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How many codes did you get with the 360 tour? I think I've it posted somewhere but I cant find it anymore.
I'm not talking about GA for NY, I long ago realized that they would be impossible for me. But that's OK, I'm very short and don't want to spend the show straining to see over peoples' heads--which was fine with me during every show up to Vertigo but then I got sick of it. Even with a presale code I wouldn't have wanted GA. I'm talking about any seat at $100 or less. Esp those cursed "300 $" nosebleeds. Could I pay cash at a retail outlet for those? Do you think I'd have a chance?
This is what I'm going to talk to the folks at my chosen outlet tomorrow about, just to make sure of. In fact, I called the outlet on Sunday and the lady was very nice, but that was before Monday of course. It would be nice to find out asap.
How many codes did you get with the 360 tour? I think I've it posted somewhere but I cant find it anymore.
If you spend another $50
We got one code for the first two legs but it was good for 4 tickets. Then for the postponed leg we got another code again for 4 tickets.
There may have even been a 3rd code that could be used for the Australia and South American legs.
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Nope doesn't look like it, e-mail with dates from u2.com today said "If you have already used your presale code, it is not valid for further use and cannot be used to purchase tickets in presales for these newly announced shows. "
Arenas have fewer available tickets, so they limited the Presale so everyone in the Presale had a chance at a ticket.
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So these are the headlines in my news feed this morning. Not only are they scalpers, but they have coupon codes and marketing campaigns. WTF? Why is this OK?
CapitalCityTickets.com is Releasing Cheap Tickets for Boston, MA Concerts U2 Tickets for The Forum: Ticketability.com Slashes Prices on Tickets for U2 in Los Angeles, CA for Concerts on May 26, 27, 30 and 31 | Virtual-Strategy Magazine
Ticketability.com Slashes Prices on Tickets for U2 in Los Angeles, CA for Concerts
U2 at TD Garden Tickets: CapitalCityTickets.com is Releasing Cheap Tickets for Boston, MA Concerts on July 10th and 11th, 2015 - Press Release - Digital Journal
Thanks for that, Trojanchick. that's what the lady from TM told me on Sunday, but it was irrelevant as I didn't have the money then, but I will now. I'm still going to scout out my chosen location in person though. If the folks at the counter tell me that only a handful of people showed up Monday to buy for the first shows, I might be gold. Like I said, my chosen outlet is pretty obscure. It's funny, but the lady I spoke with knew nothing whatsoever about how popular U2 were live. She told me, "We're brand new, not a lot of people even know about us yet, I don't think anyone will show up tomorrow" and I said, "Ma'am, you have no idea how quick these tix are going to go, don't be surprised if there are people here camping out."
This is shaping up to be *exactly* the situation I was hoping for since this debacle began a week ago....
Let's just hope that LN/TM don't have trolls in their offices who read fansites and realize that some people are planning to thwart their dastardly schemes in this fashion, and move to take ALL the cheap seats allotted to retail outlets out of the sale, like they did the online ones. Call me paranoid, but never underestimate them...
The computers they use at retail outlets are provided BY Ticketmaster. The one at my grocery store literally had a TM barcode on the side of it. I seriously doubt they can or would block their own computers from selling seats since they exist solely for ticket sales. Why provide a product if it can't be used? Just saying.
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Sounds good.
Also, I think when there are less than 100 single seats just floating around the arena, live nation, U2, the venue itself just "buys" them so they can get the sold out. They do it in sports all the time when a team has been sold out for like 10 years straight, but still empty seats... it's just a marketing tool at some point.
Does anyone know -- If my friend buy a U2 membership today, will he get a code or only for existing memberships? I figured, maybe someone bought a code recently since the first one went out and can shine a light on this.
Yep. Was pulling single seats in the 200s on the TM app for Chicago 1 and 2 for a good while ($220 a seat) but we need 3 cheap seats lol. We've got Chi2 and wanted to do Chi1 as well. Wish we'd been able to just buy both sets at once...damn not having the funds up front!
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Does anyone know -- If my friend buy a U2 membership today, will he get a code or only for existing memberships? I figured, maybe someone bought a code recently since the first one went out and can shine a light on this.
Sounds good.
Also, I think when there are less than 100 single seats just floating around the arena, live nation, U2, the venue itself just "buys" them so they can get the sold out. They do it in sports all the time when a team has been sold out for like 10 years straight, but still empty seats... it's just a marketing tool at some point.
My red sox as example -- Red Sox's "Sellout" "Streak" "Ends"
Quoted directly from U2.com FAQ:
Q - When is the latest I can join U2.com to be involved in the Internet ticket pre-sale?
A - Anyone who is a current Subscriber to U2.com can participate when ticket pre-sales take place but those who have been Subscribers longest get the earliest opportunity to enter the pre-sale. 'Experience Subscribers' have access starting on the morning of Day 1 of the pre-sale, 'Innocence Subscribers' have access from the morning of Day 2 of the pre-sale. The pre-sale for each concert closes at Noon / Midday on Day 3. The public ticket sale will start after Day 3 of the pre-sale. The exact times for access are made available on the tour page of U2.com.
Now, I'm the one being the asshole who can't look up stuff. Thanks for my laziness.
Hey CK - check your PM...
Ticketmaster helps set the prices, they want to sell them all for as much as possible. But no, I don't think they are doing all these crazy tricks. They are just a company selling a product and they want to sell out of that product.
They don't have time for the hassle -- they have like 10,000 events on the site right now. You think they are focused on U2, let alone a few Toronto gigs? Just not the case. They might be evil assholes to most of us, but if it wasn't them, some other assholes would be the evil assholes that we hate. It's like the cable company. NO ONE likes their cable company. Or their car rental company. It's just the way life is.
And there's a good chance that the venue itself is also dedicating pricing too. It might be the city. Maybe they need to pay to keep the cops awake. Tons of stuff goes into it that none of us give 2 thoughts about or should.