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The border is closed if driving over, but open if you fly. That makes sense, right? Anyways, I found I could fly to NYC and back home for $200 if I go on a low demand day and off times. Figure I may just fly in and out and get my shot. I’ll also need to take a $200 covid test to travel, and might need to take one to return. It’s a mess. The land travel closure continues to be extended by Biden by another month on or about the 21st of each month, so I’m hoping he finally opens it this month. Apparently the concern is that opening Canada and Mexico must be done together, but Mexico still has concerning covid issues (and Canada is better off than the US at this point), so Canada is being held back due to Mexico. Meanwhile Canada opened its borders to US travelers a month or two back, and to global travelers one month after we opened to US visitors.

I wonder what I can do coming from Canada, provided the border even opens. We don’t have vaccine cards or digital passports to show. We have a rather non descript receipt that looks like it came out of a Walmart checkout. Over and above that, the CDC does not yet recognize AstraZeneca which many of us in our 40s and 50s were given. Over and above that, most of us who were given AstraZeneca as a first dose were given Pfizer or Moderna as a second dose, and the CDC does not recognize mixed vaccines as being legitimate (although some studies suggest it’s more effective than two of the same type). Our brilliant Canadian government said the best vaccine is the one that’s available and didn’t consider the travel implications if it doled out a mixed dosing regimen. I got AstraZeneca followed by Pfizer. I may need to fly into any random US state just to get a second Pfizer dose or maybe a single J&J if still offered (just to keep things simple), so I can visit the US when the borders open and also attend Bills games. It’s a gong show.

I get nervous about buyer fraud with PayPal, they can claim tickets not received and from what I read - and despite evidence of seat transfers PayPal sometimes sides with the buyer. I usually only sell to people with an online track record (buying history, long time active forum member, corporate email address, etc) - something that’s traceable for legitimacy. Otherwise I just go with StubHub or ticketexchange and absorb the fees. I’m from Canada and also have amazing seats I have to sell for the home opener. They are behind the Bills bench in section 133, row 16 and it’s a set of 3. I also have a pair in 336 row 31 but might hold onto them a little longer in case the border situation changes and I can attend. Here’s the view from my 3 seats in 133 row 16 for sale. I’d just sell for whatever the current market price is but not add on any of the StubHub or Ticketmaster fees, provided there is a a buyer I’m comfortable with. Otherwise, I’ll just use StubHub or Ticketmaster. if you might be interested shoot me a message.

We seem to get screwed on almost anything digital in Canada on pricing but here’s one where we do well. We get it on a sports service like Netflix called DAZN. I think it’s around $20 a month, and first month is free. I did 4 months last year, cuz all the playoffs are on tv anyways - so with the free month is around $60 Canadian which is about $5 US with our lousy currency! Or maybe $45-$50.

I guess I’m just old. When I was 20 I would think the jokes were funny, now with two teen daughters I just shake my head and think ‘idiots’.

If that’s about the ‘deal’ I could have checked out on the presales, it was actually the Ticketmaster site. They must have made a mistake with the pricing, but I didn’t want to test out in case it corrected during the card processing. It was a surprise.

I think they made some mistakes, I saw some prime lower level sideline seats for $99 each for Washington, NE and a third game for a little bit last night with the schedule release. I had a 5th row pair in my basket at midfield for Washington but didn’t click through as I didn’t want to deal with it if there was an error that got corrected as my card was charged.

I’m in Canada so I hope I can go, but it’s going to be so emotional to be in a full stadium for the bills. Money well spent.

There were some pricing errors on Ticketmaster - for NE and Washington field level sideline seats were $99 each, even mid field. I had a pair for Washington in my basket but didn’t click through when I saw the error as I didn’t want to have to deal with it if they corrected the error later. I wasn’t planning to buy anyways, just comparing the game by game prices to my total cost for seasons.

Will do, I’m certainly not selling now. I’d give my left *** to be at the game. Hoping that it all gets worked out by late August. Steelers are my wife’s fav team (but I married her anyways), so we’ve been to a few games there as well. Seats rock, between the 40/45, row 15 or 16 I think, and home side. I’d be surprised if it wasn’t sorted out by late season, I’m leery about the earlier games unfortunately. I was going to run the Boston marathon in October but didn’t even apply as I assume there could still be border issues at that time to.

I may end up with 3 great seats for sale. I have season seats, but I’m in Canada and no sign yet that the border will be open. And even if they open it, not sure how to prove we’ve been vaccinated, and no idea if we’ll even have our second shots by week 1. This sucks. Also don’t know if a 14 day quarantine will still be required for crossing the border. I think I need to move to buffalo for the season!

Thank you. It’s amazing how much her life has changed. She’s 13 and now taking up photography as a hobby, 9 months ago there is no way she could have operated the camera. She’s also a Bills and Raptors fan and I can’t wait to take her to a game again, it will be a totally new experience for her.

Yeah, I upgraded to 3 a few years back vs 2, just to get better seats. My daughter had a visual disability and could hardly see the players from even half way up the 100s; but came to almost every game anyways as she really enjoyed the experience. One positive outcome of all this lockdown crap is we had time to find a new doc with an experimental non surgical treatment. She went from having a clinical visual disability and got accommodations at school etc., to having better than average vision. She’s going to be shocked at her first game when she can see the ball, see the numbers on the jerseys, and just see the action. I really can’t wait to take her back for her first game since the treatment.

I guess I logged out too soon, nothing in 133/134 around 4pm.

Maybe, I guess those will become available next year. I just got my shot yesterday and aren’t feeling great, but it’s one not on the menu in the US. Anyways, I don’t want to take this off topic, like I said fewer prime seat upgrades available than I’ve ever seen, it’s going to be a hot ticket. I can’t wait to attend again.

I’ve never seen the selection as depleted as today. I love my seats anyways (every seat is good, I love the stadium), but I’ll bet it’ll be a hot ticket this year. I gotta talk to my good friend Mr Trudeau - I’ll lose it if the border is still closed by the home opener.

We have to get back to what worked over the back half of the season. We were shredding defenses with multiple 6ish yard passes with all our great receiving weapons. Over the last two games we got away from that. Yesterday with wind as a factor josh went 1/8 in deep passes. Overall he was 23/37 (62%), but strip out the 1/8 and he was 22/29 (76%). Granted you need some shots downfield to keep the D honest, but we have gotten away from what’s working. 8/37 as ‘deep passes’ might be too much. I’d go back to more mid and short distance passes if we are getting completions. Especially when it’s poor conditions like yesterday.

He’s been using his phone and tweeted. If it was a bad concussion, using a screen would be uncomfortable and likely banned by the doctor.

A farewell to kings.

I was in 310 for awhile at the 30, quite a good view of the game.

At 1:04pm there were still a small handful of seats but I didn’t buy as I can’t attend.

133, row 16. Awesome seats.

Let’s go buffalo!

No trick play’s after many the last few weeks. I noticed. Daboll focused on HC jobs? Kidding but the game plan was an unusual departure from whats been working.

Not trying to take this too far off topic, but apparently the vaccine dulls the virus to the point that you would never have severe symptoms and probably not know you’ve had it - but you can still get it, carry it, and spread it - so you would need a test until the vaccine is heavily distributed. The vaccine doesn’t necessarily prevent getting or spreading covid, just having a bad experience with it. Plus it’s only 90-95% effective. So I guess the vaccine is more like a flu shot.