[aaronck]

Did anyone get or try a Global password?

[daylight]

Well, I upgraded two rows and closer to the centre. If anyone wants two row 6 tickets a little off to the right, let me know. Face value plus shipping if necessary.

[gentoo]

I was able to get row 5. Since I wasn't anywhere near a computer for the presale I thought I'd get a crappy seat today, so I'm quite pleased.

[thedarkcanuck]

rant warning...so i am on ticketbastard and manage to get 15th row after turning down about 20 different sets, then i log back in 10 minutes later to check the seat numbers to see how centre they are and it shows i have sec.107 which is practically behind the stage. i`ve had seats there in the past and they blow hard. the sound is crap and if i`m paying $180 for tickets, it`s nice to see the faces of the performers. so i phone customer service and he offers me sec 114 for the 107s. well at least i`d be able to see them straight on...if i had binocs....total opposite end of the rink from the stage.so needless to say, i told the ticketbastard dude to kindly go and fuck himself and his company and cancelled my order... why are there scalpers? because people don`t want to deal with the hassle of shit like this. i probably will never buy tickets any other way other than ebay or a private seller where it isn`t a crapshoot and i can be where i want to be. are we ever going to have a hip club like we used to where this stuff would be avoided?

[MountainHip]

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[catiekins]

My sis and I showed up at a ticket master we generally never go to expecting to be a part of a crowd...surprise, surprise, surprise...we WERE the lineup...

Long story short, Row 3 on the floor, and no one to compete with. I have a new favourite ticketmaster:-)

[Billy]

My sis and I showed up at a ticket master we generally never go to expecting to be a part of a crowd...surprise, surprise, surprise...we WERE the lineup...

Long story short, Row 3 on the floor, and no one to compete with. I have a new favourite ticketmaster:-)

I have no beef at all with you, infact, good on ya for getting great seats.

My question is, what value are the pre-sales? It seems like a complete waste of my time and energy to get all geared up thinking I'm going to beat out the general public for kick ass seats, when the reality is I only ended up beating myself. What a load of garbage. I thought the whole idea was to give thehip.com members some sort of advanced privilege, but turns out if I had waited for the public sale I could have got 13 rows closer...garbage, just garbage.

As flawed as many people say the old Hipclub was, I sure got good seats through it.

[gambler]

My question is, what value are the pre-sales? It seems like a complete waste of my time and energy to get all geared up thinking I'm going to beat out the general public for kick ass seats, when the reality is I only ended up beating myself. What a load of garbage. I thought the whole idea was to give thehip.com members some sort of advanced privilege, but turns out if I had waited for the public sale I could have got 13 rows closer...garbage, just garbage.

As flawed as many people say the old Hipclub was, I sure got good seats through it.

I couldn't have said it any better myself, Billy. Amen. If this is how it's going to be for presales from here on in, I'll pass.

[aaronck]

I use presales as my first shot at tickets, got me third row seats at the Dome for the last tour, Front Row at the Jube...pretty good I'd say. This year, I struck out, but am confident something will come up. To compare, the newly reformed Police are much richer than they used to be, based on super high ticket prices, supplemented by $100 per show fan club memberships that I hear got no one good tickets, Hip Club free???? I think it's fantastic.
Face it, the Hip are a big band in Canada, they're not going to play for $35 anymore, I don't think anyone will...

[Billy]

I use presales as my first shot at tickets, got me third row seats at the Dome for the last tour, Front Row at the Jube...pretty good I'd say. This year, I struck out, but am confident something will come up. To compare, the newly reformed Police are much richer than they used to be, based on super high ticket prices, supplemented by $100 per show fan club memberships that I hear got no one good tickets, Hip Club free???? I think it's fantastic.
Face it, the Hip are a big band in Canada, they're not going to play for $35 anymore, I don't think anyone will...

You touched on my point exactly...what happed to the good tickets we used to get with the Hipclub? Also, I don't care what anyone else is doing or charging for tickets. I just shelled out $89.00 per ticket for 16th row, and I now find out it was stupid to do so. I feel I have every right to complain about a piss-poor system.

This Hip have always been big in Canada, at least for the last 15ish years, so that isn't anything new. Why all of a sudden are they feeling the need to cash in on fans? I understand that costs are rising but are they rising that much and that quickly? My 3rd row floor tickets 2.5 years ago at the Dome were in the $45.00 - $50.00 range.

I'm actually surprised at the general level of apathy about this. It's almost as if speaking out about this is somehow against the rules for being a die hard fan. Bollocks to that.

[thedarkcanuck]

i`m with ya all the way billy. with the old hip clubs run, i never had worse than first 10 rows, at any show i wanted to go to....now i`m lucky to get in the first 20 rows and its difficult to justify paying $180,plus hotel, gas etc, being that far back when i got used to seeing the band from so close up. now we have guys from new york or somewhere selling like 15 sets of tickets for the same show that are closer than mine and that just aint right

[daylight]

I think the difference is that the Hip (or their direct associates) delegated the presale tickets with THC, but now Ticketmaster decides how many and which tickets are available for the presales. That's what I assume, anyway.

[QuizShowChampion]

Are The Hip the ones setting the prices for seats?

[tth_fan]

Are The Hip the ones setting the prices for seats?

I doubt it in this case, because the ticket will also get you into the Stampede...sounds like the Stampede organizers set this one up

[QuizShowChampion]

Are The Hip the ones setting the prices for seats?

I doubt it in this case, because the ticket will also get you into the Stampede...sounds like the Stampede organizers set this one up

Then why are people up in arms about the band turning their backs on the fans/gouging the fans?