They looked so bad-ass as they drove off in their Volvo.
bearman wrote:
Wow…Radiohead fans are SO punk rawk.
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That's the worst story I've ever heard. I can't believe they paid $30 to see Radiohead.
This one time, back in '95, I scalped a Big Head Todd ticket to the son of a Congressman (state not important;)). (& I'm pretty sure it was face value)
We got to know him during the show, a good guy. We all partied (that was the term back then), crashed his parent's DC brownstone, ate their cold Chinese food, and took a nap on their couches. Got up in the early am to drive him to Union Station, to metro to Nat'l, b/c he was flying to Australia for a job. I then headed to Earth Day on the mall b/c I volunteered, partially to impress an ex-. At 2 pm, I decided I was exhausted and hungover and headed back to a friend's apt. behind the FBI bldg. to crash. (I still claim I was there the whole time!) And those are all the facts I can provide, oh uh, will say…;))
Another time, I scalped a ticket to a woman (don't remember the show, Ryan Adams, perhaps? Face value, I'm boring). A friend went w/ me to the "meet up location". My friend is not a show-goer, nor a scalper, and was really ansy waiting. He found it sort of exciting I guess: "Where is she? What does she look like?
Do you know her? Is that her? Wow, this is sorta like waiting for a drug deal…"
(I thought it was funny. And no, neither of us know what that is like)
Couple years ago, I wanted a ticket to some sold out 930 show, so I stood outside the club for one. Some guy, kept trying to get me to cross the street toward the gas station to transact the deal. But he wanted way over face. When I told him "no" he tried to shush me and get me to cross the street to sell it. I almost sicked the staph on him. I then gave face value to a woman standing right next to him.
We got to know him during the show, a good guy. We all partied (that was the term back then), crashed his parent's DC brownstone, ate their cold Chinese food, and took a nap on their couches. Got up in the early am to drive him to Union Station, to metro to Nat'l, b/c he was flying to Australia for a job. I then headed to Earth Day on the mall b/c I volunteered, partially to impress an ex-. At 2 pm, I decided I was exhausted and hungover and headed back to a friend's apt. behind the FBI bldg. to crash. (I still claim I was there the whole time!) And those are all the facts I can provide, oh uh, will say…;))
Another time, I scalped a ticket to a woman (don't remember the show, Ryan Adams, perhaps? Face value, I'm boring). A friend went w/ me to the "meet up location". My friend is not a show-goer, nor a scalper, and was really ansy waiting. He found it sort of exciting I guess: "Where is she? What does she look like?
Do you know her? Is that her? Wow, this is sorta like waiting for a drug deal…"
(I thought it was funny. And no, neither of us know what that is like)
Couple years ago, I wanted a ticket to some sold out 930 show, so I stood outside the club for one. Some guy, kept trying to get me to cross the street toward the gas station to transact the deal. But he wanted way over face. When I told him "no" he tried to shush me and get me to cross the street to sell it. I almost sicked the staph on him. I then gave face value to a woman standing right next to him.
vansmack wrote:
That's the worst story I've ever heard. I can't believe they paid $30 to see Radiohead.
speaking of shitty bands, a friend of mine told me she wanted me to come to the U2 show at Verizon….maybe in 2001? So i take a train all the way from Boston to go with her and she doesnt have tickets. So we're outside trying to get some and ppl were only selling for $100 or more per ticket. So we go aroudn to where there used to be the smoking section and this security guard says for $75 he'll let us both onto the smoking deck and from there we can walk into the arena.
We did, but then realized we had no seats. My friend went to the information booth or whatever and claimed she lost her tickets. they wouldnt let us onto the floor but they did put us up in a handicap row, which, suprisingly at a U2 show, was not at capacity!
The Grateful Dead - Boston - '89 - My buddy was severely sick and severely poor so he asked me to sell his ticket for a profit, which I didn't like doing but agreed to nonetheless. A few blocks from the arena (Garden) I got a guy to agree to something like double the price (like $60 on a $30 ticket or whatever)—thus I was very proud of what I'd be taking back to my friend.
Right when the deal was being consummated, a trio of Boston police officers swoop in and force me to sell the ticket at face, as opposed to hauling me away or even confiscating the ticket and/or money. (Definitely a good action on their part, I can say with much hindsight….)
I then see the guy in the arena at setbreak (I guess the ticket location wasn't adjacent to mine; I forget the details) and try to get him to live up to at least part of the remaining money "owed". He got really frustrated at my request and went to security to complain I was badgering him. I easily, then, gave up…. but at least brought to my friend his face value $ and a story…
Right when the deal was being consummated, a trio of Boston police officers swoop in and force me to sell the ticket at face, as opposed to hauling me away or even confiscating the ticket and/or money. (Definitely a good action on their part, I can say with much hindsight….)
I then see the guy in the arena at setbreak (I guess the ticket location wasn't adjacent to mine; I forget the details) and try to get him to live up to at least part of the remaining money "owed". He got really frustrated at my request and went to security to complain I was badgering him. I easily, then, gave up…. but at least brought to my friend his face value $ and a story…
back wrote:
, a friend of mine told me she wanted me to come to the U2 show at Verizon….maybe in 2001?
You should have met me at Gordon Biersch. I had a spare for the first show that I sold for face.
i come to 930.com for the hilarious fanboy antagonism :D
I had an extra ticket to a Fugazi show at 9:30 a few years ago. While we were waiting in line some guy walked by looking for extras. I said I had one; he asked how much I wanted for it; I said $10. This porky midget behind me suddenly starts caterwauling, "YOU CAN'T SCALP A FUGAZI TICKET…"
"Why not?" I asked.
"IT'S A FUGAZI TICKET……A FUGAZI TICKET. IT'S……JUST WRONG," she shrilled.
Thankfully her squawking attracted some attention, a counterbidder arrived and I sold the $6 ticket for $25.
"Why not?" I asked.
"IT'S A FUGAZI TICKET……A FUGAZI TICKET. IT'S……JUST WRONG," she shrilled.
Thankfully her squawking attracted some attention, a counterbidder arrived and I sold the $6 ticket for $25.
ggw wrote:
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HE LIVES!!!
we missed you, g.
Wow. Welcome back.
have a nice trip?
Sonick's U2 story and GGW's Fugazi story are both classic.
Scalping a Fugazi ticket… if that's not some kind of irony then I don't know what is.
I was at The Faint/Ladytron show on Saturday night and watched a guy trying to buy a ticket. It was rather amusing, but the seller refused to make a dime off the ticket and actually lost money in the deal. Which was rather idiotic as the guy was willing to pay more. I dont think the show was sold out so perhaps that was part of it, but I thought it was pretty funny to watch them argue about how much change was owed.