Ticket sales for the two side shows have now pretty much wrapped up, with Melbourne sold out, and Brisbane being close to it – at time of writing there were some silver tickets only left, all single seats. Ticketek sales for the Brisbane show went pretty smoothly, and Ticketmaster for Melbourne not so. My experience this morning with Ticketmaster was that at about 9:00:15 there were only GA tickets left, and by 9:03:00 they were all gone.
No point going again into the debacle that was the Ticketmaster/Toolarmy Pre-sale, but I hope everyone has been able to get a ticket to the show they desire, even if it wasn’t in the seating position of their liking. As usual, scalpers will be making a killing, with GA Melbourne tickets at around $250 online, and Gold tickets anywhere between $350-$900. Take care if you are planning on heading down this route, and be aware that any tickets you try to buy and sell on Fourtheye must be at face value plus reasonable postage costs. Leave the scalping for Ebay. If you are looking at trading tickets, then please use the trading thread I’ve just created.
A Perfect Circle have kicked off their West Coast US Tour with the first three dates in Arizona. Talking to people who attended the shows, it was a great, although short experience, as the band played their nominated album on the night, and not much else. Don’t go expecting a two hour (or even 90 minute) set and you won’t be disappointed. Here’s a review plus a couple of photos for those interested.
My tickets arrived in the mail thismorning from the presale… Did you get your Stall ticket Hellboy?
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My tickets arrived in the mail thismorning from the presale… Did you get your Stall ticket Hellboy?
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Yeah, I scored one, Row W
Good to hear mate, we’re in P.
I get it, the “enter the text you see on the screen” thing that websites use is to stop computers logging in/signing up to sites. Or in this case stop computers from buying up all the tickets too quickly on ticketmaster… but it seems like that’s the biggest downfall when humans actually try and buy them in a hurry, ticketek was as easy as refreshing the page as soon at it went 9am and you press buy tickets and fill out the forms. Jeez I can’t imagine how bad it would be for huge shows like U2 or something if… Read more »
[quote comment=””]Jeez I can’t imagine how bad it would be for huge shows like U2 or something if you tried to buy tickets from Ticketmaster.[/quote]
In Ticketmasters defense, I expect the demand for tickets in Melbourne was much much higher than Brisbane. That said, Ticketmaster always seem to be much harder to get tickets from than other companies in my experience.
thanks for the APC stuff HB
anyone on here go to the Arizona shows? if so, what did you think?
There’s a thread devoted to each APC run of shows, Sean. (Tempe, AZ and Hollywood, CA so far, and more to come)
Holy shit, they played Diary of a lovesong! =0
Wouldnt it be grand if someone did an investigation into these “Power Sellers” on Ebay who seem to have placed 1/4 of the Stall tickets onto Ebay for sale since yesterday – with ample rape fees applied of course.
Disgusting.
[quote comment=””]Wouldnt it be grand if someone did an investigation into these “Power Sellers” on Ebay who seem to have placed 1/4 of the Stall tickets onto Ebay for sale since yesterday – with ample rape fees applied of course. Disgusting.[/quote]
Is it actually illegal to scalp tickets? I think we can all agree that’s it’s not morally right (perhaps the capitalist inside us may not) but if there isn’t a law against it, then should anyone even bother investigating?
If they are employees or partners of employees at Ticketmaster then it’s surely walking a fine line of legallity.
Or they are sold to them directly via some other cash in a paper bag routine – otherwise they might just be really good at smashing websites at the right time I guess..so many for sale though.
pretty awful even if they were acquired during the stuff up last week for them then to turn up there.. sucks but I guess at least you can obtain them.
Luckily my local Ticketmaster & Ticketek outlets are on the same street so a friend & i waited outside from 5am. No one else joined our 2 person queue & @ 8am (QLD time) on the dot ROW A stall tix for Melbourne. Walked up the road to the Ticketek outlet & same story, no queue, 9am on the dot GOLD GA tix for Brisbane. Got tix to all 6 east coast performances now Gc BDO, Bris (solo), Syd BDO, Syd BDO#2, Melb BDO, Melb (solo). I wish it was January already.
That’s hard core. Enjoy the shows. 8`)
That is hardcore, I thought I was hardcore! Brisbane, Melbourne, Melbourne BDO 95% Adelaide BDO. We’ll have to stalk some venues together to get some photos/autographs!
Happily got my GA tickets for Melbourne, plus going to BDO as well. If ticket scalping is illegal, then there is no greater case of where it needs to be investigated. Simply check on ebay for “Tool Melbourne” , would say there is a few hundred tickets available. I would gladly pay a higher ticket price if I know Tool are getting their fair share. It is a disappointment that people who want to see Tool (or get closer seating), are not able to. My understanding of scalping is that if someone straight out demands a higher price for a… Read more »
[quote comment=”41646″] [quote comment=””]Wouldnt it be grand if someone did an investigation into these “Power Sellers” on Ebay who seem to have placed 1/4 of the Stall tickets onto Ebay for sale since yesterday – with ample rape fees applied of course. Disgusting.[/quote] Is it actually illegal to scalp tickets? I think we can all agree that’s it’s not morally right (perhaps the capitalist inside us may not) but if there isn’t a law against it, then should anyone even bother investigating? [/quote] I read somewhere recently (dubious Internits source) that in Victoria it’s only illegal to sell AFL… Read more »
Ebay doesn’t care and won’t do anything about scalping as they make so much from the fees. The promoter told me yesterday that today they were going through all the ticket sales for Melbourne and canceling anyone’s order who bought more than 4 tickets.
Jesus. I’m glad I didn’t get asked to pick up more tickets than I did then, as I picked up four in total, although it was for the Brisbane show.
Brisbane was different and had a limit of 10. I told the promoter of some people on here that could only get 4 Melbourne lawn tix then logged in later and bought one seated ticket. She said that if the second purchase was only one or two tickets then that would be fine.
Who knows how much truth there is to that though considering all the misinformation we have been fed in the last week.
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Ebay doesn’t care and won’t do anything about scalping as they make so much from the fees. The promoter told me yesterday that today they were going through all the ticket sales for Melbourne and canceling anyone’s order who bought more than 4 tickets.
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That’s possibly a little harsh on Ebay. It’s not really their place to enforce a law that doesn’t exists. I’d suspect if scalping were made illegal, Ebay would pretty quickly stop sales of scalped tickets.
I actually had a conversation with a guy on ebay selling 2 row L stall tix for $700 and he said he had bought the tickets for a high price even before the pre-sale from ‘contacts’. Obviously something is going on at ticketmaster.
Im extremely pissed off so many great tickets are popping up on ebay but at least i got GA
[quote comment=””] I actually had a conversation with a guy on ebay selling 2 row L stall tix for $700 and he said he had bought the tickets for a high price even before the pre-sale from ‘contacts’. Obviously something is going on at ticketmaster. Im extremely pissed off so many great tickets are popping up on ebay but at least i got GA [/quote] There’s definitely something quite rotten with Ticketmaster. I don’t mind so much that people sell tickets for inflated prices on Ebay – what really bothers me is that genuine fans don’t get the chance to… Read more »
admin – 12 minutes ago » <span style=”font-size: 13px; color: #666666; line-height: 19px;”>Ebay doesn’t care and won’t do anything about scalping as they make so much from the fees. The promoter told me yesterday that today they were going through all the ticket sales for Melbourne and canceling anyone’s order who bought more than 4 tickets.</span> That’s possibly a little harsh on Ebay. It’s not really their place to enforce a law that doesn’t exists. I’d suspect if scalping were made illegal, Ebay would pretty quickly stop sales of scalped tickets. The issue was prominent in the Australian press when… Read more »
admin – 5 minutes ago » I actually had a conversation with a guy on ebay selling 2 row L stall tix for $700 and he said he had bought the tickets for a high price even before the pre-sale from ‘contacts’. Obviously something is going on at ticketmaster. Im extremely pissed off so many great tickets are popping up on ebay but at least i got GA There’s definitely something quite rotten with Ticketmaster. I don’t mind so much that people sell tickets for inflated prices on Ebay – what really bothers me is that genuine fans don’t get… Read more »
I dont think I would mind as much if I got stall tix but I had 3 people helping me try and get them both during pre-sale and public sales, then I go onto ebay and find jerks making huge profits from fans
[quote comment=””] The issue was prominent in the Australian press when the Sydney BDO released an extra amount of tickets for sale before the event one year. There were scenes of people crowd surfing to jump the cue above the huge mob of people lined up. The BDO asked Ebay to cancel all ticket re-sales that were over face value and Ebay declined. It was front page news. It is what started the whole ballot system. [/quote] Yep, I remember that. I still don’t think Ebay should hold the responsability of upholding something that isn’t a law. Net result is… Read more »
I am pretty sure there is a law against selling the tickets for more than face value in Australia. That is how promoters/ticketing agencies can justify canceling tickets if ebay seller’s are silly enough to publish the individual ticket numbers in the auction listing.
I had no dramas whatsoever with Ticketek but I agree that Ticketmaster really needs to lift it’s game. Hopefully the advent of Foxtix will see this happen.
[quote comment=””]I am pretty sure there is a law against selling the tickets for more than face value in Australia. That is how promoters/ticketing agencies can justify canceling tickets if ebay seller’s are silly enough to publish the individual ticket numbers in the auction listing. I had no dramas whatsoever with Ticketek but I agree that Ticketmaster really needs to lift it’s game. Hopefully the advent of Foxtix will see this happen.[/quote]
Moshtix are a better option, I’m not sure how confident I am that News Limited company will be significantly better than Ticketmaster…
[quote comment=””]how confident I am that News Limited company will be significantly better than Ticketmaster…
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Ah, I see Moshtix and Foxtix are almost the same thing. Moshtix is a great service
Here’s my two cents regarding Ticketmaster and Ticketek: Over the years I have lined up at both outlets for many different gigs and I have purchased tickets from both online. For Ticketmaster, I was 1st in line at an outlet here in Sydney back in ’06 when the sideshow tickets went on sale for Sydney (Ent. Centre) and Melbourne (Music Bowl). I got row H in Sydney in a very good section next to the stage and row K in Melbourne. I had the lady logged into the system, she had already entered my order and hit refresh every second from about… Read more »
^and for fuck’s sake, on Ticketek you don’t have to type in any stupid words to confirm your purchase. Jesus Christ I hate that shit, especially when the words aren’t exactly easy to read…
[quote comment=””]^and for fuck’s sake, on Ticketek you don’t have to type in any stupid words to confirm your purchase. Jesus Christ I hate that shit, especially when the words aren’t exactly easy to read…[/quote]
Amen brother.
They’re not even real words… which makes it doubly stupidly annoying.
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If it stops scalpers from getting tickets then I’m all for it. Since it doesn’t then why bother…
Ticketmaster is indeed cancelling all orders over the 4 ticket limit – even though they let people buy more than 4 over the two orders, so if you upgraded, you’ll have a headache – thanks Ticketmaster, you stupid fks.
Good news is there’s now tix available on the TM site, so if you missed out – go buy some now!
Source?
If you go to TM, it appears the fanclub sale password is once again an option, which peaked my curiosity but no tickets available upon search via that route.
I managed to get 6 in total over 2 separate orders (by a fluke/accident), 3 stalls and 3 GA.
They arrived on Monday.
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I managed to get 6 in total over 2 separate orders (by a fluke/accident), 3 stalls and 3 GA.
They arrived on Monday.
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when they ring you make sure they cancel the 2 GA and none of the stalls!
[quote comment=””][quote comment=””] I managed to get 6 in total over 2 separate orders (by a fluke/accident), 3 stalls and 3 GA. They arrived on Monday. [/quote] when they ring you make sure they cancel the 2 GA and none of the stalls![/quote]
I’d think once you have tickets in hand their isn’t much they can do.
I’d bloody well hope not… otherwise I’ll have some explaining to do.
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I’d bloody well hope not… otherwise I’ll have some explaining to do.
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Trust me – I got a phone call from TM yesterday. If you’re lucky, you won’t get one.
MattTheCraw – 1 day ago » admin – 2 minutes ago » I managed to get 6 in total over 2 separate orders (by a fluke/accident), 3 stalls and 3 GA. They arrived on Monday. when they ring you make sure they cancel the 2 GA and none of the stalls! I’d think once you have tickets in hand their isn’t much they can do. I’d bloody well hope not… otherwise I’ll have some explaining to do. Trust me – I got a phone call from TM yesterday. If you’re lucky, you won’t get one. Wow I can’t believe… Read more »
Ticketmaster rang me to cancel tickets last week but she let me change the orders to my friends CC instead of canceling. this wasnt an issue as the only reason i had more than 4 tickets on my account was because my friends couldnt get in with all the toolarmy code bullshit. So i just got the CC details from my friend then rang the girl back and she moved the tickets to his name. She said ticketmaster get audited by the promoter (or someone) as its in the contract for ticketmaster to sell only 4 tickets… They should really… Read more »
MattTheCraw – 2 days ago » admin – 2 minutes ago » I managed to get 6 in total over 2 separate orders (by a fluke/accident), 3 stalls and 3 GA. They arrived on Monday. when they ring you make sure they cancel the 2 GA and none of the stalls! I’d think once you have tickets in hand their isn’t much they can do. I’d bloody well hope not… otherwise I’ll have some explaining to do. Trust me – I got a phone call from TM yesterday. If you’re lucky, you won’t get one. Did you physically have… Read more »
/ I’ve had them in my posession since last monday… no phone calls, I think im safe.
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/ I’ve had them in my posession since last monday… no phone calls, I think im safe.
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i had my physical tickets before they rang to try to cancel. she first told me the tickets wont scan correctly at the venue. not sure if this is true tho.
I can see this being a really big problem for anyone who tries to buy tickets on ebay now. beware of dodgy tickets!!
nikkon – 4 minutes ago » / I’ve had them in my posession since last monday… no phone calls, I think im safe. i had my physical tickets before they rang to try to cancel. she first told me the tickets wont scan correctly at the venue. not sure if this is true tho. I can see this being a really big problem for anyone who tries to buy tickets on ebay now. beware of dodgy tickets!! big question I have on that one is if/when TM is going to re-release the recalled tix and if there’ll be… Read more »
[quote comment=””] nikkon – 4 minutes ago » / I’ve had them in my posession since last monday… no phone calls, I think im safe. i had my physical tickets before they rang to try to cancel. she first told me the tickets wont scan correctly at the venue. not sure if this is true tho. I can see this being a really big problem for anyone who tries to buy tickets on ebay now. beware of dodgy tickets!! big question I have on that one is if/when TM is going to re-release the recalled tix and if there’ll… Read more »
petemasterpete – 19 minutes ago » nikkon – 4 minutes ago » / I’ve had them in my posession since last monday… no phone calls, I think im safe. i had my physical tickets before they rang to try to cancel. she first told me the tickets wont scan correctly at the venue. not sure if this is true tho. I can see this being a really big problem for anyone who tries to buy tickets on ebay now. beware of dodgy tickets!! big question I have on that one is if/when TM is going to re-release the… Read more »
admin – 17 minutes ago » nikkon – 4 minutes ago » / I’ve had them in my posession since last monday… no phone calls, I think im safe. i had my physical tickets before they rang to try to cancel. she first told me the tickets wont scan correctly at the venue. not sure if this is true tho. I can see this being a really big problem for anyone who tries to buy tickets on ebay now. beware of dodgy tickets!! big question I have on that one is if/when TM is going to re-release the recalled… Read more »