Pearl Jam are coming to London, and you’d better believe that I was snapping up some tickets the moment they were available. Somehow though, within about four minutes (yes, literally four minutes) of the tickets going on sale to the public, all 23,000 seats had sold out!
Anyway, amidst all the panic, I managed to snare four tickets for Kristy, me, Nick, and Pat. Once the confirmation mail arrived in my inbox, I promptly mailed all involved to let them know the good news, and to not-so-subtly pass on my bank account details.
So about two weeks later, I was cleaning out my inbox when I once again came across the confirmation mail for the tickets. Feeling a bit nostalgic, I clicked on the mail to admire my handiwork in doing what millions could not, when out of the blue, disaster struck.
The tickets were for the Manchester show.
Suddenly, everything fell into place! When I was trying to buy the tickets, one moment I was being told that everything was sold out, and the next minute the four tickets were allocated to me! I had thought it was due to my clever tactic of trying with a different browser, but as it turns out it was my accidental tactic of trying for a concert in a different city!
*sigh*
So how does the sordid tale end? Well, I managed to sell my tickets on Ticketmaster’s ticket resale site, and for the privilege of doing so, I got to pay them a another processing fee – 10% of the resale value. Cheeky buggers! Worse still, the only way to get tickets for the London show was to buy them in the exact same fashion; I managed to pick up a couple of tickets off eBay for slightly less than double their face value.
Sad for me.
So the lessons from all of this?
- Join the 10 Club and get tickets in the pre-sale
- Double check the venue
- If possible, get someone else to organise the tickets!
Sorry once again to Nick and Pat for the run-around!
Happy driving!
Nath – good luck dude, can’t wait to see some photos of your new...
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Oh G… That is tough, tough, tough.
So sorry, but pleased you were able to pick up more tickets.
Thanks dude – and even better news, it turns out that Gomez are their opening act! Alright!!
hey Manchester’s not that bad
You could title this “The Nacre of Jam Fiasco”
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