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Tom · 07-18-2000, 09:15 AM

Ah . . . finally a topic I'm am an expert on.
Guess what guys, the time for individually selecting your seats is in the past. With modern technology as it is today, there are too many routes a person can choose when ordering tickets. By telephone centers, ticket outlets, over the internet as well as at the venue, and each are vying for the same tickets at the same time. If you're thinking about selecting your tix, especially on the day they go on sale, then you might as well resign yourself to the fact that your tix will more than likely be upstairs somewhere and the people in line behind you are searching for a rope to hang you with. For with each second you're haggling over where to sit, hundreds of seats are being sold via the more than 150 outlets, phone, venue or wherever. And no, there is not a better way in which to purchase. Going to an outlet close to your home may not be the right choice for the simple reason (and I don't mean to offend anyone here) that depending on the type of music, you may have to go out of your respective neighborhoods and into areas where you normally don't go- where the lines will be much shorter. Remember this tip the next time you go buy tix. Also, by going to an outlet, you'll have to take in account that that seller will not- I repeat, will not know the building as well as the seller at the venue. Another tip. Phone sells are the most convenient (and probably most used method) as you press the redial button while laying in bed and reading the newspaper. Those people have no reason to complain about the high service charge. Internet sells are on the increase as more people are getting computer savvy. They do have an advantage whereas there is a seating chart on-line and can pretty much verify approximately where seats are available before purchasing- but like I said before, the longer you wait the better chance of that ticket not being there when you're ready to pay for it. These rules apply to tix being sold through a ticketing agent such as Ticketmaster. As far as better seats being sold on a 2nd or 3rd day after going on sale- it's the way the computer system is set up. They are programmed to bring up the best seats available at the time of the order. Say front row center. The computer will continue to sell seats in that section for 7 or 8 rows (as an example) before moving to the next best section and selling from it. The process continues in that method until all seats are sold.
In the case of Bicentennial Center- they are selling hard tickets which means they are not sold by computer. Each outlet is assigned an alottment of tix on varying prices/locations. The problem with hard tickets is that there will be certain outlets which will always have the better seat selections- it will be up to the customer to find which locations those are. Not the best way to sell tickets IMHO. And apparently Ken is dealing with an additional case if incompetence.
So, since you've all completed Ticket Purchasing 101, is anyone ready for Intermediate Ticketing? (LOL)

07-18-2000, 09:15 AM	#4
Tom Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Detroit, USA Posts: 280	Ah . . . finally a topic I'm am an expert on. Guess what guys, the time for individually selecting your seats is in the past. With modern technology as it is today, there are too many routes a person can choose when ordering tickets. By telephone centers, ticket outlets, over the internet as well as at the venue, and each are vying for the same tickets at the same time. If you're thinking about selecting your tix, especially on the day they go on sale, then you might as well resign yourself to the fact that your tix will more than likely be upstairs somewhere and the people in line behind you are searching for a rope to hang you with. For with each second you're haggling over where to sit, hundreds of seats are being sold via the more than 150 outlets, phone, venue or wherever. And no, there is not a better way in which to purchase. Going to an outlet close to your home may not be the right choice for the simple reason (and I don't mean to offend anyone here) that depending on the type of music, you may have to go out of your respective neighborhoods and into areas where you normally don't go- where the lines will be much shorter. Remember this tip the next time you go buy tix. Also, by going to an outlet, you'll have to take in account that that seller will not- I repeat, will not know the building as well as the seller at the venue. Another tip. Phone sells are the most convenient (and probably most used method) as you press the redial button while laying in bed and reading the newspaper. Those people have no reason to complain about the high service charge. Internet sells are on the increase as more people are getting computer savvy. They do have an advantage whereas there is a seating chart on-line and can pretty much verify approximately where seats are available before purchasing- but like I said before, the longer you wait the better chance of that ticket not being there when you're ready to pay for it. These rules apply to tix being sold through a ticketing agent such as Ticketmaster. As far as better seats being sold on a 2nd or 3rd day after going on sale- it's the way the computer system is set up. They are programmed to bring up the best seats available at the time of the order. Say front row center. The computer will continue to sell seats in that section for 7 or 8 rows (as an example) before moving to the next best section and selling from it. The process continues in that method until all seats are sold. In the case of Bicentennial Center- they are selling hard tickets which means they are not sold by computer. Each outlet is assigned an alottment of tix on varying prices/locations. The problem with hard tickets is that there will be certain outlets which will always have the better seat selections- it will be up to the customer to find which locations those are. Not the best way to sell tickets IMHO. And apparently Ken is dealing with an additional case if incompetence. So, since you've all completed Ticket Purchasing 101, is anyone ready for Intermediate Ticketing? (LOL)