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Re: [Police] Give the club a chance?
by HILARY L JUSTH 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

As a long time member of Outlandos who never got any advance tickets or other concert perks before as a member, I was really excited to hear that we on this side of the pond were going to finally get to order tickets ahead of time. However, the first attempt at this, the NYC show, seems to have had more than its fair share of problems. Many people on the Sting.com boards are saying that they did not get notification and otherwise were not aware of the tickets being put up for sale. To add insult to injury, Sting.com and ticketmaster are offering 1680 of the GA floor tickets (coupled with a fan club membership, that many of us already have paid for) to the highest bidder with a minimum starting bid of 50.00. If you are already a member of the fan club and have paid 65.00 (or 35.00 in my case) then cannot get tickets for the base price of 48.50 (the price for fan club members at the presale) because they had sold out the fan club allotment before many of us were even aware that they were up for sale, I think that there is some justification for disappointment. I would not be as upset with the situation if the tickets were all sold and there were no more available, but with 1680 tickets still available, it makes me wonder how many were available to begin with. The Hammerstein "seats" about 3,000 (I think) so if 1,680 are available that means that the max number of fan club tickets initially available would be approximately 1,320. The actual number is likely much less than this since there are likely a lot of tickets that have been held for VIPs, radio, family and friends. I guess the point is in the future, I am hoping that we get more advance notification and all of us have the opportunity to be able to take advantage of the fact that we are members of the fan club and can get presale tickets. I like the people involved with Outlandos and am hoping that this is all just some of the natural problems that can be associated with a new format and that some of these problems will be resolved before he tours in the beginning of next year. Hilary On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 11:30:48, Ross Viner wrote: > Hi Guys, > While there is room for interpretation to suggest the club isn't looking > out for members interests, please keep in mind that the "new" club, > album and tour are in its infancy. I'd be surprised if the powers that > be do NOT have something cool in mind for members down the road. > Also remember, that auctions can go for WAY more than what we paid. So > in fairness to the decision makers, they too do not know for sure. > > I'm sure they aren't out to screw anybody, particularly fan club > members. > > Just put yourself in their shoes, and think how you'd handle things. > > Ross > > > _______________________________________________ > Police mailing list > Police(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/police > >

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Re: [Police] New info re: allocation of Paris tix
by Teri Kronberg 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

Looks like you all will be camping out the night before the show. On the bright side--I've done that, it can be fun. :) Teri (who spent too much money to go to Paris) -- amaryll <amaryll(a)norwoodlight.com> wrote: have you all seen the paris update on sting.com? "No seats have been allocated yet, seats will be chosen RANDOMLY, REGARDLESS OF WHEN YOU ORDERED THE TICKETS AND WHEN YOU PICKED THEM UP." WOnder how they're gonna do the random allocation? Wristband lottery? ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

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Who's going to NY?
by Stingfan222＠aol.com 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

OK, Finally got the go ahead to go, just got my e-mail from ticketbastard that they're printing the tickets ... next up, flights, hotels, etc. As I've always driven to the shows (easier when I was in Boston!) I haven't done the logistical thing. Can we infiltrate a hotel and get a block of rooms (maybe a discount along with a number of rooms)? Any of you New Yorkers have any suggestions as far as where to stay that's convenient to both the Today show gig and the Hammerstein? Is Laguardia the easiest airport to fly into? Any help, much appreciated! Michelle

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Give the club a chance?
by Ross Viner 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

Hi Guys, While there is room for interpretation to suggest the club isn't looking out for members interests, please keep in mind that the "new" club, album and tour are in its infancy. I'd be surprised if the powers that be do NOT have something cool in mind for members down the road. Also remember, that auctions can go for WAY more than what we paid. So in fairness to the decision makers, they too do not know for sure. I'm sure they aren't out to screw anybody, particularly fan club members. Just put yourself in their shoes, and think how you'd handle things. Ross

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RE: [Police] TicketBastard
by Fred Berthelot 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

Actually, it's not 100% of profits that go to charity. It's 100% of STING's net profits... -----Original Message----- From: amaryll [mailto:amaryll@norwoodlight.com] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 1:01 PM To: Maggie White Cc: police(a)mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Police] TicketBastard I read about this last spring. Basically, the venues and ticketbrokers were always given most of the best seats before they even went on sale through ticketmaster, now that TM is getting big chunks of tix for their 'auctions' as well, that leaves even fewer seats on sale for the general public. hey, after tix are given to the band's fan club, venue, brokers, and tm auctions, that will leave about 10 tix to go on sale at regular price to the general public lol!! wonder what charity these proceeds are going to? i notice they say 100% of the NET PROFIT goes to charity, so i assume that's after TM takes it's cut of convenience fee, facility fee, mark up fee, profit fee, parking fee, income tax fee, handling fee, etc. this might leave about 2 cents/ticket as NET PROFIT to go to charity. i'd really love to see the breakdown of how much money is actually netted an dwhich charity it goes to. i'd prefer it if they just took $1 per ticket and gave that to charity.

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TicketBastard
by Maggie White 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

I've been reading about this in the newspapers. TicketBastard is essentially getting into the auction business with high profile shows from high profile artists. It's not just Sting. TM's rational is: people pay wayyyy over face value on eBay and to scalpers for shows they really want to attend. Why shouldn't we (TM) get that money instead of the eBay sellers, etc???!! Let's just cut out the middle man (profiteers, if you want to call them that), and get more money for ourselves. TM is auctioning off the best seats to lots of shows and if the program is successful, it will expand to other artists, I'm sure. It pisses me off, because sometimes I'm lucky enough on the computer or stand in line long enough to get a great single seat near the front. I was front row for Annie Lennox a few months ago through some miracle on TM. But now, I won't even have the chance to get lucky on a ticket. The best seats will go straight to auction. I go to a lot of concerts, but I'm afraid I might be priced out of some of them, now. I suppose I'll go to more shows for newer/smaller artists who are currently not on the TM radar. I'd rather pay someone on eBay more than face value than support TM even more than I already do (which is a lot!). It's all about the money. Maggie

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Re: [Police] Unity Shmoonity
by Stingfan222＠aol.com 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

$$$$$$$$$$, need I say more? Michelle In a message dated 9/18/03 9:44:35 AM, raj_manoharan(a)hotmail.com writes: << If Sting is really for global unity, then why does he release different versions of the same CD in various parts of the world? He obviously doesn't practice what he preaches. One world is enough for all of us, but apparently one CD isn't. ®@J >>

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Re: Go to NY gig by .... auction!
by bjacob＠pop-server.nyc.rr.com 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

Oh yes, be prepared for a dissappointment and surf to http://www.ticketmaster.com/sting .... Cheers, Karel ----------------------- You are kidding me. They've got brass balls. -b- bjacob at nyc.rr.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .

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Go to NY gig by .... auction!
by StingUs 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

Oh yes, be prepared for a dissappointment and surf to http://www.ticketmaster.com/sting .... Cheers, Karel

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NY on eBay
by Maggie White 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

There are also already NY tickets on eBay ranging in price from $51 to $500!! The seller with the $500 starting bid claims that tickets are not on sale to the general public. Technically, at this time, he/she is right, but it sure seems likes it's trying to fool people. Maggie

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