For all those who have already decided they are giving up and will NOT pursue acquiring tickets from either online sources or scalpers, feel free to make a protest statement by refusing to purchase ANY tickets.
Just remember; there may still be ONE other window of opportunity to enter a show. Don't buy a ticket at all. Show up the day of the concert (only if you live in the area of course; it's not worth going too far out of your way), and hang out around the box office. At least for the AYCLB tour, my friend & I were able to do this twice.
The venue will hold a handful of tickets from all seating sections, and in an effort to foil scalpers, throughout the day, they will release them in very limited numbers; 2 tickets, 4 tickets, 6 tickets, etc. I'm really not sure if this is a venue specific policy, or if the band or production company has a hand in this procedure.
This will happen any time from 9am-5pm on the day of the show, but probably somewhere around the hours of 10, 11, 1, 2, or 3 would be your best bet. At least this happened in Vancouver and Toronto. We even got GA tickets for BOTH shows we attended.
The greatest thrill is knowing you don't have a ticket; showing up with a good book, and watching the events of the day unfold! When you get your ticket, it's amazing! Of course, this only works when only .001% of the fans actually dare to follow this routine.
Of course, the thrills of yesterday do little to console the disappointments of today; hopefully they inspire the dreams of tomorrow...