Hamilton Cancellation Line — Page 77

If anyone is willing to wait in exchange of having their ticket purchased, I'm looking for a new way to get tickets ASAP and would be willing to buy your ticket. My job doesn't let me wait.  

 

Long story short, I had a SOLD booking for this upcoming Tuesday (originally booked on 4/20 when I was their first customer), but someone else got the #1 spot from me this weekend when SOLD informed us of their new strategy changes and they managed to pay first. To be fair, I took a few days because I was monitoring the board and seeing how everything would play out, but had I known I would have paid immediately. I'm crushed. They emailed me tonight to say they're now only taking one client per night because it's been harder to get tickets and they want to ensure success. So I appreciate that they are still looking out for the customer, but I had been counting down the days until this Tuesday. It's made all the worse because I emailed 3 days ago to make sure I was still the first SOLD customer and they said yes, which only got my hopes up further. 

 

I'm asking to see when the next earliest date they can get me in for is, but truthfully I'm not very hopeful anymore and things are looking pretty bleak. Ugh apologies for the rambling post. I'm pretty bummed right now. :'(

 

Anyway, all that to say if anyone is planning to line up for a friend and would be willing to pick up 2 tickets each, I would be happy to pay for both seats of seats, be them regular or premium tickets. Feel free to PM me if so. I would love to try and make it ASAP for one of Lin's performances. 

Updated On: 5/26/16 at 08:58 PM

Taking one customer a night, but you still have to buy them a ticket? That's really only going to work out for a person looking for a single then. 

jdra said: "schubox said: "Taking one customer a night, but you still have to buy them a ticket? That's really only going to work out for a person looking for a single then. "

It is that times 2 a night.

 

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What?

jdra said: "schubox said: "jdra said: "schubox said: "Taking one customer a night, but you still have to buy them a ticket? That's really only going to work out for a person looking for a single then. "

It is that times 2 a night."

What?"

2 guests(1 customer)  will need 2 linesitters and 4 tickets.

 

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Actually we only wanted 2 premium tickets. I didn't want to take any spots from other fans in the cancellation line who were hoping to get tickets as well. 

schubox said: "jdra said: "schubox said: "jdra said: "schubox said: "Taking one customer a night, but you still have to buy them a ticket? That's really only going to work out for a person looking for a single then. "

It is that times 2 a night."

What?"

2 guests(1 customer)  will need 2 linesitters and 4 tickets.

 

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So they take one customer but will use two line sitters insuring you get two seats? So then you're buying 4 seats and the sitters are going in? And then taking two seats away from other people in the line? I have no issue with sitters, hell I used one, but I would not feel comfortable using one if it meant I was taking away seats form other people in line that went to the sitters. Plus 36 hours for two sitters is $1440. Plus $177 per ticket (I know it can be more or less, but let's average) is $708. So that's over $2100 for a chance at tickets. At that point just buy seats off Stubhub."

It is a little less; better deal on the linesit. But the situation is ever changing. I just think the whole situation pretty much sucks. Again, I think the larger issue is that the scalpers hold the tickets for up to a third of the house some nights. I wonder what it would be like if that had not been possible somehow.

casedilla2 said: "The thing is that with the new rules, it's far cheaper to find two people who intended to wait on the cancellation anyways for tickets for themselves and just offer to pay for their tickets. That way you're still paying for four tickets, but not having to pay an additional fee to the line sitters as well."

Yes! If it can be arranged.

Updated On: 5/19/16 at 10:49 PM

casedilla2 said: "The thing is that with the new rules, it's far cheaper to find two people who intended to wait on the cancellation anyways for tickets for themselves and just offer to pay for their tickets. That way you're still paying for four tickets, but not having to pay an additional fee to the line sitters as well.

 

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Yeah that's not bad at all. I'm not sure how you'd arrange that though. Go out in the middle of the night and hope two people are there? Give them the $ up front? Not a bad idea though

schubox said: "casedilla2 said: "The thing is that with the new rules, it's far cheaper to find two people who intended to wait on the cancellation anyways for tickets for themselves and just offer to pay for their tickets. That way you're still paying for four tickets, but not having to pay an additional fee to the line sitters as well.

 

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Yeah that's not bad at all. I'm not sure how you'd arrange that though. Go out in the middle of the night and hope two people are there? Give them the $ up front? Not a bad idea though

 

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I mean this board is a good place to start lol I'm willing to offer my services for next Fridays show. Just one of me though so idk if that complicates things but if anyone wants to pm me just let me know! 

Updated On: 5/20/16 at 12:21 AM

I went by the Richard Rodgers theater about 3 hours ago and there was already 7 people waiting in line for tomorrow. So for those who are worried about the dangers in Time Square, know that you'll have a pretty good support group waiting with you...regardless of which day you choose.

schubox said: "Jesus. The more I hear about the lines everyday the more I wonder if it is even worth it. I was gonna do 5am, then I resigned myself to 3am. And you're saying there are 7 people by midnight? I think a big reason why they revised the cancellation line policy was because they were getting sick of the constant presence of people in front of the theater sitting. And that worked for like a week apparently. I assume we'll be back to 24 hour waits by the end of next week."

And summer hasn't even started yet. Can you imagine the lines when the weather warms up and the tourist season begins? It'll be 30 deep by the time the previous night's show lets out!

sarahb22 said: "schubox said: "Jesus. The more I hear about the lines everyday the more I wonder if it is even worth it. I was gonna do 5am, then I resigned myself to 3am. And you're saying there are 7 people by midnight? I think a big reason why they revised the cancellation line policy was because they were getting sick of the constant presence of people in front of the theater sitting. And that worked for like a week apparently. I assume we'll be back to 24 hour waits by the end of next week."

And summer hasn't even started yet. Can you imagine the lines when the weather warms up and the tourist season begins? It'll be 30 deep by the time the previous night's show lets out!

 

Looks like it's pretty random as to what time you have to get there/how many people show up/how many tickets there will be.  That's why it's so difficult to plan.  3 a.m. may be fine some days, but all it takes is 2 or 3 people to show up before you or 2 or 3 VIPs to be there the next day and get priority for house seats or everyone showing up for tickets won in the online lottery vs. 2 people forgetting to check their email at 4 p.m. - or a combination of all of the above!

In other words, all it takes is a few people doing something differently for 3 a.m. (on the day of the show) to be a winning time vs. having to be on line 36 hours before show time!

In the linesitters' heyday, they routinely moved back the starting time to wait, based on the previous days' experiences, because in order for the system to work, they simply had to be first on line.  And second...and maybe even third.  On some of those days, some of their clients may have had to pay for quite a few hours of their time unnecessarily (i.e. linesitters show up 36 hours before the show and the next person on line shows up 24 hours before), but it wasn't such a big deal when one linesitter was able to buy 2 tickets for their client.  The price was still well below resale prices (and still is, when you consider how great the house seats are.)  

It will be interesting to see how this plays out in the warmer weather.  

Em6 said: "Anyway, "buddy system" would be a win-win for all parties involved."

Yep, and my daughter and I might be doing this.  We just don't know yet a) if we're going to NYC at all, b) when, if so (the week of May 30th-June 5th seems most likely, with Tuesday-Thursday being the most likely stretch within that) and c) what route we will take to tickets (or the attempt thereof).  But currently we are seriously considering waiting in line and if so would be willing to buddy up.  

Jennabee said: "MISH2 said: "Looks like it's pretty random as to what time you have to get there/how many people show up/how many tickets there will be.  That's why it's so difficult to plan.  3 a.m. may be fine some days, but all it takes is 2 or 3 people to show up before you or 2 or 3 VIPs to be there the next day and get priority for house seats or everyone showing up for tickets won in the online lottery vs. 2 people forgetting to check their email at 4 p.m. - or a combination of all of the above!"

Exactly!  One thing I seem to notice since I've been researching this (although it could just be another coincidence) is that some of the unpredictable effects are *because* of the attempts at prediction.  That is, people say "Tuesdays tend to be light!" and so a bunch of people show up for the next Tuesday.  Then, "Wow Tuesday was SWAMPED" and then people stay away from the Tuesday after that.  

IF we decide to do this, I think I'm going to go ahead and give myself an out; show up, see how many people there are, and if I'm more than 10th in line (say) just give it up and enjoy NYC.  :)

 

The next thing you know, someone who plans to go next Thursday, let's say, will post "I tried to get in last Thursday and there were 15 people on line at midnight" so that people will stay away NEXT Thursday.