darkjustice
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Post by darkjustice on Feb 1, 2014 12:03:15 GMT -5
Picked up Orton today for my son and wife. I picked up Batista, Rey, and Bruno during the pre-sale.
Passed on Shawn since he and Jericho will be signing in the chicago area in March.
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Post by ● kaneisdaman ● on Feb 1, 2014 12:17:04 GMT -5
Im seriously quite disgusted at how this is all run. Its rather poor. Ticketmaster is such a joke. I've never been a fan of their website. For events at the Staples Center in LA, you have to use a ticket provider called AXS - whose functionality is better equipped to handle these type of high demand on sale events. That website puts you in a queue and gives you a wait time. So sometimes it does take longer than a ticketmaster transaction but the process seems more fair. Whereas, I think in Ticketmaster you just keep refreshing and hope to get lucky. I expected it might be a crap show this morning, so I just bookmarked the session I wanted the most and I hit refresh at 8 am (PST). I was lucky enough to get in and be done in 2 minutes. Yeah and given the size and reputation of Ticketmaster they should be investing in better system. I stayed on the page for the session I wanted refreshing as much as possible and never got anyway. I understand the intention of the codes too in locking out robots but the ones on there are completely undecipherable. I wish buying tickets was not such a gamble. It puts dampener on the whole thing.
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jakksking1
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Post by jakksking1 on Feb 1, 2014 12:23:16 GMT -5
Curious, anyone going to Wrestlecon this year?
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darkjustice
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Post by darkjustice on Feb 1, 2014 15:44:56 GMT -5
The family and I are going to WrestleCon. We had a great time last year even though it can get expensive quickly.
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Post by HHH316 on Feb 1, 2014 18:11:46 GMT -5
Depending on my schedule, I might check out WC one afternoon. It'd be cheaper to meet Bret Hart there than at Axxess.
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Post by bestintheworld on Feb 2, 2014 3:39:44 GMT -5
Depending on my schedule, I might check out WC one afternoon. It'd be cheaper to meet Bret Hart there than at Axxess. It is cheaper to get Bret at Wrestlecon than at Axxess. Will be going too. Got me a Big Show VIP yesterday. Batista, Sheamus and Bret took half an hr to sell out. Pretty slow if u ask me. Taker and HBK were impossible yesterday and at the 2 pre-sales too. Doesn't bother me much since i met them before at WM27. Bruno is still available as of 2 hrs ago.
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djknightrida
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Post by djknightrida on Feb 2, 2014 10:07:39 GMT -5
I couldnt get crap. My buddy snagged both UT and Orton. You don't need to post on my behalf, despite not posting much I do still post here. And yes I was able to check out for my Taker ticket and go back and still get an Orton which is why I still think some of those unable to get just do not know what they are in for/what they are doing.
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Post by King Bálor (CM)™ on Feb 2, 2014 13:21:56 GMT -5
Depending on my schedule, I might check out WC one afternoon. It'd be cheaper to meet Bret Hart there than at Axxess. It is cheaper to get Bret at Wrestlecon than at Axxess. Will be going too. Got me a Big Show VIP yesterday. Batista, Sheamus and Bret took half an hr to sell out. Pretty slow if u ask me. Taker and HBK were impossible yesterday and at the 2 pre-sales too. Doesn't bother me much since i met them before at WM27. Bruno is still available as of 2 hrs ago. I was all over searching for Batista for over an hour and came up empty. He had to have sold out earlier than that. OR Ticketmaster had something buggy in their system.
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Post by Revy on Feb 2, 2014 15:39:53 GMT -5
I think a lot of people got confused on how to actually get to what they wanted. I screwed up on the presale and missed out on HBK because it took me ten minutes fumbling around on my phone trying to locate it. However, I was able to get out passes Saturday since I knew exactly how to do it. Plus I decided to get on the computer that time.
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Post by HHH316 on Feb 2, 2014 16:14:57 GMT -5
I must not have any clue as to how to properly search for VIPs. I specifically searched Bruno for 10 minutes yesterday & found nothing, but there were some up today?. That, or TM screwed up again.
I read on another board someone got their VIPs an hour before the public sale started yesterday. Whether its true or not, I don't know.
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Post by King Bálor (CM)™ on Feb 2, 2014 18:05:33 GMT -5
I must not have any clue as to how to properly search for VIPs. I specifically searched Bruno for 10 minutes yesterday & found nothing, but there were some up today?. That, or TM screwed up again. I read on another board someone got their VIPs an hour before the public sale started yesterday. Whether its true or not, I don't know. I dont believe half the tales I read about who got what. I read people were pulling UT last night.
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Post by ● kaneisdaman ● on Feb 3, 2014 4:41:00 GMT -5
I couldnt get crap. My buddy snagged both UT and Orton. And yes I was able to check out for my Taker ticket and go back and still get an Orton which is why I still think some of those unable to get just do not know what they are in for/what they are doing. Not about to argue but that's one of the most ridiculous things I've heard. There are a LOT of people who got nothing despite proper attempts. Ticketmaster, and the system, are very messed up and are totally to blame for this.
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jakksking1
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Post by jakksking1 on Feb 3, 2014 9:02:03 GMT -5
I got presale tickets for Big Show so I knew exactly how to do it and couldn't get anything Saturday morning.
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Post by bestintheworld on Feb 7, 2014 2:26:36 GMT -5
I wonder why nobody posted this. As of 12 hours ago and now again, there are VIP Sheamus, Flair, Bret Hart, Bruno, Rey and Big Show tickets on sale.
No HBK, Undertaker, Orton, Cena, Daniel Bryan and Batista.
I got myself another Big Show and Bret. Too many things for Bret to sign and gonna have to space them out between Wrestlecon and Axxess.
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El Armbar
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Post by El Armbar on Feb 7, 2014 2:42:03 GMT -5
I would get another VIP ticket but in my experience the VIP sessions take up a lot time during Axxess. So you do miss out on some of the other Superstar signings and photo sessions. Plus his VIP time didn't really work well with our schedule.
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Post by HHH316 on Feb 7, 2014 3:01:38 GMT -5
In the last few days, most of my trip planning took shape, so the VIPs I was interested in are completely out for me, even with the recent tickets that just went back up. Depending on how the rest of the WrestleCon schedule pans out, I think I can squeeze in 1 or 2 hours on Sunday afternoon. But I'm holding out to see if a few specific names end up being added.
For those than have attended WC before, is it possible to meet a handful of names & browse the merchandise in 1-2 hours?
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Post by bestintheworld on Feb 7, 2014 3:04:06 GMT -5
I would get another VIP ticket but in my experience the VIP sessions take up a lot time during Axxess. So you do miss out on some of the other Superstar signings and photo sessions. Plus his VIP time didn't really work well with our schedule. At Wrestlemania 28 axxess, there was a SMS system whereby they would sms u 15min before a superstar arrived. Not sure if it was implemented at WM29. At WM29, people were sitting in the seats in the arena as they waited for their turn (almost like waiting to see a doctor), so that was not so bad.
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djknightrida
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Post by djknightrida on Feb 7, 2014 22:24:29 GMT -5
Not about to argue but that's one of the most ridiculous things I've heard. There are a LOT of people who got nothing despite proper attempts. Ticketmaster, and the system, are very messed up and are totally to blame for this. There's no argument. I have the time stamped receipts. So for it to be the most ridiculous thing you've heard you must have been in a Helen Keller like situation for most your life.
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Post by Matt on Feb 7, 2014 23:19:09 GMT -5
Alrighty so I got a Cena VIP and Orton VIP on Saturday when they went on sale. Very happy about those. Might be selling the Orton VIP because I'm not sure if I'll be able to make the Thursday session. Then when the other tickets went on sale once again I got a Big Show. So very happy about that as well. All my tickets so far is Cena, Orton, and Big Show. Very happy. Can't wait.
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Post by ● kaneisdaman ● on Feb 8, 2014 7:04:04 GMT -5
Not about to argue but that's one of the most ridiculous things I've heard. There are a LOT of people who got nothing despite proper attempts. Ticketmaster, and the system, are very messed up and are totally to blame for this. There's no argument. I have the time stamped receipts. So for it to be the most ridiculous thing you've heard you must have been in a Helen Keller like situation for most your life. I was not debating you getting the tickets, if you read what I said, I was addressing the little jab you took at everyone else basically saying it was entirely their fault for missing out on tickets. Hence why I was blaming the Ticketmaster system as proven by the huge amount of people who have said they managed to find and get nothing. Also, Im not American, but that Helen Keller dig was just as unclassy as your intial comments, so thanks for proving it twice.
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