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R The Fans Being Screwed !!!!! what will happen next ! even more dates .. now they've added the fanclub seating but who can afford more tickets. Its taken weeks to get reasonable tickets. Why were'nt the fanclub tickets offered at the begining who F**KD up !!!!
Well at least prince is making money from this , lord knows he needs it ... at this rate he will manage to P Off all his fan base and will need some money to retire on. | |
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the nerve of him scheduling concerts and making people buy tickets. what a big doo doo head  | |
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Anxiety said: the nerve of him scheduling concerts and making people buy tickets. what a big doo doo head
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Anxiety said: the nerve of him scheduling concerts and making people buy tickets. what a big doo doo head
The thing is Anx, we've had shows sell out, only to have new batches of tickets appearing that are better seats than were available before. Apparently a lot of the euro folk had been buying tickets thinking a speedy purchase was a good thing. Many have already bought a second set of tickets for the same show, just to upgrade the seat. So now we got a new former-npgmc package that has again better seats than were available before, while we all already have our tickets. But, if you call ticketmaster you can swap your tickets if you give them the code. Still it's a hassle. [Edited 7/20/07 10:09am] "this especially prepared potato is called pomme de terre" | |
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m3taverse said: Anxiety said: the nerve of him scheduling concerts and making people buy tickets. what a big doo doo head
The thing is Anx, we've had shows sell out, only to have new batches of tickets appearing that are better seats than were available before. Apparently a lot of the euro folk had been buying tickets thinking a speedy purchase was a good thing. Many have already bought a second set of tickets for the same show, just to upgrade the seat. So now we got a new former-npgmc package that has again better seats than were available before, while we all already have our tickets. But, if you call ticketmaster you can swap your tickets if you give them the code. Still it's a hassle. [Edited 7/20/07 10:09am] yet you can still switch, and that's an effort that prince's people didn't have to make. believe me, i'm all for bitching about prince when it's warranted, but when i see a genuine effort coming from his camp, what's to complain about? i mean, does prince own ticketmaster? | |
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Look at the homepage of usually so fammy housequake.com to get an idea for what has been going on in euroland. "this especially prepared potato is called pomme de terre" | |
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Anxiety said: m3taverse said: The thing is Anx, we've had shows sell out, only to have new batches of tickets appearing that are better seats than were available before. Apparently a lot of the euro folk had been buying tickets thinking a speedy purchase was a good thing. Many have already bought a second set of tickets for the same show, just to upgrade the seat. So now we got a new former-npgmc package that has again better seats than were available before, while we all already have our tickets. But, if you call ticketmaster you can swap your tickets if you give them the code. Still it's a hassle. [Edited 7/20/07 10:09am] yet you can still switch, and that's an effort that prince's people didn't have to make. believe me, i'm all for bitching about prince when it's warranted, but when i see a genuine effort coming from his camp, what's to complain about? i mean, does prince own ticketmaster? Come on now, you think it's Ticketmaster that staggered the ticket sales in such a way that the earlier you bought, the crappier your seats? I doubt they designed their business in such a way as to maximize the amount of angry fans calling in, and i doubt Prince is the only artist that has a following that assumes an early purchase is a good purchase. "this especially prepared potato is called pomme de terre" | |
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m3taverse said: Anxiety said: the nerve of him scheduling concerts and making people buy tickets. what a big doo doo head
The thing is Anx, we've had shows sell out, only to have new batches of tickets appearing that are better seats than were available before. Apparently a lot of the euro folk had been buying tickets thinking a speedy purchase was a good thing. Many have already bought a second set of tickets for the same show, just to upgrade the seat. So now we got a new former-npgmc package that has again better seats than were available before, while we all already have our tickets. But, if you call ticketmaster you can swap your tickets if you give them the code. Still it's a hassle. [Edited 7/20/07 10:09am]  At least the option 2 swap tickets is there 4 people, im not gonna bother just gonna enjoy the night wherever I'm seated. | |
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Anxiety said:[quote
But, if you call ticketmaster you can swap your tickets if you give them the code. Still it's a hassle. [Edited 7/20/07 10:09am] [/quote] yet you can still switch, and that's an effort that prince's people didn't have to make. believe me, i'm all for bitching about prince when it's warranted, but when i see a genuine effort coming from his camp, what's to complain about? i mean, does prince own ticketmaster?[/quote] depends on who you speak to. lady i just chatted nicely too refused to exchange to fan club tickets. persistence will def pay, but the hassle of it all. i think i need a lie down 
How, i'm gonna make that booty boom...step back, give a girl some room....OH  | |
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Also yes you can switch, but at least at the time of my new transaction today, that was not obvious from the sites or emails. Phonecalls had to be made to find out.
Possibly it is still not obvious. "this especially prepared potato is called pomme de terre" | |
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does anyone know what number to dial for ticket master cuz i cant find one other than the automated crap line | |
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gandalfukwizard said: does anyone know what number to dial for ticket master cuz i cant find one other than the automated crap line
http://www.prince.org/msg/12/235433 "this especially prepared potato is called pomme de terre" | |
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I've just been told by tivketmaster that I cannot swap my tickets - anyone else in this been given a swap? If so I'll be really mad! | |
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m3taverse said: Anxiety said: yet you can still switch, and that's an effort that prince's people didn't have to make. believe me, i'm all for bitching about prince when it's warranted, but when i see a genuine effort coming from his camp, what's to complain about? i mean, does prince own ticketmaster? Come on now, you think it's Ticketmaster that staggered the ticket sales in such a way that the earlier you bought, the crappier your seats? I doubt they designed their business in such a way as to maximize the amount of angry fans calling in, and i doubt Prince is the only artist that has a following that assumes an early purchase is a good purchase. i guess i've just been programmed to deal with the trauma of ordering prince tickets over the years. this isn't SO bad compared to some of the horror stories i've seen and dealt with in the states over the years. sorry you gotta deal with the hassle, but welcome 2 the dawn!  | |
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What I personally think that caused all this is that they over estimated how many people would be paying silly amounts for dubious VIP packages (a boat ride?!). That gave them the problem of the best seats being empty.
So then we got the auction for those seats. Apparently again this did not sell all available seats. The remainder is now being sold to former "fan club" members. It's good to see that even tho Prince killed npgmc, he never got quite rid of the database with all our info in it ... my old password was still working quite nicely. "this especially prepared potato is called pomme de terre" | |
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ZARIA7ETAN said: I've just been told by tivketmaster that I cannot swap my tickets - anyone else in this been given a swap? If so I'll be really mad!
several people that i talk to swapped. "this especially prepared potato is called pomme de terre" | |
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Anxiety said: m3taverse said: Come on now, you think it's Ticketmaster that staggered the ticket sales in such a way that the earlier you bought, the crappier your seats? I doubt they designed their business in such a way as to maximize the amount of angry fans calling in, and i doubt Prince is the only artist that has a following that assumes an early purchase is a good purchase. i guess i've just been programmed to deal with the trauma of ordering prince tickets over the years. this isn't SO bad compared to some of the horror stories i've seen and dealt with in the states over the years. sorry you gotta deal with the hassle, but welcome 2 the dawn! This is lack of information on your part Anx. Read the threads on HQ. And you know the folks on that site are usually a lot more forgiving then they are here. "this especially prepared potato is called pomme de terre" | |
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m3taverse said: Anxiety said: i guess i've just been programmed to deal with the trauma of ordering prince tickets over the years. this isn't SO bad compared to some of the horror stories i've seen and dealt with in the states over the years. sorry you gotta deal with the hassle, but welcome 2 the dawn! This is lack of information on your part Anx. Read the threads on HQ. And you know the folks on that site are usually a lot more forgiving then they are here. that's a matter of opinion. | |
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m3taverse said: Anxiety said: yet you can still switch, and that's an effort that prince's people didn't have to make. believe me, i'm all for bitching about prince when it's warranted, but when i see a genuine effort coming from his camp, what's to complain about? i mean, does prince own ticketmaster? Come on now, you think it's Ticketmaster that staggered the ticket sales in such a way that the earlier you bought, the crappier your seats? I doubt they designed their business in such a way as to maximize the amount of angry fans calling in, and i doubt Prince is the only artist that has a following that assumes an early purchase is a good purchase. It is Ticketmaster that does this. I've been posting this since tix first went on sale. They do this with all their concerts in the US. The seats always get better and better closer to the event date. However, auctioning FLOOR tickets at high amounts THEN selling comparable seats to club members for 31 pounds doesn't seem right to me. If I swap the tix out, are they going to refund me back the difference I paid for essentially the same seat at auction. Somehow, I doubt it. Plus I STILL haven't received the passcode for the cheaper, better seats. [Edited 7/20/07 12:49pm] | |
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SCNDLS said: m3taverse said: Come on now, you think it's Ticketmaster that staggered the ticket sales in such a way that the earlier you bought, the crappier your seats? I doubt they designed their business in such a way as to maximize the amount of angry fans calling in, and i doubt Prince is the only artist that has a following that assumes an early purchase is a good purchase. It is Ticketmaster that does this. I've been posting this since tix first went on sale. They do this with all their concerts in the US. The seats always get better and better closer to the event date. However, auctioning FLOOR tickets at high amounts THEN selling comparable seats to club members for 31 pounds doesn't seem right to me. If I swap the tix out, are they going to refund me back the difference I paid for essentially the same seat at auction. Somehow, I doubt it. Plus I STILL haven't received the passcode for the cheaper, better seats. [Edited 7/20/07 12:49pm] they didn't auction any floor tickets, and the tickets that were auctioned were bought by people willing to pay a price equal to or higher than the price they bought them for | |
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unique said: SCNDLS said: It is Ticketmaster that does this. I've been posting this since tix first went on sale. They do this with all their concerts in the US. The seats always get better and better closer to the event date. However, auctioning FLOOR tickets at high amounts THEN selling comparable seats to club members for 31 pounds doesn't seem right to me. If I swap the tix out, are they going to refund me back the difference I paid for essentially the same seat at auction. Somehow, I doubt it. Plus I STILL haven't received the passcode for the cheaper, better seats. [Edited 7/20/07 12:49pm] they didn't auction any floor tickets, and the tickets that were auctioned were bought by people willing to pay a price equal to or higher than the price they bought them for how do you mean they didn't auction any floor tickets ... people payed hundreds of pounds for seats in the upper tier? "this especially prepared potato is called pomme de terre" | |
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SCNDLS said: m3taverse said: Come on now, you think it's Ticketmaster that staggered the ticket sales in such a way that the earlier you bought, the crappier your seats? I doubt they designed their business in such a way as to maximize the amount of angry fans calling in, and i doubt Prince is the only artist that has a following that assumes an early purchase is a good purchase. It is Ticketmaster that does this. I've been posting this since tix first went on sale. They do this with all their concerts in the US. The seats always get better and better closer to the event date. However, auctioning FLOOR tickets at high amounts THEN selling comparable seats to club members for 31 pounds doesn't seem right to me. If I swap the tix out, are they going to refund me back the difference I paid for essentially the same seat at auction. Somehow, I doubt it. Plus I STILL haven't received the passcode for the cheaper, better seats. how did you not get that yet ... i got it minutes after typing in my stuff "this especially prepared potato is called pomme de terre" | |
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NOW I GET IT !!!
The real fans did not get screwed, prince loves us. He just wants his real fans, the ones who stood by him from day 1, the ones who buy multiple tickets and spend their baby's diaper and food money on 21 nights in Londen, those that will be at the O2 2 days in front desperately hoping to hear a soundcheck, those that will buy all merchandise items available, those that generate his income and do that generously ... As close to god as possible ! | |
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Am I reading this right? You can phone in to exchange your shitty, up near the top of the London Eye tickets but they'll only let you do it if you're an ex-member of the NPGMC? Or will they let anyone who bothers to phone exchange?
Thanks I'm not stopping. I haven't even taken my coat off
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MrsGoodnight said: Am I reading this right? You can phone in to exchange your shitty, up near the top of the London Eye tickets but they'll only let you do it if you're an ex-member of the NPGMC? Or will they let anyone who bothers to phone exchange?
Thanks they'll let anyone who is afraid of hights swap, apparently "this especially prepared potato is called pomme de terre" | |
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MrsGoodnight said: Am I reading this right? You can phone in to exchange your shitty, up near the top of the London Eye tickets but they'll only let you do it if you're an ex-member of the NPGMC? Or will they let anyone who bothers to phone exchange?
Thanks I exchanged without the code, it took me some persuasion power but they made it happen. | |
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unique said: SCNDLS said: It is Ticketmaster that does this. I've been posting this since tix first went on sale. They do this with all their concerts in the US. The seats always get better and better closer to the event date. However, auctioning FLOOR tickets at high amounts THEN selling comparable seats to club members for 31 pounds doesn't seem right to me. If I swap the tix out, are they going to refund me back the difference I paid for essentially the same seat at auction. Somehow, I doubt it. Plus I STILL haven't received the passcode for the cheaper, better seats. [Edited 7/20/07 12:49pm] they didn't auction any floor tickets, and the tickets that were auctioned were bought by people willing to pay a price equal to or higher than the price they bought them for Ticketmaster DID auction floor seats cuz I won 3 for Thursday 9/20. My point is if I had known that there would be an opportunity to get floor seats thru NPGMC I woulda saved my money. So now I feel kinda screwed with no vaseline, kiss, or nuthin. . . [Edited 7/20/07 15:43pm] | |
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m3taverse said: SCNDLS said: It is Ticketmaster that does this. I've been posting this since tix first went on sale. They do this with all their concerts in the US. The seats always get better and better closer to the event date. However, auctioning FLOOR tickets at high amounts THEN selling comparable seats to club members for 31 pounds doesn't seem right to me. If I swap the tix out, are they going to refund me back the difference I paid for essentially the same seat at auction. Somehow, I doubt it. Plus I STILL haven't received the passcode for the cheaper, better seats. how did you not get that yet ... i got it minutes after typing in my stuff I know right? I registered this morning around 9:30 my time. That's 8 hours ago and I'm not the only one who still hasn't gotten it. | |
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SCNDLS said: m3taverse said: Come on now, you think it's Ticketmaster that staggered the ticket sales in such a way that the earlier you bought, the crappier your seats? I doubt they designed their business in such a way as to maximize the amount of angry fans calling in, and i doubt Prince is the only artist that has a following that assumes an early purchase is a good purchase. It is Ticketmaster that does this. I've been posting this since tix first went on sale. They do this with all their concerts in the US. The seats always get better and better closer to the event date. However, auctioning FLOOR tickets at high amounts THEN selling comparable seats to club members for 31 pounds doesn't seem right to me. If I swap the tix out, are they going to refund me back the difference I paid for essentially the same seat at auction. Somehow, I doubt it. Plus I STILL haven't received the passcode for the cheaper, better seats. [Edited 7/20/07 12:49pm] You're right. I bought tickets to one of the Musicology concerts days before the show and was able to snag floor seats...and the concert was supposedly sold out. | |
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