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dclegg: Just purchased my tickets! This is the first Ticketmaster pre-sale I've seen where the tickets on offer were actually pretty damn good. IME they usually get rid of the back of the arena seats during the pre-sale.
bazzer:dclegg: Just purchased my tickets! This is the first Ticketmaster pre-sale I've seen where the tickets on offer were actually pretty damn good. IME they usually get rid of the back of the arena seats during the pre-sale.
Then you are doing it wrong. I frequently get front row in the presales.
dclegg:bazzer:dclegg: Just purchased my tickets! This is the first Ticketmaster pre-sale I've seen where the tickets on offer were actually pretty damn good. IME they usually get rid of the back of the arena seats during the pre-sale.
Then you are doing it wrong. I frequently get front row in the presales.
The only thing I was "doing wrong" was working under the assumption that pre-sale tickets provided access to the best seats in the venue.
The first time I encountered this disparity was booking tickets for my daughters first gig at Vector Arena (Paramore in 2009). When I searched for tickets the second the pre-sale started, I was presented with tickets towards the rear of the arena, which in my naivety I purchased. When the tickets were opened up to the general public, I searched later that day to see what were available, and was presented with tickets right near the front of the venue. As this was to be my daughter's first concert experience, I was quite disappointed in this, and in my frustration I vented via social media. To the promoter's credit, they contacted me, and arranged to swap our tickets for much better ones right near the front.
This is a pattern I have witnessed in numerous occasions, so I generally now perform a search during the pre-sale, but if the tickets are pretty lame I chance my arm during the general public sales. In my experience this has resulted in much better seats. The only time I don't do this if it is for a high demand event, such as Metallica back in 2009.
bazzer:
I'm just pointing out that the assertion that they use presales to "get rid of the back of the arena seats" is false.
richms: Who else from here is going to that so far?
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