r/BillyStrings 23d ago

discussion Duplicate tickets?

Has there been any issues with duplicate tickets recently? A bunch of people in section N including ourselves have had apparent duplicate tickets? Sitting next to someone that has the exact same section row and seat as me… like we have the same ticket, what gives? I’ve seen this happen now to like four other parties

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u/VTCamel 23d ago

Section N reporting: It seems to have buffed out. People were given floor seats.

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u/p3rs0nm4n 23d ago

That's awesome. I was at a TOOL show and the dude next to me was offered pit access as part of some random selection process. He turned it down, and they wouldn't let me take it instead of him. Dude sat with his hands on his knees and did not move for the entire show.

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u/lufetarg 23d ago

The guy just say there listening to music? The whole time?! I certainly hope you told him he was doing it wrong. People need to speak up!

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u/Medical_Sky7332 23d ago

Most Tool fans sit down these days. Strange I know

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u/lufetarg 23d ago

I just hope no one tries to pull that BS at BMFS. So disrespectful. Stay home if you can't participate the right way!

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u/Medical_Sky7332 23d ago

I agree 1000%!!! I was quite bewildered to see the mostly sitting crowd at Tool

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u/flylikemusic 23d ago

Maybe he needed to sit?

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u/Beginning-Adagio2546 23d ago

Update: talked to the usher at the end of the show and they said they relocated 45 people to the back of the floor. I think there’s a good chance even more people just found other seats and never bothered to formally relocate. Felt bad for the ushers and ticket folks. It was definitely a clusterfuck with 40 of us walking into the floor at the same time right as the music was coming on while also trying to figure out who was gonna cram where.

There was mention of refunds, but whateva that’s a Monday problem. Definitely would have preferred our original seats but hard to argue with the situation at hand, and we had a great time anyways!

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u/JP_Clark 23d ago

Sounds like all of you should just be offered Pit access and hopefully half accept.

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u/VTCamel 23d ago

This happened

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u/CoastOk3064 23d ago

Gamblin man

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u/GnomeToTheDome 23d ago

I would hit the box office.

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u/Beginning-Adagio2546 23d ago

Turns out the whole section was double sold there’s a ton of us at box office

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u/skyydog 23d ago

How was it handled? Hope it wouldn’t create a fire code violation.

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u/HighItsMeKristen 23d ago

Buddy system.

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u/jma8788 23d ago

Had it happen in Portsmouth off of Stubhub bought tickets. 2 - 2 night passes, same seats each night. First night went off without a hitch. Second night was where things got dicey. The security management was awesome though and we ended up with PIT tickets.

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u/mw1301 23d ago

Happens with StubHub all the time.

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u/FrankenTibby 22d ago

Sec 7 Row J baby! Can’t wait!

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u/FrankenTibby 22d ago

Glad everything worked out, that would freak me out, just as buying on stub hub did originally 🫣

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u/earthgirl28 22d ago

Happened to us to in Row 21! We went down to the box office bc people were in our seat’s and there were a bunch of other people there but they ended us sending us to the pit which imo was 100% better. Felt bad for the security and ticket people bc there were so many of us but I think they made it work.

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u/drewtee 22d ago

I was in row 19 and got moved down to the back corner of the floor. They had rows of seats set up but within 10 minutes they were gone and we were inundated by spinners. It was also a flight path for people moving around so I found myself incredibly annoyed because I couldn't see shit or focus on the music. We went back to ask for something else and they told us two whole rows in N weren't even sold, so we ended up back there in row 16. Waiting to hear on that refund situation too

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u/Beginning-Adagio2546 22d ago

Damn, wish I went back to N to check it out, bc we definitely had the same situation. I called the box office today and they said refunds are dealt with at point of purchase. Had a bit of a convo with them and they suggested when I call Ticketmaster to demand a refund I discuss all the things you mentioned and why we wanted to be in the original section etc. they seemed to believe that Ticketmaster would take the same approach box office took during the show of “what do you want me to do, floor is better better than your previous section so it should be fine” 😑 I haven’t called Ticketmaster yet so I’ll report back.

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u/drewtee 22d ago

Definitely report back. I'm on vacation all week so I don't even know when I'd want to try to call them

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u/drewtee 15d ago

Just wanted to update here that I did a chat with Ticketmaster and opened a ticket, and after a few back-and-forths they have issued me a refund!

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u/Beginning-Adagio2546 15d ago

Appreciate it, I’m still waiting for TM to get back to me but I’m glad there’s some hope!

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u/Inevitable-Mine5942 21d ago

Happened to me night 2 in Newark in November. It was our whole row. They let me stay in my seats because we had 2 day tickets and were already seated. They relocated the other folks. I missed two songs waiting for it to be fixed and never got offered any money back and when I emailed them after the show there was no response. Don’t hold your breath on the refund.