early ticket sales with no box office; a terrible policy

[Tom Servo]

This is how I treat service charges too.  It's not hassle for me to get to the club so if I'm paying a service charge it's because I think the show will sellout before I can get there.  Or, in cases where I KNOW it will sell out, I just consider it a part of the ticket price (i.e. a premium on big shows).  
 
 

Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
   
 I'm starting to think of service charges as an insurance policy.  I can pay the extra fees and be guaranteed a ticket right now, or I can waive the fees and hope there are tickets available later.  Sometimes it's worth the risk.  Sometimes it isn't.  It depends on how much I want to see the band and how likely I think it's going to sellout.
 If I'm not willing to pay the extra $8 to be guaranteed a ticket, I probably didn't want to go that bad in the first place.  I won't be too upset if it sells out.

[Bags]

Originally posted by Tom Servo:
  This is how I treat service charges too.  It's not hassle for me to get to the club so if I'm paying a service charge it's because I think the show will sellout before I can get there.  Or, in cases where I KNOW it will sell out, I just consider it a part of the ticket price (i.e. a premium on big shows).  

Ditto.  I waited on Clap Your Hands to go by the box office that day, and didn't get tickets, but I knew it was a gamble -- I had decided it wasn't worth the extra $25-30 on four tickets.  It's too bad, but no biggie.
 
 I did NOT wait on New Pornos/B&S, even though with TWO shows I didn't think it would sell out as fast as it did.  Still, I would have been very bummed to miss it, so we went online at 10:00.  Ditto for the Pogues, and it's worth every penny having tickets for those shows.

[eltee]

Originally posted by nkotBaba:
  Speaking of which, does anyone want to pick me up a copy of the tour EP?  I'll be out of town and will miss him again.
 
   

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
  exactly how i'm approaching the colin meloy show at the birchmere

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Me too?

[yinzer]

this string is what is known in the biz as a "rehash."

[amnesiac]

Originally posted by nkotBaba:
  Speaking of which, does anyone want to pick me up a copy of the tour EP?  I'll be out of town and will miss him again.
 
   

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
  exactly how i'm approaching the colin meloy show at the birchmere

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Is it gonna be a new one?

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Yes, an ep of old English folk tunes.
 
 Next up: Colin does bluegrass.
 
 

Originally posted by amnesiac:
   

Originally posted by nkotBaba:
  Speaking of which, does anyone want to pick me up a copy of the tour EP?  I'll be out of town and will miss him again.
 
   

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
  exactly how i'm approaching the colin meloy show at the birchmere

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Is it gonna be a new one? [/b]

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by amnesiac:
 Is it gonna be a new one?

i hope so, or else the $90 ebay value of the last one will surely go down ... i'll pick one up at the show and rip the MP3s for whoever wants it ...

[ggw]

Originally posted by nkotBaba:
  Speaking of which, does anyone want to pick me up a copy of the tour EP?  I'll be out of town and will miss him again.
 
   

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
  exactly how i'm approaching the colin meloy show at the birchmere

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An mp3 of one of Meloy's new tour-only EP tracks can be found here.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

It's an ep of English folk standards.
 
 

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
   

Originally posted by amnesiac:
 Is it gonna be a new one?

i hope so, or else the $90 ebay value of the last one will surely go down ... i'll pick one up at the show and rip the MP3s for whoever wants it ... [/b]

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
  It's an ep of English folk standards.
 

ahh, i thought you were joking ... i wonder what a 2CD bundle of this EP and the last one will go for on ebay?

[amnesiac]

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
   

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
  It's an ep of English folk standards.
 

ahh, i thought you were joking ... i wonder what a 2CD bundle of this EP and the last one will go for on ebay? [/b]

New one is already on eBay:  Colin Meloy Sings Shirley Collins

[eltee]

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
   

Originally posted by amnesiac:
 Is it gonna be a new one?

i hope so, or else the $90 ebay value of the last one will surely go down ... i'll pick one up at the show and rip the MP3s for whoever wants it ... [/b]

Didn't you say you didn't want yours?

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by El Sugartastic:
 Didn't you say you didn't want yours?

i said i have no real use for a CD, as i listen to all my music as little teeny computer files, so if i could sell either of those CDs for $90, i'll do it ... i just haven't gotten off my ass and put it up on ebay yet

[eltee]

:p

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

If anyone was willing to purchase me the new EP and ship it (since I'll miss the show, grr), I'd paypal you the $$ in advance.