TICKETWEB does it again!!!! Online, logged in, click buy, 4:00 on the nose, only to recieve one timeout message after another. Tix sold out in 30 seconds!!! My husband waited in line at the OP, only 75 tix made available at the door! CRAZY, it seems to me! Well, if anyone got lucky and has a couple of extra tix to the show i was so excited .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) maybe another time…
Yikes, that’s unfortunate. I thought certain measures were put into place to prevent such disappointment after the Phish tickets disaster at the Civic Center box office. People should not have to fight for their right to party.
I too got burned by ticketweb.com today. It was really frustrating. You’d think a major ticket outlet would be able to handle traffic for a show at a place that holds fewer than 1000 people, but alas…
From a techie standpoint, I kept getting Tomcat errors, revealing that their server was running Tomcat 5.0.31, which has knownvulnerabilities (and is stinkin’ old) which could expose user input. That fact alone indicates that ticketweb’s technical prowess is rather, well, stupid, and that people shouldn’t trust their site.
What’s your point? All I want is a ticket seller whose server can handle the influx.
I’m sorry. My issue isn’t with you, it’s with the people on the main page who were whining about how the Orange Peel screwed them over and suggested that the club should have only sold tickets at the box office.
What’s your point? All I want is a ticket seller whose server can handle the influx.
I’m sorry. My issue isn’t with you, it’s with the people on the main page who were whining about how the Orange Peel screwed them over and suggested that the club should have only sold tickets at the box office.
10 percent is cool, but why not something closer to 50%? I understand it makes more sense for them as a business in many ways, and is better for the town, to have so many folks comes in from far away for a show. But, still, more ‘local’ tickets would be cool, too.
Doesn’t that go against every free market idea you’ve ever had? How local is local? Just in the city limits? Just in Buncombe county? What about Henderson? Macon? Swain?
Wow- and we’re surprised this happened again why? As if Smashing Pumpkins, Phish, Springsteen and other big name shows selling out to “outsiders” in record time didn’t signal a trend?
Ticketweb doesn’t care about keeping it local, regional or whatever. Their purpose it so sell tickets, period. The Orange Peel isn’t at fault but still sleeps with the enemy as far as I’m concerned. This is what happens when you live in a town that fawns over itself in front of a mirror as being a musical Mecca. Everybody wants a piece of the ticket pie. Perhaps we as Ashevillians should recognize that and get used to it as we helped create it?
I had $ squirreled away not having seen them since ‘92 but that’s a moot point now. Maybe Asheville residents who like to see quality music should be taking a road trip to Charlotte or Greenville where there’s a better chance to secure a ticket?
It seems like you are lumping the Pumpkins and Beastie Boys fiascoes in with the Phish and Springsteen debacles which have little to do with each other. Even the Springsteen and the Phish situations are completely different.
Pumpkins and the Beasties were the result of Ticketweb screwing up. Ticketweb serves a ton of non ticket master venues that are around the Orange Peel’s size. I’m not sure if this is an isolated incident for Asheville only shows, but it’s purely a software problem, not a conspiracy against people like you who have a desirable ZIP code.
Phish also had a limited amount of tickets to set aside for the Civic Center (through Ticketmaster) but an employee error caused those tickets to be released to the website, thus resulting in people getting screwed.
The Springsteen fiasco is a bit stickier, as Ticketmaster now automatically buys some of the best seats and then sells them through their Ticketsnow website at inflated prices. It’s legalized scalping.
This isn’t an Asheville issue. This is an issue of large acts with fan bases that far exceed the local, and regional fan base playing in a venue that is 1/20th the size of what they typically draw. It was a matter of sheer numbers.
But hey, why let reality get in the way of a perfectly good conspiracy theory, Boatrocker?
Doesn’t that go against every free market idea you’ve ever had? How local is local? Just in the city limits? Just in Buncombe county? What about Henderson? Macon? Swain?
No, it doesn’t go against any free market economic notions at all. Local can be defined as a lottery conducted locally by the venue hosting the event. If somebody from Macon wins, great! They can pick their tickets up at the venue and have a great time. Same with somebody from El Paso, Texas.
Conspiracy theory? If only it were that easy to pin the blame. Thanks for putting words into my mouth here though. It wouldn’t be the first time. Conspiracy theories are more suited for politics and religion in my mind. I think there was a thread a while back on that very subject.
The only master plan being executed is Ticketweb turning a profit (don’t worry- it’s legal). That’s what the music Business is. Lower case “music”, capital “Business”. The rules haven’t changed, only the method of purchasing tickets. I can’t fault The Orange Peel except for the fact that they’ve let it happen multiple times, regardless of the circumstances.
In either case, local music fans are screwed here again in trying to secure tickets for a show in their own home town. I don’t have a problem with driving to a larger city to see a big show. Maybe Asheville residents should be doing the same thing out of towners are doing? Travelling to see good music? I’m just a bit miffed at missing one of the defining bands of my youth. I’ll have to fight for my right to party next time unless I went to Bonaroo.
