could at least give me someone to yell at until they let me in...i need this concert!
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Post by rockchick26 on Mar 22, 2010 23:31:20 GMT
I would call the venue ahead of time and explain the situation and they might be able to tell you what to expect. If they flat out wont let you in no matter what, at least you could save yourself gas money and not even bother going. Ugh. This is just awful. Krystal I feel so bad that this didn't work out and now you are stuck having to figure out what to do!
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Post by Savanna on Mar 22, 2010 23:39:54 GMT
^ thanks, Shelly. I don't know why I couldn't figure that out myself. I'm going to email Ticketmaster or someone about this.... I don't want to worry about not getting in the venue because I'm not an adult who owns the credit card. Let us know what you find out!
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Post by NikLovesLeb on Mar 22, 2010 23:49:03 GMT
They primarily look at the card. That you are in possession of the original card that the tix were purchased on. They hardly even glance at the ID. No one will be turned away. I've gone to a number of these ticketless events, and it's very similar to will call. You need to show the card, as you would at will call. It seems like there is a lot of bruhaha over nothing. You can also certainly buy more than 2 tickets at a time. As long as you all go at the same time.
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Post by NikLovesLeb on Mar 22, 2010 23:50:37 GMT
I keep going back and forth between being excited and psychotically scared for the Chicago show. I've never traveled by myself, and if my best friend can't get a ticket, that's what I'm gonna have to do. So, how many of us are gonna be at that show, anyway?! Carrie, Coxy, myself and Vanessa (you might not know her) re for sure.
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Post by rockchick26 on Mar 23, 2010 0:28:11 GMT
They primarily look at the card. That you are in possession of the original card that the tix were purchased on. They hardly even glance at the ID. No one will be turned away. I've gone to a number of these ticketless events, and it's very similar to will call. You need to show the card, as you would at will call. It seems like there is a lot of bruhaha over nothing. You can also certainly buy more than 2 tickets at a time. As long as you all go at the same time. TicketNews.Com was where I read you can only buy 2 at a time, here's the paragraph: "Paperless Tickets must be purchased (limit two per customer) at Ticketmaster website, or Ticketmaster charge by phone, using a credit card. Paperless ticket holders will bypass lines at the will-call window, instead presenting venue doorstaff with the purchasing credit card and a photo ID. Door staff will swipe the credit card to confirm the tickets, giving paperless ticket holders easy access to the event." And what about the fact that a lot of people (including some on HA) go to concerts and don't have a credit card, so how could they go if they can't get their parents to go with them? And what if the show is out of state or their parents simply can't make it?
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Post by moose949 on Mar 23, 2010 0:50:50 GMT
there's definitely not a limit on tickets i got 4 at once for me and my friends
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Post by rockchick26 on Mar 23, 2010 0:56:04 GMT
Moose are you sure your tickets are paperless? Because not every show on the tour is, only certain ones (according to TM). But if so, then that's cool...and I wish sites would get their information straight!!
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Post by NikLovesLeb on Mar 23, 2010 1:01:53 GMT
Not sure what your point is, Shelly? I didnt make the rules.
In fact, you CAN buy more than 2 tickets at a time, because I did. In fact, the limit is 8. Maybe you should check out the actual postings for the event on the Ticketmaster site.
If you are SO determined to go, then get a rechargeable credit card. And buy your tickets on that. Where there is a will, there is a way.
For a person who is not even going, seems to me you are freaking out a lot of people for no apparent reason. Since NONE of us have heard of hundreds of people being turned away at venues due to paperless ticket, maybe it's time to stop panicking.
Just print out your confirmation, and 99.8% of the time, a venue would not refuse you entry.
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