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Has anybody bought tickets for scalpers at Bonnaroo? If so, did everything work out OK? We were thinking about trying it this year. There seems to a lot of them around.
I talk to people every year that do this. I've never heard of anyone getting screwed. But I don't know. That's a long drive for me. I just don't feel comfortable being 700 miles away from home with out having everything planned.
Although wit the new ticketing system I guess it would actually work out better.
So if you buy the "ticket" wristband thing from someone on the side of the road you can easily register it from your phone right there. If it won't register, don't buy it.
Considering that every year I know someone that buys a ticket(s) and then backs out... I'm sure we can get some tix for you all a week or two beforehand.
Considering that every year I know someone that buys a ticket(s) and then backs out... I'm sure we can get some tix for you all a week or two beforehand.
This is true. This is how I did it last year.
I mentioned about a week or two before the festival on here that I can in fact afford it and I needed a ticket. I was bombarded with PM's. This is the best place to buy a ticket a week before the festival. I'm pretty sure I paid way less than face value and the girl that sold them to me refused to let me pay for the overnight shipping. So it worked out really well.
Post by postreznorjack on Jan 13, 2012 22:01:04 GMT -5
personally i never go to shows ticketless. i have to have everything planned out just perfectly, its just my nature. i would hate to risk being way far from home and unable to get into the show i've been craving for several months.
this is why i start budgeting for live music season way in advance. winter is really my time to lay low and save cash.
I think the ticket prices are very reasonable. I just wanted to see what would happen this time. Last year a friend of ours decided to to go at the last minute on Sat. night and got a wristband for $20, and it was sold out.
I wish it was that simple. I'll be out of the country until just mere hours before the gates open. I'm trying to work it all out now to get to go international> Bonnaroo> wife home in time for her big kid job.
I think the ticket prices are very reasonable. I just wanted to see what would happen this time . Last year a friend of ours decided to to go at the last minute on Sat. night and got a wristband for $20, and it was sold out.
I really wish I was more help. I went VIP last year and I'm not sure of the line situation.
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On the roo sold out thingy..I don't think that would actually happen cause the place is to big. I believe they just stop selling at the point they cannot get them mailed out anymore in time. What would be really cool though is a line going in dedicated to people without tickets, so they could purchase at the gates on their way in. Would be really easy to do as well. Start with like $325.00 on Wendsday and Thursday, $250.00 on Friday, $175.00 on Saterday, and $99.00 on Sunday. I think it would increase attendance greatley and we all know from 2011 we need more attendance right!
I had to take that route in 2008. To make a long story short, I bought a ticket on ebay that never came. So the Wednesday of, my friend and I drove down and shopped around at Wal-Mart. I was hoping to find a group there that had an extra ticket. Tickets werent sold out, but since I was still in college, and I had just wasted 250 on the worlds slowest shipping ticket, I couldn't afford to pay face value ( I literally had 178 dollars and some change in my pocket, and that was it.). The frustrating thing is that most scalpers at Walmart were trying for, and succeeding in getting people to pay 300 for tickets that were less at face value and not sold out. As you probably understand, this severely hurt my ability to negotiate. Eventually I resigned to the fact that I would have to hang out, and wait for the prices to fall. We decided in one last shot of desperation, to get in line and try our luck there. Incredulously, I could find nobody with a ticket to sell (non-scalpers). It was 3am Thursday morning, and we were just about to get out of line when I saw a scalper walking along the Interstate, I approached him and said something along the lines of "hey on the off chance that this works, I literally have 175 bucks on me, can you help me out" He actually lol'ed at me and started walking away, but when I turned away to go back to the car he came jogging back and sold me the ticket. The bright side, was that I had 3 dollars left to buy grilled cheeses with.
We don't camp there or anything like that. We just do the day parking thing and go home when we feel like it. We can't get in to day parking until Friday anyway I don't think. I would actually pay twice the regular ticket price to go to Roo. In 2010 we just bought them from Bonnaroo at the entrance for about $275 I think. I was just going to try the scalper thing and see what happened.
I ended up getting a ticket for $100 and $125 last year on Thursday morning for some friends. They weren't from scalpers, but just from people trying to get rid of them. The scalpers off of exit 114 wouldn't go below $280.
Last year I just ordered them online because I knew it was going to be a complete sellout. But yet there were still scalpers all over the place. I don't know what they were asking but as I said earlier, a friend of ours got one on Saturday for $20. I don't really understand how scalping works because legally they can't be sold for more than face value and, as we all know, there's no shortage of cops around there.
Post by klimfactor on Jan 23, 2012 20:09:46 GMT -5
You might be right on the legal aspect, but I've never seen a cop hassle a scalper in the around around Wal-Mart, and I've spent a lot of time there on Wednesday night all six years I've been to 'roo. I think they're more concerned with hassling potential concertgoers.
Post by shakedownsavvy on Jan 24, 2012 17:36:42 GMT -5
i ran into a lot of people in the manchester wal-mart parking lot on wednesday last year that were selling "wristbands", not sure if they were legit or not. also i heard from the gas station clerk right by the wal-mart in manchester that the booth out front of their store that was selling wristbands got over $1,000 in fake bills. sucks theres so many shady people in the world.
I've had friends get scammed buying them before showing up to Bonnaroo. I've never talked to anyone who bought them in Manchester. Personally, if I didn't live in Nashville or somewhere else nearby, I wouldn't risk it.
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I had to take that route in 2008. To make a long story short, I bought a ticket on ebay that never came. So the Wednesday of, my friend and I drove down and shopped around at Wal-Mart. I was hoping to find a group there that had an extra ticket. Tickets werent sold out, but since I was still in college, and I had just wasted 250 on the worlds slowest shipping ticket, I couldn't afford to pay face value ( I literally had 178 dollars and some change in my pocket, and that was it.). The frustrating thing is that most scalpers at Walmart were trying for, and succeeding in getting people to pay 300 for tickets that were less at face value and not sold out. As you probably understand, this severely hurt my ability to negotiate. Eventually I resigned to the fact that I would have to hang out, and wait for the prices to fall. We decided in one last shot of desperation, to get in line and try our luck there. Incredulously, I could find nobody with a ticket to sell (non-scalpers). It was 3am Thursday morning, and we were just about to get out of line when I saw a scalper walking along the Interstate, I approached him and said something along the lines of "hey on the off chance that this works, I literally have 175 bucks on me, can you help me out" He actually lol'ed at me and started walking away, but when I turned away to go back to the car he came jogging back and sold me the ticket. The bright side, was that I had 3 dollars left to buy grilled cheeses with.
$1 grilled cheeses for those of us who are balling on a budget! I usually buy a couple and walk down shakedown and hand them out got lucky some dude sprinkled corn on my plate in return and said thanks the line was to long for me to wait!
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In 2009 me and my friend were walking to get some beer and we met the coolest old hippie and when i asked him if he wanted to come back to our camp and keep hanging out....He replied hold on lettme go get a ticket. It took him no more than a few minutes to get a ticket 40 dollars cheaper than face value...itd save money and its hard to duplicate a ticket but i just cant drive all that way with nothing
