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sweet neo con
just went to ticketmaster site...said "403 forbidden". ?? anybody know why? is this what happens when sold out?
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Troutmask69
This was bad, this was not ordinary demand. I have bought tickets to several Stones shows and many Summerfest shows. For most of us online there was immediately nothing Thursday, Friday or today. Nothing at the box office. Yes this is the hottest show on the tour, smallest venue. But tickets do not vanish that quick for people into ticketmaster at exactly 10. One of two things: scalper bots. These guys have great software now to jump the line and buy on many accounts, and this was the show for them to target. Not nickel and dime scalping, big criminal set ups. The other possibility is direct withholding of tickets to scalp, or maybe release later. Not so sure about such conspiracies. The other very weird thing is how many singles are listed on stubhub and eBay. Very rare, because scampers know singles have much less value. Maybe there was a glitch or loop hole in one of the presages that let people get a lot of singles? Even for this show there are too many out there. If that is all you need I advise you to wait until late May and singles should be cheap
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This was bad, this was not ordinary demand. I have bought tickets to several Stones shows and many Summerfest shows. For most of us online there was immediately nothing Thursday, Friday or today. Nothing at the box office. Yes this is the hottest show on the tour, smallest venue. But tickets do not vanish that quick for people into ticketmaster at exactly 10. One of two things: scalper bots. These guys have great software now to jump the line and buy on many accounts, and this was the show for them to target. Not nickel and dime scalping, big criminal set ups. The other possibility is direct withholding of tickets to scalp, or maybe release later. Not so sure about such conspiracies. The other very weird thing is how many singles are listed on stubhub and eBay. Very rare, because scampers know singles have much less value. Maybe there was a glitch or loop hole in one of the presages that let people get a lot of singles? Even for this show there are too many out there. If that is all you need I advise you to wait until late May and singles should be cheap
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sweet neo con
just went to ticketmaster site...said "403 forbidden". ?? anybody know why? is this what happens when sold out?
Not sure, but I got a similar message at the start of the sale saying something like "you are forbidden to access the site from this server", so I assume I got locked out for trying too many times already for another venue on sale an hour earlier. Lucky for me that I already got a ticket via one of the presales.
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welshphil
Have tried all day for tickets ,no joy .Has anyone bought tickets via stub hub for any concert , and would you recommend them ....thanks ...
Stubhub is the best option for secondary market tickets. They are easy to reach on the telephone if you have any problems at the venue, and they don't pay the sellers until after the show is finished, so you can be confident purchasing. Of course, they charge a commission for all of this.
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Have tried all day for tickets ,no joy .Has anyone bought tickets via stub hub for any concert , and would you recommend them ....thanks ...
Stubhub is the best option for secondary market tickets. They are easy to reach on the telephone if you have any problems at the venue, and they don't pay the sellers until after the show is finished, so you can be confident purchasing. Of course, they charge a commission for all of this.
I still got one extra for cost in section 8. I'm amazed that for a show that sold out in 7 minutes that so many people want, that I can't even get an offer on ticket inside the shell at face value.
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paulywaul
Here's an interesting statistic .......... the seating capacity is 25,000, and 3,520 tickets are currently available for sale on STUBHUB !! That's um .... 14 percent of the total capacity.
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paulywaul
Here's an interesting statistic .......... the seating capacity is 25,000, and 3,520 tickets are currently available for sale on STUBHUB !! That's um .... 14 percent of the total capacity.
Not to mention Viagogo - 30 odd pages of tickets.
Mind you a lot of seats even do not come into sale at all. Section to A-Z is fully occupied by sponsors or other people who support the festival and the amphitheatre. So only if these giveaways to such poeple are not wanted they will sell them on any secondary market. I have checked all markets regularely and on Section two are only very few available. Furthermore even if you tried to buy the VIP PAckage Section two seems to be never offered, but only section 1 and 3.Quote
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Here's an interesting statistic .......... the seating capacity is 25,000, and 3,520 tickets are currently available for sale on STUBHUB !! That's um .... 14 percent of the total capacity.
Not to mention Viagogo - 30 odd pages of tickets.
True !!
Must have been a serious outbreak of absentmindedness in and around Milwaukee yesterday morning, lots of people appear to have bought tickets and then (presumably) thought "o dear, I appear to have made a mistake and can't actually attend on that day, guess I'd better sell those tickets then" .... !!
And of course what better medium to sell those tickets through than one of those innumerable "fan friendly ticket exchange" service providers, such as all the usual suspects working in the "secondary market" ......
"Certainly Sir/Madam, we'd be delighted to sell you a ticket or two to see the Rolling Stones, would you like to pay 4 times or 5 times the face value plus our exorbitant service charges" ?
For f**ks sake ...... !
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Plink
During the general sale today (April 13), was anyone able to buy anything other than Lucky Dip and obstructed view yellow section seats for Milwaukee?
That's all I saw come up. No red section, unobstructed yellow section, bleachers or lawn were available at any time during my buying attempt (which lasted from 10am to 2pm CST.
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sweet neo con
Hi Plink
Just wondering how you know tics are obstructed view...did it actually say "obstructed view"?
Not saying you are wrong...just wondering.
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filstan
I stand corrected ifyoucantrockme. Thanks for clarification. My point though was that the prices of unsold ticksts does tend to come down as an event gets close to starting.
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skyhawk
So there will be a lot of people (95%?) in the first 10-20 rows of section 1, 2 and 3 who ever heard of The Rolling Stones, but don't know exactly which songs they made untill they hear it?
"You hear that: they playing Gimme Shelter, isn't that a song of Metallica."
"Who is that man on the keyboards: is it Kenny Rogers?"
That would be nice for Jagger and co ....
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sweet neo con
Hi Plink
Just wondering how you know tics are obstructed view...did it actually say "obstructed view"?
Not saying you are wrong...just wondering.
Yes - at some point, well into the sale, I noticed there were 2 options in the "ticket type" drop down box - "Full Price Ticket" and "Warning! Seats Are Limited View". The limited view yellow section seats were $273.50. I'm such a nerd I actually took screencaps of the "limited view" ticket option! If I get a chance, I'll edit this post to include a pic.
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sweet neo con
MightyStork did you get a ticket?
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forsure
I still got one extra for cost in section 8. I'm amazed that for a show that sold out in 7 minutes that so many people want, that I can't even get an offer on ticket inside the shell at face value.