Taylor Swift Tour

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Anonymous wrote:We didn’t get tickets. My daughter feels personally victimized by Taylor Swift.

That's a little extreme.

Extreme or not, it’s how tons of teen girls and women in their 20s are feeling.

TikTok is full of teen girls pissed off at TSwift.

Lol. They'll simmer down after they buy tickets from the regular sale or purchase from a reseller when things settle down. Everyone feels so entitled these days. This was a pre-sale lottery where it was truly all about timing. Not everyone was going to get lucky.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm second guessing our purchase. Sort of blacked out and purchased blindly before realizing. $580 for each ticket. Phew. Seems outrageous. We also bought an extra we will probably need to sell.

Oh man. I could see myself doing the same thing (blacking out) in the moment. I never got a code and by the time I got the queue via Cap1, tickets were sold out.

That said, $580 a ticket is nauseating and outrageous.

So either you have to stretch yourself (e.g middle class) or be rich to afford a pop concert these days.

Cool.

When I got to the ticketing portion everything was grey except $300 300's in the back or way off to the side, even behind the stage.

The Tix were 499 but then after fees 580. Seats kept disappearing and then these showed up. Now I fully believe TM was throttling tickets and causing you to panic buy that nothing else was open. Either way, it will count for both a Christmas and birthday present.

The panic buy is real. You don't want to have sat in a dumb line for hours with nothing to show. When you get in and everything is sold out you're tricked into thinking just do it. It's a deal. Which I guess compared to StubHub it is but anyway I panicked. It's fine. We're not too stretched but this will likely be a once in a lifetime thing

Never panic buy concert tickets. You have the option to just say no.

For me, the pressure was that I was trusted by my kid to get the tickets. So here I am lucky to have paid over $100 per ticket for literally the worst seats in the house. But at least it wasn't $300!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My husband and I tried on multiple computers all day:

Philly-- Sunday 5/14, got two $225 tickets after being shut out yesterday. I clicked on the top ticket choice the instant I got into the room and had ZERO idea what i was buying. My two teen daughters may go.

Pittsburgh --shut out --made it into the ticking room, put dozens in my cart but never got any

Minneapolis --shut out --made it into the ticking room, put dozens in my cart but never got any

Denver--was able to put 5 floor seats into my cart but they came to $4500 with fees. I threw them back and wasn't able to get anything else

Las Vegas --shut out --made it into the ticking room, put dozens in my cart but never got any

LA #1 --shut out ----made it into the ticking room but everything was sold out a minute after I arrived

LA #2 (last show of the tour)-- got five $225 tickets. Not sure yet what I'm going to do with these. May sell all or family friends may use these.

I have 2 tickets to 5/14 as well but looking to find better tix for DD since these are pretty high up. wish we could start a ticket exchange. I'd buy your Philly tix if you're willing to sell and then I'd be more than happy to sell my other 2. there are probably lots of people out there who just blindly bought and now have other preferences.

This is another reason why they should have released one at a time. More people will end up selling.

Keep the verified fan to minimize bots, but spread out the ticket releases.

Totally agree. No reason not to just release one concert venue on one day and the next on the next day. Other than to create hysteria and maximize profits.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm second guessing our purchase. Sort of blacked out and purchased blindly before realizing. $580 for each ticket. Phew. Seems outrageous. We also bought an extra we will probably need to sell.

Oh man. I could see myself doing the same thing (blacking out) in the moment. I never got a code and by the time I got the queue via Cap1, tickets were sold out.

That said, $580 a ticket is nauseating and outrageous.

So either you have to stretch yourself (e.g middle class) or be rich to afford a Taylor Swift concert these days.

Cool.

As an avid concert goer or the last 40 years, I'd like to say that there are many, many, many concerts of all genres of music, including pop music, where you can get tickets at a very reasonable price.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My husband and I tried on multiple computers all day:

Philly-- Sunday 5/14, got two $225 tickets after being shut out yesterday. I clicked on the top ticket choice the instant I got into the room and had ZERO idea what i was buying. My two teen daughters may go.

Pittsburgh --shut out --made it into the ticking room, put dozens in my cart but never got any

Minneapolis --shut out --made it into the ticking room, put dozens in my cart but never got any

Denver--was able to put 5 floor seats into my cart but they came to $4500 with fees. I threw them back and wasn't able to get anything else

Las Vegas --shut out --made it into the ticking room, put dozens in my cart but never got any

LA #1 --shut out ----made it into the ticking room but everything was sold out a minute after I arrived

LA #2 (last show of the tour)-- got five $225 tickets. Not sure yet what I'm going to do with these. May sell all or family friends may use these.

I have 2 tickets to 5/14 as well but looking to find better tix for DD since these are pretty high up. wish we could start a ticket exchange. I'd buy your Philly tix if you're willing to sell and then I'd be more than happy to sell my other 2. there are probably lots of people out there who just blindly bought and now have other preferences.

This is another reason why they should have released one at a time. More people will end up selling.

Keep the verified fan to minimize bots, but spread out the ticket releases.

Totally agree. No reason not to just release one concert venue on one day and the next on the next day. Other than to create hysteria and maximize profits.

You must be new to concert tours. This is literally how it's done with every one of them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm second guessing our purchase. Sort of blacked out and purchased blindly before realizing. $580 for each ticket. Phew. Seems outrageous. We also bought an extra we will probably need to sell.

Oh man. I could see myself doing the same thing (blacking out) in the moment. I never got a code and by the time I got the queue via Cap1, tickets were sold out.

That said, $580 a ticket is nauseating and outrageous.

So either you have to stretch yourself (e.g middle class) or be rich to afford a Taylor Swift concert these days.

Cool.

As an avid concert goer or the last 40 years, I'd like to say that there are many, many, many concerts of all genres of music, including pop music, where you can get tickets at a very reasonable price.

Totally agree. The best concerts are often not publicized well, but they're out there. At reasonable prices.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My husband and I tried on multiple computers all day:

Philly-- Sunday 5/14, got two $225 tickets after being shut out yesterday. I clicked on the top ticket choice the instant I got into the room and had ZERO idea what i was buying. My two teen daughters may go.

Pittsburgh --shut out --made it into the ticking room, put dozens in my cart but never got any

Minneapolis --shut out --made it into the ticking room, put dozens in my cart but never got any

Denver--was able to put 5 floor seats into my cart but they came to $4500 with fees. I threw them back and wasn't able to get anything else

Las Vegas --shut out --made it into the ticking room, put dozens in my cart but never got any

LA #1 --shut out ----made it into the ticking room but everything was sold out a minute after I arrived

LA #2 (last show of the tour)-- got five $225 tickets. Not sure yet what I'm going to do with these. May sell all or family friends may use these.

I have 2 tickets to 5/14 as well but looking to find better tix for DD since these are pretty high up. wish we could start a ticket exchange. I'd buy your Philly tix if you're willing to sell and then I'd be more than happy to sell my other 2. there are probably lots of people out there who just blindly bought and now have other preferences.

This is another reason why they should have released one at a time. More people will end up selling.

Keep the verified fan to minimize bots, but spread out the ticket releases.

Totally agree. No reason not to just release one concert venue on one day and the next on the next day. Other than to create hysteria and maximize profits.

You must be new to concert tours. This is literally how it's done with every one of them.

Not new to concert tours. I've never spent all day waiting on a dot to start moving again. The demand was unprecedented so the approach for this artist needs to change. They knew this ahead of time.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My husband and I tried on multiple computers all day:

Philly-- Sunday 5/14, got two $225 tickets after being shut out yesterday. I clicked on the top ticket choice the instant I got into the room and had ZERO idea what i was buying. My two teen daughters may go.

Pittsburgh --shut out --made it into the ticking room, put dozens in my cart but never got any

Minneapolis --shut out --made it into the ticking room, put dozens in my cart but never got any

Denver--was able to put 5 floor seats into my cart but they came to $4500 with fees. I threw them back and wasn't able to get anything else

Las Vegas --shut out --made it into the ticking room, put dozens in my cart but never got any

LA #1 --shut out ----made it into the ticking room but everything was sold out a minute after I arrived

LA #2 (last show of the tour)-- got five $225 tickets. Not sure yet what I'm going to do with these. May sell all or family friends may use these.

I have 2 tickets to 5/14 as well but looking to find better tix for DD since these are pretty high up. wish we could start a ticket exchange. I'd buy your Philly tix if you're willing to sell and then I'd be more than happy to sell my other 2. there are probably lots of people out there who just blindly bought and now have other preferences.

This is another reason why they should have released one at a time. More people will end up selling.

Keep the verified fan to minimize bots, but spread out the ticket releases.

Totally agree. No reason not to just release one concert venue on one day and the next on the next day. Other than to create hysteria and maximize profits.

You must be new to concert tours. This is literally how it's done with every one of them.

Not new to concert tours. I've never spent all day waiting on a dot to start moving again. The demand was unprecedented so the approach for this artist needs to change. They knew this ahead of time.

Not sure these two statements line up.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My husband and I tried on multiple computers all day:

Philly-- Sunday 5/14, got two $225 tickets after being shut out yesterday. I clicked on the top ticket choice the instant I got into the room and had ZERO idea what i was buying. My two teen daughters may go.

Pittsburgh --shut out --made it into the ticking room, put dozens in my cart but never got any

Minneapolis --shut out --made it into the ticking room, put dozens in my cart but never got any

Denver--was able to put 5 floor seats into my cart but they came to $4500 with fees. I threw them back and wasn't able to get anything else

Las Vegas --shut out --made it into the ticking room, put dozens in my cart but never got any

LA #1 --shut out ----made it into the ticking room but everything was sold out a minute after I arrived

LA #2 (last show of the tour)-- got five $225 tickets. Not sure yet what I'm going to do with these. May sell all or family friends may use these.

I have 2 tickets to 5/14 as well but looking to find better tix for DD since these are pretty high up. wish we could start a ticket exchange. I'd buy your Philly tix if you're willing to sell and then I'd be more than happy to sell my other 2. there are probably lots of people out there who just blindly bought and now have other preferences.

This is another reason why they should have released one at a time. More people will end up selling.

Keep the verified fan to minimize bots, but spread out the ticket releases.

Totally agree. No reason not to just release one concert venue on one day and the next on the next day. Other than to create hysteria and maximize profits.

You must be new to concert tours. This is literally how it's done with every one of them.

Not new to concert tours. I've never spent all day waiting on a dot to start moving again. The demand was unprecedented so the approach for this artist needs to change. They knew this ahead of time.

Not sure these two statements line up.

They knew about the demand because they knew how many people tried to get verified fan certification. They could have adjusted once it was clear what the number of people online would be. It was unprecedented demand that they knew about once they had people get in touch with them. The number of people who logged on was no surprise to them. They chose it by deciding how many people to give codes to.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My husband and I tried on multiple computers all day:

Philly-- Sunday 5/14, got two $225 tickets after being shut out yesterday. I clicked on the top ticket choice the instant I got into the room and had ZERO idea what i was buying. My two teen daughters may go.

Pittsburgh --shut out --made it into the ticking room, put dozens in my cart but never got any

Minneapolis --shut out --made it into the ticking room, put dozens in my cart but never got any

Denver--was able to put 5 floor seats into my cart but they came to $4500 with fees. I threw them back and wasn't able to get anything else

Las Vegas --shut out --made it into the ticking room, put dozens in my cart but never got any

LA #1 --shut out ----made it into the ticking room but everything was sold out a minute after I arrived

LA #2 (last show of the tour)-- got five $225 tickets. Not sure yet what I'm going to do with these. May sell all or family friends may use these.

I have 2 tickets to 5/14 as well but looking to find better tix for DD since these are pretty high up. wish we could start a ticket exchange. I'd buy your Philly tix if you're willing to sell and then I'd be more than happy to sell my other 2. there are probably lots of people out there who just blindly bought and now have other preferences.

This is another reason why they should have released one at a time. More people will end up selling.

Keep the verified fan to minimize bots, but spread out the ticket releases.

Totally agree. No reason not to just release one concert venue on one day and the next on the next day. Other than to create hysteria and maximize profits.

You must be new to concert tours. This is literally how it's done with every one of them.

Not new to concert tours. I've never spent all day waiting on a dot to start moving again. The demand was unprecedented so the approach for this artist needs to change. They knew this ahead of time.

Not sure these two statements line up.

They knew about the demand because they knew how many people tried to get verified fan certification. They could have adjusted once it was clear what the number of people online would be. It was unprecedented demand that they knew about once they had people get in touch with them. The number of people who logged on was no surprise to them. They chose it by deciding how many people to give codes to.

Ah, good point. They certainly appeared to over-release the fan verification codes from what I'm reading in this thread.

[Anonymous]

According to the WSJ, they were estimating 2.8 million total tickets for the tour and over 2 million are gone already. Those of us counting on buying through the Friday general sale have next to none left to buy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My husband and I tried on multiple computers all day:

Philly-- Sunday 5/14, got two $225 tickets after being shut out yesterday. I clicked on the top ticket choice the instant I got into the room and had ZERO idea what i was buying. My two teen daughters may go.

Pittsburgh --shut out --made it into the ticking room, put dozens in my cart but never got any

Minneapolis --shut out --made it into the ticking room, put dozens in my cart but never got any

Denver--was able to put 5 floor seats into my cart but they came to $4500 with fees. I threw them back and wasn't able to get anything else

Las Vegas --shut out --made it into the ticking room, put dozens in my cart but never got any

LA #1 --shut out ----made it into the ticking room but everything was sold out a minute after I arrived

LA #2 (last show of the tour)-- got five $225 tickets. Not sure yet what I'm going to do with these. May sell all or family friends may use these.

I have 2 tickets to 5/14 as well but looking to find better tix for DD since these are pretty high up. wish we could start a ticket exchange. I'd buy your Philly tix if you're willing to sell and then I'd be more than happy to sell my other 2. there are probably lots of people out there who just blindly bought and now have other preferences.

This is another reason why they should have released one at a time. More people will end up selling.

Keep the verified fan to minimize bots, but spread out the ticket releases.

Totally agree. No reason not to just release one concert venue on one day and the next on the next day. Other than to create hysteria and maximize profits.

You must be new to concert tours. This is literally how it's done with every one of them.

Not new to concert tours. I've never spent all day waiting on a dot to start moving again. The demand was unprecedented so the approach for this artist needs to change. They knew this ahead of time.

Not sure these two statements line up.

They knew about the demand because they knew how many people tried to get verified fan certification. They could have adjusted once it was clear what the number of people online would be. It was unprecedented demand that they knew about once they had people get in touch with them. The number of people who logged on was no surprise to them. They chose it by deciding how many people to give codes to.

Ah, good point. They certainly appeared to over-release the fan verification codes from what I'm reading in this thread.

Not a good point. What was she to do? Commit to 1,000 shows? That was the demand. This went the best way it could. For the fans upset, good life lesson.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We didn’t get tickets. My daughter feels personally victimized by Taylor Swift.

Get her a therapist ASAP!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My husband and I tried on multiple computers all day:

Philly-- Sunday 5/14, got two $225 tickets after being shut out yesterday. I clicked on the top ticket choice the instant I got into the room and had ZERO idea what i was buying. My two teen daughters may go.

Pittsburgh --shut out --made it into the ticking room, put dozens in my cart but never got any

Minneapolis --shut out --made it into the ticking room, put dozens in my cart but never got any

Denver--was able to put 5 floor seats into my cart but they came to $4500 with fees. I threw them back and wasn't able to get anything else

Las Vegas --shut out --made it into the ticking room, put dozens in my cart but never got any

LA #1 --shut out ----made it into the ticking room but everything was sold out a minute after I arrived

LA #2 (last show of the tour)-- got five $225 tickets. Not sure yet what I'm going to do with these. May sell all or family friends may use these.

I have 2 tickets to 5/14 as well but looking to find better tix for DD since these are pretty high up. wish we could start a ticket exchange. I'd buy your Philly tix if you're willing to sell and then I'd be more than happy to sell my other 2. there are probably lots of people out there who just blindly bought and now have other preferences.

This is another reason why they should have released one at a time. More people will end up selling.

Keep the verified fan to minimize bots, but spread out the ticket releases.

Totally agree. No reason not to just release one concert venue on one day and the next on the next day. Other than to create hysteria and maximize profits.

This would allow every person to try and get tickets at each venue for resale. At least releasing all at once meant you could only try for one in each time zone.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My husband and I tried on multiple computers all day:

Philly-- Sunday 5/14, got two $225 tickets after being shut out yesterday. I clicked on the top ticket choice the instant I got into the room and had ZERO idea what i was buying. My two teen daughters may go.

Pittsburgh --shut out --made it into the ticking room, put dozens in my cart but never got any

Minneapolis --shut out --made it into the ticking room, put dozens in my cart but never got any

Denver--was able to put 5 floor seats into my cart but they came to $4500 with fees. I threw them back and wasn't able to get anything else

Las Vegas --shut out --made it into the ticking room, put dozens in my cart but never got any

LA #1 --shut out ----made it into the ticking room but everything was sold out a minute after I arrived

LA #2 (last show of the tour)-- got five $225 tickets. Not sure yet what I'm going to do with these. May sell all or family friends may use these.

I have 2 tickets to 5/14 as well but looking to find better tix for DD since these are pretty high up. wish we could start a ticket exchange. I'd buy your Philly tix if you're willing to sell and then I'd be more than happy to sell my other 2. there are probably lots of people out there who just blindly bought and now have other preferences.

This is another reason why they should have released one at a time. More people will end up selling.

Keep the verified fan to minimize bots, but spread out the ticket releases.

Totally agree. No reason not to just release one concert venue on one day and the next on the next day. Other than to create hysteria and maximize profits.

You must be new to concert tours. This is literally how it's done with every one of them.

Not new to concert tours. I've never spent all day waiting on a dot to start moving again. The demand was unprecedented so the approach for this artist needs to change. They knew this ahead of time.

Not sure these two statements line up.

They knew about the demand because they knew how many people tried to get verified fan certification. They could have adjusted once it was clear what the number of people online would be. It was unprecedented demand that they knew about once they had people get in touch with them. The number of people who logged on was no surprise to them. They chose it by deciding how many people to give codes to.

Ah, good point. They certainly appeared to over-release the fan verification codes from what I'm reading in this thread.

Not a good point. What was she to do? Commit to 1,000 shows? That was the demand. This went the best way it could. For the fans upset, good life lesson.

It’s upsetting because some people really want to attend, didn’t get tickets, and now see all the tickets for sale on stubhub. There should be a way to prove you were the person who purchased the ticket—like scanning your credit card at the venue to officially receive your tickets.