The Jaded Fuck Guide to Getting a Burning Man Ticket

[junglesmacks]

Thank you for the advice...i have chewed off all of my fucking fingernails in the past couple of days. This post calmed the nerves...my budget is paper thin, and the online prices ive been seeing is crazy...i cant afford it..i already sell my goddamn skin as it is, and although i admit, i should have done this before now, but the flow of money has always favored other things, like bills and food...my money management issues aside, i never expected this and was caught totally off gaurd, as i made the all too common mistake of assuming things would be as they always have been. Anyways, thanks again, my blood pressure has gone down a bit, back to searching craigslist...

Ruh roh.. so it looks like this wasn't an attempted troll.

Simon - It will happen. Just be patient and vigilant. I swear that I can sit here now and feel the universal powers that be picking up red phones all over the place..

[Killbuck]

AH AH.... watch it buddy!!! We at APOKILIPTIKA own the Red Phone bit!!!! One to Kremlin, one to White House.

Panic is part of the process and helps build easily manipulated character.

So, let's get back to some good old panic!

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[JRocket]

Thank you for the refreshing post, and the constructive approach.

[FIGJAM]

A lot of the posts by people who don't have tickets reminds me of addiction behavior when the supply dries up.

Tweekers act just the same.

I hope the "Beekers" can get into a program.

This is a sweeping generalization and does'nt apply to you!

[AntiM]

Oh, just come to the eplaya meet and greet on the playa. Everyone is much more delightful in person.

[jella]

Oh, just come to the eplaya meet and greet on the playa. Everyone is much more delightful in person.

+1

[Killbuck]

Ah, we must keep a light heart in these things and know the playa provides. We have folks in our own camp needing tickets too... some planned for early entry carrying gear!!!!! Meanwhile why sit and pout, let us spend the waiting days doing what we do best, poking fun at things we can't do anything about!

Humor is the best defense!!!!!

[BBadger]

Oh, just come to the eplaya meet and greet on the playa. Everyone is much more delightful in person.

YOU DAMN ELITIST!

How about all the other people who did not find a ticket?!!!! Are they not FUCKING DELIGHTFUL too!!?

[FIGJAM]

Oh, just come to the eplaya meet and greet on the playa. Everyone is much more delightful in person.

YOU DAMN ELITIST!

How about all the other people who did not find a ticket?!!!! Are they not FUCKING DELIGHTFUL too!!?

Yeah, but only in person.

[unjonharley]

Ah, we must keep a light heart in these things and know the playa provides. We have folks in our own camp needing tickets too... some planned for early entry carrying gear!!!!! Meanwhile why sit and pout, let us spend the waiting days doing what we do best, poking fun at things we can't do anything about!

See. Now you understand why I poke fun at you..

Humor is the best defense!!!!!

[Killbuck]

Ah some creative editing of my post there UNJ?

How droll! Back to more important things....

(Meanwhile, back in the lab... he toils to find just the perfect images to mold into visual manifestations of current events....)

[Killbuck]

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[unjonharley]

(Meanwhile, back in the lab... he toils to find just the perfect images to mold into visual manifestations of current events....)[/color][/b]

Yes, A poster with a large blank spot.. Where I will be so missed this doomed burn.

I smit you wit da mitt.. We shell meet on the fields of your doom in 2012

[JCarter]

I smit you wit da mitt.. We shell meet on the fields of your doom in 2012

You know, I've been hearing that sentiment a lot lately.

I hope that Pinchbeck and about 50% of the alterna-new-age-whatever community are wrong as making it to BM 2012 will be super hard.

[Savannah]

No point in worrying. All you can do is save your cash and concentrate on THIS burn, for the love of Cher.

[OregonRed]

ttoogirl and Simon of the Playa, Good luck! Whether you make it this year or next year or the year after that, I will second TheCO's invitation and say come by M*A*S*H and say hello, enjoy some shade, and have a drink!

Badger/Slim, Greatest post ever! Thank you for words of wisdom when everyone seems to be losing their minds.

[The CO]

Saber-

READ the entire thread.

I'll say it again:

READ the ENTIRE thread, beginning to end.

If you had done so, you would not have posted here. You would be searching the forums for a ticket.

[Mojojita]

http://consumptionblog.com/2011/07/27/b ... eral-debt/

[trilobyte]

Saber was having some radical reading comprehension and common sense issues, and his/her post has been removed.

[silkkat813]

I really can't believe people would spend $1000+ for tickets online. For that money, they could fly to Portugal and check out the Boom festival. (My guess is the people spending that much are mostly coming for EDM.) Even the people offering $500 for tickets on CL need to step back and think about what they are really doing.

[homemadeJ]

But what if the good people running shit did something about all this? Not implying that they have to, or even that they should, but, perhaps, thet could. By releasing another tier of say 2000 tickets (only 4% of the total) they demand side of the equation would get satisfied, and the price of the unwanted/un-needed tickets would come back down to face value. Another modest amount of tickets would put the pressure back on the supply side because nobody will want to get stuck with zero. I know this makes way to much sense, and may be so incredibly simple that there must be something wrong this idea...

anyone care to correct me? hugs

p.s. *disclaclaimer* This post written by a ticketless burner.

[AntiM]

Pretty simple why not, any more tickets would violate the BLM population cap as set in the permit.

[homemadeJ]

right. but were all of those tickets released? maybe they can do what our gvernment does. gift all previously ineligible volunteers (even the lamplighter!) a free one, and shift that new "surplus" of tickets back to the ticketless...does anybody really think that there's only gonna be 50k out there...i think the cap is a guidline, and not a hard verfiable number,

[silkkat813]

right. but were all of those tickets released? maybe they can do what our gvernment does. gift all previously ineligible volunteers (even the lamplighter!) a free one, and shift that new "surplus" of tickets back to the ticketless...does anybody really think that there's only gonna be 50k out there...i think the cap is a guidline, and not a hard verfiable number,

Did you read the beginning of the thread?

2) Every Burning Man ticket, whether with a face price or not (i.e. a gift ticket), represents an expense to the event. That is to say, with every ticket they issue, the event incurs a complex set of actual costs. (I don’t know the actual amount, but I’ve heard it’s around $90. This is probably all available online somewhere, if anyone really cared to look -- the point is, tickets costs BMORG money. Real money.) This includes insurance, BLM permitting fees, payments made to local tribes, law enforcement fees (not only is the event required to maintain a certain ratio of LEO's to participants, but they must also pay those LEO's wages) and so forth. These expenses have only increased over the years, and many are not immediately obvious or understandable, especially to those who are not intimately involved in the production of the event. Due to this, the event is extremely careful about distributing free and low-cost tickets. In fact, when viewed in the light of the real expenses that every ticket represents, the abundance of low-cost and gift ticket options the organization offers every year is quite remarkable.

So what does all this mean to you?

Perhaps the most important thing to understand is that, while many people who are deeply involved with Burning Man do receive free or discounted tickets, there is a strongly-held cultural bias against ever expecting those tickets. The reasons behind this are many, but perhaps the most important perception you need to understand is this:

People should contribute to Burning Man because they want to, because it's the right thing to do, because they want to give something back to the community, and NOT because they expect to receive anything in return, least of all a ticket.

Your success in obtaining a ticket to Burning Man 2011 will depend on the extent to which you understand, respect and embody this belief.

keep searching and good luck!

[capjbadger]

right. but were all of those tickets released? maybe they can do what our gvernment does. gift all previously ineligible volunteers (even the lamplighter!) a free one, and shift that new "surplus" of tickets back to the ticketless...does anybody really think that there's only gonna be 50k out there...i think the cap is a guidline, and not a hard verfiable number,

"Crew/Gift" tickets still count. There is no "surplus" to give out. It is a population cap, not a ticket cap. The stop in ticket sales are the means to control the population.

What you think the contract means doesn't matter. Read the damn contract and the 15+ threads that cover that very subject.

-Badger

[silkkat813]

[homemadeJ]

Me getting a ticket will rely on someone else embodying that belief, unfortunately. I can only have what they are willing to give/sell.

P.S. It's amazing how far a bit of sarcasm goes on message boards, don't you think?

[Isotopia]

People should contribute to Burning Man because they want to, because it's the right thing to do, because they want to give something back to the community, and NOT because they expect to receive anything in return, least of all a ticket.

Post of the Fucking Week!!!!!!!!!

[nuclear rabbit]

I had never registered for e-playa over the past years even though I've checked it out, but this thread, and this ticket madness compelled me to get on here. This shit is crazy.

[nncoco]

Tickets are selling for on ebay now $650-$800 when I last checked. Those prices will be a lot lower in the final week as the supply of people willing to pay over face value diminishes and others give up entirely. Add to that the countless cancellations and you will have supply and demand a lot closer to where it usually is, more of a buyer's market.

Wait it out...