Ok this has been my expeirence with both ticketmaster and ticketek.
They CANNOT handle ticket buying on the internet the first day of sale. They server goes down, you most definately cannot get GA or even good seats, they put the shit seats onto the first batch of online tickets. Too many people are there and it just overloads.
I lined up for tickets at a suburbans ticketek, was sencodn in line got my GA tickets for the concert and came home. I then went on the internet to get syd tickets (at 9.15am after online open at 9) missed out....site froze, pressed refresh...lost the tickets.
australia is not used to massive events, and out ticket companies completely SUCK! If you want to go to every show or close about we need to set up a ticket ring and FAST.
Calling by phone. Dont even try....all you'll hear is the engaged tone. I promise.
Lining up, or possibly have adsl computer internet and being able to log and refresh fast is the best way to go.
Who here wants to start a ticket chain?
It was done in 2001 for elevation, done for the rolling stones and for madonna...it works...its just gotta be sorted before ticks go on sale!
if you want to do it, leave a note here. I'm willing to get melb ticks for anyone...for all concerts...
ii've got someone getting brissy ones...
who esle can offer
sokki....instead of trading ticks, you might have to do a money order after ticks are bought...or possibly try the internet from home?
we can work it out!