930 club switching to TicketFly.com in 2010???

[sweetcell]

good point.

[Driveway]

I thought the fees were to keep out the riff raff.

[Vas Deferens]

can't find the  My Morning Jacket info page on ticketfly. Maybe they are not ready for Merriweather.....

[azaghal1981]

More Ticketfly weirdness:
All the Soft Sale shows are gone from the 930 TF page.

[rich_WDC]

Hey TicketFly---   "Automatically" may be better spelling; your spelling works phonetically though....


Welcome to TicketFly!

Due to high demand you have temporarily been placed into a waiting room. This Page will automaticly refresh.

[reggie]

Got pit tickets for MMJ
First time ever successfully scoring pit tickets for Merriweather. Yay ticketfly!

[Driveway]

$18 in fees for MMJ for 2 tickets.  I thought MPP fees were supposed to be less?  I guess not.

[sweetcell]

$18 in fees for MMJ for 2 tickets.  I thought MPP fees were supposed to be less?  I guess not.

sorry to bring math in to this, but $18 fees on $90 face = 20% fees.  that's lower than what we've been paying (typically around 30-40%). 

did you expect there to be no fees?

[Cock Van Der Palm]

Ticketfly plays the same games as Ticketmaster in that they don't release the best seats right away.  I got on-line right at 10:00 was just looking for a single and was directed toward the back of the pavilion.  I knew there were better seats available and after an hour of getting no better than Row Q, I finally settled for Row N. 

Also Ticket-Fly needs to allow the purchaser to pick between GA's and actual seats.  There were tons of GA's available that I kept getting but just ended up throwing back.

Also the pick-ur-seat option was pretty useless.

The one thing I really liked is that you can hold your seats (for at least 10 minutes) while searching for better seats.

[Driveway]

$18 in fees for MMJ for 2 tickets.  I thought MPP fees were supposed to be less?  I guess not.

sorry to bring math in to this, but $18 fees on $90 face = 20% fees.  that's lower than what we've been paying (typically around 30-40%). 

did you expect there to be no fees?

What I would like and what I would expect are two different things.  Not a problem, I'll just pay my fees to WMATA instead.

[azaghal1981]

To be honest, it kind of blows my mind that people would shell out $45 for MMJ.

[sweetcell]

Ticketfly plays the same games as Ticketmaster in that they don't release the best seats right away.
 
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Also Ticket-Fly needs to allow the purchaser to pick between GA's and actual seats.  There were tons of GA's available that I kept getting but just ended up throwing back.

Also the pick-ur-seat option was pretty useless.

seth, allow me to reiterate points 1 and 2 above - randomly releasing seats, and the inability to pick between GA floor and seated pavilion, were two big problems.  it would bug me to no end knowing that someone could saunter on in hours after i bought my tickets, and get a better seat than me.  i too was looking for pavilion seats, i spent a lot of time throwing back GAs.  very annoying.  quick solution: why not price GAs a dollar more or a dollar less, so we can choose between them that way?

jeff: what "pick-ur-seat" option?  i didn't see anything like that...

more complaints and compliments here:
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/midnight_sun/blog/2010/02/how_well_did_ticketfly_handle.html

[Bombay Chutney]

Ticketfly plays the same games as Ticketmaster in that they don't release the best seats right away. 

Is this a ticket company problem or a Merriweather problem?  I've had the same problem with MPP tickets since the Ticketron days.  You could be first in line for a not-very-popular show and end up back in the double-letters.  I used to occasionally have great luck via TM for other venues.   I wouldn't be so quick to blame the ticket agencies for how MPP releases tickets.

I got on-line right at 10:00 was just looking for a single and was directed toward the back of the pavilion.  I knew there were better seats available and after an hour of getting no better than Row Q, I finally settled for Row N. 

Isn't that like the 6-7th row of reserved seats?  You could do a lot worse than settling for that.

[sweetcell]

Isn't that like the 6-7th row of reserved seats?  You could do a lot worse than settling for that.

seventh

[James Ford]

To be honest, it kind of blows my mind that people would shell out $45 for MMJ.

Exactly my though. And I'm a fan and have all nearly all their albums.

I'd pay $25-$30 to see them at a club, but not $45 to see them at an amphitheater. But that's me I guess.