u2wedge
New Yorker
Okay, people, I'd like to ask everyone to participate in an eBay protest of sorts. If you've been shut out on tickets perhaps you can burn off some of that negative energy by helping change the way tickets can be distributed in the future.
We've all been hearing Bono and the boys telling us for years that we can make a change in the world, that if we all speak as 'One' we can make a difference. Well, let's put that theory to the test and begin a grass roots effort to become a major pain in the ass to the brokers on eBay and make their lives miserable.
Let's do the following:
1. A team of people to gather lists of people who are ripping people off on eBay. We can contact them as needed to discourage their selfish activity.
2. A team of people to send emails to eBay management with auction numbers and members who are taking advantage of U2 fans. Nothing would piss these people off more than having their account suspended with a pile of U2 tickets sitting on their desk.
3. A team to forward concerns to U2's Principal Management re: the obvious scam that is Ticketmaster and how it is the antithesis of the U2 message.
4. Maybe we can come up with a slogan that we can use to create a media campaign, something as simple as a signature to use in the u2.com forums to display our feelings. If 100's of people are signing their posts with 'I'm a U2 fan and a broker stole my ticket' maybe people who can make changes will start making changes.
There certainly can be more strategies in place, but the ticket brokers have declared War on us and we need to fight back.
What do you say? Let's cause some INTERFERENCE!
The Captain
ps. I'll be posting this on Usenet as well.