World Series Tickets

[BuckyBrewer61]

Am curious though, can any 20-pk holder confirm they were able to get to the presale, and did not re-sell ANY tickets?

 

Yep. 20-pack holder here, I bought extra tickets for the NLDS and NLCS. Did not resell any on the secondary market for profit, just to friends and family for face value (or less).

 

I had no issue with the presale for the World Series.

 

Honestly...I don't think it's bogus to withhold selling extra tickets to people that bought extras and sold them on the secondary market. It's such a huge problem, and the vast majority of people that do it are just trying to take advantage and make a profit. For those that couldn't sell to a friend, I bet you could've sold the ticket back to the Brewers by contacting your ticket rep.

 

That said, the Brewers definitely should've warned everyone this would happen before cutting off the resellers.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

I think it was something they came up with as it went. Didn't plan for it. Notice they took away Brewers insider after the NLDS, because it allowed SSH to buy their strip, buy their presale, and buy Brewers Insider. They could buy 10 seats. They figured that out and pulled it off.

 

Then with limited inventory for the WS they got more creative. I think it's kinda bogus. A guy that resold 1 game at face or face +20 should not be locked out. Remember that sellers have to go a decent amount up on face to pay stubhub's fees.

 

People that sold 20+ tickets and did it repeatedly? Yeah, lock them out. You should be able to easily customize software to distinguish between the two.

[BuckyBrewer61]

I think it's kinda bogus. A guy that resold 1 game at face or face +20 should not be locked out. Remember that sellers have to go a decent amount up on face to pay stubhub's fees.

 

People that sold 20+ tickets and did it repeatedly? Yeah, lock them out. You should be able to easily customize software to distinguish between the two.

 

I think StubHub fees and price of sale are irrelevant. The Brewers are trying to protect against their tickets being bought in large volume, then sold at higher than face value by people trying to take advantage to make a profit. Whether it's the seller or StubHub that ultimately rakes in that profit isn't their concern.

 

That said, your point of differentiating someone who sold one ticket versus 20 is very fair. But, I'd venture to guess the vast majority of people that got locked out were those trying to make money.

 

All the Brewers had to do was give fair warning, offer to buy back any extras people might have without penalty, and it wouldn't be an issue. That, IMO, was their big mistake.

[gypcasino]

I think it's kinda bogus. A guy that resold 1 game at face or face +20 should not be locked out. Remember that sellers have to go a decent amount up on face to pay stubhub's fees.

 

I agree. Plus considering you're not getting anything approaching face on the secondary market for all but a few games during the regular season. I went to a game in September and paid $14 including fees for a club seat.

[jonescm128]

Am curious though, can any 20-pk holder confirm they were able to get to the presale, and did not re-sell ANY tickets?

 

Yes, I got the presale and did not re-sell any tickets. Got 4 tickets for home game 1 of the WS.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

I'm just being realistic about the situation. If someone is trying to sell at face, honestly, and they realize doing that on stubhub means a $55 loss, they are going to adjust the price to break even. I just did that yesterday morning actually on 2 seats for tomorrow. I don't think the Brewers care, but I think there is a distinction to be made on selling terrace seats for $375 for a Cubs wild card game and trying to get back what you paid. They treated all those people the same, which I think is lame.

[pacopete4]

I don't blame the Brewers for taking the approach they are. They give season seat holders a crack at it because they are supposed to be the die hards that want to be at the games, not the sellers trying to make a buck. Another situation I can see both sides but I don't blame the stance they've taken on it.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

I don't blame the Brewers for taking the approach they are. They give season seat holders a crack at it because they are supposed to be the die hards that want to be at the games, not the sellers trying to make a buck. Another situation I can see both sides but I don't blame the stance they've taken on it.

 

Agree with this. I will fully admit I made some money on re-selling my strip seats. I always replaced them with more expensive seats. When I got a 20-pack, I didn't even know there were SSH presales. I assumed my season seats were the playoff seats I was getting. I was ecstatic when I found out you can get better ones at the sale. Had I known that, I probably would not have purchased the strip and would have preferred picking and choosing individual games and sections.

 

I don't think what I did is what they are really trying to suppress; I think it is sort of collateral damage in eliminating the bigger problem. They never guaranteed presales, they guaranteed me a strip and that is what I got. Really happy I did not assume a WS pre-sale and sell those ahead of time, though.

[pacopete4]

I don't blame the Brewers for taking the approach they are. They give season seat holders a crack at it because they are supposed to be the die hards that want to be at the games, not the sellers trying to make a buck. Another situation I can see both sides but I don't blame the stance they've taken on it.

 

Agree with this. I will fully admit I made some money on re-selling my strip seats. I always replaced them with more expensive seats. When I got a 20-pack, I didn't even know there were SSH presales. I assumed my season seats were the playoff seats I was getting. I was ecstatic when I found out you can get better ones at the sale. Had I known that, I probably would not have purchased the strip and would have preferred picking and choosing individual games and sections.

 

I don't think what I did is what they are really trying to suppress; I think it is sort of collateral damage in eliminating the bigger problem. They never guaranteed presales, they guaranteed me a strip and that is what I got. Really happy I did not assume a WS pre-sale and sell those ahead of time, though.

 

From a few of your posts and others on here, it sounds like the Brewers need to find a better approach to the communication of this whole process up and down. That may be the underlying issue with a lot of this.

[mtrebs]

I think part of the problem is that no one is used to this. My account rep said a couple times when I’ve called him that he wasn’t sure of how it would be since the Brewers haven’t been in this position often/lately.

[KeithStone53151]

I'm getting extremely frustrated with my rep, emailed at around 1030 and called at noon...nothing back. I'd probably be less annoyed if they emailed me back and said I wasn't getting the password...than I am not getting a response at all. I could respond accordingly if they at least got back to me. Bush league for sure, and they'll hear all about it once I eventually get ahold of someone.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

At this point I wouldn't worry too much, there is a good amount of time between now and another sale. Anything exclusive is gone, and they probably have their hands full. Eventually they will reply and get you a code.

[jodo23]

I was told by my rep that I wasn't eligible for a code because I resold, and that they weren't aware of codes being made available otherwise. So, not everyone who calls their rep is getting a code. I'm disappointed, but I certainly understand it, though.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Sounds like a mess. No plan. Probably caved early on for the first few complaints and then realized that was not going to work.

 

I get why they did it, but it probably should have been stated upfront that you'd risk losing presale access if you resold.

[KeithStone53151]

Sounds like a mess. No plan. Probably caved early on for the first few complaints and then realized that was not going to work.

 

I get why they did it, but it probably should have been stated upfront that you'd risk losing presale access if you resold.

 

Right. This is very sloppy, and it's irritating to me that so many SSH are getting extra tickets but my rep isn't getting back to me. What does "inconsistent" mean? If none did, well whatever. I also might have gone about distributing my tickets differently had I known they'd do this.

[MrTPlush]

Brewers were out to make a statement on reselling in my opinion. Someone decided the middle finger was the way to go.

[Eye Black]

It's their prerogative to crack down on the reselling of tickets, but IMO you absolutely need to inform the SSHs of the consequences for reselling their tickets ahead of time. Did anyone receive prior notice that they would be penalized for reselling tickets? Seems like a good way to alienate a lot of season ticket holders.

 

On a different note, I did not resell any of my playoff tickets, but was informed there will not be any opportunity for 10-pack ticket holders to be included in a presale. They said the best bet was to try the Wisconsin Residents sale on Monday. I completely get that 10-pack ticket holders are fairly far down on the totem pole, but I am surprised they wouldn't at least give 10-pack holders something like a two hour head start on the Wisconsin Resident sale? Seems like you could give 10-pack holders the chance to buy them at 8:00am on Monday just before the Wisconsin Residents sale begins.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Guessing they have analytics that determine it is not worth the cost/benefit to offer WS opportunity to 10-pack, there is probably not enough in it for them given how low those packages start.

 

I do not recall any advance warning of this, however, it is pretty obvious they don't like it with the whole barcode gymnastics thing they seem hell bent on doing. I think anyone that resells at profit knows the Brewers don't like it, so they can do what they want. I think the trick is that they are very transparent in telling you the strip is your guarantee for seats. The pre-sales are subject to change. No guarantee there.

[KeithStone53151]

It's their prerogative to crack down on the reselling of tickets, but IMO you absolutely need to inform the SSHs of the consequences for reselling their tickets ahead of time. Did anyone receive prior notice that they would be penalized for reselling tickets? Seems like a good way to alienate a lot of season ticket holders.

 

On a different note, I did not resell any of my playoff tickets, but was informed there will not be any opportunity for 10-pack ticket holders to be included in a presale. They said to try the Wisconsin Residents sale on Monday. I completely get that 10-pack ticket holders are fairly far down on the totem pole, but I am surprised they wouldn't at least give 10-pack holders something like a two hour head start on the Wisconsin Resident sale? Seems like you could give 10-pack holders the chance to buy them at 8:00am on Monday just before the Wisconsin Residents sale begins.

 

I agree it's their perogative, but it's also completely backwards of everything I've been told regarding resale. I have a buddy that works in IT for the Brewers and was told by him they are glad SH is an option as more people buy 20 packs as a result. Even if a SSH sold 3-5 games, they are still guaranteeing 20 games of sales. I've been told similar by multiple ticket reps, and for crying out loud your mybrewerticket site links automatically to SH. But now when tickets are at peak value...they all of a sudden don't like resale? Well at least not for SSH.

 

To more clearly answer your question, no I've never been told anything negative or of any potential consequences to SH resale.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Can't argue it is a little backwards that their own ticket account site has Stubhub plastered all over it but then if you use it you are punished, Lol.

[MrTPlush]

Just like all other SSH benefits they are intended for loyal fans not people trying to make a quick buck. Not sure if they actually will, but they threaten to revoke your benefits if you sell too many of your season tickets. In my opinion these pre sales are a perk/benefit. If all you are doing is selling them then you don't deserve the benefit of buying extra tickets through a pre sale.

[mtrebs]

In my opinion they shouldn't give anyone full strips of tickets. They should have a special presale just for individuals that are eligible for full strips. Allow them to buy the number of tickets per game that they have season tickets for, and allow them to buy whatever is best available. It would be nice to offer their regular season seat, but I could see them not all being available if certain seats are reserved for media/others during the postseason. Then these individuals should not be allowed to buy any other presale tickets. I would have to think that there'd be enough selection for these individuals to get basically any category of seat for all games since they'd have first dibs.

 

Edit: This way they could enforce the 48-hour rule for barcode delivery they put into place as well.

[KeithStone53151]

In my opinion they shouldn't give anyone full strips of tickets. They should have a special presale just for individuals that are eligible for full strips. Allow them to buy the number of tickets per game that they have season tickets for, and allow them to buy whatever is best available. It would be nice to offer their regular season seat, but I could see them not all being available if certain seats are reserved for media/others during the postseason. Then these individuals should not be allowed to buy any other presale tickets. I would have to think that there'd be enough selection for these individuals to get basically any category of seat for all games since they'd have first dibs.

 

Edit: This way they could enforce the 48-hour rule for barcode delivery they put into place as well.

 

I'd be fine with this. Heck half of my irritation is the seats I was given. And I'm on I think my 8th year or so of buying a 20 pack...not quite a war-hardened veteran, but it's not like I'm a newbie that just signed up in 2018.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

I think that gets tricky with customers who have expensive seats. They want their same seats or one really close for the playoffs, and I think that is fair. It gets complicated and costly for them to have 12 different presales for different groups of fans, i.e. "terrace sale this day, loge this day."

 

I would have preferred picking select games and seats. I like to take it from different areas of the park and I would not have bought every game.

 

But I don't know which games I'll attend and skip ahead of time. They tell me the only way to have full choices at discount pricing is to buy a strip, so I did. But they never said, "Well, if you don't go, we will penalize you for reselling." I think that is lame. I don't care too much because I'll be int he door regardless, but the communications has been bad on many fronts and I chalk that up to lack of experience being in this position.

[MrTPlush]

Unfortunately this doesn't happen often and they decided to use it as a test for a variety of things. Thankfully the next 3 years or so should go a lot smother.