Buying Playoff Tickets

[neoi78]

When/Where/How do you attempt to purchase playoff tickets??

[Moderator 3]

Public Sale

A public sale for tickets to either the Wild Card or Divisional Round of the playoffs will take place on a date and time to be announced, once a home playoff game is guaranteed. A similar sale will occur if the Ravens host the AFC Championship game. Please check back frequently or check media sources for the date and time. No tickets will be sold at the M&T Bank Stadium Box Office. Tickets will be sold via TicketMaster only through the following methods:

1. Online

www.ticketmaster.com

2. Phone

Baltimore: 410-547-SEAT (7328)
Washington DC: 202-397-SEAT (7328)
Northern Virginia: 703-573-SEAT (7328)
Out of State: 1-800-551-SEAT (7283)

Hours: 10:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m. Monday-Friday
Hours:  10:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. Saturday & Sunday

Payment Methods: Master Card, Visa, American Express, Optima, Discover/Novus, Diners Club

3. Outlets
 
Find the nearest Ticketmaster Retail Outlet

Hours: Business hours vary with each retail location.

Payment Methods: Master Card, Visa, American Express, Optima, Discover/Novus, Diners Club, and Cash. Per ticket service charges will apply to all tickets purchased via Ticketmaster

[EAP-2K10]

Tickets go on sale tomorrow (Jan 3 at 10AM)....Ticket Master....Good Luck!

[K-Dog]

have a solid battle plan. They will sell out faster than greasy owl poop on an oily brass funnel.
After that you will have to pay ticket broker mark up rates.
Ouch.

[Purple Nurple]

Theres none available. I refreshed continually until they were open for business. No Dice. Pissed.

[H8R]

[quote name='Purple Nurple' timestamp='1325603551' post='933103']
Theres none available. I refreshed continually until they were open for business. No Dice. Pissed.
[/quote]




None available for me either.... I built 12 phone lines and got through on 3, also had to PC's reday for battle... NONE.

Ticket Exchange is the PURE EVIL in this..... Ticket Masters way of charging more then face+fee's... Basically On-line Scalping... it's SICK.

[JO_75]

Was anybody able to get tickets through Ticketmaster? I kept trying and it kept telling me there was no match available for any seats I tried to purchase. Now I tried only the Upper Level Sideline(500) or Upper Level End Zone which are between $84-$119 and I was on at 10am exactly and couldn't find nothing. Is that a Ticketmaster problem or did I try to get the tickets through the wrong site?

[H8R]

BTW, I checked my call records...... I connected with a rep at 9:55:30, on hold until 9:59:40..... STILL not tix, WOW. I really did my best....... FAIL.

[PuRock]

[quote name='JO_75' timestamp='1325604034' post='933119']
Was anybody able to get tickets through Ticketmaster? I kept trying and it kept telling me there was no match available for any seats I tried to purchase. Now I tried only the Upper Level Sideline(500) or Upper Level End Zone which are between $84-$119 and I was on at 10am exactly and couldn't find nothing. Is that a Ticketmaster problem or did I try to get the tickets through the wrong site?
[/quote]

They sold out in less than 30 seconds.

I still say its a fixed. I'd like to hear of an average Joe who was able to grab some tickets off tickemaster this morning. Anyone?

[PuRock]

[quote name='H8R' timestamp='1325604087' post='933123']
BTW, I checked my call records...... I connected with a rep at 9:55:30, on hold until 9:59:40..... STILL not tix, WOW. I really did my best....... FAIL.
[/quote]

This always seems to be the case. I'm just giving up. There is some sort of fix. Like people who have ins at Ticketmaster and can place a hold on all tickets.

Hell you can go on any ticket reseller website now and find tickets for triple the face value though.

[H8R]

[quote name='PuRock' timestamp='1325604804' post='933153']

This always seems to be the case. I'm just giving up. There is some sort of fix. Like people who have ins at Ticketmaster and can place a hold on all tickets.

Hell you can go on any ticket reseller website now and find tickets for triple the face value though.
[/quote]


Yup, I call TOMFOLLERY. and it really GRINDS MY GEARS. I get worked up about it!

[JO_75]

[quote name='PuRock' timestamp='1325604662' post='933149']

They sold out in less than 30 seconds.

I still say its a fixed. I'd like to hear of an average Joe who was able to grab some tickets off tickemaster this morning. Anyone?
[/quote]

I agree! Me and my friend were on ticketmaster at 10:00am exactly and kept getting "No Match Available" even within the first 30 seconds. Now I too would like to know who was able to get tickets because I couldn't regardless. I don't know what the problem was but maybe the fact they only released a couple thousand tickets to go on sale this morning(and a couple thousand doesn't equal 70,000+) was one of the issues. They should have released all their tickets instead of just a couple thousands.

[Moderator 3]

Release ALL of the tickets? I think we PSL holders would have been pretty unhappy about that.

[1/28/01]

Per text, they sold out in 14 minutes.

[JO_75]

[quote name='Moderator 3' timestamp='1325605395' post='933164']Release ALL of the tickets? I think we PSL holders would have been pretty unhappy about that.[/quote]

Well I mean whatever isn't held by the PSL holders. There had to be more than just a "few thousand" tickets that could go to the general public. How many PSL owners do the Raven have total?

I think you know what I mean, how is it that at exactly 10:00am you can be on Ticketmaster and get no matches when your on at the exact time they went on sale?

Wow.... went on to Stubhub and Ticketsnow and there's already a bunch of tickets on there for the game and all way over face value. The seats I was trying to get are like over $500 on those sites. Seriously people, why buy tickets just to sell them on sites like those? There are average joes who would actually buy those tickets and actually go to the game. This really frustrates me right now.

[Purple Nurple]

Yup, I just dropped way to much money. It said something about "internet pre-sale" starting Sunday at 8pm. Who is that for????? BS.

[H8R]

[quote name='Moderator 3' timestamp='1325605395' post='933164']
Release ALL of the tickets? I think we PSL holders would have been pretty unhappy about that.
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Yea, and that's not even true...It's a lie. We all know this is a SCAM.

[H8R]

[quote name='Purple Nurple' timestamp='1325605727' post='933174']
Yup, I just dropped way to much money. It said something about "internet pre-sale" starting Sunday at 8pm. Who is that for????? BS.
[/quote]

Wait, did you get TIX?

[Moderator 3]

The PSL holders own about 70,000 of the seats and many of them requested extra tickets when they sent in their playoff money. Keep in mind that ticket brokers actually own some PSLs. In fact, they own a group of seats right behind me.

[JO_75]

[quote name='Purple Nurple' timestamp='1325605727' post='933174']
Yup, I just dropped way to much money. It said something about "internet pre-sale" starting Sunday at 8pm. Who is that for????? BS.
[/quote]

Yeah and thing is, you couldn't buy tickets at 8PM that night. I even tried before today, since it said "internet pre-sale" ends WEDNESDAY and I still couldn't buy tickets.

[quote name='PuRock' timestamp='1325604804' post='933153']

This always seems to be the case. I'm just giving up. There is some sort of fix. Like people who have ins at Ticketmaster and can place a hold on all tickets.

Hell you can go on any ticket reseller website now and find tickets for triple the face value though.
[/quote]

Yeah the seats I wanted to buy for $119 are all now over $300, some even $500. Like why buy tickets if your just looking to make money out of it and let someone who would actually go to the game buy those tickets at the so called "face value" instead of re-selling them on other sites. There can't be that many PSL Owners, and two there has to be way more than a "few thousand" tickets available and that couldn't have went quickly. I even tried calling and get nothing but some robotic voice, I can't even talk to a human Representative.

[H8R]

[quote name='Moderator 3' timestamp='1325606658' post='933194']
The PSL holders own about 70,000 of the seats and many of them requested extra tickets when they sent in their playoff money. Keep in mind that ticket brokers actually own some PSLs. In fact, they own a group of seats right behind me.
[/quote]


Do PSL owners get rights to extra regualr season games? Reason I ask.... It's the same nonsense when reg.season tix go up for sale.

[H8R]

[quote name='JO_75' timestamp='1325606721' post='933197']

Yeah and thing is, you couldn't buy tickets at 8PM that night. I even tried before today, since it said "internet pre-sale" ends WEDNESDAY and I still couldn't buy tickets.



Yeah the seats I wanted to buy for $119 are all now over $300, some even $500. Like why buy tickets if your just looking to make money out of it and let someone who would actually go to the game buy those tickets at the so called "face value" instead of re-selling them on other sites. There can't be that many PSL Owners, and two there has to be way more than a "few thousand" tickets available and that couldn't have went quickly. I even tried calling and get nothing but some robotic voice, I can't even talk to a human Representative.
[/quote]

While I have ZERO PROBLEMS with Free Market, the Fans get screwed...BIG TIME.

[Moderator 3]

In past years, yes. PSL holders were sent order forms for extra regular-season games.

[JO_75]

[quote name='Moderator 3' timestamp='1325606658' post='933194']
The PSL holders own about 70,000 of the seats and many of them requested extra tickets when they sent in their playoff money. Keep in mind that ticket brokers actually own some PSLs. In fact, they own a group of seats right behind me.
[/quote]

70,000 PSL Owners??? How many seats total in the stadium? So that means the general public basically has no shot due to the high amount of PSL Owners then?

[PuRock]

Memo to self. Need to get PSLs.

Just don't want to sit on waiting list and pay a fee to sit on the list. Or pay somebody a ton of money to move up on the list.

[JO_75]

[quote name='PuRock' timestamp='1325606999' post='933206']
Memo to self. Need to get PSLs.

Just don't want to sit on waiting list and pay a fee to sit on the list. Or pay somebody a ton of money to move up on the list.
[/quote]

Yeah but you'll end up on the waiting list for years before you would have a shot at PSLs

[Moderator 3]

[quote name='PuRock' timestamp='1325606999' post='933206']
Memo to self. Need to get PSLs.

Just don't want to sit on waiting list and pay a fee to sit on the list. Or pay somebody a ton of money to move up on the list.
[/quote]

There is quite a market for PSLs, often at face value. Check the same sites you check for tickets. I even see ads in the classifieds on occasion.

[H8R]

[quote name='PuRock' timestamp='1325606999' post='933206']
Memo to self. Need to get PSLs.

Just don't want to sit on waiting list and pay a fee to sit on the list. Or pay somebody a ton of money to move up on the list.
[/quote]


though, this list is closed..... LOL, not to mention, the $50 yearly fee per ticket comes off the top of your PSL's...ONCE you get them....

[codizzle]

[quote name='H8R' timestamp='1325606918' post='933202']


While I have ZERO PROBLEMS with Free Market, the Fans get screwed...BIG TIME.
[/quote]
The *poor fans Do.. It's a business like anything else.. The nfl and the ravens are going to get their money.. Let em..

No one should overpay that much for tickets unless u have extra money saved up.. Use your money wisely.

I saved up a little and tried to get tickets at 9 cst like everyone else but they were sold out.. Oh well..
The priority should go to the PSL owners. They pay the money. They deserve the rights

[H8R]

[quote name='codizzle' timestamp='1325607659' post='933233']
The *poor fans Do.. It's a business like anything else.. The nfl and the ravens are going to get their money.. Let em..

No one should overpay that much for tickets unless u have extra money saved up.. Use your money wisely.

I saved up a little and tried to get tickets at 9 cst like everyone else but they were sold out.. Oh well..
The priority should go to the PSL owners. They pay the money. They deserve the rights
[/quote]

..... No, I'm talking about how automatically tickets go from TM at 10am ( face value) to TE ( Higher price + TE fees) Instantly... if the Ravens REALLY want a home field advantage... they should frown upon this sort of switcharoo ( for lack of a better term) . I'm not poor, but I'm not stupid either. If you can't smell the fish, your nose must be buried.....