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Iron Maiden require that the credit card and matching ID used for the original ticket purchase be presented, in order to enter the show venue. There's no scalp

Iron Maiden require that the credit card and matching ID used for the original ticket purchase be presented, in order to enter the show venue. There's no scalping of Iron Maiden tickets.

CraneWorm 8y ago
This also means that you can't buy the tickets as a gift, nor can you pass the ticket if you can't go.
- gruez 8y ago
  >This also means that you can't buy the tickets as a gift how so? you just specify the gift recipient's name at the time of purchase. >nor can you pass the ticket if you can't go. don't speculatively buy tickets then? nobody seems to mind that you can't (cheaply) cancel airplane tickets.
  - jen729w 8y ago
    And the companies that do it like this almost always have a “sell it back to us if you can’t go, and we’ll sell it back on” policy. It’s hard to lose if you’re an honest fan.
- alsetmusic 8y ago
  The above was downvoted, but I thought of the same issue (tickets as a gift) immediately. Before I was 18, my father let me use his credit card to orders tickets for all the shows I went to. Imagine if he had to come to the venue with his credentials to get me in every time. I also have donated my tickets to friends when a show that was scheduled three months out becomes unappealing due to illness or other unpredictable factors.
Benjammer 8y ago
Scalpers solved this _immediately_ by buying Visa prepaid cards, put only the total purchase price amount on the card, buy the tickets with the card, then mail that physical card to the secondary ticket buyer... Edit: Sorry, didn't see at first glance that you mentioned ID as well. Maybe that does close this loophole?
FireBeyond 8y ago
Kid Rock, much as I dislike him in other ways, also has a sound strategy - "just keep adding shows until supply outstrips demand". Eventually the scalpers get tired of buying tickets that won't be sold, and his fans get face value tickets. Now they rarely bother even trying, because they know it's the strategy that will be employed.
- Benjammer 8y ago
  Wow, having worked in the ticket industry, I'm fairly impressed. This is a _real_ way for an artist to impact supply and actually fight for the ticket prices they want to be known for to their fans.
  - kbenson 8y ago
    That was my impression when I first heard about it too (through a Planey Money podcast episode, which has actually covered the industry mostly fairly a couple times). Garth Brooks is also known for playing enough at a location to usually meet demand, including adding dates. He'll start out with a single date (maybe two) where he plays two times in a day (who else does that?!), and add dates two times a day as demand indicates. In 2017 seemed to average 3 days (but 6 events) per location. That's dedication.

Iron Maiden require that the credit card and matching ID used for the original ticket purchase be presented, in order to enter the show venue. There's no scalping of Iron Maiden tickets.

CraneWorm 8y ago

This also means that you can't buy the tickets as a gift, nor can you pass the ticket if you can't go.

gruez 8y ago
>This also means that you can't buy the tickets as a gift how so? you just specify the gift recipient's name at the time of purchase. >nor can you pass the ticket if you can't go. don't speculatively buy tickets then? nobody seems to mind that you can't (cheaply) cancel airplane tickets.
- jen729w 8y ago
  And the companies that do it like this almost always have a “sell it back to us if you can’t go, and we’ll sell it back on” policy. It’s hard to lose if you’re an honest fan.
alsetmusic 8y ago
The above was downvoted, but I thought of the same issue (tickets as a gift) immediately. Before I was 18, my father let me use his credit card to orders tickets for all the shows I went to. Imagine if he had to come to the venue with his credentials to get me in every time. I also have donated my tickets to friends when a show that was scheduled three months out becomes unappealing due to illness or other unpredictable factors.

Benjammer 8y ago

Scalpers solved this _immediately_ by buying Visa prepaid cards, put only the total purchase price amount on the card, buy the tickets with the card, then mail that physical card to the secondary ticket buyer... Edit: Sorry, didn't see at first glance that you mentioned ID as well. Maybe that does close this loophole?

FireBeyond 8y ago

Kid Rock, much as I dislike him in other ways, also has a sound strategy - "just keep adding shows until supply outstrips demand". Eventually the scalpers get tired of buying tickets that won't be sold, and his fans get face value tickets. Now they rarely bother even trying, because they know it's the strategy that will be employed.

Benjammer 8y ago
Wow, having worked in the ticket industry, I'm fairly impressed. This is a _real_ way for an artist to impact supply and actually fight for the ticket prices they want to be known for to their fans.
- kbenson 8y ago
  That was my impression when I first heard about it too (through a Planey Money podcast episode, which has actually covered the industry mostly fairly a couple times). Garth Brooks is also known for playing enough at a location to usually meet demand, including adding dates. He'll start out with a single date (maybe two) where he plays two times in a day (who else does that?!), and add dates two times a day as demand indicates. In 2017 seemed to average 3 days (but 6 events) per location. That's dedication.