Aerosmith, 9/16/07

The Donk and I went to the Aerosmith show on 9/16 (I know, its been nearly a month since I've posted). The show was great and it was made even sweeter by seeing the show for less than half price! I took a bunch of pictures of Joan Jett and Aerosmith for you to checkout.



All in all, it was a good time, and this kicked off the Fall Tour. The Summer Tour wrapped up with The David Wayne Band at Young-fest 2007.

Aerosmith Tix...SUCESS!!!

Over the past couple of weeks I contacted sellers of Aerosmith tickets on eBay. You can see the response below from one such seller. Most thought their tickets were worth a lot more then face value. In reality though; while I really like Aerosmith, they are NOT a $100 band. Very few are, but many think they are. So I waited them out and ended up with a couple of decent seats (as you can see in the picture) for less then half of face value.
The face value on the ticket is $125 + $15 fees + $6 for parking. So these tickets oringinally cost someone over $290 for the pair. Today I purchased the pair for $120. Slightly more then I wanted to pay, but I am satisfied with what I got. The Donk and I plan to enjoy ourselves very much Sunday night!
Now I just need to find the guy who was trying to sell the other set of tickets...

Looking for Aerosmith Tix (part 1???)

Donk and I want to see the Aerosmith show at Nissan Pavilion. As I did with the Def Leppard tickets, I have contacted some of the many sellers on E-Bay who have 0 bids. Usually they either acknowledge my offer or not, and are on their way.

This one particular seller decided that I needed to be schooled. He's gonna school me on how ticket buying works! So this is the e-mail exchange:

ME: Hello,If things don't work out with your minimum bid, here is my offer. I will give you $100 for the pair. Please let me know. Thank You, Mike

Seller: At the show I could get $200 for these tickets with no VIP passes even if I were trying to sell them from the back of a police car, naked, with a spider web tattoo on my bald head. L8

ME: Good luck on selling them at that price. Aerosmith is not a $100 band. Be sure to take some peanut butter, because you might be eating those seats.

Seller: You are right, they are a $200 dollar band.I sold the other pair for $325. And just got a hit on Craigs list (which of course might fall through) for $320 for the other two. I hate peanut butter I only eat tickets with caviar. They are absolutely $200 dollar tickets and if you don't think so you know nothing about ticket scalping - watch the listing, watch me work my magic. I will get at least $300 for tickets, maybe $400. [I do have some 300 level seats my buddy wants to get rid of, they are yours for $150] Plus another thing you dont understand....I am going to show with my VIP Tickets and VIP parking pass, I can eat these tickets with my friends, they will absolutely pay me $125 each (face value) of the ticket. Let me make this clear 2 YA --- I had a total of 6 tickets to start. My two VIPs with VIP parking pass and a Premier Parking pass, I sold the Premier parking pass for $50 on Craigs list [the premier parking pass you can buy at the show for $20 I sold for $50, but they are not $100 dollar tickets, think before you Write], I sold 2 of my 101 Row G with VIP passes for $325 and will be using my VIPS, this leaves me with those two tickets which I have paired with VIP Passes, If I dont get $350 for that pair I will take my friends to the show and they will pay me $250 and I will wash your car, But Mikey let me give you some advice...If someone has a buy it now best offer listing for $450 and you offer them $150, it is just plain stupid and does nothing but slow down the wheels of commerce. If I asking $450 I am obviously looking for an offer around $320...common sense... the girl who paid $325 was her first offer (she had common sense)...Use it.... I am so sick of E-bayers who have nothing better to do than make low offers then harrass the Seller, GET THEE A LIFE. I will send you all invoices with the buyers name removed after I sell these tickets I paid $270 for for at least $350. L8

Seller: Oh yeah I sold two VIP passes to show...no Tickets just passes for $95 to a guy in Cali. who was sending them to his daughter for her birthday...just passes for $95...and just a premier parking pass for $50...and these aren't $100 tickets...what planet are you from.

Guess he told me... I may stop by the seats he advertised and see how things worked out. By the way, face for this show is $125, which is WAY too much for this geezer band.