OFFICIAL Virgin Mobile FREEFEST 2009 Q/A - Hype Thread! REVISED

[Seth Hurwitz]

there will be tickets available saturday

I don't want to get into how many were released for presale vs public because neither side will be happy

[spartyinmd]

I've got no idea how many tickets were released today but I do know that Taylor Swift's Merriweather visit 'sold-out' during the pre-sale events that began that Thursday. The general public sale was at 10AM that Saturday but I kept getting the 'can't find any tickets' screen during my attempts on Saturday at 10AM on.....

Thats because Taylor Swift does very well on the secondary market so scalpers are all over her shows.  Are you people serious or am I just not in on the joke?

point being that there were no tickets left for the general public sale that Saturday....

Did you go to an outlet (do they even have those anymore...lol)?  I will tell you that when I worked in White FLint as a TM Agent (Cust Svc Desk for the mall) I could pull  and print about 50-100 tickets in a minute if everyone was paying cash.  Believe me if you were online the tix easily could be gone before you finish putting in teh code.

[sweetcell]

Just noticed that there are tickets on eBay already.  No surprise there.

and craigslist

i think it's pretty safe to blame joe.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Did he ask you to get him some tickets too? 

Just noticed that there are tickets on eBay already.  No surprise there.

and craigslist

i think it's pretty safe to blame joe.

[sweetcell]

i got my tickets at 10:10 this morning.  pretty painless.

sonick, can't say that i share your excitement about wale.  saw him once, and he was awful.  i'm fairly confident he's gotten better, tho, since he's starting from such a low point...

Did he ask you to get him some tickets too? 

no, but now i'm kinda insulted that he didn't.  a scalper AND puts me on his B list?!?  what a fink!

[Bags]

Nope, that's the option I chose and I had to pay the $5 processing fee.  Which I'm fine with.

So are they randomly charging some people? Bizarre.

It's free if you just do will call. It was the 5th or 6th option down.

[gaaaaaaaaah]

Nope, that's the option I chose and I had to pay the $5 processing fee.  Which I'm fine with.

So are they randomly charging some people? Bizarre.

It's free if you just do will call. It was the 5th or 6th option down.

Seth just said in this thread that you won't have to pay.  Meaning, if you did, you'll get the money back.

[Dojokoto]

I bought the Karma Package for 2 (With T-shirt) and a 3 day delivery at $70, whatever, it's better than like freaking 175.

The tickets itself should be $0.00 of course, I just made a donation and payed shipping with t-shirts.


I bought my tickets at 10:05. Painless. Easy. Done.

[Bags]

Sorry -- didn't get through all of the new 8 pages of posts before I noted I'd been charged the $5 for will call.

Regarding Craigslist & Ebay, I think there will end up being a lot of tickets available for free.  Think about it; nearly everyone interested is going in and getting two tickets.  There will be extras.  My group of concert-going friends all got 2 tickets today; I'll bet we end up with several extras we give out (usually giving first dibs to forum folks).

Everyone chillax!!!  And thanks to VFest folks for this cool event...

[gaaaaaaaaah]

I bought the Karma Package for 2 (With T-shirt) and a 3 day delivery at $70, whatever, it's better than like freaking 175.

The tickets itself should be $0.00 of course, I just made a donation and payed shipping with t-shirts.


I bought my tickets at 10:05. Painless. Easy. Done.

Was three day shipping more expensive or something?  Because I thought I read that tickets won't be mailed out until August 21/28-ish.  

[betao]

i am going to try to get a ticket on sat.  if i do, i will give it away for free (no postage or processing fee either) to a regular 930 forumer who doesn't have luck.

I would really appreciate it and would like to possibly claim this if its available - I missed out this morning and will be trying my luck on saturday bright and early.

[Dojokoto]

I bought the Karma Package for 2 (With T-shirt) and a 3 day delivery at $70, whatever, it's better than like freaking 175.

The tickets itself should be $0.00 of course, I just made a donation and payed shipping with t-shirts.


I bought my tickets at 10:05. Painless. Easy. Done.

Was three day shipping more expensive or something?  Because I thought I read that tickets won't be mailed out until August 21/28-ish.  

Yes it is expensive, the free shipping relates to sending the tickets a few days before the festival.

But the shipping I bought ($15), it a 3-day business delivery.

There's many options to shipping, it's just that if you want it to be free, then just do the few days before festival option.

[betao]

there will be tickets available saturday

I don't want to get into how many were released for presale vs public because neither side will be happy

thank you for letting us know, seth.

[gaaaaaaaaah]

I bought the Karma Package for 2 (With T-shirt) and a 3 day delivery at $70, whatever, it's better than like freaking 175.

The tickets itself should be $0.00 of course, I just made a donation and payed shipping with t-shirts.


I bought my tickets at 10:05. Painless. Easy. Done.

Was three day shipping more expensive or something?  Because I thought I read that tickets won't be mailed out until August 21/28-ish.  

Yes it is expensive, the free shipping relates to sending the tickets a few days before the festival.

But the shipping I bought ($15), it a 3-day business delivery.

There's many options to shipping, it's just that if you want it to be free, then just do the few days before festival option.

I got the free/$5 shipping, because I don't think there's really a point in getting it shipped ASAP.  The concert isn't in three days, so I can wait until a few days before to get my ticket in the mail.

I swear the TM page said tickets wouldn't ship at all until the week before.  Maybe I'm wrong, though.

[Dojokoto]

I bought the Karma Package for 2 (With T-shirt) and a 3 day delivery at $70, whatever, it's better than like freaking 175.

The tickets itself should be $0.00 of course, I just made a donation and payed shipping with t-shirts.


I bought my tickets at 10:05. Painless. Easy. Done.

Was three day shipping more expensive or something?  Because I thought I read that tickets won't be mailed out until August 21/28-ish.  

Yes it is expensive, the free shipping relates to sending the tickets a few days before the festival.

But the shipping I bought ($15), it a 3-day business delivery.

There's many options to shipping, it's just that if you want it to be free, then just do the few days before festival option.

I got the free/$5 shipping, because I don't think there's really a point in getting it shipped ASAP.  The concert isn't in three days, so I can wait until a few days before to get my ticket in the mail.

I swear the TM page said tickets wouldn't ship at all until the week before.  Maybe I'm wrong, though.

WAIT, SOMEONE PLEASE CONFIRM this!

That means that ticketmaster just gyped $20 of my payment...