PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT PATRONS ARE INSANE
By adamg - 1/24/09 - 10:46 am
As I sit here watching the virtual waiting room clock count down, again, from 30, all I can say is: Thank goodness for resizable browser windows. Anybody have better luck (and do I want to know)?
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And could they do something about the virtual magazines?
Peter Chianca tweets:
And here is one guy's desktop.
frustration
Y'know what's fun?
Waiting for an hour in the waiting room for a particular game, then watching the 11:00 update tell you that only obstructed and single seats are available. And starting over again.
That's what's fun.
Y'know given the 'income maximizing' practices of the Sox, I'm really surprised there isn't advertising in the Virtual Hating Rooms. Captive audience. Wait 'til next year, though.
Now this has to hurt
Adam Cohen tweets:
Non-functional
Even after I got through the waiting room, when I try to buy anything it says, "We're sorry, we were unable to process your request due to high transaction volumes. Please try to submit your request again by clicking the CONTINUE button. (23-13)"
Friggin' sox ...
1:41 p.m.
Aug. 24 against the White Sox, here we come.
Virtual Hating Room: Oh, so true. Also, Red Sox: I know you have a captcha system to defeat evil brokers and all, but when you pile numbers right on top of each other? Impossible to make them out. Also? The whole "high volume" nonsense after you get through the waiting room? Sucks. As does the $2 fee for PRINTING THE TICKETS OFF ON YOUR OWN COMPUTER.
I got the boot
Had a similar experience as above, got in, started poking around as a result of the high transaction message and apparently crossed the threshold of "continue" hits and it kicked me out! I feel like an extra jerk because it gave me the chance to buy seats in section 35 of the bleachers, and I got greedy for better ones, and then disaster struck and now I am back to square one. Totally kicking myself.
Tix
Same experience as everybody else. Got through the Virtual Waiting Room only to get hung up hitting continue over and over until they threw me out. Why don't the Sox admit what they are really doing, (giving their corporate sponsor Ace Ticket all the tickets) and save us the hassle. Let's be real. Ace Ticket pays good money to the Sox to control the inventory. The corporate sponsorship, in Beacon Hill terms, is a kickback.
Yep
Got 1 ticket to a game vs. the Mets in May (which is exactly what I want since I'm a Mets fan).
I figured out a trick
Use google chrome and duplicate the tabs a bunch of times (about 40). One will hit within a few minutes. Worked like a charm. I got 4 pairs of tickets.
Another disappointed Sox fan
Angela King speaks about the procedure at boston.com
Personally, I feel bad for people trying to buy tickets these days. It seems like everyone wants them and they just go to resellers and corporate funders for the most part. Luckily, some friends and I were able to jump in when they started the 10th man mini-season plan packages (10 games each season, including 2 Yankees games, 1 interleague game, and the guarantee to purchase a ticket to a single post-season game when they make it). So, I only deal with the frustration for some of the big games and post-season.
It's also like this with Ticketmaster for the big concerts that come to town.
Also, remember that there are day-of-game tickets sold at Fenway if you can plan on getting in line a while before game time. I remember recently hearing that they have bumped up the number of tickets being withheld for day-of-game to try and get the tickets to more people and less resellers.
Day of game
It's also worth checking out the Sox' official Scalp-Free Zone at Gate B. I've scored tickets there a number of times, and usually go there to unload mine if I have a spare or can't go to that night's game. I figure it's only fair to give somebody else a chance to attend at a reasonable price, and it cuts out the slimeball scalpers who infest craigslist and skulk around the neighborhood on game day.