A question about standing tickets
 

I am looking for standing tickets to the Vienna show. Some of you may've noticed my previous thread where I asked if anyone was selling a ticket, because the official online store wasn't selling any. That thread didn't get any response, LOL :D Thankfully, I've found a few other english sites that still have those standing tickets available. But no I got a question. I always thought the pit tickets for this Open Air/Live 2011 tour were divided into these groups:

1. Diamond Circle - VIP zone inside the circle, between catwalk and main stage.
2. Golden Circle - special zone in front of the catwalk
3. General admission - area behind GC, the rest of the pit.

But then I looked at this website and I see the following categories for pit:
1. General Admission (price £66.00)
2. Standing Row: Pitch
3. Stehplätze Innenraum Row: RASEN (en - Standing inside Row: LAWN, according to google translator)
4. Golden Circle Standing
5. General Admission (price £192.50)

I find it extremely confusing. There's no seating map or anything like that. What's the difference between numbers 1, 2, 3? The price is different (as I wroted down categories from cheapest to most expensive), but what else? As far as I understand they all to me look like general admission standing ticketsm, because the actual GC is a separate category. And what's the difference between numbers 1 and 5, other than price? It makes no sense to have those same tickets costing 3 times as much. Can anyone who gets this system help me? I'm not used to buying Bon Jovi tickets in other countries. Their arena ticket system is much easier to me to understand. I hope at least this thread gets some replies :D

Aloha !

Getmein is a scalper site, just like seatwave and viagogo are. Their prices are based upon demand, if many people buy a certain ticket prices go up. If no one is interested, prices go down.

If you find their categories confusing, look up the official ticketseller at bonjovi.com for Vienna, and then see what categories are available. You'll find that most is sold out for that show, but there's plenty of stuff available on eBay. Diamond Circle is available for 200E, Golden Circle for 120. If you worry about eBay and it not being trustworthy, it's just as trustworthy as any other seller. I've bought plenty of tickets of eBay and have always received them. Also, if you pay with Paypal and you don't receive your item Paypal will look into it and refund your money.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

Hey, thanks for the reply!

So if it's a scalper site, do you think there's no difference between General Admision and Standing Row: Pitch other than price?

Yeah, the official ticketseller has nothing left for GC or General Admission, that's why I'm looking for other sites.

Ebay is a good advice, but how can you find those tickets on that site? I tried searching for it like this and then like this, but couldn't really find anything, the only offers for Europe are Zagreb and London, but I have no experience using Ebay, so perhaps there're things I don't know in terms of searching.

Thanks!

Walleris, try this:

1. click Advanced (next to Search)

2. Enter keywords ~ bon jovi ticket* (type the * right next to word to view all auctions containing both the words ticket and tickets. remove it if you're only searching for either of them.)

3. scroll down to where it says Location, tick the box "only show items", tick the circle "located in" and choose "any country/region" from the drop down menu.

not everybody lists tickets under the "tickets" category (i know...), and also, the way you are using the search will only show you auctions listed on ebay.com (not ebay.co.uk, ebay.de, etc). i got 518 results, against your 19.

i seached for Vienna tickets and there aren't any as of now, but keep looking.

some people will only type the date of the show and leave the name of the city out, others don't type the word "ticket" but will include the name of the city, try different combinations.

i can't help with the other questions, i've never dealt with these sort of websites.

Try the german word "Wien" instead of Vienna.

There are tickets available on ebay.at/ebay.de if you search for "Bon Jovi Wien": http://shop.ebay.at/?_from=R40&_trks...All-Categories

Karte = Ticket
Stehplatz (Innenraum) = general admission
Sitzplatz = seated
Sometimes they use the word "Wellenbrecher" for Golden Circle

Thanks big time guys! Hopefully, I'll sort this out and end up with the tickets I want. Just 2 questions left:

1. So now, that the tour has officially kicked off. Is the GC inside the catwalk or in front of it? All the seating maps didn't have the catwalk shown, just GC right behind DC, and GA right behind GC. One side of me says that if it was in front of it, the actual 'between catwalk and stage' area would be too big for a few dozens of rich mother****ers with DC tickets (I hope I don't offend anyone LOL:D), but the other thinks that if it was inside, then there would be no point to buy the DC tix.

2. I have my eye on this offer, which is GA if I understand correctly. Do you think it's reliable considering it's 3 euros cheaper than the ticket from the official ticketseller? It would make sense, if the official GA wouldn't have been already sold out, but now that it is, it definitely looks weird. Maybe I'm just being paranoid.

Aloha !

The GC is behind the catwalk and holds about 5.000 people. Inside the catwalk is the DC with the rich mother****ers and fans from Backstage who have bought tickets there and didn't have to purchase the VIP packages. If you're doing "just" one show I suggest buying a GC ticket, yes it's more expensive, but you'll be kicking yourself when you could've been closer to the stage at that one show you're going to but have ended up somewhere in the back, not being able to see the band movements at all apart from what's shown on the screens.

The closer to the show you are, the more people are willing to sell it for under face value. I've bought GC tickets for Dusseldorf on eBay for 82E including shipping while face value is over 110E excluding shipping. The fact that an area is sold out doesn't make a difference, when there's about 8.000 people in GA area there'll always be about 100 who can't go or have bought a ticket to scalp it, then fail etc.

What you should keep in mind though is that if you lose that auction you're looking at it'll mean you've wasted 6 days of waiting til the auction has ended, and then will have to look for another one, which might mean another week of waiting, and then, if you win it, another week of waiting til your ticket arrives. Also, keep in mind that you're not the only one bidding, make sure you're behind your computer when it's 5 minutes before ending as you might be overbid in the last minute(s).

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

Yes, this auction is for GA tickets (Stehplatz)...not 1 but 2 (Stück = pieces). As it is no Buy Now offer you can't compare the current price to the original face value.

Good advices thanks again! As you can see, I know shit about ebay, but I'm learning. It's not gonna be easy, but I'm gonna try.

generally a seller's feedback is a good indication of whether the products they are selling are genuine or not. the seller of the auction you're interested in has excellent feedback, i wouldn't have any worries about these particular tickets.

also, pay attention to where the seller posts the tickets to, they may not send it to your country. what i do in these situations is contact the seller and ask if they would consider posting the item to my country. some will, some won't.

i'd suggest you watch the auctions you're interested in closely till the very last seconds. an increasing number of people only bid in the last 20 seconds or so. i've recently lost an auction in the last 5 seconds :shock:

i'd be very shocked if this was the final price for both tickets. you can never predict what the final price will be. many times the sellers set a starting bid at €/£/$0.99 to attract more buyers.