Like I said, I kept quiet for a while. But $65 US wasn't worth it for me. Perhaps others are very pleased, but I'd rather have given the $65 to a scalper, with a lot less grief and disappointment. Maybe one day soon the club will make up for it with some sort of surprise. -----Original Message----- From: police-bounces+sting=shaw.ca@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:police-bounces+sting=shaw.ca@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Jason Sheldon Sent: April 8, 2004 1:18 PM To: police@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Police] What a hoot Not only was I pretty miffed that the 'best available' seats offered for Birmingham via the fanclub were worse than the ones available direct from the booking office, I've just had the latest "newsletter" email offering "deluxe" tickets that promise seats within the first 10 rows, at only $300 per ticket. Granted, you get a t-shirt, oh, and 3 months subscription to the fan-club... and an exclusive CD-ROM (they can't get rid of them fast enough it seems), and a tour laminate, but am I wrong in thinking that I've been stiffed ??? I paid $65 because I was promised 'advanced' tickets, implying that I would get better seats because the general public didn't get their share... then we find out that 10 rows have been held back deliberately (or just didn't sell?) so that we can be scalped for $300 per ticket (£163 - FOUR times the face value of a normal ticket). No doubt, the same t-shirts will be available at the venue anyway for about £15-£20, laminates? Maybe... Ah well. It's made me chuckle. I've got a feeling that there may be a few empty seats at the front for these gigs. J.