Curt Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 http://prod.static.bills.clubs.nfl.com/assets/pdf/Mobile-Ticketing-Instructions-2018.pdf As season holders I don't know if we will still be getting the cards but pdf tickets are no longer an option. I and the people who I am giving/selling tickets to will need to play with our freaking smartphones. It was so much easier to email the tickets or print and mail them. Definitely harder for people like me who are a bit older. We need to download the App My one Buffalo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 UGH, I had that with my tix to Atlanta last year. Not only do you need to have the app, but there was a problem with my settings. The first 3 phone calls were unproductive, but the last guy knew his stuff. Something about allowing location I think. PITA! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Nails Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 And Jacksonville for the playoff game- it sucked 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Posted April 19, 2018 Author Share Posted April 19, 2018 I am definitely not happy about the change and I wish I'd been told before the renewal (Not that it would have changed my decision). I guess that I need to get familiar with the latest technology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misterbluesky Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 8 minutes ago, Curt said: http://prod.static.bills.clubs.nfl.com/assets/pdf/Mobile-Ticketing-Instructions-2018.pdf As season holders I don't know if we will still be getting the cards but pdf tickets are no longer an option. I and the people who I am giving/selling tickets to will need to play with our freaking smartphones. It was so much easier to email the tickets or print and mail them. Definitely harder for people like me who are a bit older. We need to download the App My one Buffalo. Plan early,if you know you won't be attending a game,donate the tickets to The Big Brothers & Sisters of Buffalo organization.They will be more than happy to make the transfer a easy one. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 My son recently bought 2 tix on line for a concert. They were bogus so he lost about $120. The cops were all over it, even came back into the venue (after he bought REAL tickets) and wanted screen shots from his purchase. Apparently they are trying to clamp down on the bad behavior, but I don’t see it ever going back to the old days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Posted April 19, 2018 Author Share Posted April 19, 2018 (edited) Just an example. I have 4 seats. We normally enter all together but sometimes 2 want to go to the Bills Store or the field house just before we get into the stadium. If the 4 tickets are in my phone how am I supposed to handle that? In the past I'd have just given them their tickets/cards/pdf. PITA indeed. Edited April 19, 2018 by Curt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbillsfan2206 Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 So I can’t print tickets from stubhub? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Posted April 19, 2018 Author Share Posted April 19, 2018 Just now, Seanbillsfan2206 said: So I can’t print tickets from stubhub? That's my understanding. You will need to download the Apps. Open an account (Free) then wait for the seller to email you the tickets. Then they will be on your phone. If you buy more than one ticket and your friends are not entering the stadium with you, you guys will need to do the same thing (Download Apps, register and transfer). Someone correct me if I'm wrong. I hate this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbillsfan2206 Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 3 minutes ago, Curt said: That's my understanding. You will need to download the Apps. Open an account (Free) then wait for the seller to email you the tickets. Then they will be on your phone. If you buy more than one ticket and your friends are not entering the stadium with you, you guys will need to do the same thing (Download Apps, register and transfer). Someone correct me if I'm wrong. I hate this. Meh. It’ll just take some time to get used to. It’s the way of the world. Technology has taken over. I already have the apps but I’m old fashioned and just like having an actual ticket to scan... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadLandsMeanie Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Sooo, what if your battery dies? No game? 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sullim4 Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 I dealt with this for the Chargers game. Let me be the first one to tell you that it sucks, a lot. If you want to buy tickets off of stubhub, you have to sign up for an account with the team, sometimes Ticketmaster. The site then recognizes you as a season ticket account holder. You then have to accept the ticket from the seller and download a mobile app to access your ticket. This actually assumes that the seller follows these steps correctly; my first seller did not and I had to call Stubhub to get another set of tickets due to non-delivery. It makes resale 1000x more difficult with no real benefit to the customer - just the team. It is odd that the NFL, which is concerned with declining attendance, would make it more difficult to fill the stadiums with paying customers. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemac2001 Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 On Apple it’s not that hard it downloads. Wallet file similar to a pdf and you can share via text email now I haven’t used the one Buffalo app but should be same I’ve used tickets this way for years 26 minutes ago, sullim4 said: I dealt with this for the Chargers game. Let me be the first one to tell you that it sucks, a lot. If you want to buy tickets off of stubhub, you have to sign up for an account with the team, sometimes Ticketmaster. The site then recognizes you as a season ticket account holder. You then have to accept the ticket from the seller and download a mobile app to access your ticket. This actually assumes that the seller follows these steps correctly; my first seller did not and I had to call Stubhub to get another set of tickets due to non-delivery. It makes resale 1000x more difficult with no real benefit to the customer - just the team. It is odd that the NFL, which is concerned with declining attendance, would make it more difficult to fill the stadiums with paying customers. Yes i I had to do that for the jags game and it was confusing but my seller sent me them right away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuvian Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 what about senior citizens? this won't fly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bills1955 Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Another option (if you have 4 people) is to take a screenshot on your phone, save it to photos & then message it to the others in your party so they have it on their phone. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyC81 Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 (edited) 7 hours ago, Seanbillsfan2206 said: Meh. It’ll just take some time to get used to. It’s the way of the world. Technology has taken over. I already have the apps but I’m old fashioned and just like having an actual ticket to scan... My nightmare for the end of American society is that another country, (China, Russia, North Korea) hits us with a giant electromagnetic pulse from a space satellite which makes all of our computers, cell phones, etc useless and they just come in and take over because we can't do anything without them. Edited April 19, 2018 by LittleJoeCartwright 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcrusho Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 They have that down here for Orlando City, all tickets are mobile through your ticketmaster account. I love it, so easy to transfer and sell tickets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriveFor1Outta5 Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 7 hours ago, Augie said: My son recently bought 2 tix on line for a concert. They were bogus so he lost about $120. The cops were all over it, even came back into the venue (after he bought REAL tickets) and wanted screen shots from his purchase. Apparently they are trying to clamp down on the bad behavior, but I don’t see it ever going back to the old days. Definitely agree with that. Stubhub and the ticket brokers also hold a great deal of influence at this point. Concerts practically sell out on Ticketmaster before ever going on sale these days. The resale business is influential, and huge in its own right. No one wants to stop it at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuvian Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 4 minutes ago, bills1955 said: Another option (if you have 4 people) is to take a screenshot on your phone, save it to photos & then message it to the others in your party so they have it on their phone. do they charge you a transfer fee for each ticket you share? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zonabb Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 And surely with it you'll have to cough up ALL your personal data, information, and location in the user license. More ways technology is being used to make things "better" but really is being used to make companies money harvesting and selling your personal information. I guess if you're the two guys next to me in my section, in their late 60s, who don't even have phones but have been STH for decades, you're no longer welcome unless you plop $500 down for a phone and buy a monthly service. Real cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thandGoal Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 So what will this do to the scalpers if we are going paperless? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boater Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 I guess I'll have to upgrade my phone. Good bye Jitterbug flip phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 8 hours ago, Augie said: My son recently bought 2 tix on line for a concert. They were bogus so he lost about $120. The cops were all over it, even came back into the venue (after he bought REAL tickets) and wanted screen shots from his purchase. Apparently they are trying to clamp down on the bad behavior, but I don’t see it ever going back to the old days. You know what sucks... Latest update of Chrome for Android. Can't take SreenShots in incognito mode. So, out of habit... I am in incognito mode. "Can't take screenshot due to security policy." WTF is up with that... I am not rooting my phone either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiotAct Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 yeah wait, what? How about those without smartphones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 27 minutes ago, stuvian said: do they charge you a transfer fee for each ticket you share? He was texting a screenshot- so, no. i haven’t used this specific app but I’ve been paperless for concerts, sporting events, flights, etc.... for years. Is this really any significant difference comparatively? It’ll just ensure less counterfeits floating around right? Or is this app more complicated for some reason? 22 minutes ago, zonabb said: And surely with it you'll have to cough up ALL your personal data, information, and location in the user license. More ways technology is being used to make things "better" but really is being used to make companies money harvesting and selling your personal information. I guess if you're the two guys next to me in my section, in their late 60s, who don't even have phones but have been STH for decades, you're no longer welcome unless you plop $500 down for a phone and buy a monthly service. Real cool. Couldnt they just use their standard original hard copy? It sounded like this was just cutting PDFs out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbillsfan2206 Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 1 hour ago, LittleJoeCartwright said: My nightmare for the end of American society is that another country, (China, Russia, North Korea) hits us with a giant electromagnetic pulse from a space satellite which makes all of our computers, cell phones, etc useless and they just come in and take over because we can't do anything without them. My nightmare is we draft josh Allen at 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_kidd_4 Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Why the sudden hard on for the secondary market? Bet OBD was steamed at the Buff News articles about $10 Bills and $6 Sabres tickets. Improve your product, don’t blame the scalpers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagon127 Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 The hardest thing for people to remember will be to first, screen shot the ticket, as the internet isn't always reliable when 70,000 people are in one spot, and the other is keeping your phone charged long enough through their tailgate. Maybe this will mean less live streaming videos of people jumping through tables. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Zevon Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 If you do not own a smart phone and plan to buy tickets for one game this year off Stubhub, will it now be impossible to attend a game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Screen shot and send to your friends. Even though they said it in Jax you didn't have to download the app. They want you to because they harvest your data and that's big business these days and bull ****. But, you can usually find ways without doing that. Pro Tip: going to a concert with friends or event where you need to show your ticket to get to your seat or stage standing area? Have a friend or text your friend that ticket. If you identify seats in the area not being used they can sit there using your image of that ticket or vice versa. I know a few friends that buy lawn seats to a concerts for $30 @ Charlotte's amphitheatre (PNC) and one person buys a front row standing area only seat. The group always just uses that one ticket to get up there since it's not specific. They save hundreds. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountDorkula Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 (edited) 9 hours ago, Curt said: Just an example. I have 4 seats. We normally enter all together but sometimes 2 want to go to the Bills Store or the field house just before we get into the stadium. If the 4 tickets are in my phone how am I supposed to handle that? In the past I'd have just given them their tickets/cards/pdf. PITA indeed. You can email tickets to certain email addresses. At least that is how it worked for the Atlanta game. We bought 22 tickets for the ATL/BUF game. It was actually quite easy once you just sit down and figure it out. Or you can just screen shot the ticket and send it via text. Edited April 19, 2018 by CountDorkula Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Avon Lake now Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 I bought tickets to a Boston Celtics game this year and was disappointed to no longer have the pdf download option. I prefer something in hand just in case. Anyway, they had a hard ticket option to have it mailed to you the old fashioned way. Not sure if this applies to the Bills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zow2 Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Guess i picked a good year to dump my season tix. Now for the one game I come in for I'll need to figure out how to buy. I was going to use NFL Ticket Exchange but not sure if that's the place to go anymore to buy secondary market tix? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerJ Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 That just about shuts me out of going to games until or unless I get a smart phone. Yeah, my cell phone is about a 10 year old flip phone that wouldn't know an app if it saw one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Posted April 19, 2018 Author Share Posted April 19, 2018 (edited) I just called the Bills. Season ticket holders will still get the cards for the 2018 season but don't be surprised if it's the last year. She actually said that they will look on how it goes before taking a decision for 2019. She also confirmed that pdf tickets are no longer effective immediately. Edited April 19, 2018 by Curt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 2 hours ago, 4thandGoal said: So what will this do to the scalpers if we are going paperless? Scalpers outside arenas are effectively dead. I would only buy hard tickets anyway, but now just about impossible. BTW, the Caps and Wizards have been this way for at least a year, makes selling on StubHub somewhat a pain in da arse as well. No longer are instant tickets offered on StubHub for those games, as the tickets cannot be uploaded. So the seller needs to send you tickets via email once they receive notice tickets have been sold, and have 24 hours to do so...could be tough on game day. Instant tickets available on the clubs official partner though thicketmaster...as I am sure Ticket Exchange will be the same.Hmm, interesting no? 10 hours ago, Seanbillsfan2206 said: So I can’t print tickets from stubhub? Nope. BTW, someone asked about battery dead..i am sure you will be able to go the ticket office , show ID, and they will print you out a PDF ticket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheektowaga Chad Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 27 minutes ago, TigerJ said: That just about shuts me out of going to games until or unless I get a smart phone. Yeah, my cell phone is about a 10 year old flip phone that wouldn't know an app if it saw one. In jacksonville I heard if you had this issue and went to will call they would help if you didn't have a smart phone. Id imagine that if you buy tickets and don't have a smart phone they would accommodate you somehow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Some people just assume everyone has a smartphone. My parents don’t. They have a flip phone and even that only gets turned on when they think they might need it. They don’t even know how to retrieve texts and voice mails on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerJ Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 10 hours ago, Cheektowaga Chad said: In jacksonville I heard if you had this issue and went to will call they would help if you didn't have a smart phone. Id imagine that if you buy tickets and don't have a smart phone they would accommodate you somehow Thanks. I'll have to see first of all if there is a game I both want to see live, and can schedule. It's easier now that I'm semi retired. I can get there just about in time for a 1 pm start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 A few weeks ago was the first time I tried using my phone for the tickets to get in at a couple OHL hockey games and I had a few problems cause it either wasn't zoomed in enough, or the old guy taking tickets complained the screen wasnt bright enough one time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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