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Topic: Sydney BDO - sold out in less then 15mins!
HeardY
Gaelic newb
Posts: 15059
Location: Ireland

What the hell

that sux
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infi
Posts: 7123
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
they need to put their prices up.
HeardY
Gaelic newb
Posts: 15060
Location: Ireland
130bux as it is
Raven
Posts: 2151
Location: Melbourne, Victoria
So clearly low enough that too many people are willing to pay it.
teq
Posts: 224
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
sux2liveinsydneycauseitsaf***ings***hole

edit: also does anyone know if bris tix go on sale at midnight tonight or 9am tomorrow?

last edited by teq at 09:45:55 10/Oct/07
natslovR
Posts: 1349
Location: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
mrs got ours at 9:11. limit of 2 per cc for sydney so her friend on dialup that finished at 9:15 missed out.
Alt_F4
Posts: 280
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Heres where all the tickets went: eBay
paveway
Posts: 6047
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
i wish they would find a way to stop those clowns
ara
Posts: 1392
Location: Sydney, New South Wales

it is dumb.

if they are limiting it to two per CC, they should just put a name on both. and that person then has to present their license when they enter the concert.

it is unlikey that someone is going to buy two tickets and not use one of them AND not going to be going to concert with the person who uses the other.

they complain about the extra security that is then required but don't they already have security there checking bags and stuff so whats the big deal?
teq
Posts: 225
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
what the f*** - someones trying to charge $799 per ticket already
Midda
Posts: 1079
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Ummm, there's one on eBay for AU $1,000,100.00, and that's with over 50 bids. It started at 90c or something. Now way will someone pay that.
teq
Posts: 227
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
$799 "buy it now" though
ara
Posts: 1394
Location: Sydney, New South Wales

there is an australian fan group that sabotage ebay tickets sales to stuff up scalpers.

i guess it is them.
natslovR
Posts: 1350
Location: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
it's probably just some reporter bidding it high so they have an interesting angle for the news item they are writing about modern day scalpers.
Python
Posts: 167
Location: Sydney, New South Wales
Ara is right, some group going around bumping prices up something h00ge to stop scalpers
Dan
Special text
Posts: 7709
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Yay, something to look forward to tomorrow :rolleyes: . f***ing scalpers :/

Good to know there's no midnight sale though. Think I'll just go ticketek rather than doing battle with the bdo website.
reso
I can't read
Posts: 4093
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Are there decent Ticketek booths around? I know of the one at Westfield Carindale, is it still there? Are there many people? What time is it? Thanks?
teq
Posts: 228
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Yay, something to look forward to tomorrow :rolleyes: . f***ing scalpers :/

Good to know there's no midnight sale though. Think I'll just go ticketek rather than doing battle with the bdo website.


something to look forward to because you work for ebay or because you'll be in line for bdo tix?
natslovR
Posts: 1352
Location: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
for the sydney sale it said online only, no tickets from booths, so check that out b4 queueing away from your broadband.
eK
Posts: 10264
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
edit: also does anyone know if bris tix go on sale at midnight tonight or 9am tomorrow?
Anyone?
CaPt0
Posts: 5908
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
One of the guys i work with bought them at 3.20am this morning form the bdo site.

They went on sale last night at midnight on the offical website and 9am on ticketmaster.
teq
Posts: 232
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
I'm staying up till midnight just in case
going to use a few different credit cards cause myself + 7 mates are going *cough*
reso
I can't read
Posts: 4094
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Gold Coast Ticket Outlets
Tickets for the Gold Coast Big Day Out will be available for sale from midnight Thursday 11 October
PLEASE NOTE : tickets purchased from this site will not be distributed to purchasers until after 25th October

from that date you will be able to buy tickets directly from us HERE

or

You can go to one of these local outlets:
TICKETEK
Agencies and Phone Charge 132 849
www.ticketek.com.au
Dan
Special text
Posts: 7711
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
top work reso

I think a few record stores are allocated a small stock too if you dig lining up.

Also, no teq, I'm a genuine attendee, as are the 3 other people I'm buying for. Scalpers can f*** off and die, they s*** things up for all the valid fans. IMO it should be against the law to sell an event ticket for more than you purchased it for.
reso
I can't read
Posts: 4095
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
I thought there were anti scalping laws, however an excuse I heard a lot was 'eBay is a bidding system', but what about those Buy It Now items at $400 a pop?

Or eBay could just stop allowing tickets to be sold.
Idol
Posts: 1075
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
What exactly is 'scalping'? Is there a law on that? Does any 2nd hand ticket sale constitute 'scalping', even if it is sold at a loss??

mongie
Posts: 4480
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Its fine to sell them at the same price... but purchasing tickets for the sole reason of selling them again at inflated prices is wrong.
ara
Posts: 1405
Location: Sydney, New South Wales
Or eBay could just stop allowing tickets to be sold.


they would just go some where else if ebay shut them out. it needs to be fixed at the source.
Spook
Posts: 19792
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
fark, imagine if someone good was playing how quickly it would have sold out

fyi, im sick to f***ing death of hearing aboot RATFM
teq
Posts: 236
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
hilltop hoods ftw
Morgan
Posts: 3500
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
spook: you know that rtfm is playing at BDO 2008?
Spook
Posts: 19793
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
gaaaAAAAHHHHHHHHH
Cl1nt
Posts: 1187
Location: Gold Coast, Queensland

spook: you know that rtfm is playing at BDO 2008?


Someone's going to read the f***ing manual? Which one?
dRanged
Posts: 1002
Location: Sydney, New South Wales
the whole name on ticket thing is bogus. Imagine the logistics of checking out 100,000 tickets in an hour. Expensive slow unworkable and would just piss people off.

I am all for market forces but for this kind of thing I agree with the talk of enacting legislation to cap eBay sales at say 120% of Ticket price.

ps. look for my two tix on eBay soon
Insom
Posts: 1866
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
scalping is the free market determining the true worth of the tickets
dRanged
Posts: 1004
Location: Sydney, New South Wales
yes, kind of like bittorrent determining the true worth of your music collection

mole
Posts: 7
Location: Sydney, New South Wales
I don't know who got all the f***ing tickets but I've asked around 10 mates or so and 8 of them missed out as I did

So angry.

Fence jump here I come
Insom
Posts: 1867
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
if the scalped tickets were forgeries, sure
teq
Posts: 237
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
mother f***ers

I consider myself to be pretty internet savvy but I got rolled last night
I had 3 x different credit cards, IP adresses and browser windows open

I couldn't even get ONE f***ING TICKET

Nailbomb
Posts: 2258
Location: Melbourne, Victoria
boohya.. 3 tickets to the Melbourne BDO, piece of s*** site doesn't work making payment with firefox.
Hemerage
Posts: 14635
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
I'm staying up till midnight just in case

Woah! Midnight... that's like... late!
teq
Posts: 257
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
some of us have to go to skool in the morning jeez
Zaphod
Posts: 233
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
I used Firefox with the BDO site to get tickets - no problems.

Got through about 12:05 and had secured tix 3 mins later. (Gold Coast BDO that is)
bargain
Posts: 1451
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
woo! me and mates managed to get 6 tix.

ratm oh baby.
infi
Posts: 7143
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
ok we get the whole ratm thing.
taggs
Posts: 1462
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
zomg it's heme :O
bargain
Posts: 1452
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
u sure?
taggs
Posts: 1463
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
yes
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