I was watching an episode of Everybody Loves Raymond, and Ray and Debra get into a fight (didn’t see that coming eh? :)), anyway Ray tears up his tickets to the Superbowl so then they can’t go.
My question is, do you think if you had tickets to the Superbowl or to a Broadway play or another big event and explained what happened they would still let you in? I mean as long as you still had all the pieces and the pieces weren’t like put through a shredder?
Anyone had any real experience with a situation like this?
I put this in this section 'cause tickets usually deal with entertainment, but please move it if it’s not correct
If the tickets were purchased under his name there would be no problem. Any box office in this day and age that can print tickets can track who a ticket was sold to. He’d have to go to the ticket office and show some I.D. and ask for reprinted tickets.
If the tickets were not purchased under his name (given to him by a friend or maybe a contest prize) he would have a huge headache. Destroyed tickets are unusable.
It would involve A LOT of phone calls and probably coming to the box office in person at some point.
So if it was a day of thing in a “not under my name” ticket situation yeah he effectively destroyed any chance he has of getting in.
Years ago, I accidently ripped an envelope in half that contained a ticket to a concert (Grateful Dead in Phoenix)…
In my somewhat altered state, I was very worried I was screwed, but the person taking tickets didnt blink, and let me in without any problem (I had both ripped halves, so it was clear no sort of fraud was being attempted)
More recently, I flew to LA to see Van Morrison at Hollywood Bowl (Astral Weeks Live Shows)----I used the “print your own tickets” option that TicketMaster offers (saves a few bucks over having them sent to you) and mistakenly brought the printout for the wrong night (Van played two nights, and I went to both shows) and so I had my saturday night ticket with me on friday. I went to the box office, explained to the woman what I had done, and told her I wouldnt have time to go back to the hotel and retrieve my friday ticket-----She poked a button or two on her computer (after checking my I.D.), handed me an actual (as opposed to a printed out) ticket that was for the same seat I had originally purchaced and told me to enjoy the show!
While I still loathe TicketMaster, I gotta admit they took great care of me in this case, which was all due to my careless actions…
Well, actually any chance went out the window when he, ahem, threw the pieces out the window, then ate a piece that didn’t go out.
How are they going to know who purchased a ticket? Do they now require ID just to purchase? I mean, if a CC is used, that’d be one thing, but what if someone pays cash?
Most Box Offices don’t sell a ticket under “no name”. Even if you pay cash they get AT LEAST your name if not your number and address. For just this reason of replacing a lost or stolen ticket. (and also to use that information for data mining and future solicitations)
If your right, I can continue to hate TicketMaster with every fiber of my being, just like everyone else in the world.
Whoever the person who helped me worked for (If not TM, I suppose the company that runs Hollywood Bowl) she could not have been more accomodating, helpful and friendly—not to mention HOT!!!..