Screw That

Vince · 09-19-2003, 12:53 PM

So I go online and I'm refreshing multiple computers at a time to get Giants postseason tickets when they go on sale at 10 AM PST. I finally get through the waiting room on one of the computers, but now it won't let me buy the tickets due to high volume of transactions. Five minutes later game 1 sells out.

I try game 2...nope, sold out.

I try game 3...one standing room only ticket. It won't let me have more than one standing room only ticket at a time. Now that's sold out too. This sucks ass!

Franklinnoble · 09-19-2003, 12:57 PM

Why bother? The Giants are just going to choke sooner or later anyway.

KevinNU7 · 09-19-2003, 01:19 PM

Vince, that is the annoying thing about the internet. You ahve no idea if you are going to get anything no matter how dedicated you are. Personally I'd like to go back to the days when everything was sold at the ballpark and you got in line 24 hours before it went on sale. That way the diehard fans got the tickets and the rich SOB wouldn't be left to pay the inflated scalped price, not me!

markprior22 · 09-19-2003, 01:27 PM

I absolutely hate trying to buy sports tickets anymore. If the event is big at all, the corporations and scalpers suck up all the tkts. Fans that follow the games all season are left out. Makes me wish I didn't like sports so much. I am a Cubs fan 3 hours from Chicago. I didn't even consider buying playoff tickets (insert Cub joke here). Seriously, it just isn't worth the hassle.

KevinNU7 · 09-19-2003, 01:30 PM

I'm a diehard red sox fan and was going to purchase season tickets (jsut graduated college so I can fianlly afford it). But it was too tough finding another financially stable friend who would spliut the cost of two tickets with me so I didn't. Now I'm kicking myself because I have 0 rights to playoff tickets and have to battle on the phone and internet with all the new england dumbasses who go to one game a year and think the it would be "cool to check it out" and cloge up the lines for me.

bbor · 09-19-2003, 01:31 PM

People still go to live sprting events???

KevinNU7 · 09-19-2003, 01:33 PM

Yes. We do not all weigh 500 pounds and are forced to live by the computer and TV because it is the only thing left in the one room in the house that can still fit your fat ass.

bbor · 09-19-2003, 01:35 PM

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Originally posted by KevinNU7
Yes. We do not all weigh 500 pounds and are forced to live by the computer and TV because it is the only thing left in the one room in the house that can still fit your fat ass.

Interesting.

And i weight 487 LBS now...so i can put the 27 inch tv in my room now instead of the 21 inch.

KevinNU7 · 09-19-2003, 01:37 PM

If you go flat screen you can get a bigger TV in there

bbor · 09-19-2003, 01:39 PM

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Originally posted by KevinNU7
If you go flat screen you can get a bigger TV in there

Sweet!

But i may mistake it for a wafer thin mint and eat it

Alan T · 09-19-2003, 01:52 PM

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Originally posted by KevinNU7
Vince, that is the annoying thing about the internet. You ahve no idea if you are going to get anything no matter how dedicated you are. Personally I'd like to go back to the days when everything was sold at the ballpark and you got in line 24 hours before it went on sale. That way the diehard fans got the tickets and the rich SOB wouldn't be left to pay the inflated scalped price, not me!

This is actually the reason I like it going to internet selling only.. Alot of the people in those lines were just homeless people paid by the scalpers to get tickets.. Hopefully this way everyone is more on the same footing.. Now I dont have to have no life for three days just to get tickets to one game. I can actually do my normal day activities and then have no life for 15 minutes as I try to get tickets

Radii · 09-19-2003, 01:56 PM

I got decent tickets to the Braves Divisional Series yesterday, what, a week after they went on sale? God bless apathetic Atlanta fans.

Alan T · 09-19-2003, 02:02 PM

I dont mind Radii.. it means whenever I come in town for work or to visit my family I can always be assured at getting tickets to the games

Damn Falcons are making it tougher though to get tickets these days...

ice4277 · 09-19-2003, 02:15 PM

I got great tickets to the Eastern Conference Finals for the Pistons last season. It all depends on what you are trying to get tix for. Naturally the most popular games/teams will be the most difficult to get tix for, just as it was before the Internet.

KevinNU7 · 09-19-2003, 02:22 PM

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Originally posted by ice4277
I got great tickets to the Eastern Conference Finals for the Pistons last season. It all depends on what you are trying to get tix for. Naturally the most popular games/teams will be the most difficult to get tix for, just as it was before the Internet.

Thank you captain obvious

Vince · 09-19-2003, 02:41 PM

What frustrates me the most is I got through their gay little waiting room bullshit, then I click to buy my two bleacher seats, and they're too busy to handle my request? What the hell is the point of the waiting room if I can't get the tickets once I'm out of it anyways? Grr...

cuervo72 · 09-19-2003, 09:16 PM

I bought Wiggles tickets through Ticketmaster today!

Alan T · 09-19-2003, 09:22 PM

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Originally posted by cuervo72
I bought Wiggles tickets through Ticketmaster today!

Fruit salad... yummy yummy...

VPI97 · 09-19-2003, 09:34 PM

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Originally posted by cuervo72
I bought Wiggles tickets through Ticketmaster today!

Are they touring the East coast now? Last time they were in the states it was West coast only.

ice4277 · 09-19-2003, 10:26 PM

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Originally posted by KevinNU7
Thank you captain obvious

Just doing my job. Next time capitalize the name, its rude not to.

09-19-2003, 01:19 PM	#3
KevinNU7 College Starter Join Date: May 2003 Location: Beantown	Vince, that is the annoying thing about the internet. You ahve no idea if you are going to get anything no matter how dedicated you are. Personally I'd like to go back to the days when everything was sold at the ballpark and you got in line 24 hours before it went on sale. That way the diehard fans got the tickets and the rich SOB wouldn't be left to pay the inflated scalped price, not me! __________________ Boston Bashers - III.14 - (8347)

09-19-2003, 01:30 PM	#5
KevinNU7 College Starter Join Date: May 2003 Location: Beantown	I'm a diehard red sox fan and was going to purchase season tickets (jsut graduated college so I can fianlly afford it). But it was too tough finding another financially stable friend who would spliut the cost of two tickets with me so I didn't. Now I'm kicking myself because I have 0 rights to playoff tickets and have to battle on the phone and internet with all the new england dumbasses who go to one game a year and think the it would be "cool to check it out" and cloge up the lines for me. __________________ Boston Bashers - III.14 - (8347)

09-19-2003, 01:31 PM	#6
bbor Pro Starter Join Date: May 2001 Location: toronto	People still go to live sprting events??? __________________ Pumpy Tudors Now that I've cracked and made that admission, I wonder if I'm only a couple of steps away from wanting to tongue-kiss Jaromir Jagr and give Bobby Clarke a blowjob.

09-19-2003, 01:33 PM	#7
KevinNU7 College Starter Join Date: May 2003 Location: Beantown	Yes. We do not all weigh 500 pounds and are forced to live by the computer and TV because it is the only thing left in the one room in the house that can still fit your fat ass. __________________ Boston Bashers - III.14 - (8347)

09-19-2003, 01:37 PM	#9
KevinNU7 College Starter Join Date: May 2003 Location: Beantown	If you go flat screen you can get a bigger TV in there __________________ Boston Bashers - III.14 - (8347)

09-19-2003, 12:57 PM	#2
Franklinnoble Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Placerville, CA	Why bother? The Giants are just going to choke sooner or later anyway.

09-19-2003, 01:27 PM	#4
markprior22 High School Varsity Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: springfield, il	I absolutely hate trying to buy sports tickets anymore. If the event is big at all, the corporations and scalpers suck up all the tkts. Fans that follow the games all season are left out. Makes me wish I didn't like sports so much. I am a Cubs fan 3 hours from Chicago. I didn't even consider buying playoff tickets (insert Cub joke here). Seriously, it just isn't worth the hassle.

09-19-2003, 01:56 PM	#12
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	I got decent tickets to the Braves Divisional Series yesterday, what, a week after they went on sale? God bless apathetic Atlanta fans.

09-19-2003, 02:02 PM	#13
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	I dont mind Radii.. it means whenever I come in town for work or to visit my family I can always be assured at getting tickets to the games Damn Falcons are making it tougher though to get tickets these days... __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.

09-19-2003, 02:15 PM	#14
ice4277 Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Berkley, MI: The Hotbed of FOFC!	I got great tickets to the Eastern Conference Finals for the Pistons last season. It all depends on what you are trying to get tix for. Naturally the most popular games/teams will be the most difficult to get tix for, just as it was before the Internet.

09-19-2003, 02:41 PM	#16
Vince Pro Starter Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Willow Glen, CA	What frustrates me the most is I got through their gay little waiting room bullshit, then I click to buy my two bleacher seats, and they're too busy to handle my request? What the hell is the point of the waiting room if I can't get the tickets once I'm out of it anyways? Grr... __________________ Every time a Dodger scores a run, an angel has its wings ripped off by a demon, and is forced to tearfully beg the demon to cauterize the wounds.The demon will refuse, and the sobbing angel will lie in a puddle of angel blood and feathers for eternity, wondering why the Dodgers are allowed to score runs.That’s not me talking: that’s science. McCoveyChronicles.com.

09-19-2003, 09:16 PM	#17
cuervo72 Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Maryland	I bought Wiggles tickets through Ticketmaster today! __________________ null

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