Seattlest: Beastie Boys At The Croc: Sold Out In Ten Seconds

Ad-Rock

Mon, 28 May 2007 04:07:53 -0800

Even if there were no scalpers on this show it would not have mattered. It was THE BEASTIE BOYS at the CROC. It was going to sellout in seconds since it was a TINY venue with a seminal band.

Rob Thorn

Thu, 24 May 2007 12:47:35 -0800

I was crazy enough to pay mad dollars for tix and now I'm selling two of my extras. I've been able to confirm that two of the tix are in MY name with Ticketmaster and I've got one other from another guy's set. $500 for two. That's what I paid and that's what I'm asking. rbthorn01@yahoo.com

Jason Josephes

Thu, 24 May 2007 11:55:08 -0800

Sorry, but it's a free market. If someone is willing to pay almost $400 for a ticket, suddenly, the ticket becomes worth that much. Tickets were originally $25, let's call it $45 after all the Ticketmaster fees and such, and you're looking at a $350 profit. I'd scalp 'em, too. Although I can leave you with a heartwarming note: a coupla years ago when Tom Waits played the Paramount, a buddy of mine had third row center tickets. This was Waits' only American show at the time and said friend could have easily sold the pair for 1800-2000 dollars, but he didn't. AND he loved the show so much he'd do it again.

Adam Pond

Thu, 24 May 2007 10:00:08 -0800

Hate to break it to you folks who didn't get tickets, but this show is going to be difficult for people to really scalp tickets for so I think much of your anger is being misplaced...The reason for this being that tickets are Will Call only and each person was limited to purchasing 2 tickets - So the "scalper" is really only going to be able to probably scalp 1 of the 2 tickets - I highly doubt they are going to let someone come in, show their ID/credit card and then let that person turn around and walk out the door to drag 2 people in - at best, the scalper is going to be able to sell their 2nd ticket to the highest bidder - this is what the few tickets on Ebay appear to be advertised as.

rich

Wed, 23 May 2007 22:02:34 -0800

Yeah, what a fucking scam ticketBastard is. what the fuck. Me and 5 other guys in my office were poised over the button and hammered the motherfucker right at 4 (and trust me, seconds before and after) AND, we had one rep on the phone telling us "sorry, Internet sales only" and then, oops, sorry, it's sold out. ARGH!!!! I hope the place burns down and those fucking scalpers perish with it.

Mark

Wed, 23 May 2007 18:44:25 -0800

I must say -- the fact that they're only allowing will call tickets really helps cut down on scalpers. Theoretically the only option is to buy two and scalp one of the pair (since you have to show ID to pick them up at the door). I just looked at eBay and there's only one listing and it's the "meet me at the box office" type. For $325 though, dammit. So good for the Beastie Boys/Crocodile/whomever for that. Though it does me no good -- I tried and failed. If anyone has an extra ticket.... ;)

Unsuccessful Friend

Wed, 23 May 2007 17:18:25 -0800

Thank you for bringing up the subject of online ticket scalping. At this moment in time, I am seriously heated over the fact that those scalping SOBs somehow managed to have enough good Karma (or an automated ticket retrieval mechanism?) to get through the maximum ten seconds of online purchasing time. I wish nothing but the worst of Karma on those greedy SOBs and hope they feel really terrible while they ae counting all that hardly earned cashed. I got one thing to say to all the scalpers out there, "Just think of the children."