2007 Ticket Sales...

[shadowkittymonster]

ahhh thankx you guys!:))))))))) yall are awsome:) that makes me even happier:)))))
yay:) shreekkkkkkkk---
can you tell im excited lol:P

[pagangreenman]

[quote="julie_c"]
Is it gonna be the cluster F**K that was last year w/ online sales?
[/quote]

I just got the JRS yesterday, and fired off a nastygram back to them about the comments that were in it, about previous years SNAFUs.

Mikes reply:

2005 eTicket sales were a mess. Burners were mollified with
statements like "Oh we were bad, and wern't expecting an eMess"
"Vendor did not anticipate the volume of requests" , "OK, we
got caught with our pants down, and understand why, and are
sorry, but it won't happen again cause we have it fixed."

2006 eTicket sales were a mess. Again. Of course folks were
upset. What would you expect?

2007 Now you are cautioning us that there is a whole new
queue system (likely untried) and there may be thousands of
folks in line ahead of us when we try to buy at Zero hour?
Sounds just like the same recipe, just a different cookbook. I
predict likely the same results too, thousands of ticked off
folks at Zero hour.

How do folks get into the queue early ? Do some get lucky? Do
we act like the DWP and barge to the front of the line? [hey,
I'M DWP. tppttt...]

Reply was:
[b]When the line starts at the designated time via the Internet and say
5,000 people try to log on all at the same time, someone will be
number 1 and someone will be number 5,000. No one will be in line
before the designated time.[/b]

And another was
[b]There has been testing on the queue system[/b]


SO I guess we shall see who's right.
Good Night, and Good Luck[/code]

[janicels]

what is the age that you need to buy a ticket for kids

[shadowkittymonster]

i imagine that you have to be 19 and up, they said that 18 year olds are catagorized as minors soooo... dunno. but if you have a credit card or bank card with a logo, i dont think youll have much trubble:)

[AntiM]

what is the age that you need to buy a ticket for kids

From the FAQ ticket info on the main Burning Man site:

What are the age requirements for the event and do children get in free?

You must be at least 18 years of age or with a parent or guardian that age to attend the event. Children 12 years old and under get in free. Children 13 years and up must have a ticket.

[shadowkittymonster]

i think its a bit odd that 18 year olds have to be accompanied by an adult? arent they adults? hmm. good thing im older than that lol:PPP

[MikeVDS]

I think 18 is fine. Based on the quote from AntiM it seems correct. Where did you see that 18 is considered minor?

[shadowkittymonster]

i think i mis read what i saw-- my bad.== i though it said an 18 year old had to be accompanied by a parent, hmm

{You must be at least 18 years of age or with a parent or guardian that age to attend the event.}

ohhh now i see.. lol

never mind me

[domitron]

I want to put in my 2 cents about the ticket mess last year: who gives a shit if the server crashed or whatever? And if I don't get the $195 tickets this year because of some server crash, so be it. I guess some people actually had the balls to write in an complain about it. Man, the best thing the Burning Man organization could have done for the rest of us was revoke the tickets for everyone who wrote in and just gave them back their money. I mean we don't need more whinners out there. We especially don't need whinners that we PAY to attend, which is basically what happens when it costs a bit over $220 per person to pull this thing off and they sell a ticket for $185. So the short of it is this: don't bitch if it happens again this year. Burning Man is partly about learning how to bite your lip when shit happens, whether it's that big dust storm that blew your tent away or whether it's that server crash that screwed up your chances at saving a few bucks a ticket.

[ibdave]

I want to put in my 2 cents about the ticket mess last year: who gives a shit if the server crashed or whatever? And if I don't get the $195 tickets this year because of some server crash, so be it. I guess some people actually had the balls to write in an complain about it. Man, the best thing the Burning Man organization could have done for the rest of us was revoke the tickets for everyone who wrote in and just gave them back their money. I mean we don't need more whinners out there. We especially don't need whinners that we PAY to attend, which is basically what happens when it costs a bit over $220 per person to pull this thing off and they sell a ticket for $185. So the short of it is this: don't bitch if it happens again this year. Burning Man is partly about learning how to bite your lip when shit happens, whether it's that big dust storm that blew your tent away or whether it's that server crash that screwed up your chances at saving a few bucks a ticket.

Well Put.... Very Fucking Well Put.....

[shadowkittymonster]

domitron--- i agree with you 100% why bitch for 30 bucks more? the 220 tickets are the way im going... and if they are gone-- ill spend a bit more? i mean come to think of it--- most ppl sepnd from 50-300 bucks for ONE concert ticket-- depends on the artist-- 220 is a fucking stael--- think about it-- a week long ticket!!!!! for 220!!!!! A WEEK! i know some ppl can afford the ticket--- so start saving now,, you DO NOT have tyo buy it the day it goes on sale-- im avoiding even thinking anout it--- i figure it this way--- ill spend 30 cucks on shit i will never need--- i caould save thatmoney easy- i already have 320 set aside for my ticktes, and im doing just fine--- they wont run out of ticktes and its only JANUARY!!!!! i got 8 months to stress on tickets---


now if ppl complain about cheap tickets- i only wonder if they can survive the desert? hmmm---{glad i spent almost 14 years in the desert:))) 120 will feel like home to me }

[shadowkittymonster]

wow-- i gotts start using spell check lol:P

[MikeVDS]

I told you, try Firefox 2.0. Great "auto" spellcheck

[shadowkittymonster]

i know i know--- im gonna go download it right now:))

[skeetsh00ter]

yeah, firefox keeps me from looking like an idiot whenever i type something.

[MikeVDS]

Me too.

[shadowkittymonster]

hold on hold on!!!!! i need some input-- when i do purchase my tickets--- which is the wiser route?---> but online, get them in the mail----- orrrrrrrr send a money order and get them in the mail--- i REFUSE to get WILL CALL tickets-- nope no way. im thinking maybe the money order is the way to go, (i have recently had problems using my bank card online-- and I do not want to go through false charge claims at the bank{ columbia house sucks!} --- plus i have read about people being charged twice and such--- hmmmm)--- what do you oldtimers do to get your tickets:)

[helitack]

Tomorrow, with your bank card, get em sent in the mail, with the secure delivery.


Just waiting on my gifted ticket, a two week cat sitter, a working truck, money to buy grub, gas etc...

[ibdave]

hey neighbor to the north, for 9 years now I get the sent to me.. Then I give them to my wife and she puts them in a SAFE SPOT.. Then the day you head north, you pinch yourself and keep looking at the tickets knowing that in 6-7 hours you about to change your life.....

[shadowkittymonster]

im not buying my tickets tomorrow, and i dont even plan on trying to buy the 195 tickets. im thinking ill have my money ready to go some time in feb.

[shadowkittymonster]

[quote="ibdave"]hey neighbor to the north, for 9 years now I get the sent to me.. Then I give them to my wife and she puts them in a SAFE SPOT.. Then the day you head north, you pinch yourself and keep looking at the tickets knowing that in 6-7 hours you about to change your life..... [/quote]

wow it really takes that long-- oh duh yeah thats true, last time we went to so cal it took us 15 hours round trip.. including food and stuff:P so 7 hours--- gonna have to burn some cds for the road

[pinemom]

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!

[Stellarae]

YEAH!!!
I'm a newbie.
I have no camp.
A little nerves.
But very excited.

[scouts honor]

same here stellarae. first year burner. no camp, but i got time. i want to really explore my options. getting a ticket was so smooth.

[Killbuck]

This just came in:


Please Take Notice
Your assistance in distributing this to
fellow burners is appreciated

January 17, 2007
From: BM LLC2 Ticketing Pixies
Ref: Special 2007 Ticketing Adjustments

Thank all of you who ordered your 2007 tickets
using our new online proceedures. Just about
everything went better than we could have hoped.

There was a small problem we overlooked.
Don't worry, if you ordered and received a
confirmation, you are all set. But, several
burners... not many mind you, had a difficulty
in ordering due to scale. We are now aware
of the problem, and have set up emergency
ticket proceedures at 1/87 th scale.

If you are a 1/87 th scale burner, please
follow the proceedures outlined in our new
page shown below. See you on the playa...
sorta.

Thanks

See below




Lower....



way lower....



DOWN THERE!!!!!

[Zero]

Ticket purchase went smooth today, just a half hour watching the little countdown while I did other stuff.
Looking forward to seeing everyone out there again...

Ben

[BAS]

WOAH! Special ordering info for 1/87th scale Burners?!! Good thing I waited!

[ibdave]

Ticket purchase went smooth today, just a half hour watching the little countdown while I did other stuff.
Looking forward to seeing everyone out there again...

Ben

Hey Ben, Glad it with so SMOOOTH for ya. I'm going to buy ours tonight..

[CapSmashy]

same here stellarae. first year burner. no camp, but i got time. i want to really explore my options. getting a ticket was so smooth.

First timer here too.

It looks like I'm getting hooked up with a local (Dallas) group.

[shadowkittymonster]

yeah i would like a camp too... hmmm maybe us newbies should start one;P ( ha see us all out there suffering because we have no idea what we got ourselves into and all the vets just walk by and laugh ) har har har- but no really a theme camp seems fun-- but on the other hand,,, i can Always just go, and make it what i make it on my own ahhhh the possibilities:P


and so i dont go off topic-

IM SENDING MY MONEY ORDER OUT TOMOROW ( possibly if they let me have my check early:) YAYYYYYY!