Tickets successes and failures thread.

[OleMissCub]

Tickets on sale tomorrow 2/25 at 10 a.m.!

[SouthSideRyan]

I'm a big enough sucker that if I could convince people to go to opening day, I'd have already purchased the pre-sale. Gonna try and be patient and not buy any tomorrow.

[Mark Priors Calves]

The summer weekend schedule is pretty limited this year.

[Dr. Cub]

if you just wait until late June when they're 9 games under .500 tickets will be cheap.

[Tedward]

I'm in town for a family wedding July 4th weekend and I was able to score 6 bleacher tickets for the Saturday afternoon game through the pre-sale. They were a little pricy (due to the premium game), the 15% kicker and the taxes and fees. Worked out to be about $98 per. Hope it doesn't rain :-)

[Jon]

Not getting any tomorrow for the first time in a long, long time. Too pricey to make it worth it to buy in advance. If they're not doing well and I don't have a desire to go, or something else comes up, I'm not going to be getting my money back. If I have the desire to go to a game, I'll just wait until the day before or day of, whenever they release more seats.

[E.J.]

I'm only buying one set of tickets tomorrow for when my parents come to town in July. I'm guessing it will be very easy to get tickets.

[wade]

The annual post of the link for the Virtual Waiting Room would be much appreciated.

[treebird]

the combination of a crap team and the 37 presales they asked me to buy my way into or whatever have worked to prevent me from having any interest in this whatsoever. i'm really excited to watch games on tv, and i suspect i'll end up grabbing some on the secondary market, but man am i ever not enthusiastic about this.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

I don't know when I'm coming to Chicago yet, and the prices make buying to sell not worth it anymore. If I have to pay extra to get the games I want when I come up there, I will just do that. For the first time in awhile, I won't be working the VWR.

[ChiCubsFan]

Are Yankees and white sox all sold out through the presale?

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Are Yankees and white sox all sold out through the presale?

 

I don't know that they're sold out, but I would bet that the selection is very limited.

[Tracer Bullet]

I don't know when I'm coming to Chicago yet, and the prices make buying to sell not worth it anymore. If I have to pay extra to get the games I want when I come up there, I will just do that. For the first time in awhile, I won't be working the VWR.

 

the combination of a crap team and the 37 presales they asked me to buy my way into or whatever have worked to prevent me from having any interest in this whatsoever. i'm really excited to watch games on tv, and i suspect i'll end up grabbing some on the secondary market, but man am i ever not enthusiastic about this.

 

these are my thoughts as well. not sure when i'll be in Chicago and the price is too high and availability too limited to make it worth buying tickets i'm not positive i'll be able to use. i don't think i ever spent time in the vwr trying to buy tickets with the intent of selling them, but it was nice to know you'd likely get back what you paid if you couldn't see the game. now you have to pay out the ass today and likely won't be able to sell them at all if you can't use them. maybe we're just a few years away from being able to buy season tickets at will-call again.

[cheapseats]

I bought some Yankees tickets during a presale.

 

Last year, for the first time in a decade, I didn't buy anything.

 

I may buy a few today, but as others have said, prices are high enough now that I'll lose money if I can't go to a game and have to sell my tickets.

[hawkcub]

With some of these posts talking about how it will be harder if not impossible to sell unused tickets for what they paid. I'm guessing the amateur scalpers will not be in my way when I'm trying to buy tickets. This year I don't think I'm going to have a problem getting the tickets I want though. Going for the Pirates and Mets tix the week before memorial day. would be nice to have them all bought by noon though. Did notice no 42 ticket minimum this year.

[Tyrant]

I know it's not exactly logical thinking, but I'm hoping ticket sales tank this year and it forces Ricketts to spend during the offseason to put a good team together.

 

Like I said, I know that's not totally how it works, but I'm feeling vindictive.

[Irrelevant Dude]

I'm really curious to see how much the demand has changed this year. I know this is the least enthusiastic I have been in years about buying tickets. I will be signing into the VWR as always, but I will definitely be buying much less than in recent years.

[Electron Blue]

where is this "virtual waiting room" for ordering tickets on cubs.com?

 

edit: nevermind, guess i'm "in" it now

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

With some of these posts talking about how it will be harder if not impossible to sell unused tickets for what they paid. I'm guessing the amateur scalpers will not be in my way when I'm trying to buy tickets. This year I don't think I'm going to have a problem getting the tickets I want though. Going for the Pirates and Mets tix the week before memorial day. would be nice to have them all bought by noon though. Did notice no 42 ticket minimum this year.

 

I don't know that it's impossible to sell unused tickets for what you pay, it's just that there's not much to be gained.

 

Also, with the presales they do, the few games where a profit could be made are mostly sold out before today's sale begins.

 

For example, five years ago or so, I remember a bleacher seat for even a summer game would be around $44 or so. If I got through the VWR and purchased bleachers to White Sox or Cardinals, I could sell those for roughly $100 a ticket. If I got six of those, even after ebay and paypal fees, I could make a nice profit. It made it worth it to get some extras. Also, if I wanted to go to one of those games, the difference in buying 4 tickets at 44 or buying 4 at 100 was a big difference.

 

Now, a marquee bleacher ticket is $72 and a platinum bleacher is $58. If I wanted to sell for an upgrade the margin of profit after paypal fees, etc isn't enough to make it worth the effort. Secondly, if I decide to go, the amount difference isn't enough to make me plop the money down 3 months in advance.

[Keener98]

Anybody have the link to open multiple VWR?

[hawkcub]

With some of these posts talking about how it will be harder if not impossible to sell unused tickets for what they paid. I'm guessing the amateur scalpers will not be in my way when I'm trying to buy tickets. This year I don't think I'm going to have a problem getting the tickets I want though. Going for the Pirates and Mets tix the week before memorial day. would be nice to have them all bought by noon though. Did notice no 42 ticket minimum this year.

 

I don't know that it's impossible to sell unused tickets for what you pay, it's just that there's not much to be gained.

 

Also, with the presales they do, the few games where a profit could be made are mostly sold out before today's sale begins.

 

For example, five years ago or so, I remember a bleacher seat for even a summer game would be around $44 or so. If I got through the VWR and purchased bleachers to White Sox or Cardinals, I could sell those for roughly $100 a ticket. If I got six of those, even after ebay and paypal fees, I could make a nice profit. It made it worth it to get some extras. Also, if I wanted to go to one of those games, the difference in buying 4 tickets at 44 or buying 4 at 100 was a big difference.

 

Now, a marquee bleacher ticket is $72 and a platinum bleacher is $58. If I wanted to sell for an upgrade the margin of profit after paypal fees, etc isn't enough to make it worth the effort. Secondly, if I decide to go, the amount difference isn't enough to make me plop the money down 3 months in advance.

 

My point still remains the same many of the amateur scalpers will be gone.

[E.J.]

Anybody have the link to open multiple VWR?

 

http://frontline.purchasenow5.tickets.com/buy/MLBEventInfo?tfl=Chicago_Cubs-Tickets-Single_Game_Tickets-upcomingseriespromos-b2&agency=MLB&pid=6897299&roomid=5

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

With some of these posts talking about how it will be harder if not impossible to sell unused tickets for what they paid. I'm guessing the amateur scalpers will not be in my way when I'm trying to buy tickets. This year I don't think I'm going to have a problem getting the tickets I want though. Going for the Pirates and Mets tix the week before memorial day. would be nice to have them all bought by noon though. Did notice no 42 ticket minimum this year.

 

I don't know that it's impossible to sell unused tickets for what you pay, it's just that there's not much to be gained.

 

Also, with the presales they do, the few games where a profit could be made are mostly sold out before today's sale begins.

 

For example, five years ago or so, I remember a bleacher seat for even a summer game would be around $44 or so. If I got through the VWR and purchased bleachers to White Sox or Cardinals, I could sell those for roughly $100 a ticket. If I got six of those, even after ebay and paypal fees, I could make a nice profit. It made it worth it to get some extras. Also, if I wanted to go to one of those games, the difference in buying 4 tickets at 44 or buying 4 at 100 was a big difference.

 

Now, a marquee bleacher ticket is $72 and a platinum bleacher is $58. If I wanted to sell for an upgrade the margin of profit after paypal fees, etc isn't enough to make it worth the effort. Secondly, if I decide to go, the amount difference isn't enough to make me plop the money down 3 months in advance.

 

My point still remains the same many of the amateur scalpers will be gone.

 

That is true, so the wait in the VWR should be less. But, since anyone could have purchased during the 20% hike and the mini-plans included the high demand games, I think there will be less inventory of those to go around. If I knew I was going to White Sox or Cardinal games, I would have either paid the 20 percent premium or would have bought a plan that included those.

[E.J.]

Oh God. This better go quickly today. I really don't feel like dealing with this VWR crap again.

[hawkcub]

With some of these posts talking about how it will be harder if not impossible to sell unused tickets for what they paid. I'm guessing the amateur scalpers will not be in my way when I'm trying to buy tickets. This year I don't think I'm going to have a problem getting the tickets I want though. Going for the Pirates and Mets tix the week before memorial day. would be nice to have them all bought by noon though. Did notice no 42 ticket minimum this year.

 

I don't know that it's impossible to sell unused tickets for what you pay, it's just that there's not much to be gained.

 

Also, with the presales they do, the few games where a profit could be made are mostly sold out before today's sale begins.

 

For example, five years ago or so, I remember a bleacher seat for even a summer game would be around $44 or so. If I got through the VWR and purchased bleachers to White Sox or Cardinals, I could sell those for roughly $100 a ticket. If I got six of those, even after ebay and paypal fees, I could make a nice profit. It made it worth it to get some extras. Also, if I wanted to go to one of those games, the difference in buying 4 tickets at 44 or buying 4 at 100 was a big difference.

 

Now, a marquee bleacher ticket is $72 and a platinum bleacher is $58. If I wanted to sell for an upgrade the margin of profit after paypal fees, etc isn't enough to make it worth the effort. Secondly, if I decide to go, the amount difference isn't enough to make me plop the money down 3 months in advance.

 

My point still remains the same many of the amateur scalpers will be gone.

 

That is true, so the wait in the VWR should be less. But, since anyone could have purchased during the 20% hike and the mini-plans included the high demand games, I think there will be less inventory of those to go around. If I knew I was going to White Sox or Cardinal games, I would have either paid the 20 percent premium or would have bought a plan that included those.

Very true. Last year I planned on going to Chicago when the Cardinals were in town. I paid the price hike in the presale for the Saturday game to make sure I got that ticket.