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[zipper]

I'm sure this has been "discussed" here before but I'm pissed. Roger Waters is coming to Seattle in mid-Oct. &, a week before the GP can even purchase tickets, the best seats available are mid way back in Key Arena. It's not bad enough that floor seats are $125 (I'd pay it) but they give all these scalp sites like Stubhub free reign to snap them up early so they can sell them at 5X the face..........then we get to pick from what's left.

I'm happy that my 18yo daughter doesn't listen to cRap & actually likes the 70's-80's bands more than most stuff out today & I'd love to take her to see this concert...............perhaps experience what many of us were able to back in the day..........being on the floor for a rock concert. I'm not poor but I'm certainly not rich. Whether or not to shell out $1000-$1400 for a probable last shot at her seeing the remnants of PF will be a very difficult decision to make.

........just ain't right.

 

[Johnd]

It "ain't", but it's called capitalism...perhaps its' seedier side. Usually four tickets is the maximum allotment per purchase.

I say you complain to PF, the arena, and if you're really motivated, the legislature.

If you tell PF you're not going because the ticket price was quintupled, I'm sure they'll lend an ear...they want to keep their fan base.

The arena won't care as long as they sell out.

The legislature should care, as it protects consumer interest, and the quintupling of ticket prices reeks of usury.

I'll have to see what happens with PF in my market. Cheers.

 

[annunaki]

The legislature should care, as it protects consumer interest, and the quintupling of ticket prices reeks of usury.
Cheers.

One would think that but since the people and country's best interests are no longer represented who knows?

That is another debate in itself.



Anyway, that really stinks. I did not know that scalpers were doing this until now. I would assume scalpers just have like 5-10 P.O. boxes and use different names for each one to get by imposed limits. The internet has good and bad uses. It makes me dread looking for tickets when Tool goes on tour later this year.

 

[zipper]

I guess this falls into the "noone said life was fair" category. I'm sure there's some greasin' goin on behind the scenes. In the past, by law of this state, you could jack the price of a ticket to anything by calling it a "package deal". I.E., throw in a hot dog & a Coke & you could charge $200 for a $50 ticket to a Seahawk game. Just last year they made scalping completely legal here. That's fine, but don't make it so these brokerages can buy up every good seat BEFORE tickets are even available to the gp.

I'm not asking for a gift..............just for the same opportunity as anyone else to purchase a good seat at it's face value. As if $125 isn't enough.

 

[gellor]

In my area, I've found that one of the best ways to get tickets to events I want to see is to go the day of the show. Ticketmaster sells tickets to events on a "First-come, Worst-served" basis. They start selling towards the back on the outside rows, and work their way in and down.

If you show up the day of the concert, they almost always have good, close seats because the radio stations and the bands and promo groups have to turn in all of their holdout tickets that they haven't gotten rid of yet. So I've managed to go to some pretty popular shows and get within 10 rows on the day of the show.

(Note: I do not advise this for everyone everywhere...but it can work pretty well depending on your local establishment)

 

[zipper]

gellor...........What they do around here (Seattle) is have a "pre-sale" where only the brokers or those with large accts. can access the tickets. Saw the same thing with Paul McCartney LY.........tickets in the 1st 5 rows were going for over $1,500 each when the face was "only" $250.

When they go on sale to the public, it's just a race to get the best seat left. I'll probably try the waiting game.................thanks.

 

[gellor]

gellor...........What they do around here (Seattle) is have a "pre-sale" where only the brokers or those with large accts. can access the tickets. Saw the same thing with Paul McCartney LY.........tickets in the 1st 5 rows were going for over $1,500 each when the face was "only" $250.

When they go on sale to the public, it's just a race to get the best seat left. I'll probably try the waiting game.................thanks.

Another option I've had success with...if you find a band coming to town you're really interested in, a lot of them have web fanclubs...which tend to get pre-release tickets to shows...you actually buy them through the band's website, or the band gives you a link to the pre-sale site.