Taylor Swift Tour

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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.

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.

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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.

You do realize teh ticket prices on Stubhub will come down over time, right?

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Anonymous wrote: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.

You have zero chance against the bots that will scoop up all the tickets in just minutes at the general sale.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Wow what! And so many of us didn’t get tickets either.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

You have zero chance against the bots that will scoop up all the tickets in just minutes at the general sale.

And you'll be able to buy them from the bots at Face Value the day before the show.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

You have zero chance against the bots that will scoop up all the tickets in just minutes at the general sale.

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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.

The issue is that many of her fans go to multiple concerts and so they would be focused on this every day (versus having to choose a couple of dates to wait in the queue for), and busy moms like us will have an even lower chance of scoring a ticket.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

You have zero chance against the bots that will scoop up all the tickets in just minutes at the general sale.

How do the bots work? Why is it so easy for them to get tickets?

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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.

I would gladly trade my nosebleed tickets (literally the next to last row in a 80,000+ venue) that cost $100 a pop for a better seat at $580.

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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.

You do realize teh ticket prices on Stubhub will come down over time, right?

Of course some will come down. Other people probably posted at insane prices but will actually attend if their tickets don’t sell. There are plenty of TikToks of people scooping of tickets the day of a Reputation show but that’s not really feasible with this tour for people around DC or other cities that would need to travel and plan in advance. Not every fan is going to get a ticket—there are simply too many people who want to attend. But Taylor has the power to force Ticketmaster to sell only to verified fans (who can only resell at face value + fees).

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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.

You do realize teh ticket prices on Stubhub will come down over time, right?

Of course some will come down. Other people probably posted at insane prices but will actually attend if their tickets don’t sell. There are plenty of TikToks of people scooping of tickets the day of a Reputation show but that’s not really feasible with this tour for people around DC or other cities that would need to travel and plan in advance. Not every fan is going to get a ticket—there are simply too many people who want to attend. But Taylor has the power to force Ticketmaster to sell only to verified fans (who can only resell at face value + fees).

So You're telling me it's feasible to sit on a computer all day trying to buy tickets, but it' s not feasible to buy a ticket thr day before, drive s couple of hours to the show, stay at a hotel a half hour away, or just drive on home after the show? Thats my plan, easier than burning many work hours waiting on a presale.

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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.

Women in their 20's? Oh wow. Do people think she had something to do with it, personally? Are they thinking that maybe she isn't really concerned with her fans?

I’m the one who originally said that my daughter is feeling personally victimized. I was being tongue in cheek (hasn’t anyone watched mean girls?!) but she is genuinely upset to have it hit home that Taylor isn’t her friend but a businesswoman whose priority first and foremost is not her fans’ experience but building her own wealth. I knew this of course but teenagers haven’t experienced enough to learn these lessons.

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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.

You do realize teh ticket prices on Stubhub will come down over time, right?

Of course some will come down. Other people probably posted at insane prices but will actually attend if their tickets don’t sell. There are plenty of TikToks of people scooping of tickets the day of a Reputation show but that’s not really feasible with this tour for people around DC or other cities that would need to travel and plan in advance. Not every fan is going to get a ticket—there are simply too many people who want to attend. But Taylor has the power to force Ticketmaster to sell only to verified fans (who can only resell at face value + fees).

So You're telling me it's feasible to sit on a computer all day trying to buy tickets, but it' s not feasible to buy a ticket thr day before, drive s couple of hours to the show, stay at a hotel a half hour away, or just drive on home after the show? Thats my plan, easier than burning many work hours waiting on a presale.

Please reread. I said day of the show. You can’t buy a ticket at 6pm and make it to Pittsburgh for the show. Those were the types of examples people were giving on social media.

It’s feasible to plan in advance to buy a ticket the day before with the expectation that might not happen. I’d prefer to have a ticket in hand if I’m planning to travel.

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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.

Does your kid get everything they want? Everyone complaining and stressing out sounds totally unstable. Get a grip.

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!

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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.

Women in their 20's? Oh wow. Do people think she had something to do with it, personally? Are they thinking that maybe she isn't really concerned with her fans?

She did have something to do with it. She could have chosen not to participate in dynamic pricing (Ed Sheeran has done this in the past).