Disappointed. Sad. Frustrated. All 3 describe my current state of emotions. It doesn't have to do with Taylor Swift herself, just with the purchase of tickets to go see her concert. Daily I found myself checking her website to see her tour dates and locations the day it was posted. Finally it was up and luckily my city was on it. But that was all the luck I was about to have.
I had really been looking forward to going to a Taylor Swift concert. I mean seriously excited. I knew the date, the time, the time the doors opened, where it was, and the date tickets would go on sale. I wrote it down on my calendar, anticipating going to the concert. I was listening to two different radio stations to try and win tickets. No luck. I thought I was on the pre-sale list for both stations as well as Taylor Swift's website. No email came with a promotional code for pre-sale.
So I prepared for the ticket sale that was going to start at 10 a.m. I had my Visa ready, the ticket sales website open, and right at 9:58 a.m. I stopped working so I could try and get tickets right at 10. After entering the number of tickets (4 -- 2 for my husband and I and 2 for my brother and his wife), clicking the "Best Available" button, entering that annoying word verification (that I can't really tell whether the letters are capitals or not), and finally getting the website to process my request, what appears before my eyes but a statement that says "Unable to secure seats at this Price Level." Slightly shocked I try again. And again. And again. I pick up my phone and call the ticket box. The line is busy. I keep redialing and redialing while at the same time trying again and again and again online to find a seat, ANY seat. Nothing.
Frustrated I stop searching. There aren't any seats available. It sold out within minutes of opening. I know there are websites that sell tickets but at $100 a ticket I can't afford to get seats for 2 people let alone 4. Disappointed and frustrated I go back to work. Hopeful that maybe, just maybe, I will be able to win tickets at some point over the next 2 months or that someone will decide to give me their tickets. But then again, I've never been too lucky.
I had really been looking forward to going to a Taylor Swift concert. I mean seriously excited. I knew the date, the time, the time the doors opened, where it was, and the date tickets would go on sale. I wrote it down on my calendar, anticipating going to the concert. I was listening to two different radio stations to try and win tickets. No luck. I thought I was on the pre-sale list for both stations as well as Taylor Swift's website. No email came with a promotional code for pre-sale.
So I prepared for the ticket sale that was going to start at 10 a.m. I had my Visa ready, the ticket sales website open, and right at 9:58 a.m. I stopped working so I could try and get tickets right at 10. After entering the number of tickets (4 -- 2 for my husband and I and 2 for my brother and his wife), clicking the "Best Available" button, entering that annoying word verification (that I can't really tell whether the letters are capitals or not), and finally getting the website to process my request, what appears before my eyes but a statement that says "Unable to secure seats at this Price Level." Slightly shocked I try again. And again. And again. I pick up my phone and call the ticket box. The line is busy. I keep redialing and redialing while at the same time trying again and again and again online to find a seat, ANY seat. Nothing.
Frustrated I stop searching. There aren't any seats available. It sold out within minutes of opening. I know there are websites that sell tickets but at $100 a ticket I can't afford to get seats for 2 people let alone 4. Disappointed and frustrated I go back to work. Hopeful that maybe, just maybe, I will be able to win tickets at some point over the next 2 months or that someone will decide to give me their tickets. But then again, I've never been too lucky.
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