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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: bikerchickdc on December 10, 2005, 07:34:00 pm
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... They're going for $400/pair on eBay. And I'll admit, I sort of wish I had gotten some extras to sell for that kind of cash. But really it just makes me a little sick inside.
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Generation X: grown up, gotten good jobs, willing to pay anything to relive rapidly-disappearing youth
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Don't worry, karma will come back and fuck them in the ass. It always does.
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damn, i'm a pogues fan, but at that price, especially right around the holidays, i'm almost tempted to sell...
but i'll remain strong
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I don't see where it's bad karma to sell your concert tickets, if the money you will receive is good enough.
Just about anything I own is for sale if the price is right. It's not like there's anything holy or sacred about concert tickets. Get a fucking grip. If I had a pair, and someone offered me $400, you bet your ass I'd sell. My wife would beat my ass if I didn't.
I had four pulled up in the early going, but decided to wait and try to make it to the box office to save on service fees. I'm kicking myself now.
And it's not like you're twisting someone's arm to buy them, or ripping off someone who was unable to get tickets. Tickets were available for three hours before selling out. People who really wanted to go made sure they got tickets. People who are paying $400 for a pair of tickets are people who $400 means little to.
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i agree totally. it blows my mind that people get on these message board and on craigslist and complain about how much concert tickets are going for. I would understand for a show like audioslave at 930 that sold out instantly and a lot of people got shut out. But on a show like the pogues, you had over 3 hours to buy them, just like everybody else..including those who bought them to re-sell them. If you wanted them that bad, you would have gotten off your ass, stopped thinking you're the only person who listens to a band, and bought tickets early. you didn't, and now you've got to pay for your mistake.
if you want to pay face value for a concert ticket, buy them when they're on sale to the public, just like everybody else does. do you think ticket brokers have special connections for every singel show they buy for? No, they do their reserach, and know when every show that will make money is going on sale.
quit bitching about how high tickets on the secondary market are. instead, set your alarm clock and get off your ass and buy them when they're on sale at face value.
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You are missing the point that tickets weren't supposed to be on sale till 5:30 (advance) then saturday (public). Plenty of people who really wanted to go were logged into the advance sale at 5:30. People who are on the 930 mail list lucked out after a communication lapse between the club and the promoters. Things happen, and rotten luck for some of us, but spare me the "too bad", "lazy" and "mistake" spiel. it's just not the case for plenty of people who really wanted to go .
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Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
anything I own is for sale if the price is right.
How much for your wife? I'll give you a couple of camels and a goat
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I shouldn't be surprised that people would sell their tickets for $400. If you want to go ahead and be a capitalist, nobody is stopping you. But I find it pretty sick that people find it OK to gouge music fans just because they weren't sitting on their ass in front of a computer when tickets went on sale. Some people have jobs that require them to be in other places and thus don't have the luxury of buying tickets online when they go on sale. I guess for me music is a little too sacred and I respect the musicians too much to do something like that. Ticket scalper is up there with papparazzo in my opinon.
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If someone is dumb enough to pay $400 for the Pogues tickets, then great, but I think some things should be sacred. People who think there is a price for everything have no soul.
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Originally posted by MTB-Markie:
Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
anything I own is for sale if the price is right.
How much for your wife? I'll give you a couple of camels and a goat [/b]
I'll up that.......make one of the camels pretty and an extra goat.
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Originally posted by bearman:
But I find it pretty sick that people find it OK to gouge music fans just because they weren't sitting on their ass in front of a computer when tickets went on sale.
Werent' most of you worker drones sitting on your ass in front of a computer at 10:00 am on a Thursday? Or were you out fighting wild elk?
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One reason people consider scalping to be bad karma is that scalpers who buy up huge blocks of tickets in advance end up depriving people of tickets who had wanted to buy them at the normal price. It may be your "right," but like many things people do because they think it's their right, it's still an asshole move.
The other reason people get pissed about it is that some people think of certain music scenes, such as indie rock, as a "community." In a community, you have responsibilities to other people, not just yourself, so again, gouging people is an asshole move. Are Pogues followers a community? I don't think so, since the Pogues long ago ceased being the exclusive darlings of alterna-rockers and are pretty much listened to by all Americans, at least once a year on St. Patrick's Day. So it probably doesn't matter.
Finally, it can be fun to gouge the scalpers back. This works best at stadium shows. I've never tried it at a small venue like the 930, and I think it would be harder due to the limited market. I've paid as little as $10 for a stadium ticket using this technique. You just wait until the band has begun to play, and suddenly the value of scalped tickets drops precipitously -- usually to below face value. Scalpers are desperate to unload their tickets instead of taking a total loss, so you just bargain them down.
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I think you were limited to no more than four tickets per purchase for this show.
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I don't even think it's elk season!
I think the bottom line is that if you wanted Pogues tickets, you were at a pc at 10 am on thursday. And you had three hours before they sell out. If it was a problem to be in front of a pc at that time, take a half day off from work, or have someone else buy them for you.
As far as the mixup in timing, I have little sympathy. I DON'T RECEIVE THE 9:30 EMAIL, and yet I still knew that the tickets went onsale Thursday at 10. How did I know? Because I was proactive, and kept looking on tickets.com. And when I finally saw something on tickets.com for Thursday, I called to confirm. It's too bad that the Pogues website had the start date of ticket sale wrong, but they're not the people selling the tickets. Tickets.com is. That's who you should be checking with.
Originally posted by Relaxer:
Originally posted by bearman:
But I find it pretty sick that people find it OK to gouge music fans just because they weren't sitting on their ass in front of a computer when tickets went on sale.
Werent' most of you worker drones sitting on your ass in front of a computer at 10:00 am on a Thursday? Or were you out fighting wild elk? [/b]
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Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
I I DON'T RECEIVE THE 9:30 EMAIL
Sounds like someone has a resentment. Did you check your junk folder?
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My wife asked me to relay the message, "Just because he bones me doesn't mean he owns me." to you two camel jockies.
Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
Originally posted by MTB-Markie:
Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
anything I own is for sale if the price is right.
How much for your wife? I'll give you a couple of camels and a goat [/b]
I'll up that.......make one of the camels pretty and an extra goat. [/b]
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No junk folder on my work email. And judging by how many emails I get trying to sell erectile dysfunction pills, I'm guessing that very little of my email is being filtered out...
Not a big deal...like I said, being proactive keeps me up to date on the club happenings anyway. And I'm not usually in the market for tickets for shows that require passwords.
Originally posted by Chaz, Lover of all Beings:
Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
I I DON'T RECEIVE THE 9:30 EMAIL
Sounds like someone has a resentment. Did you check your junk folder? [/b]
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Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
My wife asked me to relay the message, "Just because he bones me doesn't mean he owns me." to you two camel jockies.
That made me think of this:
"dumb hoe said somethin that made me mad
she said somethin that i couldnt believe
so i grabbed the stupid bitch by her nappy-ass weave
she started talkin shit, wouldnt you know
reached back like a pimp, slapped the hoe
her father jumped up and he started to shout
so i threw a right cross and knocked his old-ass out
(CHORUS)
coz the boys in the hood are always hard
you come talkin that trash, well pull ya card
knowin' nutin in life but to be legit'
dont quote me boy coz i aint said shit"
Which means I really, really must stop listening to DC101.
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Normally I would agree with the argument that most people are just too lazy to get tickets right away, but not this time. It's not unreasonable to assume that the band's website has the correct info - particularly when the info was correct for every other show. I wouldn't expect anyone to check tickets.com several times a day, several days before the posted sale date. I'm sure plenty of the folks that missed out would have gladly camped in front of their computer on Thurday or taken time off of work to stand in line, had they been given the correct info ahead of time.
It certainly pays to be proactive, but I think people have a legitimate gripe about how this went down.
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Hahahahahaha.
My wife loves that song. Thankfully, she has yet to figure out who the performer (note I did not say artist) is.
She also wanted to play Tupac when we were, ahem, boning recently, and I just couldn't go for that, no can do.
Originally posted by MTB-Markie:
Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
My wife asked me to relay the message, "Just because he bones me doesn't mean he owns me." to you two camel jockies.
That made me think of this:
"dumb hoe said somethin that made me mad
she said somethin that i couldnt believe
so i grabbed the stupid bitch by her nappy-ass weave
she started talkin shit, wouldnt you know
reached back like a pimp, slapped the hoe
her father jumped up and he started to shout
so i threw a right cross and knocked his old-ass out
(CHORUS)
coz the boys in the hood are always hard
you come talkin that trash, well pull ya card
knowin' nutin in life but to be legit'
dont quote me boy coz i aint said shit"
Which means I really, really must stop listening to DC101. [/b]
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Good points, Skeeter.
Still, the tickets sold out in three hours. Some people bought them because they wanted to see the show. Some people bought them because they wanted to resell the tickets.
If everyone had known the Thursday time, there would have been that many more people "competing" for tickets. Some of the additional people would have been fans, some would have been resellers. The show would have sold out that much quicker.
Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
Normally I would agree with the argument that most people are just too lazy to get tickets right away, but not this time. It's not unreasonable to assume that the band's website has the correct info - particularly when the info was correct for every other show. I wouldn't expect anyone to check tickets.com several times a day, several days before the posted sale date. I'm sure plenty of the folks that missed out would have gladly camped in front of their computer on Thurday or taken time off of work to stand in line, had they been given the correct info ahead of time.
It certainly pays to be proactive, but I think people have a legitimate gripe about how this went down.
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Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
I just couldn't go for that, no can do.
Which one are you? Hall or Oates?
Apparently the song is by Eazy- E.
A couple of weeks ago DC101.1 were carrying an add for a prevent violence against women charity. It was great when they played it and the song back- to-back.
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Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
My wife asked me to relay the message, "Just because he bones me doesn't mean he owns me." to you two camel jockies.
Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
Originally posted by MTB-Markie:
Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
anything I own is for sale if the price is right.
How much for your wife? I'll give you a couple of camels and a goat [/b]
I'll up that.......make one of the camels pretty and an extra goat. [/b]
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But you could own the camel (one pretty one) and a goat.... ;)
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"It's immoral to let a sucker keep his money." ~ Rounders
"the boy J.D. was a friend of mine
till i caught him in my car tryin to steal the Alpine
chased him down the street to call a truce
the silly muthafucker pulls out a deuce deuce
little did he know i had a loaded 12 guage
one sucker dead, L.A. Times front page"
~ Eazy Motherfucking E
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Why am I not surprised that Hoya likes Eazy-E?
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i like eazy-e just as i like all sorts of pop culture ephemera ... i think "boyz in the hood" and "gimmee that nutt" are hilarious
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My original comment wasn't a gripe about not getting tickets--- I did get tickets and I wanted them because I wanted to see the show, not to resell them. I'm just sorely annoyed with the scalpers. I think some things should just be off-limits.
The overall commercialization of modern rock and roll is depressing. From the top of the Corporate Radio heap down to the scalpers, music is becoming more about money and marketing than about making good music every day. Compare the DC radio selections today to even 15 years ago--- back then it was no great shakes, especially when compared to LA or even Baltimore, but now it's utterly devoid of soul and passion. And it really irritates me to see some scalper who did maybe 45 seconds of work to buy some tickets online pocket $350 profit and not have clue #1 about the band, the music, or anything.
My all-time most frustrating scalper experience was in NYC before the Bauhaus show last month. The scalpers wanted $200 a ticket. And they pronounced the band as "Bough-Hoes." OK, I'll admit I got more than one laugh out of that but it still really irritates me that they can't even bother to learn the band's name!
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Originally posted by MTB-Markie:
Apparently the song is by Eazy- E.
Who are the white guys performing it that they play on DC 101, though?
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Originally posted by bikerchickdc:
My all-time most frustrating scalper experience was in NYC before the Bauhaus show last month. The scalpers wanted $200 a ticket. And they pronounced the band as "Bough-Hoes." OK, I'll admit I got more than one laugh out of that but it still really irritates me that they can't even bother to learn the band's name!
What a grand idea for an all-girl goth/hip-hop outfit!
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Originally posted by Celeste:
What a grand idea for an all-girl goth/hip-hop outfit! [/b]
Yeah, I had that thought too!
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Originally posted by Celeste:
Originally posted by MTB-Markie:
Apparently the song is by Eazy- E.
Who are the white guys performing it that they play on DC 101, though? [/b]
Dynamite Hack, some defunct cover band
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Funny, when I click on the link, allmusic tells me "Welcome back, Peter"
Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
Originally posted by Celeste:
Originally posted by MTB-Markie:
Apparently the song is by Eazy- E.
Who are the white guys performing it that they play on DC 101, though? [/b]
Dynamite Hack (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE4781FDB4CA57520C0973150C6BA63D20ED342F38250234558C0B63E4B820E79FD0DA7C6CCB3E577B479AAB32AAE5E0ED9CFED469CA1&searchlink=DYNAMITE+HACK&uid=CAW030512121640&sql=11:2f57gjur26im~T0), some defunct cover band [/b]
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the better white boy gangsta rap cover, though, is "gin and juice" by the gourds (not phish, or barenaked ladies, or whoever other group the MP3s that many people had of this track were mistitled as)
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Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
Funny, when I click on the link, allmusic tells me "Welcome back, Peter"
i guess that link includes some kind of sign-in info for me ... better take that down =)
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I'll second that. Excellent band, in spite of the fact that they are on GW Bush's ipod.
Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
the better white boy gangsta rap cover, though, is "gin and juice" by the gourds (not phish, or barenaked ladies, or whoever other group the MP3s that many people had of this track were mistitled as)
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show #2 coming
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Originally posted by Seth Hurwitz:
show #2 coming
as one of the many who didn't get tix the 1st time around, lemme just say THANK YOU! :)
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Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
I don't see where it's bad karma to sell your concert tickets, if the money you will receive is good enough.
I think the karma comes in that you said in the other thread that you were specifically buying two additional tickets in order to scalp at a high price. It's more directed than buying tickets to use then deciding to sell because the price has become so attractive. That's the work of a professional scalper. Not that there's any way to tell the difference from the outside, but as music fans, some of us think it's reflects a shitty heart. And we're allowed to think that just as you're allowed to scalp those tickets.
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Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
I think you were limited to no more than four tickets per purchase for this show.
Nope, it was up to 8 or 10 (can't remember which, but I got 6 which was not the full amount I could buy).
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good, they deserve this recognition.
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whatever. scalpers provide a service that the public yearns for, just like anything else you spend your money on.
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i saw a pogues-like band at iota. seems as if you have some connection or make reference to something irish, however remote, and you sing like shit then you can play music like the pogues. tiresome. they're no eazy-e with such profoundly deep lyrics about pussies who hit women. :roll:
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Originally posted by chokeychicken:
whatever. scalpers provide a service that the public yearns for
"The public" yearns for having tickets taken away from them at the regular price, and resold to them at many times higher the face value? I don't think so.
A few losers make the choice to willingly get ripped off. That doesn't mean they "yearn" for it. I'm sure they'd pay face value if they could.
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My plan was to buy two extra tickets and sell them for $150, thus cutting in half the cost of my own two tickets. I imagined that two tickets for $150 would be well worth it for some fan, particularly given how many rich people there are floating around this town. Obviously, there are many people willing to pay $75 for a concert ticket, whereas $25 is about my upper limit.
Originally posted by Bags:
Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
I don't see where it's bad karma to sell your concert tickets, if the money you will receive is good enough.
I think the karma comes in that you said in the other thread that you were specifically buying two additional tickets in order to scalp at a high price. It's more directed than buying tickets to use then deciding to sell because the price has become so attractive. That's the work of a professional scalper. Not that there's any way to tell the difference from the outside, but as music fans, some of us think it's reflects a shitty heart. And we're allowed to think that just as you're allowed to scalp those tickets. [/b]
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Hmmmmm...interesting thought process, but fascinating. I guess I'm the sort of person that would rather take extra tickets (if I have them or come upon them) and sell them for face value and then give a chance to people who cannot afford to pay exorbitant prices to see a band. And I can't help but think it's funny that someone who would criticize me for going to see the Shins both nights in a row and "not giving others a chance to see them" (I'm paraphrashing) would have no issues with excluding people of a more moderate means from seeing the Pogues based on the weight of their wallet. It says to me that ultimately the music isn't really what brings you here, but hey, do what you want. I am fascinated by what people think is acceptable.
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Originally posted by ThatNewAsshole:
i saw a pogues-like band at iota.
Are you talking about the band that opened for the Fleshtones? I kinda enjoyed a couple songs, but then found them tiresome too...
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Originally posted by chokeychicken:
whatever. scalpers provide a service that the public yearns for, just like anything else you spend your money on.
Not really. They circumvent the system, with sometimes illegal means, and prevent people from having a fair chance at getting tickets.
What do they do?
- hire people to go online and buy tickets to increase the chances that they, the scalpers, will get tickets, and get a good supply of tickets.
- buy multiple memberships to a band's fan club so they have more chances at advance pre-sales.
- hire people to stand in line at a box office in order to buy more tickets
Scalping is illegal in many states. Sure, you can argue supply/demand, but by circumventing the system, they sometimes create a false demand by purchasing a ton of tickets at the regular price, and then jacking up the price for re-sale.
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Originally posted by Arlette:
Not really. They circumvent the system, with sometimes illegal means, and prevent people from having a fair chance at getting tickets.
What do they do?
- hire people to go online and buy tickets to increase the chances that they, the scalpers, will get tickets, and get a good supply of tickets.
- buy multiple memberships to a band's fan club so they have more chances at advance pre-sales.
- hire people to stand in line at a box office in order to buy more tickets
Scalping is illegal in many states. Sure, you can argue supply/demand, but by circumventing the system, they sometimes create a false demand by purchasing a ton of tickets at the regular price, and then jacking up the price for re-sale.
I hate scalpers as much as anybody, but your examples don't demonstrate circumventing the system. They demonstrate how to make the system work for you. Standing in line, buying multiple fan club memberships, or getting a bunch of your friends to go online when tickets go on sale are all options available to everybody. There's nothing really underhanded about them.
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Originally posted by MTB-Markie:
Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
anything I own is for sale if the price is right.
How much for your wife? I'll give you a couple of camels and a goat [/b]
I'm sorry... I missed the part where wives are property to be owned.
And camels are smelly, anyway. ;)
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Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
Originally posted by Arlette:
Not really. They circumvent the system, with sometimes illegal means, and prevent people from having a fair chance at getting tickets.
What do they do?
- hire people to go online and buy tickets to increase the chances that they, the scalpers, will get tickets, and get a good supply of tickets.
- buy multiple memberships to a band's fan club so they have more chances at advance pre-sales.
- hire people to stand in line at a box office in order to buy more tickets
Scalping is illegal in many states. Sure, you can argue supply/demand, but by circumventing the system, they sometimes create a false demand by purchasing a ton of tickets at the regular price, and then jacking up the price for re-sale.
I hate scalpers as much as anybody, but your examples don't demonstrate circumventing the system. They demonstrate how to make the system work for you. Standing in line, buying multiple fan club memberships, or getting a bunch of your friends to go online when tickets go on sale are all options available to everybody. There's nothing really underhanded about them. [/b]
But they are breaking the rules, and in some cases the law. That is underhanded.
From the NIN fan club. Pretty long, but first sentence says it all.
Ticket brokers may not join the Nine Inch Nails fan club, and if a member is found selling tickets for profit, his/her membership will be voided without return of the membership fee. All ticket orders must be placed in the name of the corresponding fan club member. If we discover that an order has been placed in another personā??s name, we reserve the right to revoke the membership and cancel the ticket order. If you are found to be, or we in good faith believe you are reselling, trading or brokering tickets for profit that you purchased through this site, we may at our sole discretion cancel all or part of your ticket order and all or part of other pending orders in your name and/or put all or part of your orders and all or part of your other pending orders in your name at will-call for pick-up only by you. If we cancel your tickets, a refund of the total face value of the tickets minus a $7 per ticket processing fee will be issued to the card used to place the order. No other service, processing or shipping fees charged at the time of purchase will be refunded. If tickets are placed at will-call, only the person whose name is on the order can pick them up. No will-call name changes will be allowed. We reserve the right to investigate, cancel or ā??will callā? all orders we, in good faith, suspect to be in violation of this policy. We are the final authority on the interpretation of the rules in this policy. As part of our efforts to keep brokers out, we will specify guidelines for ticket purchasing on the web site, and we will email members ahead of time as to any changes to these policies.
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Originally posted by Arlette:
Ticket brokers may not join the Nine Inch Nails fan club, and if a member is found selling tickets for profit, his/her membership will be voided without return of the membership fee.
I appreciate the point, but it's tainted by a band that charges its fans to join their fan club. I know, I know, Pearl Jam does it. Still an odd concept to me.
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Bags:
ThatNewAsshole:
i saw a pogues-like band at iota.
Are you talking about the band that opened for the Fleshtones? I kinda enjoyed a couple songs, but then found them tiresome too... [/b]
yes i think so bags. wonder if i saw u there. me, tall lean dark-blond guy probably in dieter-schprockets-'now is the time when donce'-glasses. :cool:
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Originally posted by Bags:
Originally posted by Arlette:
Ticket brokers may not join the Nine Inch Nails fan club, and if a member is found selling tickets for profit, his/her membership will be voided without return of the membership fee.
I appreciate the point, but it's tainted by a band that charges its fans to join their fan club. I know, I know, Pearl Jam does it. Still an odd concept to me. [/b]
Not only do they charge, but they also "spam" members with sales info. about merch. Velvet Revolver is doing the same, with recent spam about their Holiday Calendar...WTF? Between off-shore pharmacies pitching Viagra/Cialis (yea, baby, just what I need) and fansites/labels sending junk, my email box is looking sort of like my snail-mail box...and handled the same way - toss it all!
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Originally posted by BadSushi:
toss it all!
You tosser, you.
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Originally posted by Bags:
Originally posted by Arlette:
Ticket brokers may not join the Nine Inch Nails fan club, and if a member is found selling tickets for profit, his/her membership will be voided without return of the membership fee.
I appreciate the point, but it's tainted by a band that charges its fans to join their fan club. I know, I know, Pearl Jam does it. Still an odd concept to me. [/b]
Bands have been charging fans to join fan clubs for years, especially if there is any kind of newsletter etc involved as they need money to cover the costs of sendingit out. It's nothing new for Pearl Jam, R.E.M. does. It's only been recently that the option to buy tickets has become a benefit of joining a fanclub...
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<img src="http://www.rockymusic.org/covers/newz-78-lp-front.jpg" alt=" - " />
Does anyone have the addy (http://www.kfns.com/APNews/APArticle.aspx?APNewsID=237590) for the Gary Glitter fan club (http://www.alexgitlin.com/npp/gg.htm)?
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Receiving unsolicited e-mails about perscription drugs is a much different entity than receiving e-mails about merchandise for sale by a band whose fan club you signed up for (willingly, I'm assuming) and who you gave an e-mail address to.
But then again, I guess that's what you risk when you sign up for Velvet Revolver's fan club...
Originally posted by BadSushi:
Not only do they charge, but they also "spam" members with sales info. about merch. Velvet Revolver is doing the same, with recent spam about their Holiday Calendar...WTF? Between off-shore pharmacies pitching Viagra/Cialis (yea, baby, just what I need) and fansites/labels sending junk, my email box is looking sort of like my snail-mail box...and handled the same way - toss it all!
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I'm a member of a couple of band's fan clubs just so I can get an early shot at tickets. I pay $25 or $30, join for a year, then get in on the fan club only pre-sales. I don't mind spending the extra $25 per year; sheesh, I blow more than that on drinks in one night.
Plus, some of the fan clubs actually give you cool stuff, like exclusive releases.
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OK you nutty kids you...lookin out for MY PEOPLE (I refuse to say PEEPS)...
http://protected.tickets.com/buy/TicketOnsale?agency=930_CLUB&orgid=3595&poid=1106&pid=5671496 (http://protected.tickets.com/buy/TicketOnsale?agency=930_CLUB&orgid=3595&poid=1106&pid=5671496)
password: GUINNESS
and the best part is you have to be the person that bought the tix to claim them at the box office...so...scalpers...get in that other line over THERE
am I the greatest or what?
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Originally posted by Seth Hurwitz:
OK you nutty kids you...lookin out for MY PEOPLE (I refuse to say PEEPS)...
http://protected.tickets.com/buy/TicketOnsale?agency=930_CLUB&orgid=3595&poid=1106&pid=5671496 (http://protected.tickets.com/buy/TicketOnsale?agency=930_CLUB&orgid=3595&poid=1106&pid=5671496)
password: GUINNESS
and the best part is you have to be the person that bought the tix to claim them at the box office...so...scalpers...get in that other line over THERE
am I the greatest or what?
Thanks, Seth
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Originally posted by Seth Hurwitz:
am I the greatest or what?
none is great than the lord almighty.
oh yeah, and I owe you a hug for this one! many thanks!
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That is a great solution. Excellent, thanks.
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Originally posted by Seth Hurwitz:
OK you nutty kids you...lookin out for MY PEOPLE (I refuse to say PEEPS)...
http://protected.tickets.com/buy/TicketOnsale?agency=930_CLUB&orgid=3595&poid=1106&pid=5671496 (http://protected.tickets.com/buy/TicketOnsale?agency=930_CLUB&orgid=3595&poid=1106&pid=5671496)
password: GUINNESS
and the best part is you have to be the person that bought the tix to claim them at the box office...so...scalpers...get in that other line over THERE
am I the greatest or what?
You will be the greatest if you bring David Byrne (big Pogues fan) to play with them a few songs and the late eighties Waterboys to open the show.
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Originally posted by Barcelona:
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and the late eighties Waterboys to open the show. [/QB]
No...he would be GOD!