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Hannah Montana can fill seats fast
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Hannah Montana’s January 24 show at the Erwin Center sold out in 55 minutes this morning.
An orderly crowd, with lots of mothers and daughters, gathered outside the South Box Office of the Erwin Center this morning to get tickets to the show, which features Miley Cyrus, the teenage star of the Disney televsion show, “Hannah Montana.” During the concert, an extension of the “Best of Both Worlds Tour” Cyrus perform as her self and her television pop star alter ego, Hannah Montana.
Those who won spots at the front of the line in a numbered wristband lottery walked away with smiles.
“I’m really excited,” Candace Kosted, 11, said as she bounced away from the ticket booth with her grandfather, Phillip Kosted.
Others paced with cell phones glued to their ears, hoping to get tickets that way in case their wristband numbers were not called at the box office.
Jamie Rafferty wasn’t one of the lucky ones. She walked away from the Erwin Center without tickets for her niece, Kayla Abuieta. The search for tickets would continue later online, she said. “I’m sure we’ll find something, I just might have to pay more money,” Rafferty said.
Did you get tickets? Tell us about your experience at the box office in the comments below.
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By Steve
December 15, 2007 12:40 PM | Link to this
Scalpers are ripping people off. We tried to get two tickets 2 hours after they went on sale and there were none, except on scalper sites. There should be a law against scalpers being able to purchase tickets and jack up the price like they do. Ticketcity.com has 24 floor tickets on sale for as much as $1500. How come the Texas Government isn’t doing something about these criminals that are denying children from seeing someone they truly admire?
By LIsa
December 15, 2007 12:54 PM | Link to this
I agree and am appalled how these agency’s dominate the purchase of tickets like this! I’m a hardworking parent that just wants to give my daughter the opportunity of a lifetime but have no chance, not because I don’t have the money for face value of the ticker, but I have my budget limits too I hope our daughters don’t have to continue to grow up in a world where the highest price is the only way to get even the simplest pleasures in life. Where are our governing forces when they could really do some good for our families? Oh wait, they’re all scammers too, right?!!
By Patti
December 15, 2007 1:03 PM | Link to this
From NY Times 10/31/07 The Federal Reserve Bank doesn’t just worry about the sort of fiscal complexities that prompted Thomas Carlyle to call economics the dismal science. No, the Federal Reserve also worries about the price of tickets for “Hannah Montana” concerts, starring the 14-year-old Miley Cyrus. Writing on the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond’s Web site (richmondfed.org), Doug Campbell, an economist, addressed the furor over tickets with a face value of $26 and $56 that sell for hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars, prompting complaints from fans and their parents. “To economists, this complaint misses the point,” Mr. Campbell wrote of one of them. “The ticket company didn’t inflate the price; the forces of supply and demand did.” He added, “The more fundamental issue is that the promoters of the ‘Hannah Montana’ series apparently haven’t priced tickets commensurate with the demand, opening the door to a secondary market with much higher prices.” Mr. Campbell suggested that one solution “would be a system in which a certain number of seats are auctioned off to the highest bidders, with the remaining ones sold for a flat price. This aids the promoter in not over- or underpricing tickets beforehand and more closely mimics a true market for high-valued seats.”
What’s the big deal - I remember Beatles tickets scalping for $100.00 in the 60’s (outrageous then.)
Hope this kid stays on track and doesn’t turn “Brittney.” Then you’ll be paying your kids to stop paying attention to her.
By Mike
December 15, 2007 1:03 PM | Link to this
Get a life Steve! It’s called a free market economy. I don’t hear people complaining about someone buying a house for $70,000 and a year later selling it for $150,000. It is the exactly same principle. What because it is a kids concert it is some how sacred?
By DC
December 15, 2007 1:04 PM | Link to this
While trying to purchase tickets using two laptops and two cell phones it was maddening to continue to get busy signals (at best) and a constant 60 second countdown online until the page refreshed yet we could find plenty of tickets oline selling for a MINIMUM of $265/each! It is sad that our world has gotten to where families can’t attend concerts or shows without having to pay and absurd price from someone who is doing nothing more than ripping off everyone! Wouldn’t it be nice to see some laws put into place EVERYWHERE that would close ticket outlets and put ticket scalpers out of business and people could purchase tickets for the actual ticket price?
By gary
December 15, 2007 1:19 PM | Link to this
So you tried 2 hours after the show went on sale and you’re surprised that tickets were sold out? Have you been living under a rock? This is the hottest tour in the country right now. Most of her shows sell out in less than 5 minutes. Face it, you live in a capitalist society. The laws of supply and demand will always dictate the market. Why should the government control tickets? The people that went down there early and stood in line got the seats. If you would’ve put a little effort into it, you too would have tickets right now.
By Sarah
December 15, 2007 1:30 PM | Link to this
I can not believe this happend for a kids program. I was trying to get my daughter tickets for christmas and I was online early at 9:30 watching the countdown for my chance on the server, AT 10:04 I was booted off and could not get back on. I finally got thru on the phone at 11:15 and found out it was sold out, but now all these tickets are online and priced WAY out of my ballpark, so now thanks to all the a******s getting rich, my kids will not be there.
By Keith
December 15, 2007 1:32 PM | Link to this
I went onto the Internet, Texas Box Office, and hit enter for 4 tickets about 2 seconds after 10 am and the site never went into a do loop for 3 1/2 hours and never processed my request. I logged back on in a different window at 10:04 am and it took 1 1/2 hours before it would let me on and then it never stated it was sold out.
By Bianka
December 15, 2007 1:38 PM | Link to this
I am so dissapointed with this ticket prices. I wanted to take four children to the concert, but the price is crazy. Alot kids all over are very upset at this time. They like Hannah alot. And they would of love to see her.
By Don
December 15, 2007 1:40 PM | Link to this
Some of you people are fools. Scalpers have no more control over tickets than you do.
HEB did the lotto-style drawings and there was a limit on the tickets. Some of you people think you should get tickets just because you WANT tickets. Its as simple as supply & demand.
If Miley Cyrus wasn’t so popular, your annoying little brats wouldn’t want to see her anyway.
Boo-Hoo!!!
By Bianka
December 15, 2007 1:51 PM | Link to this
No matter how famous she is the tickets still are outrageous. I t stupid. To the one who call kids brat. Y ou are a jerk maybe you don’t have children!
By Dave
December 15, 2007 1:54 PM | Link to this
I treid for about 30 minutes on the website. I spent most of that time either in a waiting room or staring at a hung browser. No wonder people are complaining - that website is a piece of crap.
By zilla
December 15, 2007 2:00 PM | Link to this
You the consumer have the power. If you refuse to pay the 500% mark up, then they will either lower the price, or take a loss. Stick together and DO NOT PAY mark up prices. On 1/24, there will be 100 “scalper/resellers” outside the Erwin center dumping tix. Make it happen~
By zilla
December 15, 2007 2:01 PM | Link to this
You the consumer have the power. If you refuse to pay the 500% mark up, then they will either lower the price, or take a loss. Stick together and DO NOT PAY mark up prices. On 1/24, there will be 100 “scalper/resellers” outside the Erwin center dumping tix. Make it happen~
By Shirley
December 15, 2007 2:23 PM | Link to this
Logged on at 9:54 but could not get into Texas Box Office Site until 10:00. During that six minutes I was in a 60 second timer countdown that repeated six times. Exactly 10:00 I was able to get in and purchase four tickets. It took six minutes to complete my transaction. I requested the best available tickets and the best available at that time was in section 60. Many people must have been ahead of me for that to be the best available. My confirmation email was mailed to me at 10:10 am this morning. I was fortunate to spend so little time and $262.00 for four tickets. These are for a child that could not get tickets in her state whenever they went on sale. The tickets in her state sold within minutes of going on sale.
By lauri
December 15, 2007 2:27 PM | Link to this
to the person who stated “if you’d have put a little effort into it, you too would have tickets”…maybe if you paid attention to the way the tickets were distributed you would not have made such an ignorant remark. It was by pure luck whether or not you got tickets by actually going to get them. no one could stand in line, wristbands were given out yesterday and they started at 9:30 this morning by randomly selecting wristband numbers for a chance to get tickets. why would i or anyone else have chosen to do that - it was stated very clearly that you may or may not get tickets this way, just as online or phone. i was online an hour before 10, and still NEVER connected - with four browsers open and continuous reconnect attempts on all four, until 11 o’clock. the mark ups on the other websites are insane, and make me sick to my stomach. and yes, the fact that it’s a childrens show should make a difference, but there aren’t a lot of morals left around here anyway, so why start now? bunch of losers is what they are and anyone who thinks its ok. oh and to the poster who called all the kids brats, screw you, my child is the farthest thing from a brat, and some parents actually wanted to do this just to see their child’s face light up, not to appease a bratty attitude…
By Christi
December 15, 2007 3:46 PM | Link to this
I logged on at 9:30 entered all my info put in the amount of tickets I wanted, which was 3. One for me, and my two daughters ages 8 and 6. I waited till the second it turned 10 and I pushed add to cart….it took about 30 seconds and I got them. I was so relieved, my girls will be so surprised on Christmas morning. I am so thankful since I am having a hard time find the Wii for them.
By missy
December 15, 2007 4:09 PM | Link to this
I have never heard of Hannah Montana until yesterday but a friend asked as a favor for me to go get tickets. I was at HEB at 8 am Friday and in line for hours. This morning I was back and they were clueless as to how to proceed. Very few of the 1000 people there received tickets and no one knew where to go. Some of us are lucky to have cells phones, credit cards, and high speed internet, but I feel for the lady with the 3rd in line wristband who was at the store camped out at 3am and never had a chance.
By Rose
December 15, 2007 4:20 PM | Link to this
I was trying to get tickets for my 8yr old daughter. Just like another parent said on here I was online early about 9:15am this morning waitng for my chance to get tickets and then even though I have “highspeed” internet I was still booted off the server and could not get back on. All the while I was on my home phone and cell phone and had my brother calling from his phone trying to get thru on the line to get tickets. But no luck. TexasBoxOffice should have been better prepared with their server knowing that there would be many people trying to get thru and purchase tickets for their children. The to top things off finally I got thru to a representative at texasbox office only to be told the tickets were sold out! UGH! I am sure there are MANY frustrated angry parents that are upset that scalpers get a hold of these tickets and jack up the prices out of the reach of many of our pocket books!! So, there are a lot of sad little girls here in Austin because they won’t get to see their favorite singer Hanna Montana… I know that my daughter is one of them!
By John
December 15, 2007 4:31 PM | Link to this
If seeing Hannah Montana (the spawn of Billy Ray Cyrus) is the opportunity of a lifetime, you’ve failed as a parent and your kid is truly boned.
By felisa
December 15, 2007 4:35 PM | Link to this
Well, I got lucky today. I got stuck with a server that kept refreshing but I got four tickets at about 10:15. I also had friends who were in line at HEB and Frank Erwin, they also got tickets and we are passing them around to family and friends. As for the brats comment, Scrooge is obviously alive and well. My kid is not a brat but works hard at her grades and around the house—she deserves a good time and as for me, I enjoy being with her too!! I know the frustration of not getting tickets and I agree the scalpers should be shot!!
By felisa
December 15, 2007 4:36 PM | Link to this
Well, I got lucky today. I got stuck with a server that kept refreshing but I got four tickets at about 10:15. I also had friends who were in line at HEB and Frank Erwin, they also got tickets and we are passing them around to family and friends. As for the brats comment, Scrooge is obviously alive and well. My kid is not a brat but works hard at her grades and around the house—she deserves a good time and as for me, I enjoy being with her too!! I know the frustration of not getting tickets and I agree the scalpers should be shot!!
By keith
December 15, 2007 4:42 PM | Link to this
those that say there should be a law against ticket agencies buying up tickets and other ways that keep them from getting tickets, that TexasBoxOffice should be ashamed of themselves for not being better prepared - where were you complaining when OTHER shows sold out in record time. Whether it is Garth or Hannah Montana or whatever sold out, ticket agencies and others will ALWAYS find a way to get in and get massive amounts of tickets and turn around and sell them this way
this is a direct result of her becoming so popular with young girls these days, and modern technology, whether legal or not, is allowing ticket agencies to them - if something is banned, they will just find another way around that, just like a car thief will ignore a car alarm if they want it bad enough.
By ldw
December 15, 2007 4:43 PM | Link to this
OMG you people are a bunch of whiners! The Texas Box Office website was so much more prepared for this than was the Toyota Center in Houston. THAT was a fiasco. I logged on at about 9:56am and pulled up several different screens to do the countdown to move to the next step of obtaining tickets. I was able to get through numerous times and purchased 4 tickets with no problem. Starting at 10:14am, I was only able obtain single tickets and by 10:20 there were no tickets available. So I don’t know about this 55 minute sell out. I think it was much less time than that. Oh, and what will I do with the tickets I bought? They’re going on Ebay and will be sold to the highest bidder. I’m not a scalper, but would like to make back some of the money I spent seeing this concert in Houston. If I have any complaint at all, it’s that they didn’t have Austin on the concert schedule to begin with and so many of us went to Houston, San Antonio or Ft. Worth. And John, it’s not the opportunity of a lifetime, but it’s a really good kids concert and whether you like it or not, it’s the hottest ticket around right now.
By Adam
December 15, 2007 4:46 PM | Link to this
To the poster John …Your comment is uncalled for and rude! There are lots of great kids out there that are doing in school and this is a treat that many parents wanted to give their children. At least it’s a great show, good music and kids and parents can see together. I know my kids will be dissappointed I couldn’t get tickets. But, hey we can sit a home and have watch the Hannah Montana DVD on Dad’s big screen tv!! So, to all those parents out their who tried their best to get tickets. Way to go their is nothing wrong in trying to give your child something that will put a smile on their face. Hopefully, those negative people out there will find something better to do with their time then bash us parents!
By agreed
December 15, 2007 5:03 PM | Link to this
i agree with john. yuck!
By Cool Aunt
December 15, 2007 5:17 PM | Link to this
The tickets here were actually a lot easier to get. I got tickets for the Ft. Worth concert for my niece and had to join the fan club to do the presale. I was able to get the tickets but they did sell out in 5 minutes. I tried to do the presale for the Austin show (after all I paid $30 to join the fan club) and they would not allow you to use the same fan club password for two different shows. This cuts down on a lot of the scalpers because they would have to join the fan club again and again to get more tickets. I was able to log on at 9:50 and get tickets. Pretty painless and my niece will get to see Hannah Montana twice.
By Cool Aunt
December 15, 2007 5:18 PM | Link to this
The tickets here were actually a lot easier to get. I got tickets for the Ft. Worth concert for my niece and had to join the fan club to do the presale. I was able to get the tickets but they did sell out in 5 minutes. I tried to do the presale for the Austin show (after all I paid $30 to join the fan club) and they would not allow you to use the same fan club password for two different shows. This cuts down on a lot of the scalpers because they would have to join the fan club again and again to get more tickets. I was able to log on at 9:50 and get tickets. Pretty painless and my niece will get to see Hannah Montana twice.
By Anonymous
December 15, 2007 5:36 PM | Link to this
Britney Spears tickets were doing the same thing like 6-8 years ago, and I was not paying some scalper the $300 - $500 they were asking.
My daughter grew up just fine even though she missed the concert, and would probably be embarrased to tell her friends nowdays that she had gone at the age she is now.
It’s not a big deal, people, and it’s not the fault of the musicians or the State of Texas. It’s the fault of the sellers and the buyers for setting these prices.
And your kids will likely supress the memory as something silly and embarrassing when they get older.
By scalper
December 15, 2007 5:55 PM | Link to this
Interesting, I never hear the same complaints about overpriced tix for the Red River Shootout.
the masses are so fickle
By Karen
December 15, 2007 6:05 PM | Link to this
Hey,after over an hour online and 2 phones stuck to my ears and a friend doing the same at ger house we didn’t snag the coveted tickets.Thankfully we came up with a brilliant alternative.The first week in Febuary we are taking our girls to the 3D version of the concert at Gateway Cinema.For the price of one ticket to the live show I bought 3 and then we will take our daughters out for lunch.Thankfully our girls will be just as happy with this plan.
By John Sanchez
December 15, 2007 6:16 PM | Link to this
People are so self-centered. You do know that there are over 250,000 fan club members. Those are just the fans who paid $30 to join. Atleast, 5 times that many who didn’t join. An ungodly amount of parents were trying to do just what you were doing.
Texas Box Office is not Ticketmaster, they are mainly the box office for campus. I am pretty sure that did their best, but from the comments you people are relentless.
People get over it. Besides if you really loved your child so much price shouldn’t be a problem.
By Sean
December 15, 2007 6:19 PM | Link to this
Since there were already tickets on Ebay Thursday (two days before they went on sale), with seat and row numbers attached, somehow, I don’t believe the idea it was a fair and free market. People have gamed the system to make a buck, that isn’t free enterprise, that is illegal and they should be punished.
By Sarah
December 15, 2007 6:21 PM | Link to this
I put in a complaint with Consumeraffairs.com, we should all do it. I feel like this is discrimination towards lower income families. This is not just in Austin, it is every where she goes. and there are reports of companies, ticket brokers, with software that lets them bumrush the system. google it and see for yourself. And then go to consumeraffairs.com and file a complaint. I did.
By Patti
December 15, 2007 6:41 PM | Link to this
I posted this morning, “3rd in line” on this blog (though I did not camp, inline for a bracelet to do so.) I referred to a NY Times article I had seen in the Fall about this tour and the attention it gained from the Fed. - sufficient warning. I’m surprised by all the whining here - this was nothing unexpected.
NY Times again: 10/31 “The ticket company didn’t inflate the price; the forces of supply and demand did.” He added, “The more fundamental issue is that the promoters of the ‘Hannah Montana’ series apparently haven’t priced tickets commensurate with the demand, opening the door to a secondary market with much higher prices.”
SO, that means Supply and Demand works. A lottery to purchase tickets is a solution that has worked - I was among a group of friends that won the chance to purchase 4 tickets to The Rolling Stones and Stevie Wonder at Madison Square Garden back in the mid 1900’s. That was the first time that had been done. Good idea - ya’ can’t have that many NY’ers camping on the sidewalk for tickets. Your name is chosen and you win the opportunity to buy 4 tickets. Period.
By Stan
December 15, 2007 6:56 PM | Link to this
It is not a “free market” or “free enterprise”, it is price gouging.
The industry does not like the bad publicity of this issue. Angry parents spend $$$ and are vocal, they will be heard.
Technology and slight changes to the ticket on-sale will help curb some of this, but it will always be there.
These brokers run computer scripts that clog the online on sale, and they purchase multiple orders.
Meanwhile, some hardworking parent in line with their kid sees a sold out sign.
Again, this is not a “free market” right it is actually pretty sad.
Vultures of the concert industry.
By JulieAnn
December 15, 2007 7:02 PM | Link to this
I showed up to get a band at 7:45 on Friday. I then showed up at 9:15 on Sat to hear that my band was PICKED to be #1. I was so excited that I could not even dial my cousin’s number to let her know our girls were going. I just want to say that the HEB at 685 in Pflugerville was AWESOME. Emily, Ashley & one other girl(sorry don’t remember your name) did an awesome job with getting me my tickets quickly and being so organized. This of course is a x-mas present, but I KNOW they will be SOO happy…..
By Cochise
December 15, 2007 7:41 PM | Link to this
I think there are greater problems in the world than the price of Hannah Montana tickets. If you don’t want to pay the ticket broker prices, then don’t pay them. No one is forcing you to buy tickets. And to the person who said this discriminates against low income people, then should we also sue BMW and Mercedes for not making affordable cars. This is the way capitalism works. If you don’t like it, I’m sure you can find a socialist or communist country that would be happy to have you.
By Cochise
December 15, 2007 7:41 PM | Link to this
I think there are greater problems in the world than the price of Hannah Montana tickets. If you don’t want to pay the ticket broker prices, then don’t pay them. No one is forcing you to buy tickets. And to the person who said this discriminates against low income people, then should we also sue BMW and Mercedes for not making affordable cars. This is the way capitalism works. If you don’t like it, I’m sure you can find a socialist or communist country that would be happy to have you.
By Liz
December 15, 2007 8:02 PM | Link to this
I agree. If you don’t like the price of the tickets, then don’t pay it. Obviously there are plenty of people out there who are willing to pay. I took my daughter to the concert in Houston because we were in Houston for another event. I was fortunate enough to get tickets at face value, but the lady next to me paid $660 on Ebay for her tickets and drove 6 hours from Louisiana to get her daughter there. She said there was someone 2 rows behind us who paid $1300 for tickets on Ebay. Is this crazy? Yeah, it is. But the fact remains that people are willing to pay the price, so the ticket brokers can get away with it. And no, someone who has a low income can’t afford to pay that kind of money. But you can’t call it discrimination. What is unfair is that the ticket brokers are able to take over and get tickets with such ease. The person who talked about the software they use to flood the ticket lines and the attention the feds have started giving to all of this because of the attention this concert has drawn to it, is right. It’s not like the scalpers of years past. This is a big business. Go out and read about it. It’s very interesting. And then if you want to complain about something, focus your efforts on the real problem.
By gus
December 15, 2007 8:05 PM | Link to this
Who’s Hannah Montana?
By Sarah
December 15, 2007 8:05 PM | Link to this
to Cochise, yes there are many more bigger problems to worry about in the world, but come on now, for kids. I will not pay those prices for I could buy much more with $300 than buy one ticket to Hannah Montana. It is the principle, That is teaching our kids to put up with the discrimination. It is not needed. And it is discrimination. In my neighborhood, all the kids wanted to go, but I guarantee none of them will. Is that fair to CHILDREN?? Trust me, the way this country has been since 2000 I would be happy to leave if I could. And I was born and raised in USA
By mmm..interesting
December 15, 2007 8:53 PM | Link to this
I was a salesman at one of the HEBs, and had to put up with all of you angry people…so before talking about how angry you are about the tickets, think about the pressure we were under… with that said, personally I believe in supply and demand, the tickets arent priced correctly so these things happen, buy em for 300 somewhere else, if that’s too much then don’t…ohhh and your kids, well I cant speak for you because I am 21 and have no children however I can comment that I bought an iPhone for my dad for xmas, guess what, I hate AT&T and have T-mobile and if you know anything about that situation the phone is unlockable through software methods so I have to spend an extra 100 dollars to get it unlocked with a TURBO SIM… do I like it no, am I complaining about it? heck no.. my two cents
By mmm..interesting
December 15, 2007 9:03 PM | Link to this
oh and also….Sarah, these situations are in place…it is up to your kids or yourself to fight the “discrimination”…. how? I don’t really know, don’t buy the tickets, figure out ways to clog the internet lines yourself… Best Example? The kid that unlocked the first iphone was 17 and there are many people that work at this all the time…. they don’t stand there and let Apple force them to do what they want… they take action… I suggest you do the same
By get over it
December 15, 2007 9:23 PM | Link to this
Why do people think they have some God given right to attend a concert just because their kids want to? Obviously there are far more people who want to go to this concert then there are seats in the arena, so everyone can’t be happy. I would love to go to the Super Bowl, but I’ve accepted the fact that’s not going to happen unless my rich uncle leaves me some money to pay those prices. If you don’t want to pay the high prices then maybe just take your kid to the park and spend some time with them instead of trying to prove what a great parent you are by getting them tickets to a concert they won’t even remember in a couple years.
By Menwa
December 15, 2007 9:30 PM | Link to this
Scalpers will gobble the tickets up and sell them at exhorbant rates because parents, in the drive to please their children at all cost, will pay these rates for the tickets. If parents would just learn to say no, deal with the tantrum and refuse to buy the tickets that would help curb the practice.
By Menwa
December 15, 2007 9:30 PM | Link to this
Scalpers will gobble the tickets up and sell them at exhorbant rates because parents, in the drive to please their children at all cost, will pay these rates for the tickets. If parents would just learn to say no, deal with the tantrum and refuse to buy the tickets that would help curb the practice.
By King Hodson
December 15, 2007 9:34 PM | Link to this
I saw Billy Ray Cyrus at the HEB on William Cannon and Brodie. He was in the 10 items or less lane. I said, “Hey Billy Ray, how about a little love for some tickets to the show?” He just said, “Sorry bud, looks like you got an achey brakey heart for this concert.”
By Christine
December 15, 2007 9:48 PM | Link to this
Scalpers do not have control over the tix like we do? Explain why they were selling the Austin concert tix the day before! Oh, yes they have lots of control!
By Andrew
December 16, 2007 12:16 AM | Link to this
What kind of kids are these that the only thing that will make them happy is tickets to a concert? Sure, it might make them happy for a couple days. But, disappointment is a fact of life. These kids’ lives won’t be ruined if they can’t go to some concert.
By lisa
December 16, 2007 7:55 AM | Link to this
I, also waited in a ridiculous, unorganized line at HEB. I did not see one upset kid when the tickets sold out. I saw a BUNCH of high maintenance parents with their ear-phones and laptops, like it was the end of THEIR worlds that there was no tickets. If Miley and her mullet father gave 2 shits about the fans, they would play AT LEAST 2 nights.
By scalper
December 16, 2007 9:36 AM | Link to this
The powers that be should get together after the tour and play few free shows at large venues to make amends. They should have enough money by then. Austin could help facilitate this by offering Zilker Park for 3 nights. If Ozzy can pull off some free shows, I am sure Miley could.
By justice
December 16, 2007 10:14 AM | Link to this
It is not even just angry parents that can not take their kids to a concert. It is not that. It is the fact that the RMG Technologies has made a software that bumrushes the websites where tickets are sold, it is not that ALL the seats are filled up because hundreds maybe thousands of tickets are selling online for outrageous amounts.It is IMPOSSIBLE to get tickets online without the software. So I say stand up for what is right. There have to be laws put in place…go to consumeraffairs.com and file a complaint. THat Will make a difference!!
By MQQN
December 16, 2007 10:24 AM | Link to this
If shows are selling out in less than an hour, seems the tour management should book two or three consecutive shows in the same town before moving on. They are losing a lot of potential money. BTW, why isn’t Miley in school instead of living on the road?
By Stan
December 16, 2007 11:26 AM | Link to this
Some of you are missing the point, quit attacking parents for wanting to treat their kids to a concert.
Sure life will be fine if they cannot attend, that is not the point.
The point is Scalpers using software to clog the on line system and hiring people to camp out in lines to buy the max number of tickets.
Give a parent those resources and they would get tickets with no problem.
Again, Scalpers are bottom feeders. I would appeal to State Atty. Greg Abbott to go after these people the same way he went after hotel owners who gouged room prices during the last hurricane.
This is seriously going to end. Starting at the top with professional brokers with storefronts to the enterprising vultures who sell via craigslist.
By Elizabeth Zullo
December 16, 2007 11:43 AM | Link to this
Capitalism and sour grapes aside, there is something inherently wrong with the ticket sales system. Why is it that someone who waited hours for a wristband and had the 2nd wristband issued, but due to the random wristband order for ticket sales, ended up at the end of the line for actually purchasing a ticket. No chance at getting a ticket — yet, minutes after tickets are sold out, the scalpers have blocks of tickets available for thousands of dollars. Does anyone know how they get tickets? What are they doing differently? And, of the 15,000+ seats for sale, how many tickets were actually available to the poor slobs who followed the rules? How many tickets are held out in advance for scalpers, fan club members, friends of the Erwin Center, etc, and how many are left for the regular guy? Doubtful anyone could find this out, but would guess it is a ridiculously small number.
By Margaret
December 16, 2007 1:15 PM | Link to this
My daughter is a fan club member. I got four tickets at the fan club presale on Friday. Yes, I could have put these on ebay immediately, and that would have been my choice to do that or not. Instead, I am taking my daughter and some of her friends. Everyone had a pretty equal chance to get tickets — I am no one special and I am certainly not a technie. I just tried and tried, and got them. Y’all need to quit whining.
By Kevin
December 16, 2007 4:57 PM | Link to this
I think the government should ban the practices of scalpers. They are ripping off people. We should start a campaign against the scalpers.
By justice
December 16, 2007 6:25 PM | Link to this
http://www.fyi.legis.state.tx.us/zip.aspx
copy and paste this link, then put in your zip and find your state rep. and contact them, if they get enough complaints, maybe at least some laws can go into place to stop these ticket brokers.
By gary
December 17, 2007 3:14 PM | Link to this
Why is it always tickets that cause this kind of uproar? Things get sold for profit on the secondary market every minute of every day. Nobody complains about flipping houses, reselling baseball cards, comics books, coins etc. Everything has a value to it. When Brett Favre was named SI’s Sportsman Of The Year, people in Wisconsin ran out in droves to get the magazine and it sold out almost immediatly. There were no front page articles or forum postings like this one about people complaining that they didn’t get one.