[hadioread]

Hey everyone - Is anyone else having an issue because they need to transfer tickets for Atoms for Peace? I had a friend of mine buy me 2 tickets because I was going to be away from my computer when they went on sale, but now it seems that there is literally no way for him to transfer the tickets to me. He would HAVE to attend the show, which he does not want to do.

Is anyone else in a similar situation?

[badu2fan]

hadioread, on 08 March 2010 - 04:50 PM, said:

Hey everyone - Is anyone else having an issue because they need to transfer tickets for Atoms for Peace? I had a friend of mine buy me 2 tickets because I was going to be away from my computer when they went on sale, but now it seems that there is literally no way for him to transfer the tickets to me. He would HAVE to attend the show, which he does not want to do.

Is anyone else in a similar situation?

They stated very clearly on ticketmaster that it was paperless no transfer and get your ticket and go in venue deal.....
So the only way is to use his ID and Charge Card and hope they aren't looking close at the ID photo.....

[Mikhail Prokhorov]

so people that buy them on ebay and whatnot are not gonna get in?

[thepassenger]

supervillain, on 08 March 2010 - 08:24 PM, said:

so people that buy them on ebay and whatnot are not gonna get in?

I would think not, unless you meet the person you're buying from at the venue and go in with them.

[hadioread]

badu2fan, on 08 March 2010 - 03:09 PM, said:

They stated very clearly on ticketmaster that it was paperless no transfer and get your ticket and go in venue deal.....

right, which is why I started this thread...

[pulkpulldoors]

hadioread, on 08 March 2010 - 06:48 PM, said:

right, which is why I started this thread...

Yes, you are SOL. The tickets are non-refundable and the only way to get into the venue is with your friend's credit card.

If you look on ebay, the scalpers clearly state that you must meet with a "representative" who will escort you inside the venue.

There is no way getting around this.

The only way you can get a refund is if the event is cancelled.

If this were a paper ticket concert you may have had a chance, but you don't with a "paperless" event.

The whole point of going "paperless" is to fight scalping and if you could just transfer the tickets to your credit card that would defeat the whole purpose of what they're trying to do.

Considering how easy it was to get tickets to the Chicago shows, I'm guessing its going very well.

[danny]

hadioread, on 08 March 2010 - 04:50 PM, said:

Hey everyone - Is anyone else having an issue because they need to transfer tickets for Atoms for Peace? I had a friend of mine buy me 2 tickets because I was going to be away from my computer when they went on sale, but now it seems that there is literally no way for him to transfer the tickets to me. He would HAVE to attend the show, which he does not want to do.

Is anyone else in a similar situation?

what part of 'non-transferable' didn't you understand? i guess the 'non' part hehe...

[hadioread]

danny, on 08 March 2010 - 09:06 PM, said:

what part of 'non-transferable' didn't you understand? i guess the 'non' part hehe...

yeah it was definitely the "non" part. I thought "non" meant "very", like these were more transferable than normal tickets. I assumed there was some sort of way to just imagine the person that you wanted to give it to, and the name at will-call would change to theirs.

Imagine my surprise when I found out that "non" means "not"!!! They should have used a different word.

[inkybrown]

hadioread, on 08 March 2010 - 03:50 PM, said:

Hey everyone - Is anyone else having an issue because they need to transfer tickets for Atoms for Peace? I had a friend of mine buy me 2 tickets because I was going to be away from my computer when they went on sale, but now it seems that there is literally no way for him to transfer the tickets to me. He would HAVE to attend the show, which he does not want to do.

Is anyone else in a similar situation?

My question is, why are you friends with someone who would NOT want to see Thom's show?

[Nacho]

I've got a semi-similar issue. I bought two tickets on Ticketmaster and two from the Waste sale for myself and three friends at the Santa Barbara show. I'll be in the seated area and two friends will be in general admission. Will I be able to get them in even if i won't be going in with them? or do i actually need to "escort" them as my guest? i've never dealt with tickets like this so i have no idea what to expect when i get there.

[Gloaming88]

Nacho, on 17 March 2010 - 04:01 PM, said:

I've got a semi-similar issue. I bought two tickets on Ticketmaster and two from the Waste sale for myself and three friends at the Santa Barbara show. I'll be in the seated area and two friends will be in general admission. Will I be able to get them in even if i won't be going in with them? or do i actually need to "escort" them as my guest? i've never dealt with tickets like this so i have no idea what to expect when i get there.

I'm pretty sure you have to "escort" them in. aka just walk in with them. that doesn't sound that bad, just carpool with your friends. That's what Thom would want anyway

[Nacho]

Gloaming88, on 17 March 2010 - 08:05 PM, said:

I'm pretty sure you have to "escort" them in. aka just walk in with them. that doesn't sound that bad, just carpool with your friends. That's what Thom would want anyway

hah ok. thanks. one thing though, they'd be going in the general admission area up at the front, and i'll be in the seating areas further back. so i wouldn't actually be going in with them since we're headed to different areas. sorry i'm being a pain about this, i just haven't dealt with will call tickets at a concert before and want to make sure we can all make it in. will i just pick up all 4 tickets at a booth somewhere, and then i can hand them to everyone and we can go our separate ways? or do i need to be there as everyone actually enters the bowl? again, thanks

[Mikhail Prokhorov]

i don't think there are any actual tickets.

[Mikhail Prokhorov]

double post

[Gloaming88]

Nacho, on 23 March 2010 - 04:00 PM, said:

hah ok. thanks. one thing though, they'd be going in the general admission area up at the front, and i'll be in the seating areas further back. so i wouldn't actually be going in with them since we're headed to different areas. sorry i'm being a pain about this, i just haven't dealt with will call tickets at a concert before and want to make sure we can all make it in. will i just pick up all 4 tickets at a booth somewhere, and then i can hand them to everyone and we can go our separate ways? or do i need to be there as everyone actually enters the bowl? again, thanks

You pick up your tickets at the box office. I'm from the east coast so i've never been to the bowl, so i don't know their exact deal. From what it sounds like though you just walk in the main entrance with your friends and then you can split. I'm not 100% positive though, your best bet would be to call the venue though and ask.

[savEtheRaINbow]

Nacho, on 23 March 2010 - 04:00 PM, said:

hah ok. thanks. one thing though, they'd be going in the general admission area up at the front, and i'll be in the seating areas further back. so i wouldn't actually be going in with them since we're headed to different areas. sorry i'm being a pain about this, i just haven't dealt with will call tickets at a concert before and want to make sure we can all make it in. will i just pick up all 4 tickets at a booth somewhere, and then i can hand them to everyone and we can go our separate ways? or do i need to be there as everyone actually enters the bowl? again, thanks

I went to one of the LA shows last fall, and they'd scan the credit card you paid with at the door, and print out a ticket stub with your seat # on it--it looked a bit like a movie ticket. Otherwise, how would they know who was GA and who had a seat...

[Kchuck]

I was in a similar situation in chicago at the auditorium theater last time i saw radiohead. someone else got tickets for me and my friend, cause i was at work, and they just went up to the guy with us and said "the tickets are for these two" we had an awkward moment, and they obv. wanted to keep the line moving, so they let us in. hope this helps.

[AJH]

Just found out I'm being sent to Zurich next week and can't go to the NYC show on April 6th. I don't want the ticket to go to waste, so if I give a friend my driver's license and credit card so he can go instead, what's the worst case (besides my friend running up my CC bill)? If they look at the ID they might not let him in? Just wondering if any of you know how seriously they take this at the venues you've been to.

[Nacho]

i figured this thread might be the most fitting place to post that i now have two extra tickets to the Santa Barbara show on the 17th. some plans fell through and those friends of mine that had claimed my two extra general admission tickets from waste aren't going anymore. i'm still attending the show so i can reliably be there for the whole escorting mess. let me know, i have two weeks to get rid of these!