Date Posted:17:46:57 04/23/06 Sun Author: Leo Subject: Re: TOOL announces more tour dates In reply to:
chrys
's message, "TOOL announces more tour dates" on 17:03:07 04/17/06 Mon
Laurie - I'm sorry you didnt get tix. I'm going to Philly, and of course Coachella. But not getting those Seattle tickets when I had them in my hand practically, was a huge let down. I dont understand that venue's restrictions, especially since no other place did that. And I saw tickets on ebay for $1500 a pair only a couple hours later!
chrys, you'll still have fun w/o us! And when tool returns, the "other two" will definitely be there.
okay i'm sure tool boy and i will make the most of it, hahahaha, i almost forgot i used to call him that to you guys. it sure was a let down when you were SOOOO close. I also think the restrictions and the ebay prices are ridiculous.
you know i also went to look for tickets on craigslist and they people flagged all the sellers that were selling them for those outrageous prices. of course now no one is selling there, but like, shouldn't eBay do that? like fucking TM charges enough extra, we don't need tix going for like $600 a pop.
also i think if it was not so readily available on eBay, the scalpers would not be AS tempted to go ahead and get tix. there were sooo many auctions that went down yesterday, where the person said "Actual seats will be announced after 10:15 am on Saturday," so it's like they're obviously planning to scalp. they should get erased like the craigslist stuff does. and fined! i mean, it's illegal...and you know that i don't usually think things are wrong just cuz they're illegal, but this is like highway robbery, and it can also become like an economic issue, like for a good show, only ppl who can afford to drop $1400 on a pair of tix can go.
i'm seriously thinking of like, trying to do something about it. i mean, it seems like it just gets worse. it was bad for AS.
there was once some show that said any ebay tickets would be turned away at the door, like anyone who'd gone through ebay (how they were going to tell, i don't know, cuz if they could tell, they should just stop the person from posting the thing in the first place), but i think tha'ts shitty too cuz then the real fan who went out of their way to pay gets turned away and the scalper still has the dough!
lilke i siad i am seriously thinking about trying to do something to make changes, though eBay is huge so who knows if it would work. i guess i would not even have thought of it so much if i didn't see the insane restrictions on the seattle show, and see how completely ineffective it all was at stopping scalpers from doing their thing.
to clarify, i have sold tix before, last year i got tix to some shows before i quit the camp and then months later when the shows rolled around, i realized i coudlnt' afford to get to seattle to go, lol, and i tried to sell for face+charges and that's it, cuz i mean, come on, music is for everyone, at least IMHO. concerts are expenive enough!
also someone talking about this on craigslist said something about agencies getting tickets in bulk? is this true? and if so, with all the restrictions, how are they able to? like they get 500 seats a pop and the rest of us get two? is there some kind of shady dealing going on behind the scenes?
