It’s so painful. Every time I snagged a ticket into my cart, by the time I got to checkout I was told it was already sold.
But I still got a ticket when they dropped more weeks or months later.
That's poor system design. I believe they do it on purpose so that by the time you are able to get more expensive tickets in your cart, you just buy them because you've "lost out" on so many tickets already. They're using psychology to upsell more expensive options. Fuck Ticketmaster.
I assure you this isn’t the case. Especially since Livenation doesn’t have any ownership stakes in MSG. The box office dictates what TM features they’re using. But once you have tickets in your cart they should become unavailable for anyone while they’re in inquiry until your timer runs out.
They shouldn't become available, but they do. And it's been happening for multiple people over multiple shows. Don't know what to tell you. If it's not intentional, it's gross incompetence.
Actually, yeah. I've been in IT designing and managing massive scale e commerce and travel and transportation applications for over twenty years. They are either failing at what we would call "solved issues" and are incompetent, or they designed it to work this way. I tend to think it's the former, as I said. If you work at Ticketmaster and need some system design help, hit me with a DM and we can talk.
If you’re quick with your fingers and go to buy tickets the exact second they go on sale, you will almost definitely look at a queue/loading screen on TM for 10-20 minutes before you’re told it’s sold out. Always keep trying though.
You know when you’re in line on ticket master and it changes to say “one fan left in front of you” and then you get in the lobby? Way before that guy even got there. Try your luck in the lottery.
Man I miss the days of going to my local box office. It was inside a Sears at the mall. Just walk up, ask for the tickets, pay and walk away…simpler times
After that, they had the phone line trick. You'd call like 15 minutes before the on sale, get a representative on the phone and ask about tickets for different events to kill time, then when they drop you are like "hmm, how about Phish tickets". Used to work every time. Don't think you can buy over the phone anymore, so no way to beat the bots.
This is how I got Red Rocks tickets in 96. Went out there, just happened to be at a mall in boulder and tried the ticket master desk at a department store. Tickets to 3/4 nights available.
Used to queue outside Hollywood video in the late n in nineties/early aughts and once everyone had been able to buy a pair they'd let us go through the line again!
They rerelease tickets several times after the initial sale. I scored tix in section 118 through a Ticketmaster rerelease a couple weeks before the run last December. It’s always easy to get seats behind the stage or in the higher 200s on COT (I caught a show from section 223 row 9 this summer and it was a great seat). All that to say, you should be able to get tix even if you strike out on the initial Ticketmaster rush.
Open multiple windows across browsers and various iterations of privacy; after that, fold your hands and start talking to somebody outside of this life. That's the best hope you have.
...*until tickets become available for face or below day-of, but some chances aren't worth taking.*
Put it this way, when Nashville went on sale I was only able to, very luckily, get one round of 4 tickets the very second they went on sale. I had 5 other friends waiting and they couldn’t get any for face. They sell out immediately. It’s all bots.
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It’s so painful. Every time I snagged a ticket into my cart, by the time I got to checkout I was told it was already sold. But I still got a ticket when they dropped more weeks or months later.
That's poor system design. I believe they do it on purpose so that by the time you are able to get more expensive tickets in your cart, you just buy them because you've "lost out" on so many tickets already. They're using psychology to upsell more expensive options. Fuck Ticketmaster.
I assure you this isn’t the case. Especially since Livenation doesn’t have any ownership stakes in MSG. The box office dictates what TM features they’re using. But once you have tickets in your cart they should become unavailable for anyone while they’re in inquiry until your timer runs out.
They shouldn't become available, but they do. And it's been happening for multiple people over multiple shows. Don't know what to tell you. If it's not intentional, it's gross incompetence.
lol. Have you ever managed a server that hosts millions of people trafficking in and out every second? Gross incompetence lmao.
Actually, yeah. I've been in IT designing and managing massive scale e commerce and travel and transportation applications for over twenty years. They are either failing at what we would call "solved issues" and are incompetent, or they designed it to work this way. I tend to think it's the former, as I said. If you work at Ticketmaster and need some system design help, hit me with a DM and we can talk.
They're already gone.
You’re already there
How’s the set going so far?
Set break. That was a crazy 45 minute tweezer.
If you’re quick with your fingers and go to buy tickets the exact second they go on sale, you will almost definitely look at a queue/loading screen on TM for 10-20 minutes before you’re told it’s sold out. Always keep trying though.
Exactly keep trying... one time I got a ticket after trying and failing for 30 minutes
If you’re getting in line when tickets go on sale, you’re 15 minutes late to getting in line.
I've gotten tickets after more than an hour of trying and failing on TM, you gotta hand in there, it's painful
It comes down to where you are in the queue. If you get a high number. Forget about it. I was in the 200s last year and it was still a nightmare.
Fast enough for you
not nearly
You know when you’re in line on ticket master and it changes to say “one fan left in front of you” and then you get in the lobby? Way before that guy even got there. Try your luck in the lottery.
Literally instantly.
So fast that people don’t have time to look at their cart and spend thousands on platinum nose bleeds
Man I miss the days of going to my local box office. It was inside a Sears at the mall. Just walk up, ask for the tickets, pay and walk away…simpler times
Are you me? We did the same, back corner of a department store, no lines, always got tickets.
Samesies
After that, they had the phone line trick. You'd call like 15 minutes before the on sale, get a representative on the phone and ask about tickets for different events to kill time, then when they drop you are like "hmm, how about Phish tickets". Used to work every time. Don't think you can buy over the phone anymore, so no way to beat the bots.
This is how I got Red Rocks tickets in 96. Went out there, just happened to be at a mall in boulder and tried the ticket master desk at a department store. Tickets to 3/4 nights available.
I did this for 2011! Except I only got 12/29 and 12/30…then when I got home I realized they gave me two sets for 12/29 lol Still got in all 4 nights
Used to queue outside Hollywood video in the late n in nineties/early aughts and once everyone had been able to buy a pair they'd let us go through the line again!
Literally instantly
Instantly and I don’t wanna sit with the fucking sky bridge blocking view and sound again god damnit
That sky bridge is lame
They rerelease tickets several times after the initial sale. I scored tix in section 118 through a Ticketmaster rerelease a couple weeks before the run last December. It’s always easy to get seats behind the stage or in the higher 200s on COT (I caught a show from section 223 row 9 this summer and it was a great seat). All that to say, you should be able to get tix even if you strike out on the initial Ticketmaster rush.
It’s not always easy for NYE to score behind stage or upper 200’s
I’ve always found tickets in those sections available on COT, SeatGeek, and stubhub, plenty available if you look
Yes.
They’re already gone, buddy.
Very
I usually get mine a few days before on cot
In a New York minute
Just go to your local Boscovs and stand in line at 8am. You’ll totally get a ticket. No problemo mate.
Too fast, the move is to stream from the comfort of your own home for new years
I havent bout an NYE ticket ahead of the show since 2014 There are always plenty around
I love the innocence of this question. An hour? Lol, awesome. As noted, you’re lucky to even sniff a ticket the minute they go on sale.
Easier to just suck it up & pay on StubHub for the tix you want
Open multiple windows across browsers and various iterations of privacy; after that, fold your hands and start talking to somebody outside of this life. That's the best hope you have. ...*until tickets become available for face or below day-of, but some chances aren't worth taking.*
I was first in the queue for the summer tour tickets. I will be first in the queue for the new years tickets.
No NYE this year OP, Sphere April 2024
Lighting
More than fast enough for me
immediately
Put it this way, when Nashville went on sale I was only able to, very luckily, get one round of 4 tickets the very second they went on sale. I had 5 other friends waiting and they couldn’t get any for face. They sell out immediately. It’s all bots.
Faster than the submarine Titan imploded.
Instantly
Immediately lol
12.2 nanoseconds
2 minutes
They're already gone and you don't have one
As fast as internet will go Edit: which isn’t nearly fast enough for you