Bright Eyes and Ted Leo 21+?

[Vas Deferens]

Didn't Ted Leo sell out the last Black Cat show in less than a week?

[alex]

It is not luck.
 
 I have never been unable to get tickets to a show at the 9:30 Club, Bright Eyes included.  

My bad.  I guess those of us who happen to get shut out of high demand shows sometimes are just retarded.
 
 Teach us your tricks, oh master of 930 ticketing...

[Bombay Chutney]

Didn't Ted Leo sell out the last Black Cat show in less than a week?

I'm pretty sure it sold out almost immediately.

[chokeychicken]

ted leo black cat last year went on sale on friday and by sunday morning, it was sold out.

[allmy$to930]

My bad. I guess those of us who happen to get shut out of high demand shows sometimes are just retarded.
 
 Teach us your tricks, oh master of 930 ticketing...  

I am not trying to start trouble. I just don't think much luck is involved.
 
 As I said earlier, I have been to dozens of shows that sell out quickly and have always been able to get tickets--if chance was involved, I would have been unable to get some of the tickets.
 
 1) Be aware of when tickets go on sale.
 2) Have a good internet connection.
 3) Log on early.
 4) Hit refresh until the sale appears.
 5) Never buy more than 2 tickets at one time.
 6) Keep hitting refresh until you get tickets.
 7) If necessary, repeat step six for up to half an hour.

[alex]

I am not trying to start trouble. I just don't think much luck is involved.
 
 As I said earlier, I have been to dozens of shows that sell out quickly and have always been able to get tickets--if chance was involved, I would have been unable to get some of the tickets.
 
 1) Be aware of when tickets go on sale.
 2) Have a good internet connection.
 3) Log on early.
 4) Hit refresh until the sale appears.
 5) Never buy more than 2 tickets at one time.
 6) Keep hitting refresh until you get tickets.
 7) If necessary, repeat step six for up to half an hour.

...which are the exact steps nearly everyone takes to get high-demand tickets.  You are not more skilled than anyone else, you have just been lucky.

[allmy$to930]

...which are the exact steps nearly everyone takes to get high-demand tickets. You are not more skilled than anyone else, you have just been lucky.  

1) I don't think I possess secret knowledge and/or skills.
 
 2) There is no such thing as luck.

[jbcapati]

Keeping up with pre-sales (from the artist/label, not just venue or Ticketmaster) is a way to increase the odds of getting a ticket, and if you miss on that, you still have the general on-sale opportunity.
 
 Saddle Creek has held presales for the last few Bright Eyes shows that I can remember.  The system had its issues for the upcoming show, but I was able to get two tix pretty easily.
 
 That being said, there's still a good dose of luck involved.

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

2) There is no such thing as luck.

So people who win the lottery are...??

[allmy$to930]

So people who win the lottery are...??  

Answer: Stupid and fortunate.  There is a very small chance of winning.
 
 It all comes down to probability. If something happens to me all the time, I don't consider myself fortunate.
 
 I don't want to start a battle of semantics, but to me, "luck" implies some mysterious power being involved.

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

I don't want to start a battle of semantics, but to me, "luck" implies some mysterious power being involved.

And "fortune" doesn't? I agree there's no mysterious being doling out Bright Eyes tickets, but there is a certain element of random chance to getting tickets to these sorts of things. Sure, there's things one can do to increase their odds, but I don't think when a Bright Eyes or Incubus plays 9:30 club that someone is guaranteed to get tickets following your 7 step method.
 
 And I'm not complaining, for the record, I got 4 tix.

[allmy$to930]

You are correct.  "Fortunate" was a sloppy choice of words.

[Game Show Host]

The  point about "luck" not being involved might assume a large sample -- that is to say if you did exactly what you did today 500 times, the odds are very good that you'd get tickets as often as someone else who tried 500 times, all things (such as ticket quantity and connection speed) being equal.

[Vas Deferens]

I go to tickets.com to get shut out of tickets.

[Vas Deferens]

I go to tickets.com to get "lucky".