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TICKETMASTER

JOHNNY DEE
in Melbourne Demons

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HI Demonlanders is there anybody out there who knows how Ticketmaster works ,is it fair is it legal .Got on at 10 am yesterday for ticket to NFL game MCG ,in queue 49000 waited got to buy about 11 am trying to pick a seat while trying to pay got booted out back to 20000 in queue hung on managed to get a seat about 12 pm I was lucky .Do scalpers have a system of multiple computers etc ,why was AMERICAN EXPRESS ,card holders given 1st go .Seeing its at the G why are the general Melbourne public not given 1st chance especially the cheap standing room tickets etc .This company has a monopoly and the general sporting public in Melbourne does not stand a chance of getting a good ticket at fair price .

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    18 minutes ago, JOHNNY DEE said:

    HI Demonlanders is there anybody out there who knows how Ticketmaster works ,is it fair is it legal .Got on at 10 am yesterday for ticket to NFL game MCG ,in queue 49000 waited got to buy about 11 am trying to pick a seat while trying to pay got booted out back to 20000 in queue hung on managed to get a seat about 12 pm I was lucky .Do scalpers have a system of multiple computers etc ,why was AMERICAN EXPRESS ,card holders given 1st go .Seeing its at the G why are the general Melbourne public not given 1st chance especially the cheap standing room tickets etc .This company has a monopoly and the general sporting public in Melbourne does not stand a chance of getting a good ticket at fair price .

    18 minutes ago, JOHNNY DEE said:

    HI Demonlanders is there anybody out there who knows how Ticketmaster works ,is it fair is it legal .Got on at 10 am yesterday for ticket to NFL game MCG ,in queue 49000 waited got to buy about 11 am trying to pick a seat while trying to pay got booted out back to 20000 in queue hung on managed to get a seat about 12 pm I was lucky .Do scalpers have a system of multiple computers etc ,why was AMERICAN EXPRESS ,card holders given 1st go .Seeing its at the G why are the general Melbourne public not given 1st chance especially the cheap standing room tickets etc .This company has a monopoly and the general sporting public in Melbourne does not stand a chance of getting a good ticket at fair price .

    My guess is that the NFL took over all the ticketing decisions. I don't think the MCG/MCC had a say in how the tickets would be sold (including prices).

    Luckily for me I only had 9000 people in front of me in the queue. No major issues to get my two tickets.

    The advice is to be ready at least 30 minutes before the sale starts. They have a virtual waiting room, which you should join as soon as possible.

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    NFL team members were on a week ago - same day as MCC Members. Amex presale happens at most events.

    NFL team members had a waitlist of 150,000 people....

    I got on at Amex presale - couldn't find a seat less than $350 so decided i wasn't spending $1400 for 4 tickets and left

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    Did all that ,last year when we played WC at Docklands our home game had to get tickets on a Ticketmaster APP ,me my wife both REDLEG members got into ground ok but App wouldn't come up on my I phone so we were not allowed to sit in Level 2 told by staff member to go to ticket office and be allocated seats MFC office already closed went to Docklands office told lady there about it all she spent 20 mins trying to find 2 seats that were available for us to sit in stadium ,got our seats 3rd level 10 mins to go 2nd Q .There was only 19000 at the game .Rang the Dees about on the Monday ,told Ticketmaster ,control the ticketing there nothing we can do .

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    And why does American Express card holders get 1st go , I looked into getting one ,$400 fee the average sports goer in Melbourne ,supposedly the sport going capital on the planet does not stand a chance of getting a fair ticket ,maybe the heads at Totem Pole House might have rethink about the GF and let the real football public a chance at getting a ticket instead of rent a crowd being looked after .

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    Needless to say there have been books written on the ticket selling industry. No system has ever been perfect and a computerised selling system with windows open for such short periods is complex to say the least. If it means anything we're a lot better off than USA where scalping is legal. Just have a look at sites like StubHub and Viagogo.

    And yes there are programs run by large subsellers that give them priority. Would they have been operating in a one off event like this. Who knows. One thing is that there would be a large number of tickets sold to tour companies. The international and interstate demand for this game is quite high

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    4 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    Needless to say there have been books written on the ticket selling industry. No system has ever been perfect and a computerised selling system with windows open for such short periods is complex to say the least. If it means anything we're a lot better off than USA where scalping is legal. Just have a look at sites like StubHub and Viagogo.

    And yes there are programs run by large subsellers that give them priority. Would they have been operating in a one off event like this. Who knows. One thing is that there would be a large number of tickets sold to tour companies. The international and interstate demand for this game is quite high

    4 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    Needless to say there have been books written on the ticket selling industry. No system has ever been perfect and a computerised selling system with windows open for such short periods is complex to say the least. If it means anything we're a lot better off than USA where scalping is legal. Just have a look at sites like StubHub and Viagogo.

    And yes there are programs run by large subsellers that give them priority. Would they have been operating in a one off event like this. Who knows. One thing is that there would be a large number of tickets sold to tour companies. The international and interstate demand for this game is quite high

    As fast as I understand these tickets are not transferable, so how could you even try to sell them?

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