[kj] Wiltern Los Angeles Ticket Warning

Karen Weil karen.weil at sddt.com
Fri Dec 10 13:44:49 EST 2010


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!)'"
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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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