One hour, 3 cups of coffee,  a half a dozen smokes and still no tickets in hand. Trust me it’s not from a lack of effort. At 12:00 AM EST the first round of Dead tickets went on sale for their spring tour. For the first half hour of this adventure I sat and waited as the ticket server continuously timed out. Again and again I had to refresh the browser only to time out again. Finally at about the 12:30 mark, success! Oh wait, maybe I spoke too soon.
I’m staring at the ticket ordering page and pondering my choices. Floor, Section 200, 300 or 400? Hmmmm… $95.50 + $6.95 service charge, well it’s an easy choice. I’m going to get some floor seats. I click the add to cart and uh oh… The big red message of ticket doom “At this moment there are not enough tickets available to fulfill your request.” How can that be? I’ve been sitting here for 35 minutes now and am just able to get to the ordering page. Are there that many other people ordering tickets for the same venue on the same night who are much more proficient at hitting the refresh button than me? Oh well, I guess I should have stayed in Refresh Button School instead of pursuing my alternative carrier as a trash collector. One can never really be sure of how the choices they make will affect them in the future.Â
So ok no floor seats. I can deal with that. Let me try the 200 section. Waiting, waiting, waiting……. The red message of ticket death again. 300s? Waiting, waiting, waiting….. Good thing we only collect trash on Mondays and Thursdays… Waiting…. Bingo! Seats in Section 317 have been added to my cart. Â Where’s that seating chart, let me see what I’m able to score here? Oh wow! 3rd level to the side, almost heading around the back of the stage. 45 minutes in, $95. a seat, and this is the best I come up with? Thanks but no thanks. I send these tickets back to the waiting pool and try my luck again.
Now 1 1/2 hours into my Dead Ticket adventure.
Waiting…. Waiting…. Waiting….
