well, feel sorry for yourself as well ....

That's unfair; the OP has a right to be upset with how his/her situation went down, IMO.

People were buying Pit tickets approximately an hour before showtime from the Nokia box office. I bought my ticket in center section row H also from the box office at that time. There have been reports from others who paid for website membership that their expectations also were not met.

If I paid for a membership and got worse seats than someone walking up on the spot a few minutes prior without one, I might be upset also.

GDB said:

Ticketing is a capitalistic and political process. For us fans, it becomes an emotional process, especially for those of us without disposable income. For a little insight, take a read of this, by Trent Reznor of NIN: http://forum.nin.com/bb/r...p?9,548515

I did NOT complain about my TICKETMASTER TICKET ROW G all the way by the wall!!! I knew it was pretty good having gotten it through ticketmaster. Mind you, I only bought ONE seat just because I wanted to sit close. That means I could NOT even sit with a friend for the show.
I aired my grievance about the ticket I bought through the club that I mistakenly assumed would give me access to closer seats as it had for previous shows where tickets were sold through his online club. So NO, I am NOT at all satisfied with having spent an EXTRA $77 for access to worse seats. Some of y'all members here may have beaucoup dollars but I do not. 'only an extra 77 dollars' my black ass. I would rather have fried my 77 and eaten it with a biscuit than throw it away.
When I spend money and I am not satisfied with that service or product as a consumer I have the RIGHT TO COMPLAIN. The subject of the topic started with 'did this happen to anybody else' not 'Do I have the right to complain'. Ima go back to lurkin' on this board in 5, 4, 3,....

I got all my show tickets through lotusflow3r.com. This is how the "benefits" broke down thru the night:

SHOW #1
All members were scattered throughout the PIT and the Orchestra. We did not know until we picked up our tickets where we would be (PIT or Orch). Looked like about 100-150 people made it into the pit. The rest of us were all over Orch; me and my friend were in row Z, another friend was in V, another in A. Me andmy friend were surrounded by all Ticketmaster people (I asked). So unlike the old club, they did not block off the first few rows for members. It's unclear whether this was intentional or accidental since public tix went on sale first? Whatever the case, it was definitely disappointing.

SHOW #2:
At will-call pickup, we had been given wristbands for this show. When we arrived at the Conga door after show #1, the line was pretty short but it was just one line (people had already been let in earlier). So we just got into the regular line and went in. Can anyone confirm if before the Conga opened, there was a member line, and/or that they were let in first?

SHOW #3:
Once again, we were give wristbands for this show at will-call. When we went to line up for this show, security made us show our wristband, then they let us line up. It was unclear whether that was just to confirm we had tickets or if the line was a members only line initially. Does anyone know which it was?
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When I spend money and I am not satisfied with that service or product as a consumer I have the RIGHT TO COMPLAIN. The subject of the topic started with 'did this happen to anybody else' not 'Do I have the right to complain'.

From what the bouncer told me, the gold wristband let the lotusflow3r members go right in ahead of the line. For Club Nokia, the line at the entrance was just gold wristband people. Others without the band had to wait.

I thought that was a nice touch. Some of us would have missed the beginning of the Nokia show if we weren't allowed to go to the front. Thanks Prince...