[kj] Wiltern Los Angeles Ticket Warning

[Karen Weil]

T.B.:  Thank you for sharing this with us. I think people will just breathe 
a sigh of relief when this band finally takes the stage on the 18th. At 
least I will.
The trouble we KJ fans go through ...

K.W.
SoCal
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "TB" <planetary at socal.rr.com>
To: "'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'" 
<gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 10:28 AM
Subject: [kj] Wiltern Los Angeles Ticket Warning



> Anyone who bought tickets for The LA Wiltern show way the fuck back last 

> December when the show originally went on sale take

> heed....

>

> Unless you have a hard ticket that was sent to you (and you have it in 

> hand, you will need to call Ticketmaster/LiveNation asap.

> This means you have a PDF file "print at home" order.  Even if you 

> originally printed the ticket right after you placed the order

> and still have that dusty print out.  Apparently, because the event code 

> was changed or some bullshit when the show was reschedules

> from June 6th to Dec 18th, it's very debatable whether the barcode is 

> valid when the ticket will be scanned the night of the show.

> This is according to the Live Nation CSR I talked to today and may only 

> apply to the LA show (I don't know what if any problems

> people who bought tickets last year have had with other shows on the US 

> leg).

>

> I never printed my ticket when I bought it online the original on sale 

> date last December and when I went to access the link, it was

> dead and the order didn't even show up on my TM/LN account ticket order 

> history.  I called Ticketmaster/LiveNation's so-called

> customer service and spent nearly an hour this morning getting bounced 

> around from CSR to CSR 'til someone finally was able to pull

> the info of my original order.  To compound matters, I long ago cancelled 

> the credit card I bought the ticket with (due to the

> interest rate getting hiked to 29%).

>

> What she did was set it up so there's a hard ticket supposedly waiting for 

> me at The Wiltern will call office the night of the show.

> Fortunately, I only need ID to pick up the ticket. Considering what a 

> clusterfuck this has been so far, I'm pretty nervous that

> there'll be an actual ticket waiting for me and I'm not gonna be happy if 

> I gotta buy another ticket that night.

>

> If you have a "hard ticket," that is one that was mailed to you from TM, 

> you're probably ok.

>

> The number to call is: 888-598-4299 (7am - 9pm) East Coast hours

>

> Expect to spend about 20 - 60 minutes on the phone.  You must have your 

> Order Number (12XXXXXXX) and the Box Office code (2439XXXX)

> found on your original e-mail TM sent you when you placed your order when 

> called TM/LN.  Have that info handy when you pick up your

> ticket at The Wiltern the night of the show.

>

> Good luck!

>

> T.B.

>

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