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That's an interesting approach. San Diego Comic Con takes the approach of making you jump through so many hoops that only obsessives can make it through the pro
by ageitgey 8y ago
That's an interesting approach. San Diego Comic Con takes the approach of making you jump through so many hoops that only obsessives can make it through the processes.
To buy a ticket, you have to create an account to buy a ticket before the ticket sale date is announced. Once the date is announced, you are no longer allowed to create a new account for that year's sales. Then you get assigned an hour-long time slot in the far future during which you have to be actively present online to enter a lottery to see if you have the chance to even buy a ticket. Then you have to buy the kind of ticket you want before that batch sells out.
And if you went the previous year, there's a whole different set of rules to figure out of how to maintain your eligibility to buy a ticket the next year with it's own different set of dates and forms to fill out.
All of this is incredibly hard to figure out if you don't spend your life trying to figure out how to buy Comic Con tickets. There are multiple dates you have to plan around and you have to show up during your 1-hour purchase window even if it's in the middle of the night for your location.
So while it prevents most scalping effectively, I personally think it's a crappy experience and a crappy solution.
- castlecrasher2 8y agoIt ensures they get attendees willing to deal with hours of lines, though.
- ageitgey 8y agoHaha, true!
- andybak 8y agoI just don't get it. For almost any event I can barely gather the enthusiasm to raise myself from my rather pleasant sofa, cope with the trauma of travel and missing that night's TV not to mention the "oh god how do I get home again" nightmare. Any event has to be: 1. Absolutely unmissable 2. Astonishingly convenient for me to even consider leaving the house...
- cyberpunk0 8y agoWhat a sad life you lead...
- kevin_thibedeau 8y agoWhy is television such an important fixture in your life that everything revolves around it?
- gaius 8y agoI guess it’s a choice between watching show X in comfort or standing in line for 6 hours for a chance to spend 10 seconds with an actor/actress from show X. Probably not even the main star as they have better things to do. Put it like that and it’s a no-brainer.
- andybak 8y agoThere was a touch of exaggeration for comic effect there. But only a touch. It's the simplest way to relax with my significant other. It's almost infinitely varied and can be as demanding or undemanding as we choose.
- x220 8y agoWhy even comment if you don't like going places?
- andybak 8y agoI have no idea why you think I shouldn't be able to comment on this!
- MisterTea 8y agoyou forgot: 3. My mother makes me go
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