successfully got concert tix 3 venues

 

I was into shows 1990, and that was the start of where it was all but impossible to get tickets without camping out (nary did I envision people would one day camp out worldwide for a $260 watch).

I went through this "verified" process (quite a few steps it would seem but legit/Ticketmaster) where I guess the idea is to keep the tickets away from bots.

It's amazing before they even went on sale, resale websites posting tix $800, $600, blah blah blah, with a map of the venue. It's just so easy to spin up a website now.

I know over the last 15 years, anytime I tried to get tickets it was a random thing, where maybe I could get 2, sometimes only 1. And we're talking sold out baseball stadiums.

Oddly, through this verification deal, I bought tix for citizens bank park and then Citi field in Queens, 2 nights. 12 tix, 4 for each night. They don't go on general sale until Friday, where they'll sell out, that's a given.

Now I'm curious, if I sell my tix right from the vendor where I got them and where they are kept, isn't that not in the spirit of the verification process?

Just that I spent more than I wanted. Some were $200/ea with fees. I figure they charge more fees when they sell.

But a guy at work said he had gotten 4 tix 2 years ago $500. Sold 2 for $500. That means he and his wife went for free. That's sort of what I'm looking to do....

update

The general tix go on sale today.

Guess what I've learned.

The tix I got cannot be resold.

Very interesting.

In Phila., the venue has a rolling barcode deployed.

I scanned it myself--it changes every 15 sec.

This means a screenshot cannot be taken and texted or emailed to someone else.

What a modern world we live in!

I was envisioning that there has to be a backend capable of verify that rolling code.

It reminds me of the old days when we had SecurID.