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Wow, I am slow, I just realized this was "birdseyeview" who put the tickets in the "ticket exchange"........same seats

cochise Wrote:Wow, I am slow, I just realized this was "birdseyeview" who put the tickets in the "ticket exchange"........same seats

That's right, and he took a bit of a verbal beating back then. I still think it's ethically wrong to use a pre-sale that's meant for fans to buy extra tickets that you have every intention of selling for profit. Said it back when birdseyeview was getting ripped the first time -- I could have bought as many tickets as possible that morning, sold them for profit and made enough $$ to cover my entire weekend in Kingston. But instead, I want other fans to get those seats and have a good time beside me.

May it be a cold, cold night with a wicked winter wind blowing off the lake for any scalpers trying to unload tickets on the night of the show.

That's funny.

I didn't realize that was the whoopla the article mentioned. I felt bad for Birdseyeview at the time. My heart sank a bit when he ended it with...

"The 2nd set of tickets have already been sold too, so enjoy the show without me."

NegPhil Wrote:"The 2nd set of tickets have already been sold too, so enjoy the show without me."

Which by the sounds of the article was a lie.

Yeah, I didn't want to say it.

Allright,.....I thought this mess could of been put to rest, but then I was approached by a reporter to tell my tale of selling tragically hip tickets.

So lets start from the beginning....

"The 2nd set of tickets have been sold so enjoy the show without me"

That had to be said at that point in time. Even if I we're to go to the show or not (which at that point in time i DID plan on selling the tickets to my good friend), people knew where I sat from the ticket exchange section and there was a threatening post (mock or serious) out there.....

"Now we all know where he's sitting though."

So I said I sold the tickets to save face that the person in the seats may or may not be me. A few weeks later my loan went through for Grad school, making me financially more stable and leaving me with extra cash from the ticket.

The lady from Kingston this week found me and so I decided to tell my story. Scalping is not my profession, it is not cool to be on the short end I know and after all the hassle these tickets have cause you can better believe I won't be doing it again.

I can't change what happen and what was said, you know where im sitting and my face is on the kingstonthisweek.com website, so my girlfriend and I will see you at a once in a lifetime concert; I just hope you're going to see a good show too, not chastise a guy who made some wrong choice.

birdseyeview Wrote:Allright,.....I thought this mess could of been put to rest, but then I was approached by a reporter to tell my tale of selling tragically hip tickets.

So lets start from the beginning....

"The 2nd set of tickets have been sold so enjoy the show without me"

That had to be said at that point in time. Even if I we're to go to the show or not (which at that point in time i DID plan on selling the tickets to my good friend), people knew where I sat from the ticket exchange section and there was a threatening post (mock or serious) out there.....

"Now we all know where he's sitting though."

So I said I sold the tickets to save face that the person in the seats may or may not be me. A few weeks later my loan went through for Grad school, making me financially more stable and leaving me with extra cash from the ticket.

The lady from Kingston this week found me and so I decided to tell my story. Scalping is not my profession, it is not cool to be on the short end I know and after all the hassle these tickets have cause you can better believe I won't be doing it again.

I can't change what happen and what was said, you know where im sitting and my face is on the kingstonthisweek.com website, so my girlfriend and I will see you at a once in a lifetime concert; I just hope you're going to see a good show too, not chastise a guy who made some wrong choice.

I think it's time to cut this guy some slack. He bought one pair of tickets for himself and his girl friend and was able to improve them at the general sale. With the crazy prices these tickets are going for on ebay, it would be hard to resist, especially if you were a student. It's not like he purchased 6 tickets at the pre-sale and another 6 at the general sale, with the sole purpose of using the extra tickets to make money of the backs of fans who weren't able to buy a pair, like some have done. His only mistake was posting them here first...but at least he was honest about it.

in your ticket selling thread I Wrote:Now we all know where he's sitting though. :rambo:

birdseyeview Wrote:That had to be said at that point in time. Even if I we're to go to the show or not (which at that point in time i DID plan on selling the tickets to my good friend), people knew where I sat from the ticket exchange section and there was a threatening post (mock or serious) out there.....

"Now we all know where he's sitting though."

My post was not (really) serious. Have you seen what I look like? I'm harmless.

I still don't really agree with what you did, but I just wanted to let you know through this post that I didn't mean you any harm....more just embarassment, which I think you're probably encountering through this whole mess anyway. :roll:

How did a reporter find you? I want one to find me.

Hey Bridseyeview, I'm glad your going to the show and I hope you have a great time. It was obvious from the start that you were a nice guy who got caught in a Shit Storm with Shit Hawks circling overhead.


It's great to see so many people this excited to see the boys. I wish I could go to the show and buy you a cold beer but there is no way in hell I'm paying one of you bloodsuckers 500 bucks for a ticket!



Peace

NegPhil Wrote:Hey Bridseyeview, I'm glad your going to the show and I hope you have a great time. It was obvious from the start that you were a nice guy who got caught in a Shit Storm with Shit Hawks circling overhead.

I think the TPB quote sums up my whole experience with this situation. As much as people were on me for what I did (which I totally understand why they did so), it show how great of people hip fans really are to understand what happened and be able to move on so everyone can enjoy the reason for all of this.....the sweet sound of two Gords, a Paul, a Rob and a Johnny.

birdseyeview Wrote:everyone can enjoy the reason for all of this.....the sweet sound of two Gords, a Paul, a Rob and a Johnny.

You're right, it's all about the music and great to see such passionate fans. I think most were annoyed to see tickets appear on ebay so soon after the pre-sale, most likely being sold by people who had no intention of going and were selling "great seats" at the back of the floor.

Likely most of us did the same as you and checked out the general sale to see if we could upgrade, and you got lucky.

Hey birdseyeview! Those were YOUR tickets. You can choose to do with them whatever you want! You can go to the show, give them away or you can sell them for profit. Im so sick of all these people crying about folks with better tickets than they have making some money. Get a grip, either get yourselves better seats by chance or pony up some money and buy yourselves first row!

My first Hip show ever was bought from a scalper I found in the paper. $125 per ticket for 5th row left at the Gardens, whadya gonna do, amazing show that was! I didn't care about the extra money, I was just happy to be that close for my first Hip show! Enjoy Kingston everyone, can't wait myself!

I got section 6 on the floors row 3. heheheheh lets see, uhhhh 14 rows per section. 3 sections across. so i am in row 17, not bad for getting them on presale at cost. I was offered $350 a pair for my other 4 , so I could have made $700. but I sold them to a friend of a friend for $300 a pair. YUP I made a few bucks. Ahhh well what ya gonna do. My hotel is now paid for also. We will rock out and enjoy oursleves. plus the friends of friends will be sitting beside us having fun also and glad they got them, im sure of it. I have often paid HUGE SUMS for tickets to shows that I HAD TO GO TO.