How I upgraded my FC Show tickets
Posted: 01 Jun 2009 16:53Being how over two years have passed since the Police Fan Club show, I thought it would be a good time to share my story of exactly how I managed to upgrade my seats to the first Police concert in over 20 years. Here goes.
Part 1
So I, along with many others, got the big shaft-a-roni from Ticketbastard. Again. First, I got hosed with opening night presales way up in the balcony. Luckily, I was able to ditch those and ended up buying 12th row Andyside stands off ebay. Okay. Not a bad recovery. Then the FC show gets announced, but this time I got 2nd row stands, Andyside again. Not too bad. But I still felt I should have done better since I had entered the distorted security text thing and secured seats within about 25 seconds after the presale launched both times. Then the email came from Ticketbastard that basically said, but not in these exact words:
"Dear Customer, please be advised that you are getting royally reamed again. See, we closed your section, and your 2nd row seat. But don't you worry; you have been upgraded to better seats! Floors now! 23rd row!"
Gee thanks. Pissed off does not begin to describe the rage I felt. So I call TB to bitch and got them to change my seats again and they did - back to the stands Andyside stageside; but still in the twentysomethingth row. Still not effing good enough. They said that's all they could do for me. Fuck Ticketbastard. I vowed to use any and all means necessary to screw them and somehow get my epic seats no matter what.
So I started scouring ebay. There were a few "tickets" available. I came across a seller who had them listed for $1200. In the listing description he wouldn't disclose what the exact seats were; he only said they were in the second row, on the floor. When I emailed him to ask the exact location of the seats, he said he could not give the seat numbers yet, due to security reasons or whatever, but guaranteed them to be mind blowing. I let him know I was interested and keen on bidding on his "tickets". But the auction ended with no winning bidder and he listed them again, but this time he lowered the price to $1000.
While I was trying to figure out how to proceed, TB announced that tickets and wristbands could only be picked up in person at GM Place will call the day of the show, thus virtually eliminating all out-of-town scalpers. I smiled as I watched all the prices plummet at once. It killed most of the auctions, except for people who would be in town for showtime and could pull off the transaction at the window.
To be continued.......
Part 1
So I, along with many others, got the big shaft-a-roni from Ticketbastard. Again. First, I got hosed with opening night presales way up in the balcony. Luckily, I was able to ditch those and ended up buying 12th row Andyside stands off ebay. Okay. Not a bad recovery. Then the FC show gets announced, but this time I got 2nd row stands, Andyside again. Not too bad. But I still felt I should have done better since I had entered the distorted security text thing and secured seats within about 25 seconds after the presale launched both times. Then the email came from Ticketbastard that basically said, but not in these exact words:
"Dear Customer, please be advised that you are getting royally reamed again. See, we closed your section, and your 2nd row seat. But don't you worry; you have been upgraded to better seats! Floors now! 23rd row!"
Gee thanks. Pissed off does not begin to describe the rage I felt. So I call TB to bitch and got them to change my seats again and they did - back to the stands Andyside stageside; but still in the twentysomethingth row. Still not effing good enough. They said that's all they could do for me. Fuck Ticketbastard. I vowed to use any and all means necessary to screw them and somehow get my epic seats no matter what.
So I started scouring ebay. There were a few "tickets" available. I came across a seller who had them listed for $1200. In the listing description he wouldn't disclose what the exact seats were; he only said they were in the second row, on the floor. When I emailed him to ask the exact location of the seats, he said he could not give the seat numbers yet, due to security reasons or whatever, but guaranteed them to be mind blowing. I let him know I was interested and keen on bidding on his "tickets". But the auction ended with no winning bidder and he listed them again, but this time he lowered the price to $1000.
While I was trying to figure out how to proceed, TB announced that tickets and wristbands could only be picked up in person at GM Place will call the day of the show, thus virtually eliminating all out-of-town scalpers. I smiled as I watched all the prices plummet at once. It killed most of the auctions, except for people who would be in town for showtime and could pull off the transaction at the window.
To be continued.......
