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Post by ~*Young $ Money*~ on Jun 10, 2011 20:10:17 GMT -5
So today i wanted to get Lil Wayne tickets. I was on ticketmaster at exactly 10 AM and got right threw. The closest was 16th row or something. I go on Ebay and what do they have? 2nd row from the stage 6 of them for 700$ each. Are you  in serious? There is no way these people are not in with Ticketmaster somehow. Now they got all these VIP things and such. What happened to the days of just getting tickets at the box office and it was first come first served? Its such horse crap now imo. |
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Post by CMJ on Jun 10, 2011 20:14:05 GMT -5
700$ OMFG! couldn't you book Lil Wayne for that price lol, But yes I hate ticket Scalpers.
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Post by CF9™ on Jun 10, 2011 20:16:50 GMT -5
You know what I hate? When you're walking towards the stadium and you see some guy with a sign, yelling "Yo who's got extra tickets? I need tickets!". You walk not even a block down the road and there's a guy yelling "Who needs tickets? I got tickets!". Look down the street, pal.
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Post by ~*Young $ Money*~ on Jun 10, 2011 20:24:31 GMT -5
You know what I hate? When you're walking towards the stadium and you see some guy with a sign, yelling "Yo who's got extra tickets? I need tickets!". You walk not even a block down the road and there's a guy yelling "Who needs tickets? I got tickets!". Look down the street, pal. Well yeah they are in on it together. I hate that too. |
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Post by T R W on Jun 10, 2011 22:24:35 GMT -5
They aren't in with ticketmaster. The artists themselves, the record labels, and the arenas hold back tickets from the general public, and give them to clients, friends, family, or sell them for extreme profit. The only way the scalpers go away is if people don't buy the tickets from them.
The scalpers who are saying "I need tickets" are usually just saying that as code for "I am selling tickets" to avoid scalping laws. Or they will pay you below face value, and try to resell them for more than what they paid you.
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Post by 0ttoman on Jun 10, 2011 23:27:20 GMT -5
And if you get caught you are screwed.
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Post by DgenerationX092 on Jun 11, 2011 3:42:29 GMT -5
Yeah, i'd definitely say that at least 40% of front row tickets to any given event are gotten through a guy who "knows" somebody. My guess is alot of them are business partners who get these tickets.
Like when I went to TNA fanfest, I bought a trading card from TNA's offical card maker who was running the booth for it and what-not, I guess he was the lead designer or something; next night at BFG who was sitting front and center? Trading Card Bro!
Either way, I do hate it. I think that if I go to the Box Office, and am first in line, I should be able to buy front row the second they go on sale. That's the only thing stopping me from actually going to the BO, is that the system is so corrupt it doesnt matter if you're at the BO, home, or a Ticketmaster outlet - you're gonna get screwed equally.
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Post by ~*Young $ Money*~ on Jun 11, 2011 8:31:09 GMT -5
Yeah, i'd definitely say that at least 40% of front row tickets to any given event are gotten through a guy who "knows" somebody. My guess is alot of them are business partners who get these tickets. Like when I went to TNA fanfest, I bought a trading card from TNA's offical card maker who was running the booth for it and what-not, I guess he was the lead designer or something; next night at BFG who was sitting front and center? Trading Card Bro! Either way, I do hate it. I think that if I go to the Box Office, and am first in line, I should be able to buy front row the second they go on sale. That's the only thing stopping me from actually going to the BO, is that the system is so corrupt it doesnt matter if you're at the BO, home, or a Ticketmaster outlet - you're gonna get screwed equally. Exactly. I can understand some of the front row being given to the radio station and what not b/c they do hold contests, but why should those people need to sit front row? They already get to go to these things for free and hang out with whoever. Is front row really needed? |
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Post by J12 on Jun 12, 2011 1:01:21 GMT -5
I've worked for a relatively honest ticket broker for four years, and I can tell you that most of them have no connections whatsoever. They purchase tickets EXACTLY like you or I would.
Some brokers use things called "spinners", which simply allow them to have hundreds of Ticketmaster/Live Nation windows open at once. They then can just pick and choose tickets that they pull up. The rest get dumped back into the pool just like anyone else.
Aside from that, very few independent sellers have connections, outside of the large corporations like StubHub, who are official partners of several places.
In your case, my assumption is that Lil' Wayne is playing at an outdoor ampitheater, likely a Live Nation venue. They are notorious for scalping their own tickets. They pull out a pool of great seats and sell them on their own website for over double face value. Or, they incorporate it into some ridiculous VIP package that doubles the price and gives you very few perks.
Additionally, what you're likely experiencing is tickets that were reserved for season ticket holders. It's no different than securing tickets for a sporting event. Outdoor ampitheaters have season ticket packages and brokers often subscribe to them, locking in their seats for various events. The general public can do the same thing.
Don't get me wrong, I don't condone a lot of things the secondary market does, but I can assure you that they don't have the "ins" that you think they do. More often than not, they're just resourceful.
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Post by King Shocker the Monumentous on Jun 12, 2011 1:47:12 GMT -5
Someone once asked me to explain the difference between a scalper and ticket broker.
All I said was "a desk."
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