AC/DC tour - Ticketmaster/GetMeIn

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AC/DC tour - Ticketmaster/GetMeIn

Post by fatshaft » Fri Oct 17, 2008 11:29 am

What a scam Ticketmaster are.

Login this morning, no chance on the phone lines so I'm trying the internet route.

No tickets available by the time I get through which wasn't that long, possibly 15 minutes after lines opened.

However, Ticketmaster provide a handy link to 'GetMeIn' (which is backed by them) where tickets are freely available starting at £148 (face value £40).

So is it just a case that they hoover up a large swathe of tickets for themselves, to then sell on at exhorbitant profit?
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Post by Verbal » Fri Oct 17, 2008 11:32 am

Yep.

Happens alot with Festival tickets sadly. Surpised they back it though.
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Post by fatshaft » Fri Oct 17, 2008 11:37 am

Verbal wrote:Yep.

Happens alot with Festival tickets sadly. Surpised they back it though.
They provide a direct link from the failed ticket page, plus the site itself even leads with GetMeIn & Ticketmaster.

Seems ropey as hell to me.
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Post by Verbal » Fri Oct 17, 2008 11:39 am

That does man, never seen a ticket place back one like that.

Try here? http://www.seetickets.com/gat/index.html
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Post by Lord Kangana » Fri Oct 17, 2008 11:40 am

Had the same problem trying to get a ticket for the Ting-Tings in manc. The box office had a no returns policy, but the website had a link to a page where the tickets started at £65. They were seliing £22.50 face value. Thats at the very least a conflict of interests, and the cynic in me says its a way to make more money for them.
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Post by Worthy4England » Fri Oct 17, 2008 11:42 am

I'm just checking with my man in "Ticket ordering" whether he's been successful....:-(
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Post by Verbal » Fri Oct 17, 2008 11:43 am

Lord Kangana wrote:Had the same problem trying to get a ticket for the Ting-Tings in manc. The box office had a no returns policy, but the website had a link to a page where the tickets started at £65. They were seliing £22.50 face value. Thats at the very least a conflict of interests, and the cynic in me says its a way to make more money for them.
Kin hell. You might even be able to tout outside the door for cheaper than that!
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Post by boltonboris » Fri Oct 17, 2008 11:45 am

Lord Kangana wrote:Had the same problem trying to get a ticket for the Ting-Tings in manc. The box office had a no returns policy, but the website had a link to a page where the tickets started at £65. They were seliing £22.50 face value. Thats at the very least a conflict of interests, and the cynic in me says its a way to make more money for them.
Should be illegal
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Post by Worthy4England » Fri Oct 17, 2008 11:53 am

Verbal wrote:
Lord Kangana wrote:Had the same problem trying to get a ticket for the Ting-Tings in manc. The box office had a no returns policy, but the website had a link to a page where the tickets started at £65. They were seliing £22.50 face value. Thats at the very least a conflict of interests, and the cynic in me says its a way to make more money for them.
Kin hell. You might even be able to tout outside the door for cheaper than that!
Last couple of "sold out" events I've managed to get tickets for, I nabbed within a week of the concert on e-bay. Genesis, I got for face value, the night before and Linkin Park, about a week prior to the concert for a small uplift oin face value.
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Post by fatshaft » Fri Oct 17, 2008 11:54 am

boltonboris wrote:
Lord Kangana wrote:Had the same problem trying to get a ticket for the Ting-Tings in manc. The box office had a no returns policy, but the website had a link to a page where the tickets started at £65. They were seliing £22.50 face value. Thats at the very least a conflict of interests, and the cynic in me says its a way to make more money for them.
Should be illegal

This...
Check GET ME IN! for tickets you can't find.

Check out GET ME IN! a Ticketmaster company that provides fan-to-fan resale in a safe and guaranteed way.
Buy tickets for the hottest events from other fans on Europe's largest ticket marketplace.
How bloody dodgy is that?

So despite being only two tickets per person, by 10.15 this morning, RIP ME OFF! already has a slew of fan-to-fan tickets available at 300%+ mark up.

Disgusted.
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Post by Verbal » Fri Oct 17, 2008 11:57 am

Fan to fan my arse. Pretty much ebay MKII

It's a long shot fatshaft, but this website does work. Might need to check it later on (as in past xmas) though.

http://www.scarletmist.com/default.asp
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Post by fatshaft » Fri Oct 17, 2008 12:44 pm

Verbal wrote:Fan to fan my arse. Pretty much ebay MKII

It's a long shot fatshaft, but this website does work. Might need to check it later on (as in past xmas) though.

http://www.scarletmist.com/default.asp
Cheers for that 8)
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Post by hisroyalgingerness » Fri Oct 17, 2008 12:46 pm

Ticketline do their job for me. Got Killers tix last week ok whilst all the others were crashing. Don't tell too many folk though :mrgreen:

The online touting issue is ridiculous. As soon as Killers sold out they were going for ridiculous on ebay. People buying with the sole intention of selling on. Very frustrating
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Post by Marshall » Fri Oct 17, 2008 12:46 pm

I got my 2 standing tickets for the Manchester show!

Naturally, I'm delighted!
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Post by fatshaft » Fri Oct 17, 2008 2:02 pm

Marshall wrote:I got my 2 standing tickets for the Manchester show!

Naturally, I'm delighted!
Well done mate. I think without being in the fan club or having a code it was next to impossible to get one. Enjoy it, hopefully more dates will be added like they've done in USA. :?
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Post by Marshall » Fri Oct 17, 2008 2:59 pm

I wasn't in the fan club nor did I have a code.

Simply, I went on seetickets at 10am, bought them, and went back to bed :mrgreen:

Mind you, I think it was a combination of fast internet and luck.
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Post by Dan.M » Fri Oct 17, 2008 3:17 pm

Same I went on gigsandshows and bought 2.

My dad got two.

Anyway, got 3 confirmation emails through saying I've got 6 tickets.

Christ.
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Post by fatshaft » Fri Oct 17, 2008 3:28 pm

Marshall wrote:I wasn't in the fan club nor did I have a code.

Simply, I went on seetickets at 10am, bought them, and went back to bed :mrgreen:

Mind you, I think it was a combination of fast internet and luck.
Wish I'd known about them, guess as an oldie I'm out of touch. :(
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Post by Worthy4England » Fri Oct 17, 2008 3:31 pm

fatshaft wrote:
Marshall wrote:I wasn't in the fan club nor did I have a code.

Simply, I went on seetickets at 10am, bought them, and went back to bed :mrgreen:

Mind you, I think it was a combination of fast internet and luck.
Wish I'd known about them, guess as an oldie I'm out of touch. :(
Were you queueing round the back of the Apollo? :-)
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Post by Bruce Rioja » Fri Oct 17, 2008 6:40 pm

Worthy4England wrote:Genesis, I got for face value
Oh I do hope that that was intended.
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