Instant Green Day Sell Out!?!

I was logged in on TicketFly.com 10 minutes before the Green Day tix went on sale this morning and started refreshing my screen at 9:59.  I refreshed JUST as the clock hit 10:00 and the page came up and finally offered tix.  I selected two and–BAM!–it said that there were no tix available.  I've seen a couple of sites offering tix delivered by FedEx and costing $2,500-3,000 which is very interesting considering they're Will Call only and your ID must match the name of the ticket purchaser.

I didn't give up.  I kept refreshing and had two more opportunities to select two tix, only to have it respond to my selection with a "no tickets available" notice.  I carried on trying for 45 minutes before giving up.

Did anyone score legit tix instantly this morning at 10:00?  If so, I doff my hat to you but can't understand how I was booted out within two seconds.

Enjoy the show, dammit!

John H.

I got tix by going on the site right at 10. I have to say that I always get the shit end of the stick on these things so its kind of a christmas miracle

Math sucks!
I lost out too.  (And a FedEx promise of ticket could be scam or just a bait by someone who really did score a pair.  Some would say it's worth buying two $65 (plus svc) tix, selling for X times that and then just walking a buyer into the venue after claiming the willcall tickets)

Yeah, that occurred to me, too.  Or getting another guy to (hopefully) score two, then each escorts one of the two exorbitant-priced resale buyers.  I suppose it would work.  I can only guess that there were robots involved.  I mean, it seemed to be an instant sellout.  Do any venues offer making a purchase in-person these day, even to reserve it for Will Call?  I remember the days of waiting in line at Ticketron in a department score to score Led Zeppelin tix.  At least you had a clue where you stood…

Demand, how does it work?

No robots were involved.

Green Day sold out a long time ago.

killsaly wrote:
Green Day sold out a long time ago.

More expert musical analysis….

FFS.  I was making a joke.  You don't need to comment on everything that I post.  You are such a buzzkill.

Oh, shit.  I almost replied to the "sold out a long time ago" quip as it related to the tix.  LOL!  

Relaxer:  I'm glad you nailed it.  If you're finally going to get tix, these are likely to be worth it…  

killsaly wrote:
FFS.  I was making a joke.  You don't need to comment on everything that I post.  You are such a buzzkill.

More comedy gold…

Wow, what expert analysis of my post. 

I was not making a joke.  I was explaining that my previous post was a joke. 

So, anyway, I thought the joke was funny, but that's not why I posted in the first place.  My point, and I guess I totally failed to explain it, was:  I had two tix in my cart on three occasions, once at 10:00:01 a.m. and a couple times after that, then was told they were gone.  I've lost out on tix plenty of time, and if they're sold out, so be it.  But I've never snagged two only to have them removed before I cold consummate (more humor fodder, maybe, but prolly not) the deal.  If I'm out, I'm out, but don't let me select the quantity, then move to the next screen and find out it was a TicketFly practical joke.

Assuming 1200 tix it would only take 600 sales to sell out. There were probably many times that number sitting at the ready just like you. With numbers like that, it's a total crap shoot. More losers than winners. Sorry about that.

ßèétſ wrote:
Assuming 1200 tix it would only take 600 sales to sell out. There were probably many times that number sitting at the ready just like you. With numbers like that, it's a total crap shoot. More losers than winners. Sorry about that.

^understands supply and demand^

ok all true but his question was about having had the tickets in his cart and then losing them in the checkout process…

Have had that happen myself. THAT's frustrating as hell.  If you can get two in your cart you should have the (timed) opportunity to complete the purchase.

Yeah i think its happened to me too.. its usually for very very very high volume shows.k. I think the program has so many orders coming in within the first few seconds that it can't differentiate and gives them all tickets.. then catches up with itself and realizes its allocated too many tickets to carts….that would be my guess.. how it decides to cancel them is anybody's guess.. in other words which ones get cancelled if there are say 100 orders with the exact same time? if that is the way it works it does seem unfair because it means it is literally a lottery…

ßèétſ wrote:
Assuming 1200 tix it would only take 600 sales to sell out.

there was at least one fanclub presale, possibly a second presale too, so there were well less than 600 pairs available.

I'm feeling extraordinarily lucky and perhaps a little guilty. But way lucky.

sweetcell wrote:

ßèétſ wrote:
Assuming 1200 tix it would only take 600 sales to sell out.

there was at least one fanclub presale, possibly a second presale too, so there were well less than 600 pairs available.

in addition to the ones they will hold for the band / promos/ media…