Im sick and tired...

alexthecheese · 8 Dec 2006 at 11:46

... of trying to get tickets to a gig to see them sell out and then appear on eBay for 10x (literally) what they were originally selling for.

This is a general nag to do with people buying stuff purely for profit btw, on ebay, not just tickets.

Just tried to get Arcade Fire tickets only for them to sell out, and they're now on ebay for about £200 for 2 tickets when they were purchased for £32.

Does my nut in. :mad:

Red and White · 8 Dec 2006 at 11:47

yep shocking behaviour

what tickets where they out of interest?

Meatball · 8 Dec 2006 at 11:48

Happened to me when I tried to buy Killers tickets. We phoned up and got on the internet as soon as they were for sale and they went within a few minutes. Not surprising to find loads being sold on eBay within 20 minutes for stupid prices

There should be a limit on the amount of tickets one person can buy :mad:

alexthecheese · 8 Dec 2006 at 11:49

Arcade Fire tickets, in a church in London. Only 700 capacity at each place, so it was limited, which is why they're reaching shocking prices already.

It would've been an amazing gig just to see them, but in a Church?! PRAISE THE LORD!! \

They should really ban selling tickets on eBay, but they must take such a huge amount of money from them that they would need a big push from the distributors to stop.

Red and White · 8 Dec 2006 at 11:51

alexthecheese said:
Arcade Fire tickets, in a church in London. Only 700 capacity at each place, so it was limited, which is why they're reaching shocking prices already.

It would've been an amazing gig just to see them, but in a Church?! PRAISE THE LORD!! \

They should really ban selling tickets on eBay, but they must take such a huge amount of money from them that they would need a big push from the distributors to stop.

oh arcade fire. in your op i thought you trying to buy them for the arcade fire who posts here.

must learn more bands

locutus12 · 8 Dec 2006 at 12:03

alexthecheese said:
... of trying to get tickets to a gig to see them sell out and then appear on eBay for 10x (literally) what they were originally selling for.

This is a general nag to do with people buying stuff purely for profit btw, on ebay, not just tickets.

Just tried to get Arcade Fire tickets only for them to sell out, and they're now on ebay for about £200 for 2 tickets when they were purchased for £32.

Does my nut in.

! yup yup yup ! totally in agreement with you,

it took me 9 years to get my Nine Inch Nails tickets, finally got them this year, every time i tried before they would sell out too fast and loads would appear go for £100 + of fleebay.

D4VE · 8 Dec 2006 at 12:03

Yeah that sucks man

Typical rip off type culture. :mad:

badgermonkey · 8 Dec 2006 at 12:03

I got a ticket for Maiden

Spuderoony · 8 Dec 2006 at 12:32

Try keeping your ear a bit more to the ground musically. Listen to bands when they're on the up (as opposed to when they've reached a plateau of public popularity) and you'll find tickets much easier to come by, you'll see them in small venues, and it'll cost you a lot less. Just a thought

Superdude · 8 Dec 2006 at 12:40

Well I've got 3 tickets for the NME New Rave tour in Cardiff.

If my mate decides not to come up from Southampton to watch them then I'm touting the spares on the door.

Looking at the rate the internet sale tickets sold out, I'm hoping to make a few pints worth.

I believe that over-hyped concert tickets need to have the original buyer present. You could still sell on the door and then walk in with the buyer.

Bring on Klaxons, CSS and many many glowsticks

Spuderoony · 8 Dec 2006 at 12:46

There is no real 'new rave' genre. It's incredibly irritating (if slightly clever) of the NME to purport to be the voicebox of a new musical genre, whilst actually you're creating the genre yourself in order to create a new market niche for yourself because you can see that the current reign of chav-indie will be set to die out in the non too distant future as it reaches saturation point.

Grr.

Miguél · 8 Dec 2006 at 12:54

I never find it too difficult getting tickets for some reason. All the recent gigs i've wanted to go to i've got tickets. Generally through pre-sale links and the like that the band give out either in a newsletter or on their site. But even so I got really decent seated tickets for the killers no problem.

Superdude · 8 Dec 2006 at 12:57

Spuderoony said:
There is no real 'new rave' genre.

Fad-Hater?

While the 'new-rave' genere is nothing new, the sudden popularity of the bands that fall into it's catagory is nothing short of spectacular. Some geniuinly decent bands have come out of this new music boom and live preformances have once again taken center stage over flashy marketing.

While everyone has their own opinion, I'm glad to stand up and listen to some great new bands, dress up in neon, get several glowsticks and have a bloody great time. Thats what 'New-Rave' is about and this is comming from someone who goes and listens to jazz on a weekly basis.

The highest rated set this Summer at Reading was by far The Klaxons. Not so much for the music, but the intense atmosphere which surrounded the tent.

Don't fall into hating the hype, just enjoy the music.

Siliconslave · 8 Dec 2006 at 13:06

its basic economics, supply and demand - and i demard that they beat the bejesus outta the ticket touts who make so much money out of it, scum! Selling unwanted tickets is one thing, bye to sell takes the ****!

i'd like to see more companys introducing non-transferable tickets linked to id or the like, just more hassel for them i guess