Back in the day, I was the go to guy for tickets. I’d hear who was coming to town, solicit interest, collect money or even fund on trust and then hoof it into town to buy the tickets.
5,10, 15 at a time.
Things got really out of hand for the Doobie Brothers. Ya see, I don’t like the Doobies so I wasn’t going to go, but here I was with a wad of cash to buy tickets for mates. I managed to lose the money en route and ended up having to reimburse everyone. Ended up about $300 bucks out of pocket.
This was back in the day of lining up and selecting your tickets. Arguably things are a lot easier with online booking. There are still dark arts associated with which internet platform or app you use or lining up at a little-used ticket selling outlet to beat the gridlock. But ultimately it comes down to the number of tickets you are getting. Simple -the more you buy the further you are back almost always as they skate away before your eyes.
The other day I was in the presale (I’m assuming these are used everywhere, not » Continue Reading.