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Re: I am in total shock about the contest

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:02:28 GMT

YEAH I AGREE FEED THE HORSES NOT THE SCALPERS

Re: I am in total shock about the contest

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 22:57:27 GMT

It shall be very interesting. Where abouts are your seats?

Re: I am in total shock about the contest

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:11:31 GMT

Hi mcquinn, I am also a new member of Friends First, got my membership confirmation in the mail today. It will be interesting to see who wins the contest.

Re: I am in total shock about the contest

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:15:42 GMT

I too am fully annoyed at the fact that this contest is only open to pre-sale ticket holders. Obviously when reading many of the posts there were many DG fans who were not able to get tix in the presale and were very upset. So how does it make sense or better the situation to have a contest STRICTLY for pre-sale tix holders? would it not make more sense to have it open to all Toronto ticket holders to try to make everyone happy, espeically the large group of fans that missed out on the presale tix ???

In my particular situation, to make sure I got decent tickets and to not feed into the scalpers, I payed $80 to become a friends first member at Massey Hall to get my tix before the public sale....and after all that, I still can't be entered into a contest for the show? I also bought both CDs online, through the shop, both which I have not received yet.

So I'm right there with you katiemay....I'm completely disgusted...

Re: I am in total shock about the contest

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:26:15 GMT

Thanks for listening Kendall. Nice to hear some measures are being taken.

Re: I am in total shock about the contest

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:41:08 GMT

We're sorry that so many of you weren't successful this time around. We know that it is small consolation right now but please know that there will be more great offers and opportunities like this in the future.

boombabych, I'm glad to hear you got tickets. Hopefully you can stick around to share some photos and stories about the show after it's passed. I think everyone would appreciate it.

And yes there are measures in place to prevent scalped passes for this event from being used. So if you see anyone selling passes to this event don't buy them.

Thanks
-Kendall

Re: I am in total shock about the contest

Sun, 28 Oct 2007 16:26:40 GMT

You are right Katie however the Fan Liberation Front (FLF) of the Rainbow Brigade will be mounting a protest about the presale policies.

Re: I am in total shock about the contest

Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:04:57 GMT

It sure was nice of her! We were all on facebook, frantically messaging back and forth! What a high stress hour that was! lol

The best part is that we do all have tickets, however we got them, and we get to enjoy another meet up and a predictably great show.

Re: I am in total shock about the contest

Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:41:41 GMT

Kudos to you boombabych for trying to help Katie get some ticks, that was nice of you.

Re: I am in total shock about the contest

Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:33:59 GMT

Hey Kris, yes I'm going with the office staff, dear old Dad, my man and a few other friends. Would be great to meet up for a beer before hand. I still think back to listening through the door at the Rogers Centre with you to the soundcheck in MO-REAL, what a riot. Is Ricardo going? And there shall be no stalking my dear, behave yourself!

We have a couple in row R as well, I agree with you that this was really the only time I have been so frustrated with the ticket purchase. I was pretty lucky with Montreal and Ottawa in summer 2006 but got those through TM fair and square.

When will you know whether you are goin?

Re: I am in total shock about the contest

Sat, 27 Oct 2007 20:36:44 GMT

Boom, I cant wait to see you and Mr. Boom again.

Im also excited for katiemay who missed a few shows when she had her little guy , all the shoit and frustration you have been through this time round......it better be a good show too!

Bluewater???? Are you going???? OMG! Cool! Cant wait to stalk with ya again! :)

I for one am so turned off by the super bs that surrounds this new BB now. The site is the site and yes life changes and things change...but this isnt for the better, this have gotten poor.

Im not even going to beging to explain my ticket headaches, because it is going to give me another one.

All in all, this whole experience so far has not been anything like the 5 previous shows Ive been to. Getting tickets was fun and exciting, I even won a pair once through this site from a contest(I had already bought mine so gave them to someone I ended up turning into a Grayhead!) and I didnt even have to buy anything. We were able to get tickets with ease before, this time.......no presales for me.......got tickets from ticketbastard on the floor.....Row R like 1 minute after they went on sale......when I checked back an hour later there were better seats then the ones I got.

Anywho, I might not even be able to go after all this, so might have to sell them to someone at face of course!

Re: I am in total shock about the contest

Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:27:54 GMT

Bluewater:

Good luck with the contest boombaby, I suppose it was your lucky day on the presale. If you didn't get tickets and sat for an hour you would have been equally as the not so lucky.

bluewater, yes, I do consider myself extremely lucky!!!! I managed to grab a couple of tickets as soon as they went on sale. I was then trying to help katie get some too-for over an hour. Had I known it was going to be such a hassle getting tickets, I would have grabbed some for her right away.

I had taken time off work just to do this too...so I ended up not getting paid for my time as well.

Re: I am in total shock about the contest

Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:43:54 GMT

Gosh katiemay that must have been frustrating. We are all over the place in groups at the gig. But if you look up front row centre balcony you will catch a few of us. Others are disbursed on the floor 12 rows back and almost at the back door and some up in the front row of the gallery. Are you going down early for a preshow beverage? Send me a pm.

Good luck with the contest boombaby, I suppose it was your lucky day on the presale. If you didn't get tickets and sat for an hour you would have been equally as the not so lucky.

Re: I am in total shock about the contest

Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:15:23 GMT

Yes...I think it is unfair to not offer the contest to anyone from the BB or fans of David. If the promoters are trying to promote the CD's, then offer it to anyone who purchases it, not just the people who were fortunate enough to score some tickets for the presale.

Even though I am not a "frequent visitor" to the BB, I am a huge fan of David's - why does that not make you feel that I should not be "allowed" to enter the contest? Why should it not be open to any fans of Davids? I know for a fact there are many other fans out there that do not post on this BB, but frequent it and the website just to find out what is going on with David and his music. Why shouldn't they enter the contest?

I also have a question: What would happen if a scalper entered the contest.....won, and then scalped the passes for the soundcheck? Is there something in place to prevent that from happening?

Re: I am in total shock about the contest

Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:00:24 GMT

Yes Bluewater, I am equally annoyed. What a load of bull that is. Pre sale only. Even if I had managed to purchase the tickets that I spent 50 odd minutes aggressively trying to get, I would feel awful for the rest of the fans not having the chance.

To make matters worse, the tickets I managed on ticketmaster were not the greatest....gallery (so 2 levels above floor). I checked it out later, and saw that floor were still available. How maddening is that?! I went on right at time of sale and best available was gallery. It took me a few days of stewing to contact ticketmaster to complain. They cancelled my tickets and asked me to go online to rebuy the floor ones, only when I did that, they were gone. If it wasn't for bad luck, I'd have no luck. So, rather than take the gallery seats back, I decided to "feed the scalpers" (the fcukers, I hate scalpers!) and secured 10th row on the floor. I didn't pay too much over the top though. My total bill with ticketmaster (with fees for this and that) was 147, and from the scalper I got them for 230. And next thing you know you'll see soundcheck passes up on ebay. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

This whole experience has been the pits. And now this contest to "pre sale only" has just infuriated me moreso.

I'd better win that prize for buying the bundle CD package. lol