The overwhelming majority are going to be large brokers who have dozens of phone numbers who signed up for codes, used bots to jump the line and get tickets, and will use a third party wallet asset delivery tool to give the customer a link that opens up the ticket in their Apple or Play wallet. The ticket is legitimate, but there is absolutely nothing that stops the seller from just...creating another asset link and selling the ticket again. Granted, most large scale operations would not do this, because they operate like legitimate businesses, but there are unquestionably some fly-by-night people who pray on these kinds of tours. They do exactly what I've described, and then cancel their "refund" credit cards before the charge backs hit. It's a whole sub-level scummy industry that goes waaaay beyond just traditional scalping. It became prominent after COVID when tons of people successfully scammed StubHub for millions upon millions by just disappearing when the bills came due. That's why restricting transfers just creates a bigger problem. I get what they're trying to do, but it actually makes things even worse.
I noticed a few pops and clicks on highlighter yellow, but nothing that distracted me from enjoying the album as you've described. I'd say try for a replacement and hope that fixes it.
I guess the only upside of not having a date in Portland was missing out on this ticket fiasco. I hope she chooses a venue that’s appropriately sized when she does come here, considering it’s been a decade since Paramore performed here, and their last show here was canceled due to illness. The PNW demand for Hayley Williams either solo or with Paramore, is through the roof.
if they refuse a replacement (which idk why they would), i'll just swing downtown and grab the highlighter yellow variant, since my local store has it for like $30 at the moment.
On the bright side, Weird Al (who is my freakin’ idol) just announced today he’s performing in my hometown for the first time in over 20 years. So things balance out sometimes I suppose. Still hate that I couldn’t get tickets, but this eases the wound a little bit.
I know someone who works for one of these companies, I don’t know the full details like you do but this seems fully accurate. And they make huge amounts of money doing this.
been seeing this allll weekend, ppl being sad or angry at the ticket buying process, and perhaps rightfully so, it's disheartening but also kinda annoying to the point i've started scrolling past them. i can empathize with not being able to see your favorite artist, but i'm getting flooded with them, and some are even acting like they're more entitled to tickets because they've been fans longer, gtfo w that shit but yeah i really hope Hayley's team can free up as many tickets as possible from bots/scalpers on those third party sites
Honestly some of the videos are so dramatic lol. I saw one where a person was fully serious talking about how they almost didn't mention they scored tickets because they didn't want to trigger any of their followers who weren't so lucky. Like not only is it not that serious but also if you really were concerned about that, nobody forced you to make a video about it lol. It's not like you're reporting on the war. We should absolutely criticize the predatory scalper practices and how big corps benefit from them but it's obvious Hayley put forth a good faith effort to try and prevent it. And it's okay to be disappointed. But like... Perspective is also cool.
it sucks not getting tickets but there is no perfect way to figure out supply and demand that makes everyone happy, and I don't get why people can't realize that artists want to play certain venues and cities for a reason
I like how Maggie Rogers reserved a bunch of tickets at the physical box office for each show of her last tour. I’d like to see more artists do that so the super diehards can get in at face value. (I would never do that myself, but it seems like a nice thing to do for your fans.)
Reselling tickets above face value set to be banned by government A change on the horizon for those in the UK, perhaps?
I’ve said it before - I miss waiting in line with the scalpers. At least it was a bit more fair. Let’s go back to Saturday morning ticket sales.
She should do the album in a random order every night to capture the spirit of the release. Or at least the first 17. Like, get 17 cards with each song title and shuffle them each night.