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Originally Posted by Janszoon
Yeah, I remember having to physically go to a box office or music store to buy tickets. The fact that you can almost always buy them online now makes it way more convenient than it used to be.
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Well it is and it isn't. When you had to buy physical tickets there was a whole lot less of the block-booking, and even then, they kept a small supply of tickets back. I remember my boss telling me that he was in line for (I can't remember, but he was a Bowie fan so let's say) a Bowie concert. The guy in front of him bought like ten tickets or something. Springsteen was playing as well but sold out. The guy says "I've just given you like a thousand quid (or whatever) over the counter: you got any Springsteen tickets?" The assistant reaches under the desk and takes out two tickets and lets him buy them. You just couldn't do that online. I guess that's the power of bulk buying, and it multiplies exponentially once you get to online ticket sales. As I said, these days if you don't get your tickets within a max of an hour after they go on sale, you're SOL.