Tickets... Without the parasites!

Legionreturns

Had a stark choice this morning. Do battle with the parasitic wankers that Hoover up all the tickets and then sell them on at 400% profit (Pearl Jam tickets for London) or sack that off and go to a more local gig for a great, fun and innovative performance. Two tickets bought for me and Mrs Returns to see Walk off the earth do their thing in Leeds. £46 all in. Can't argue with that and it'll be fun! 

sev112

Good choice - I bought for the Albert Hall as well

still Ticketmaster charge £3.50 to post via standard post !? 

Legionreturns

sev112 said:

Good choice - I bought for the Albert Hall as well

still Ticketmaster charge £3.50 to post via standard post !? 

Got mine on See tickets. Don't think it was that much. £2 on top is all

mikeyrob73

i was lucky @Legionreturns , Mrs got them through o2 Priority on Weds, but i have Mark Lanegan tonight at Leeds Church which i think was about £30 a ticket :-) 

Legionreturns

mikeyrob73 said:

i was lucky @Legionreturns , Mrs got them through o2 Priority on Weds, but i have Mark Lanegan tonight at Leeds Church which i think was about £30 a ticket :-) 

I'm not talking to you. Bastard.

In fairness, I'm still on a supply contract so as well as tickets, travel and hotels I'd have lost 2 days wages. I've seen them 9 times so I wasn't desperate. 

mikeyrob73

Legionreturns said:

mikeyrob73 said:

i was lucky @Legionreturns , Mrs got them through o2 Priority on Weds, but i have Mark Lanegan tonight at Leeds Church which i think was about £30 a ticket :-) 

I'm not talking to you. Bastard.

In fairness, I'm still on a supply contract so as well as tickets, travel and hotels I'd have lost 2 days wages. I've seen them 9 times so I wasn't desperate. 

cut me deep, cut me real deep, not my fault i didnt know my dad 

underdog

There's tickets available as I type on Amazon tickets at face value if anyone needs them

Legionreturns

underdog said:

There's tickets available as I type on Amazon tickets at face value if anyone needs them

Thanks, but even being conservative I think this would cost me £500. I think not. 

duotone

sev112 said:

Good choice - I bought for the Albert Hall as well

still Ticketmaster charge £3.50 to post via standard post !? 

Yep, sounds about right.

Bought 2 tickets yesterday for Lamont Dozier & it was £3.25 ‘service charge’ per ticket...so £6.50. Bastards!

VimFuego

I've never understood service charge on a gig ticket, surely the price you pay for the ticket is the service charge. If you buy a loaf of bread you don't pay a shelf charge, you just pay for the bread.

Guitar_Slinger

Even worse paying a delivery charge to get something sent to your phone. Me and the missus have near enough seen every band we want to and avoid the parasites - grrr! Instead we take a chance at last minute tickets on eBay around (or below) face value from somebody who can't go. Or dropped their price last-minute when they can't make a profit on them. Having a motorbike and being able to collect anywhere in London quickly helps.

Kinioo

sev112 said:

Good choice - I bought for the Albert Hall as well

still Ticketmaster charge £3.50 to post via standard post !? 

Or £1,50 or something to print them off on your own paper using your own printer !!!

hywelg

What pisses me off is having to pay a 'booking charge' when you walk into the booking office with cash! Rock City in Nottingham did that last time I bought Matt Schofield tickets. Bastards.

rlw

Robert Plant tonight at the RAH, normal price tickets bought from the box office.  Easy.