What the heck happened with Will-Call last year?

[remi]

The only reason printable tickets work for plane tickets and other events like Glastonbury is because they're tied to identification.

Small but maybe important point: Glastonbury tickets are tied to your face - no ID is required

For a year or two they tried the ID thing, but it was easily circumvented, and also caused difficulties at the gate. Extra time to verify, and handling people who'd not brought their ID but were potentially genuine.

So they replaced it with a system where you register a photo, and then that gets printed on the ticket. It's largely killed off scalping and fakes. You can get a refund up until about 6 weeks before (in effect similar to STEP - until that deadline), then after that, tickets are printed and there's no money back.

I like this idea, however, with one small change. People can cancel there tickets up to the last day, and those cancelled tickets are resold at the event (because there are always people looking for tickets at the gate.. no matter how loud you tell them to fuck off.)

[digital]

I like this idea, however, with one small change. People can cancel there tickets up to the last day, and those cancelled tickets are resold at the event (because there are always people looking for tickets at the gate.. no matter how loud you tell them to fuck off.)

This is a terrible idea and a slippery slope lubed with baby oil.

There is NO way for them to allow ticket sales at the gate. It would create chaos. Thousands of people would come expecting a ticket with only a handful available. Not to mention the huge burden put on the already strained shoulders of ticketing and will-call. Sorry, there is zero good that can come of this suggestion. It must be taken out back and shot. NO TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT WILL-CALL! Full stop.

[ygmir]

I like this idea, however, with one small change. People can cancel there tickets up to the last day, and those cancelled tickets are resold at the event (because there are always people looking for tickets at the gate.. no matter how loud you tell them to fuck off.)

This is a terrible idea and a slippery slope lubed with baby oil.

There is NO way for them to allow ticket sales at the gate. It would create chaos. Thousands of people would come expecting a ticket with only a handful available. Not to mention the huge burden put on the already strained shoulders of ticketing and will-call. Sorry, there is zero good that can come of this suggestion. It must be taken out back and shot. NO TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT WILL-CALL! Full stop.

well said digital.