QUOTE (yyz311 @ Apr 28 2010, 09:05 AM)The presales aren't that bad, really. It seems that many of you give up after only a couple of tries. The key is to keep trying.
Just because musictoday states that there are no seats available for your request doesn't mean that it is sold out. They are just locked up while someone is considering taking them. Just keep on clicking continue...
Yesterday all the tickets I was getting was in Section 103 row L or row N. But after 50 minutes of retyping that dang captcha over and over I ended up with 3rd row on Alex's side.
I had the ordering process down to a science, where I could enter the number of tickets I wanted, tab over to the captcha, and process my order in about 5 seconds. I figure over the 50 minutes it took me to finally get a good seat I made over 2500 attempts. Probably 2480 of them had the no seats available message. The other 20 were seats in row J or further back. But it only takes one to get a good seat.
Yes, the message that no seats are available was up most of the time. I threw many seats back as well, not happy with the location. Good seats come up well after the sale starts because too many people get frustrated and give up.
Two years ago for the Salt Lake show I tried for 40 minutes until I got a 3rd row seat center stage. Yeah, I threw some back, and many other times it stated that my request couldn't be granted - but perseverance paid off.
So, when the main sale opens on Friday, get on right at 10:00 and keep on trying even when it says no seats available. The majority of seats will be available then, even in the front sections, and if you try for a few minutes, you will be successful.
Get familiar with the ordering process - know where on the screen you need to click, use the tab key to switch fields more quickly, even put a sticky note on your monitor to know exactly where your cursor needs to be when you try again.
Yep, that's what I did, and those row J's were the best I could get. At least this time I didn't have to buy them from you!