Angry with OLP.net? LET'S DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS!

petersl1 · Post by **petersl1** » 3/10/2006, 6:15 pm

One more quick note to Sarah...

I work in radio marketing and I know that it is very hard to find event sponsors for everything these days. (Thank Dubya for the shitty economy in the states for that one.) So I'm sure that the OLP camp would have gotten a sponsor if they could. I know they have in the past--Cutty Sark was one of their tour sponsors. (Talk about sponsorships working--that was years ago and I remember them sponsoring that tour like it was yesterday).

Things are crazy in the music business these days. They are getting their butts kicked with lawsuits. And they are losing $$ big time on album sales in general. It's not an easy time. I'm sure the last thing Sony/BMG and OLP wanted to do was piss off fans.

Post by **faninor** » 3/10/2006, 7:45 pm

petersl1 wrote:I think I'm the lone person who does not mind paying a premium for a show with assigned seats. You pay for what you get and if that means I don't have to wait in line for hours at a stupid general admission show, then hell yeah, bring it on!

The strange thing here is you aren't paying for what you get. Apparently some of the tickets in the first 10 rows or so are being sold for $49.50, others are being sold in the $170 package. When the presales started, none of this information was available. But there were few to none of the $49.50 tickets in the first 10 rows available during the fanclub presale and no information available to the fans to help them decide if they should get the $170 package, the $49.50 fanclub tickets, or wait until the main sale. Fans who initially went for the $170 package aren't getting what they paid for. There will be people who pay $49.50 tomorrow and get just as good seats. And had this information been available at the time presales started, I'm sure there would have been some people waiting for the main sale instead of paying $170.

Perhaps this sort of thing is meant to compete with scalpers, so that even when the regularly priced tickets have sold out, one can buy $170 tickets from Ticketmaster instead of some individual on eBay. But that's no better. At least the other way, the fans did have a chance to buy any of the tickets the first time around at regular price before scalpers got them.

myownsatellite · Post by **myownsatellite** » 3/10/2006, 9:12 pm

I want a CM MAD t-shirt.

Sign me up.

I'll wear it to Buffalo. NIKKI, THAT'S HOW I CAN FIND YOU!!!

_old_lady_peace · Post by **_old_lady_peace** » 3/10/2006, 9:17 pm

i want a cm mad shirt too!

mostly because i love the design. it makes me smile.

i mean, because i'm infuriated!
:eek:

myownsatellite · Post by **myownsatellite** » 3/10/2006, 9:18 pm

_old_lady_peace wrote:i want a cm mad shirt too!

mostly because i love the design. it makes me smile.

i mean, because i'm infuriated!

I'm infuriated too!

Megan!SMASH

Kathy · Post by **Kathy** » 3/10/2006, 10:19 pm

faninor wrote:
petersl1 wrote:I think I'm the lone person who does not mind paying a premium for a show with assigned seats. You pay for what you get and if that means I don't have to wait in line for hours at a stupid general admission show, then hell yeah, bring it on!

The strange thing here is you aren't paying for what you get. Apparently some of the tickets in the first 10 rows or so are being sold for $49.50, others are being sold in the $170 package. When the presales started, none of this information was available. But there were few to none of the $49.50 tickets in the first 10 rows available during the fanclub presale and no information available to the fans to help them decide if they should get the $170 package, the $49.50 fanclub tickets, or wait until the main sale. Fans who initially went for the $170 package aren't getting what they paid for. There will be people who pay $49.50 tomorrow and get just as good seats. And had this information been available at the time presales started, I'm sure there would have been some people waiting for the main sale instead of paying $170.

Perhaps this sort of thing is meant to compete with scalpers, so that even when the regularly priced tickets have sold out, one can buy $170 tickets from Ticketmaster instead of some individual on eBay. But that's no better. At least the other way, the fans did have a chance to buy any of the tickets the first time around at regular price before scalpers got them.

My sister's friends got seats in the first couple rows of London in the public sale ($49) and will likely be sitting near Lindsay.

That would really tick me off to pay more than 3x the person sitting next to me! I can't wait to talk to the people in my row at the Kitchener show and find out how they all got their tickets. Fun times.

Hope · Post by **Hope** » 3/10/2006, 10:33 pm

yeah... my friend has tickets in the 8th row for the $49 price.

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 3/11/2006, 6:05 am

myownsatellite wrote:I want a CM MAD t-shirt.

Sign me up.

I'll wear it to Buffalo. NIKKI, THAT'S HOW I CAN FIND YOU!!!

Perfect!

_old_lady_peace · Post by **_old_lady_peace** » 3/11/2006, 8:43 am

myownsatellite wrote:
_old_lady_peace wrote:i want a cm mad shirt too!

mostly because i love the design. it makes me smile.

i mean, because i'm infuriated!

I'm infuriated too!

Megan!SMASH

YEAH!

Katie!CRUSH!

:mad:

petersl1 · Post by **petersl1** » 3/11/2006, 9:16 am

Let me clarify. I paid for a GUARANTEE of 1st-8th rows. And since I have not had many chances to see OLP in 2nd row, I have no problem paying a premium for the guarantee.

Post by **faninor** » 3/11/2006, 9:20 am

petersl1 wrote:Let me clarify. I paid for a GUARANTEE of 1st-8th rows. And since I have not had many chances to see OLP in 2nd row, I have no problem paying a premium for the guarantee.

With the $49 tickets it should still tell you the row number and section number before you actually pay, as long as it searches and finds one on the first 8 rows you could have been paying $49 for a guarantee of 1st-8th rows too.

petersl1 · Post by **petersl1** » 3/11/2006, 2:07 pm

I did not want to wait until the regular sale. With my luck, it would be sold out.

In other news, I just bought my "I Love OLP" shirt to wear to the show I'm going to.

Sonya · Post by **Sonya** » 3/11/2006, 2:19 pm

oh oh OH, that reminds me.

when/where should i wear my 'i <3 naked duncan' shirt?! :mrgreen:

Soozy · Post by **Soozy** » 3/11/2006, 2:23 pm

Front row Sonya!!! Are you Duncan's side or Steve's?

I have to say that I'm still angry with olp.net. The reason there are no fanclub seats better than row J in Vancouver has to be because they've been set aside for the Hot Ticket stuff.

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 3/11/2006, 5:13 pm

There should be some shirts that say 'I had my Stevegasm today'
Thats like, taking the bumper sticker to a whole new level!

:nod:

PeaceEleven · Post by **PeaceEleven** » 3/11/2006, 11:12 pm

This is really unfair, this is what paying for this membership gave us ? I really can't believe it. Actually, we're all paying more to get what? Nothing. :cry:

GIVING stuff to the one that paid for the 170$ tickets only is some kind of a joke, let's remember that all of us paid for this membership to get priviledges and so far it's the opposite effect, we're all sitting way further away from our favorite band at the concert, isN't that a very "strange" result?. :uh:

Sonya · Post by **Sonya** » 3/11/2006, 11:49 pm

Soozy wrote:Front row Sonya!!! Are you Duncan's side or Steve's?

i thought i was on duncan's side, but apparently, i'm not? either way, i'll wear it. :nod:

namkablam · Post by **namkablam** » 3/12/2006, 12:27 am

yay!!

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » 3/12/2006, 1:01 am

Nam sure does like that naked duncan.

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 3/12/2006, 7:11 am

Sonya wrote:
Soozy wrote:Front row Sonya!!! Are you Duncan's side or Steve's?

i thought i was on duncan's side, but apparently, i'm not? either way, i'll wear it.

Oh my god, I can't wait to see you in it. :lol: