Hamilton Cancellation Line — Page 62

meepsnyc said: "Anyway, I'm told the new strategy is to do a shorter wait but buy premium tickets if available, which would bring each of my 2 tickets to ~$750 each. I don't mind paying the money, but I also would hate to pay this much only to have no premium tickets available that day.

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Wait, is their new system that you have to pre-pay for the cost premium tickets? Because I thought before you just had to pre-pay the # of hours you wanted the sitter to wait, but if at the end of the wait the sitter couldn't get tickets you weren't out the cost of the tickets themselves, just the cost of the line waiting.

If the pre-pay now includes the line waiting plus the premium ticket cost that's a little sketch, since there's no guarantee that this level of ticket will even be available for sale on that day.

I have no problems with line sitters in theory. There's something in what you're describing that I wouldn't sign up for.

As I understand, if you aren't able to procure tickets, they refund the ticket cost but you are out the sitting fee.

Ok, that's not so sketch then.

I mean, anecdotally I know that the day that MFB/17 waited that there were no premium tickets offered that day, so that's at least one day that premium tickets were not available.

Updated On: 5/16/16 at 10:09 AM

sarahb22 said: "I looked up SOLD's Twitter and saw this:

Same Ole Line Dudes @sold_inc"



does this mean they are getting premiums? or still the 177?

Updated On: 5/16/16 at 10:36 AM

MyFavoriteBrunette said: "That tweet isn't about ticket clients swapping, that's about what they will say when they get their first stage door wait client to get her autograph and picture at the Hamilton stage door.

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Ok my bad then. I rarely use Twitter! Thanks for the clarification --- I didn't know people hired line sitters for stage door!

talinatter said: "
no i mean their most recent tweet "What happens when ignorant ppl troll us? Instead of 2 tickets now we'll take 4 to get our 2! We're fans too stupid! #youngscrappyandhungry

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I just read the tweet and I believe it means the $177 tickets. To do that, a client needs to hire 2 line sitters and pay for 4 tickets --- totaling over $1400. It abides by the rules so that's ok in my book.

hmmm that last sentence was unnecessary though. They probably got the idea from what I wrote a few days ago on this board.

Again, never did it state in the new rules that line sitters are banned, so I have nothing against them; but if what happened sat eve was true (line sitter bought the tix and then gave those 2 tickets to his client with security not doing anything) then I'd have an issue with that.

If RRT wants to get rid of line sitters period, they should change the limit from 2 tickets to 1 ticket per person on cancellation line.

Jennabee said: "Re: the matchmaking thing, this is very preliminary but I may be available for one or two days. (To sit!) We are not sure yet if we're going and if so what day it would be, and we would require first dibs; that is, if only two tickets are available, we'd get them.



That is the one spoiler in this plan as I see it. If a single ticket is offered first, of course the person on line would want to take it, and that is understandable, unless the only way they could afford a ticket is if someone else paid for it.

Sounds like a question for that ethics column in the NY Times!











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talinatter said: "sarahb22 said: "Since it says they "cleared" the line out, it sounds like they threw everybody out. But this is the first I'd heard of it. It's dated May 6, which is a Friday, so maybe there weren't that many people in line yet for the Saturday show/"



no i mean their most recent tweet "What happens when ignorant ppl troll us? Instead of 2 tickets now we'll take 4 to get our 2! We're fans too stupid! #youngscrappyandhungry""



It's seems that SOLD is purchasing/watching the show as well:

Interaction via Twitter (20 hours ago):

Concerned fan: "@sold_inc did you enjoy the show?? you know, since the person buying the tickets is required to proceed immediately into the theater now"

SOLD: "yes it was great thanks for asking! We had front row! Did you?"



I detected a bit of sarcasm on both ends. If their client wants 2 tickets, how is this even working?

MISH2 said: "That is the one spoiler in this plan as I see it. If a single ticket is offered first, of course the person on line would want to take it, and that is understandable, unless the only way they could afford a ticket is if someone else paid for it.

Sounds like a question for that ethics column in the NY Times!"

Right! Probably each individual situation would have to be negotiated ahead of time re: what to do if there are not in fact enough tickets to go around.

Anyone know what the line is like today for a Monday show?

chalklit said: "i really hope this whole "taking 4 tickets for 2 people" thing doesnt catch on...and i don't really see how it would given that SOLD buying premium tickets is cheaper...i would just hate to have so so many line sitters seeing the show everyday as a result of these rules...kinda backfires

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Well, people complained that the rules weren't being "enforced," and two linesitters + two patrons getting four tickets and seeing the show falls within the posted rules, so...

Anakela said: "meepsnyc said: "Anyway, I'm told the new strategy is to do a shorter wait but buy premium tickets if available, which would bring each of my 2 tickets to ~$750 each. I don't mind paying the money, but I also would hate to pay this much only to have no premium tickets available that day.

"

Wait, is their new system that you have to pre-pay for the cost premium tickets? Because I thought before you just had to pre-pay the # of hours you wanted the sitter to wait, but if at the end of the wait the sitter couldn't get tickets you weren't out the cost of the tickets themselves, just the cost of the line waiting.

If the pre-pay now includes the line waiting plus the premium ticket cost that's a little sketch, since there's no guarantee that this level of ticket will even be available for sale on that day.

I have no problems with line sitters in theory. There's something in what you're describing that I wouldn't sign up for.



"We hired SOLD end of April. We paid upfront for the number of hours and for the 2 tickets. We ended up not getting the tickets (our guy was next in line) when the last tix was sold. We were immediately refunded the price of the tickets without any problem. We had no problem doing business with them.

My question now is how are they going to charge when sitting for premium tickets? How can we (or they) estimate for the number of hours of wait. Premium tickets come out as early as 10:00, and as late as just a couple of hour before the show.

What if there are no premium tickets? When will the sitter leave the line? Just wondering...

FYI: @linestandingnyc is back.

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