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johnnythunders
Never thought I would see the day...
The All England Tennis Club gave Ticketmaster the job of selling tickets to this year's Wimbledon championships and all tickets went on sale at 1300 GMT toady
It really took me back
All our old friends were there:
* Not letting you into the waiting room!
* Denying you had the correct code!
* Waiting before you had the tickets in your basket before the screen froze! Three times!
I gave up when it told me I was 132128 in the queue
Almost as much fun as trying to buy Rolling Stones tickets
Still, good to know there are some things in life you can rely on and Ticketmaster screwing up is one of them
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johnnythunders
Never thought I would see the day...
The All England Tennis Club gave Ticketmaster the job of selling tickets to this year's Wimbledon championships and all tickets went on sale at 1300 GMT toady
It really took me back
All our old friends were there:
* Not letting you into the waiting room!
* Denying you had the correct code!
* Waiting before you had the tickets in your basket before the screen froze! Three times!
I gave up when it told me I was 132128 in the queue
Almost as much fun as trying to buy Rolling Stones tickets
Still, good to know there are some things in life you can rely on and Ticketmaster screwing up is one of them
Dead right!
I could scarcely believe that I had two centre court tickets for men's semifinal day in my basket. But the payment page screwed up THREE times - and by the fourth time, it was game over already. GRRR....
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JN99
Ah, I remember the good 'ol days of early internet buying and logging on at the on sale time and actually getting through and then actually getting good tickets! I bought a bunch for No Security that way, almost all in the first 15 -20 rows on the floor. Now, even if you're in within the first minute there's usually nothing good available anyway!
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johnnythunders
Never thought I would see the day...
The All England Tennis Club gave Ticketmaster the job of selling tickets to this year's Wimbledon championships and all tickets went on sale at 1300 GMT toady
It really took me back
All our old friends were there:
* Not letting you into the waiting room!
* Denying you had the correct code!
* Waiting before you had the tickets in your basket before the screen froze! Three times!
I gave up when it told me I was 132128 in the queue
Almost as much fun as trying to buy Rolling Stones tickets
Still, good to know there are some things in life you can rely on and Ticketmaster screwing up is one of them
Dead right!
I could scarcely believe that I had two centre court tickets for men's semifinal day in my basket. But the payment page screwed up THREE times - and by the fourth time, it was game over already. GRRR....
Sorry Beast, unsurprised I was not the only one.
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dmay
"Nope! And I read that many, like me, had problems with the payment page. So the All England Lawn Tennis Club's response to this and other problems was:
"...many of the problems were caused by people not opting in to receiving marketing communications so they could be legally contacted."
WTF??!! I didn't opt in because I already receive their communications, which is how I got the code for the sale - meaning that you couldn't be on the payment page if you didn't have the code that you could only get via their marketing communications. DOH...."
A perfect expression of Catch 22: "Damned if you do, damned if you don't."
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24FPS
The only thing I enjoyed about Ticketmaster was outsmarting them.
Example: Eric Clapton was playing the House of Blues in Los Angeles in 1994, promoting his Robert Johnson album. The venue held a few hundred people, mostly standing room only. You NEVER could have got through Ticketmaster in L.A. Using an old trick I called Phoenix, got straight through and got tickets for the L.A. event, no problem.
Previously I used that trick by calling Cicero, Illinois Ticketmaster when tickets for an Indianapolis event went on sale. Always got tickets within the first few rows.
Now I just go to the Box Office, night of, and take my chances. They're usually good.
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dmay
Hey, treaclefingers: I have been very "dlSmayED" at many things in life. But, as the late Charlie Rich sang, "I just keep rollin' with the flow".