I have a feeling that there are probably MANY people who didn't notice the shipping quirk. When the adrenaline is pumping and it's 3 am, it was very easy to assume "UPS International Shipping" actually means "UPS INTERNATIONAL Shipping" and not "UPS Inter-EU Shipping". The ridiculous thing is that the cost to ship from Spain to Canada is approximately the same 40 Euros (it was 43 Euros according to the UPS site) - you would think companies dealing with events that draw international cutomers would have better procedures to deal with international orders. I would HOPE that the worst case scenario is just a pick up at Camp Nou - but sh!t am I stressed out.
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I have a feeling that there are probably MANY people who didn't notice the shipping quirk. When the adrenaline is pumping and it's 3 am, it was very easy to assume "UPS International Shipping" actually means "UPS INTERNATIONAL Shipping" and not "UPS Inter-EU Shipping". The ridiculous thing is that the cost to ship from Spain to Canada is approximately the same 40 Euros (it was 43 Euros according to the UPS site) - you would think companies dealing with events that draw international cutomers would have better procedures to deal with international orders. I would HOPE that the worst case scenario is just a pick up at Camp Nou - but sh!t am I stressed out.
mau2
The Fly
Weird, I managed to get 4 GA around 10am. Maybe I got very, very lucky and snagged the last few!
I find it weird to, but not disappointing. At the end we could get very good places and we are quite happy with them....anyway i hope you'll enjoy your Spanish experience, I'm sure it's going to be an incredible night!!! I can't wait!!!!!
mau2
The Fly
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I have emailed as well. I even used some spanish in my email. hopefully it makes sense.
what i hope is that there is a difference between "we will have to cancel your shipment" and "we will have to cancel your order".
skoobz... what email address did you send to? i used barcelona@ticketmaster.es
I can't remember and don't have it on this computer but it was either that one or a "central" customer service email. The email I got back from them was from an employee's specific email address at ticktackticket.com.
I feel sick. Still.
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Was the email you got in English or Spanish? Have you checked the status of your orders to see if the shipping method has changed in it?
If it said they'd cancel your shipment I would interpret that to mean they'd change it to Willcall.
I'd make sure to mention in the email to please change the delivery method to Willcall. Did they charge your cc already?
James U2
The Fly
i haven't received a response yet to my email. but i didn't request to not have my order cancelled, i requested only to know where i could pick them in barcelona instead.
my account on their website also says the tickest have been purchased. and i still have a 40euro charge for shipping listed. though i used a debit card and it hasn't shown up in my account yet. though mcdonalds takes a week to show up too so i'm not real worried about that yet.
i was really trying to avoid using eventtravels this time around...
James U2
The Fly
what frustrates me is that i consider myself a pretty intelligent person and i even paused for a few seconds on the "how do you want to receive your tickets" page to make sure i was choosing the best option and - maybe i just totally missed it - but i don't recall ever seeing the specific list of countries they ship to until i was on the "purchase confirmed" page. i think the only options i had were in-person pick-up or UPS international. i don't even think i had an e-ticket option.
The list of countries was there when you had to choose what type of delivery you wanted. I posted about it the day of the presale when some people were complaining about the 40euro charge for UPS delivery to the US.
KEVIN051269
Refugee
Bit concerned here. Why does my presale access code still display on my 'tour' page ?
Should it not be 'access code used' ?
Anyone elses still displaying?
Should it not be 'access code used' ?
Anyone elses still displaying?
James U2
The Fly
Bit concerned here. Why does my presale access code still display on my 'tour' page ?
Should it not be 'access code used' ?
Anyone elses still displaying?
mine is still there.
KEVIN051269
Refugee
Bit concerned here. Why does my presale access code still display on my 'tour' page ?
Should it not be 'access code used' ?
Anyone elses still displaying?
Honestly I think it took several days (or more) for the code to finally say "used"
U2forBoys
The Fly
My creditcard has been charged with €290 for my order.
James U2
The Fly
as of this morning i have a $224 USD charge on my checking account from barcelona ticketmaster (tick tack tickets). that amount would include the 40euro charge for the UPS shipping. i guess that's just a lost amount. oh, well. but at least they charged me so hopefully that's a good sign.
oddly enough, there is a separate $2.25 USD charge from them as well. i have no idea what that is for. anybody else get an additional small charge?
oddly enough, there is a separate $2.25 USD charge from them as well. i have no idea what that is for. anybody else get an additional small charge?
KEVIN051269
Refugee
is it a bank charge for a foreign currency transaction?
James U2
The Fly
i don't think so. it's from the same tick tack tickets/barcelona as the full $224.80 charge.
i'm not really bothered by it, just curious.
Bit concerned here. Why does my presale access code still display on my 'tour' page ?
Should it not be 'access code used' ?
Anyone elses still displaying?
Mine too a couple of days to disappear.
Varitek
Blue Crack Addict
I am basically in the exact same boat, except they haven't even replied to my email at all (sent Sunday evening). Which email address did you use? I used the generic customer service one. I think we will be calling them Wednesday, though hopefully the CS line won't be overwhelmed seeing as that is when general sales occur. Fortunately the charge still appears on the CC statement.
Furthermore we have GA tickets so willcall "from 2 hours before the show" is gonna cause problems with our plans to camp out and be in front. I hope they can/will change it to Ticket Centre pickup (As opposed to Kiosks, which will only work until 72 hours from the show, when we won't be in Barcelona. Hence why I chose shipping, though I was rushing because my order kept timing out do to ticketmaster's 1:15 limit and slow load times.)
THANK GOD. Still no response to my email, but this is great news, as I am in Switzerland and it's just my tour buddy's CC with the billing address in the US, and the bastards wouldn't ship to a different address than billing....
ok I'm breathing again.
Varitek
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Also I'm pretty sure the 2.25 charge would be a 1% charge for international credit card orders. Pretty good, as some charge as much as 3% (Bank of Assholes) but that Capital One card is actually good for something besides awful viking commercials.
last unicorn
Blue Crack Addict
Any news about how the general sale for Barca is going? It should have started by now.
oceane
Refugee
I had a group of about 6 friends all trying for GAs, only one succeeded, got 2. We were not looking for other types of tickets because we want to be all together.
I'm travelling for work and in an hotel room with a pretty slow connection, so I figured I probably wouldn't succeed. Despite getting in right away with less than 1 minute waiting time there was no GAs available.
There are 13 of us going
We have 9 GAs so far, only 4 left to find 
I'm travelling for work and in an hotel room with a pretty slow connection, so I figured I probably wouldn't succeed. Despite getting in right away with less than 1 minute waiting time there was no GAs available.
There are 13 of us going
We have 9 GAs so far, only 4 left to find 
OpperGoeroe
War Child
Already sold out.
last unicorn
Blue Crack Addict
OK, that's what I thought
So I guess we may get a second show after all.
So I guess we may get a second show after all.
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