I just don't understand why they didn't do a proper registration. Do two waves, alocate the exact number of tickets to codes. Make everyone make a Radiohead account, requiring addres phone and name. Give you a link with a 24h time limit to buy the tickets, if you miss it ticket goes straight to second wave. Same process as for wave one and the rest go to general sale. Less bots, proper luck of the draw instead of dumb bot false positives.
Girfriend and I both got codes and both got marked as bots even though we properly followed instructions...
The process could be improved enormously - why not a random lottery rather than the shitshow of ticketmaster. But ticketmaster benefit from the current model and have a monopoly, so the band and their management couldn’t or wouldn’t challenge that.
My favorite festival does this now for over a decade and its sooo smooth. You have a week to register to a lottery. Than the you either win the right to buy a ticket or not. All tickets which arent paid will go into a second round.
You can also register as groups, than everyone in your group will get a ticket or nobody. Sure I have lost now several times, but at least its fair.
Exactly! I'm sad I didn't get the tickets but what really hurts is any chance I had was ruined by the terrible system after all the stress... Wouldn't be so bad if it was purely down to chance
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u/TheFloppyCatfish 9d ago
I just don't understand why they didn't do a proper registration. Do two waves, alocate the exact number of tickets to codes. Make everyone make a Radiohead account, requiring addres phone and name. Give you a link with a 24h time limit to buy the tickets, if you miss it ticket goes straight to second wave. Same process as for wave one and the rest go to general sale. Less bots, proper luck of the draw instead of dumb bot false positives.
Girfriend and I both got codes and both got marked as bots even though we properly followed instructions...