To begin, human stupidity refers to myself. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />
I tried to get tickets for next Oslo show (it is the only I could attend, apart from Barcelona, on account of dates). As I am not Norwegian, I only was allowed to buy tickets by phone (not the web), and as the sale was during work time, I had to call from my cellular phone.
I decided to go by myself, avoiding nasty touts. And so I called, and called and called... As I didn?t get tickets I tried again whe cancelled tickets went on sale, and I called, and called, and called....
As a result of all this subject, I've found myself without tickets for Oslo show <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />, and with a Cell phone invoice of $ 208 (this being only for calls to Norway). <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />
My thoughts are: as at qxl.no touts are selling tickets at $179 (face value is $101), if I had decided to buy tickets there, I would have paid $358 for two tickets (that is what I was looking for). Nevertheless, I have paid $208 for NOTHING <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />.
Did I do the right thing?.
Are ticket sales method fair with fans and again touts?.
Am I as stupid as I am feeling now?.
Of course all this may be hard to understand for Americans; just an Euros problem.
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