930 club switching to TicketFly.com in 2010???

James wrote:
I'll let sweetcell dissect and refute your argument point by point

awww, you know me so well. 

reading that post i came up with a ton of things to ridicule (90% reduction in attendance?  really?), but this kid isn't worth it.  logic and reason seem to have little room in this person's outlook.  let him/her vent.  we can all agree that fees are high, apparently this person hasn't worked out how to avoid them, or can't attach a value to them… or that he/she should vote with their wallet.  all things that have been said here a million times before.

(p.s. one insight for you, siggy14: tickets are cheaper at the 930 on day of the show b/c if there are still tickets left right before the show, the club wants to be sure to sell them.  some clubs believe in punishing day-of ticket purchasers by charging extra, why not go bitch them out instead?)

siggy14 wrote:
Second why are they charging another service fee for parking, like other events it should be included in ticket price, I understand 9:30 just cant accommodate for that many cars, but at least make sure they don’t charge a service fee for it.

I'm going to avoid pointing out the ridiculous logical fallacies throughout the rest of this person's argument (since I've already ripped to shreds 100 other idiots who want to argue "the fees are too high," and "too high a percentage of the ticket cost") and just focus on this.

What? What venue do you know has on-site parking and doesn't charge you for it? Nissan (er, um, Jiffy Lube Live) and Merriweather have on-site parking and yes, it's "included" in the ticket cost. And by "included" I mean there's the stated ticket face value and you are mandated to pay $8.00 extra or however much whether or not you park there. That is not a better system. 930 Club, instead, offers a lot that you absolutely do not have to park in, but is an option. To the best of my knowledge, the lot has never sold-out in advance. Why not simply show up day-of the show with $10 and get into the lot with absolutely no fees added onto it? Or drive to the venue before the day of the show and buy your parking pass service charge free at the box office? But, yes, if you're too lazy for either of those options, I'm not going to feel bad you're charged a $4.00 convenience charge for the convenience of sitting on your rear.

the service fee is too keep the locals from smashing your car windows in and stealing your shit to sell at a pawn shop for crack.  they even need to have a cop in the lot to keep the locals away.  so the fee is a "fuck you, locals" fee.

just occurred to me: this "never say never" dude will probably not sell out the club.  thus, siggy14 could walk up to the club on the night of the show and buy tickets.  this would allow him/her to avoid fees, and get cheap day-of tickets (which he/she ironically complained about).  BRILLIANT.

and to pile on to james ford's observations… wonder what this "never say never" dude looks like?



that's right - part emo, all douchebag.

"that's right - part emo, all douchebag." . . . . doesn't that just about sum up the youth of today.  he will sell out.  his hair will sell half the tickets itself.

good point.

I thought the fees were to keep out the riff raff.

can't find the  My Morning Jacket info page on ticketfly. Maybe they are not ready for Merriweather…..

More Ticketfly weirdness:
All the Soft Sale shows are gone from the 930 TF page.

Hey TicketFly—  "Automatically" may be better spelling; your spelling works phonetically though….


Welcome to TicketFly!

Due to high demand you have temporarily been placed into a waiting room. This Page will automaticly refresh.

Got pit tickets for MMJ
First time ever successfully scoring pit tickets for Merriweather. Yay ticketfly!

$18 in fees for MMJ for 2 tickets.  I thought MPP fees were supposed to be less?  I guess not.

Driveway wrote:
$18 in fees for MMJ for 2 tickets.  I thought MPP fees were supposed to be less?  I guess not.

sorry to bring math in to this, but $18 fees on $90 face = 20% fees.  that's lower than what we've been paying (typically around 30-40%). 

did you expect there to be no fees?

Ticketfly plays the same games as Ticketmaster in that they don't release the best seats right away.  I got on-line right at 10:00 was just looking for a single and was directed toward the back of the pavilion.  I knew there were better seats available and after an hour of getting no better than Row Q, I finally settled for Row N. 

Also Ticket-Fly needs to allow the purchaser to pick between GA's and actual seats.  There were tons of GA's available that I kept getting but just ended up throwing back.

Also the pick-ur-seat option was pretty useless.

The one thing I really liked is that you can hold your seats (for at least 10 minutes) while searching for better seats.

sweetcell wrote:

Driveway wrote:
$18 in fees for MMJ for 2 tickets.  I thought MPP fees were supposed to be less?  I guess not.

sorry to bring math in to this, but $18 fees on $90 face = 20% fees.  that's lower than what we've been paying (typically around 30-40%). 

did you expect there to be no fees?

What I would like and what I would expect are two different things.  Not a problem, I'll just pay my fees to WMATA instead.

To be honest, it kind of blows my mind that people would shell out $45 for MMJ.

jeffml wrote:
Ticketfly plays the same games as Ticketmaster in that they don't release the best seats right away.
 
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Also Ticket-Fly needs to allow the purchaser to pick between GA's and actual seats.  There were tons of GA's available that I kept getting but just ended up throwing back.

Also the pick-ur-seat option was pretty useless.

seth, allow me to reiterate points 1 and 2 above - randomly releasing seats, and the inability to pick between GA floor and seated pavilion, were two big problems.  it would bug me to no end knowing that someone could saunter on in hours after i bought my tickets, and get a better seat than me.  i too was looking for pavilion seats, i spent a lot of time throwing back GAs.  very annoying.  quick solution: why not price GAs a dollar more or a dollar less, so we can choose between them that way?

jeff: what "pick-ur-seat" option?  i didn't see anything like that…

more complaints and compliments here:
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/midnight_sun/blog/2010/02/how_well_did_ticketfly_handle.html

jeffml wrote:
Ticketfly plays the same games as Ticketmaster in that they don't release the best seats right away. 

Is this a ticket company problem or a Merriweather problem?  I've had the same problem with MPP tickets since the Ticketron days.  You could be first in line for a not-very-popular show and end up back in the double-letters.  I used to occasionally have great luck via TM for other venues.  I wouldn't be so quick to blame the ticket agencies for how MPP releases tickets.

I got on-line right at 10:00 was just looking for a single and was directed toward the back of the pavilion.  I knew there were better seats available and after an hour of getting no better than Row Q, I finally settled for Row N. 

Isn't that like the 6-7th row of reserved seats?  You could do a lot worse than settling for that.

Bombay wrote:
Isn't that like the 6-7th row of reserved seats?  You could do a lot worse than settling for that.

seventh

azaghal1981 wrote:
To be honest, it kind of blows my mind that people would shell out $45 for MMJ.

Exactly my though. And I'm a fan and have all nearly all their albums.

I'd pay $25-$30 to see them at a club, but not $45 to see them at an amphitheater. But that's me I guess.