09-14-2016, 03:28 AM
I thankfully had no problems getting fourth row, right side of the stage as you're looking at it, day 2 for Toledo, and row two center stage section day 3 for Cleveland. Had two windows on one computer going on day three, but decided to close one about an hour before the sale because I knew I really shouldn't be spending so much more $$$ on a "want," but was REALLY wanting (somewhere in the first 7 rows/center stage section hopefully) to go to Cleveland for the New Year's Eve show. Didn't think good seats would come up with previous years' experience for Cleveland, but much to my surprise they did, so I bought them. Looks like it was a really good thing I decided to close the second browser. I had originally planned on taking the gang to Cleveland to begin with, but got nervous thinking that for the last show of the tour, Friday night show, New Year's Eve show, Cleveland show, the odds of getting a bunch of good seats together was slim to none, so on day two I got seats for Toledo so no one, including a "newbie," (my 7 yr. old grandson), would be disappointed, but then I got curious about Cleveland, and as I'd said, I really wanted to go to that show.
Got lots of folks in the family that want to see TSO year after year and grandkids now that want to go too. Need quite a few tickets. Anyway, never trying to grab tickets to resell, but just want a back up window open in case there's an issue that could cause me to not get the seats the kids and I are hoping for. Little greedy I suppose and life goes on if one has to get tickets at the general public sales and has to sit further back than a few rows from the stage, but...
I can absolutely see why TSO wouldn't want anyone to scalp pre-sale tickets and I can kind of see why they might want to limit the amount given even to fan club members-so more people/families can get the "coveted first few rows/premium seats" and such-but the die hard fans that are searching the internet for info on sale dates, on site hours early refreshing away on pre-sale day, and spending hundreds and even over a thousand dollars a year because they love the show so much; is it really such a big deal to have a couple of browser windows open, especially when you can only get 8 tickets per account anyway, or is that per show? Does anyone know? I've always wondered since they did paper tickets for BLN why they didn't utilize the paper tickets that required ID to match the name on the ticket order for the fan club pre-sale as well. That would pretty much stop the scalping for the fan club tickets and really doesn't hold up the line much more than scanning the regular tickets at the shows.
No perfect system and definitely no system to please everyone, but the fan club pre-sale is much appreciated. In many years I've only had one glitch at the pre-sale and even that didn't cost me the tickets. Guess I've been lucky thus far. Just a little high blood pressure for a few hours a year.
Got lots of folks in the family that want to see TSO year after year and grandkids now that want to go too. Need quite a few tickets. Anyway, never trying to grab tickets to resell, but just want a back up window open in case there's an issue that could cause me to not get the seats the kids and I are hoping for. Little greedy I suppose and life goes on if one has to get tickets at the general public sales and has to sit further back than a few rows from the stage, but...
I can absolutely see why TSO wouldn't want anyone to scalp pre-sale tickets and I can kind of see why they might want to limit the amount given even to fan club members-so more people/families can get the "coveted first few rows/premium seats" and such-but the die hard fans that are searching the internet for info on sale dates, on site hours early refreshing away on pre-sale day, and spending hundreds and even over a thousand dollars a year because they love the show so much; is it really such a big deal to have a couple of browser windows open, especially when you can only get 8 tickets per account anyway, or is that per show? Does anyone know? I've always wondered since they did paper tickets for BLN why they didn't utilize the paper tickets that required ID to match the name on the ticket order for the fan club pre-sale as well. That would pretty much stop the scalping for the fan club tickets and really doesn't hold up the line much more than scanning the regular tickets at the shows.
No perfect system and definitely no system to please everyone, but the fan club pre-sale is much appreciated. In many years I've only had one glitch at the pre-sale and even that didn't cost me the tickets. Guess I've been lucky thus far. Just a little high blood pressure for a few hours a year.
(09-11-2016, 02:00 AM)danfromnj Wrote: Ah, the horror stories. They never quite go away. Gotta give it up to the TSO management and the company who facilitate their process. They try every year to make it better. And it is so much better than it used to be, imho.
From what I heard from many who attempted to buy tickets on Day 2, they tried instituting a check system that would block you if you tried purchasing tickets using multiple browsers/windows. Probably would have been less stressful on folks if they actually told you up front that was the plan - caused quite a mess and frustration for many.