[Slowhand] Charlotte woes

[jezebel-]

That stinks, Steve!  I was also suprised no one mentioned the Ticketmaster
snafu.  When we were getting tickets for Detroit, the Fan Club tickets
option wasn't asking for a password.  It took about fifteen minutes for them
to get the box up, but by then, anyone and everyone could have gotten fan
club tickets without an access code.  Ah well...such is life.

jez
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Steve Proctor [mailto:drpr at earthlink.net]
  Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 11:48 PM
  To: Slowhand Digest
  Subject: [Slowhand] Charlotte woes


  I am surprised that no one has commented on the Charlotte snafu.  I read
the information on www.ecaccess.cc the night before the sale, printed off my
ECaccess code and learned that the sale would be through
www.charlottebobcatsarena.com rather than www.ticketmaster.com

  www.charlottebobcatsarena.com is incredibly slow, even at 11:30 PM with a
fast Internet connection.  At 10 AM, on a slower wireless connection, it was
virtually impossible.  I kept getting messages that the site had too many
users and to try back later.  Eventually, I got through, only to find that
there was nowhere to enter an ecaccess code.  I tried to see what tickets
were available to the general public, but the site or my computer quit
responding.

  I checked www.ecaccess.cc again.  To get ecaccess tickets for Charlotte,
one had to fill out and download an .xls file, print it off and fax it to a
telephone number.  I was away from home with no printer or fax machine.  So,
I walked to Bobcats arena.  They knew nothing about ecaccess.  I then walked
a few blocks to the library, got a library card, logged onto the Internet,
filed out the form and printed it off.  Then, I walked several blocks to
Kinko's to fax it.  Twelve hours later, I have no way of knowing whether I
will even get Charlotte tickets.

  Somehow, scalpers don't seem quite as bad tonight...
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