The pre-sale con....

[Barry Fish]

This has been annoying me for a while now...

Bought tickets to see someone in the coming days who I am a big fan of and bought tickets in the pre-sale which was only sent out to "fans". They aren't big enough to have a big tout following etc so I am pretty sure mostly fans would of got the pre-sale link.

Anyway got my tickets today five months after buying them... Worse seats in the place...

Takes the piss. Sour taste in the mouth and the band can kiss my arse.

Winds me up they treat pre-sale to their fans as a way of getting rid of the crap tickets...

gggrrr

Vent over...

[fred quimby]

Sour taste in the mouth and the band can kiss my arse.

[The Nal]

Whos the band?

[Ed209]

That does suck, but if you bought them through ticketmaster (or similar) then you usually get to see which seats you have before you purchase them.

[jump]

Just wondering who's gig was it?

I've gotten pre-sale tixs from a few bands before and find that (might be wrong though) bands either take control of it themselves like NIN or outsource to another company (one of them is called sandbags) like Blink 182. There might be a difference of which are the better seats depending on who is going it but I only ever get standing tixs so I don't know.

Edited October 24, 2011 by jump

[harderfaster]

Oasis' 2008 arena tour sold out in about ten mins but then these VIP tickets went on sale for double the price - I was desperate to get tickets so I bought a pair for about £200. Got to the arena and the seats were in line with the stage at the top row right at the back. Mighty pissed off.

[jump]

This one was done by sandbag...

[Ed209]

TELL US WHO THE BAND ARE! OUT THEM!

or are you ashamed?

[Ed209]

I reckon it was Steps reunion

[The Nal]

I reckon it was Steps reunion

[Ed209]

Supported by Gary Glitter.

[Jackmypie]

Oh god it wasn't the westlife* tour was it????

Edited October 24, 2011 by Jackmypie

[The Nal]

Oh god it wasn't the westlife* tour was it????

[Ed209]

Brilliant. Unless Oaf can prove to us otherwise, it has to be them.

Oh the shame, Oaf. Oh the shame.

[grumpyhack]

Nah - Either a Strictly Come Dancing or X-Factor tour judging by the reluctance to admit.

Can't say it's ever been a problem for me. I've always managed to book decent seats when it's been seated - usuallythe website offers a choice of either variable price depending on the seating area or has some sort of seating plan so you know what you're getting.

[Ed209]

Been digging a bit. Will Young is playing the MEN next month and had a presale in May ...

[sifi]

It has to be something fairly guilty secretish.

In fact, I really don't know what music Oaf listens to. Didn't he say he liked Celine Dion once? Possibly?

[Jackmypie]

It's got to be the Saturdays hasn't it. Trying to get a gander up their skirts, cheeky lad

[joe1990]

kylie minogue Aphrodite live in London?

[joe1990]

take that?

[joe1990]

duran duran? i give up anyway

[Wooderson]

I bought presale tickets for Wilco in London back in May. They were delivered on Friday.

[Pogues Mcgogues]

I always thought of pre sales being pointless anyway. I've never used them or anything and always here weird things happening with them like this.

[lifelessfool]

I thought it was pretty common knowledge that the allocation for pre sales is generally pretty shit, and pretty small? I personally am pretty thankful for this as I am not entitled to any of the pre-sale schemes, and at work loads of customers complain thinking all the good tickets go due to presale which isn't the case. And I reckon its the wanted they went on sale some time ago and played those sort of venues.

[fred quimby]

And I reckon its the wanted they went on sale some time ago and played those sort of venues.