Re: March 5th is almost upon us
OMG HAHA, I JUST FOUND AN EMAIL I SEND TO MICHAEL JACKSON LIVE.
I remember being so pissed off, because they released tickets before it's official selling time. I send them a ranting email, because I remembered there was this girl who complained about the victory tour tickets being too expensive and she got free tickets and a backstage pass. I must have been thinking that Michael was going to read my emai or something and feel sorry for me lol, it totally doesn't make any sense what I wrote.
Especially because I got tickets a few minutes after I wrote the email lol. After a while I just got so stressed out, that I just randomly clicked on every date, not even checking for which date I was trying to buy myself a ticket anymore. And at the end it turned out to be opening night!
Here's my email haaha xD
Dear MichaelJacksonLive crew,
I'm Maura a 17 years old teenager from The Netherlands, who has been a Michael Jackson fan for a very long time. I didn't got to go to any of his concerts or tours before and was really excited when the 02 concerts were announced. I was so happy with the news I could literally cry and couldn't stop talking about anything else since the announcement was made. It got so bad, my teachers would let me sit in the hallway everytime I was about to pronounce the name 'Michael Jackson'.
I immediatley signed up for the presale and was so happy when I received a email with my code. I knew that there was only a tiny chance of actually getting a ticket at the presale, but I stayed up all night long yesterday and didn't went to sleep at all to increas my chances of getting a presale ticket.
I was online all night staring at my computerscreen and refreshing every Michael Jackson Concert page for some new information. It was about 6.58 (Uk Time) when I checked the fanboard again and it was then that I saw messages which were post at 6.45 from people who said they already got their ticket booked on 6.40!
I immediatley tried to buy myself a ticket on ticketmaster, which said tickets weren't online yet. So apparently some tickets were given away before 7.00 AM (UK Time) and some not. When I gave it another show at 7.00 AM it was too late, most of the presale tickets were already given away and I was on the waiting list right ''for 15 minutes or more'' (While I immediatley signed in at 7.00 AM).
I waited for half an hour when my waiting finally went to 12 minutes, when it went down to 2 minutes, when it went down to minute it said some ''error occured'' and that I couldn't get my ticket.
I tried to buy myself a ticket for 5 times now, but all I get is this:
There was a problem processing your request.
We apologise for any inconvenience.
I knew that there was only a little chance of me getting a ticket, but the thought of that some fans, including myself, didnt get to sleep at all and then tickets are sold before the official selling time is just unacceptable! This is just so unfair towards the fans, who waited till 7 AM. If it is said that presale starts at 7 AM then it should start at 7 AM and not at 6.45!
I know the demand is huge, but this way I was not given a fair opportunity to buy a ticket. There are so many fans who bought their ticket before 7 AM and even got the time to buy theirself multiply tickets to several shows when they found out they could purchase them before 7 AM.
I know there's a general sale on friday, but I don't even want to know what's going to happen then. Will people purchase a ticket at 5 AM?
I'm really wondering what went wrong, and how this could happen. You would think that with such a major event, everything would be really organized. I think the organisation has a lot of explanation to do. At this moment, I am at my 10th attempt to buy myself a ticket, I'm outside the UK but I tried to call the English Ticketmaster line, which keeps hanging up on me. The fact that it isn't clear wether presale tickets are sold out or not is just really frustrating.
I hope you guys can give an explanation why this happened and if I should try to buy my ticket earlier on friday or that I should just stick to the regular time.
I apologize for my grammar,
but I'm just too tired to think clear in English. (I remember wanting them to feel sorry for me xD)
I hope to get reply before friday!