4_kidd_4 Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 (edited) *edit* All remaining home games have tickets listed for under $10. What a joke. ———— Curious if anyone knows if “street tickets” are a thing of the past, with the new mobile only. It used to be easy to wait until around/after kickoff and score a ticket for like $10 outside the stadium, especially to those garbage late-season games. The main reason I ask is I gave my season ticket to a friend for the Bears game, because I’m going out and staying in TO saturday night. However, there’s a slim chance I could make it back for the game, just not the tailgate. But I’m certainly not paying face, or anywhere close to it, to get in. Anyone have any luck on the streets pregame this season? Just wondering if, and how, it worked out. Edited November 5, 2018 by 4_kidd_4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 Certainly harder to do. I suppose if both parties have the right app, tickets can be transferred on the street. At least you'd know it's a real ticket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_kidd_4 Posted October 31, 2018 Author Share Posted October 31, 2018 2 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said: Certainly harder to do. I suppose if both parties have the right app, tickets can be transferred on the street. At least you'd know it's a real ticket. It was so much easier to ‘negotiate’ when you could actually see the size of the stack of tix they were holding. I did see a few “brokers” at MNF, but I didn’t see any transactions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Buffalo Joe Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 12 minutes ago, 4_kidd_4 said: Curious if anyone knows if “street tickets” are a thing of the past, with the new mobile only. It used to be easy to wait until around/after kickoff and score a ticket for like $10 outside the stadium, especially to those garbage late-season games. The main reason I ask is I gave my season ticket to a friend for the Bears game, because I’m going out and staying in TO saturday night. However, there’s a slim chance I could make it back for the game, just not the tailgate. But I’m certainly not paying face, or anywhere close to it, to get in. Anyone have any luck on the streets pregame this season? Just wondering if, and how, it worked out. There's an app my brother uses called Game time which is essentially a digital version of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_kidd_4 Posted October 31, 2018 Author Share Posted October 31, 2018 6 minutes ago, The Real Buffalo Joe said: There's an app my brother uses called Game time which is essentially a digital version of that. I’ll check that out, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmotionallyUnstable Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 Lots of guys have printed tickets that were purchased through online, secondhand vendors. A risky gamble but for ten bucks, worth it. My buddy bought a preseason ticket to the regular season home opener two years ago. Yes, he was that drunk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy KGB Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 Streets B Talkin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommonCents Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 Game time app. Great for what you are trying to do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 Some hard tickets are available if owner went to ticket office and had them printed. Those tickets do make it in to scalpers hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 3 hours ago, EmotionallyUnstable said: Lots of guys have printed tickets that were purchased through online, secondhand vendors. A risky gamble but for ten bucks, worth it. My buddy bought a preseason ticket to the regular season home opener two years ago. Yes, he was that drunk. I got into a Crosby, Stills and Nash concert with a ticket to The Harlem Dance Festival once. Hey, close enough (back in the old days). We had real paper tickets in Green Bay, and I liked that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADOLBILZ Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 Last time I bought a scalped single was 5 years ago and I ended up sitting with a family who claimed I must have stolen the ticket from their son(who they got into the game on the claim that they lost their ticket). I had given up my season ticket to a recovering heroin addicted mother who tailgated with our group so that she could sit with her young son(we have a big group including a contingent of folks in AA)...........and then I had to explain to this dad that wanted to kick my ass for stealing his sons ticket that his son was clearly f*cked up and probably sold the ticket for cash for the ride he was on. That didn't go well and when I asked security to get these folks off of me they weren't helpful AT ALL so I finally had to smack he and his son around so I could watch the Bills get beaten in the seat I paid for without their hands all over me. The drug problem is real so I would advise against single street tickets. Perhaps they have enough real-time info to tell if someone is using a season ticket holders hard ticket that was claimed stolen.......but considering the complete clusterfuk at the super gates I highly doubt it. And you can text security for help now which leaves a digital trail but R.Rich had a security issue Monday night and they were utterly useless. Some dude is lucky Rich didn't snap his neck. They will send you a New Era cap in the mail later, though. Just pay the extra few bucks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_kidd_4 Posted November 1, 2018 Author Share Posted November 1, 2018 wat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_kidd_4 Posted November 5, 2018 Author Share Posted November 5, 2018 Tickets for each of the four remaining home games are listed for single digits on Stubhub. What a sad state of affairs for this organization and what a snow job for the loyal season ticket holders. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin1778 Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 If the Bills beat the Jets and Allen comes back for the Jaguars the stadium will be packes. Guaranteed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDS Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 46 minutes ago, 4_kidd_4 said: Tickets for each of the four remaining home games are listed for single digits on Stubhub. What a sad state of affairs for this organization and what a snow job for the loyal season ticket holders. Just as embarrassing are people selling tickets for $7. For heaven’s sake, donate them somewhere. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 It's too bad they don't have paper tickets anymore. At least those made good kindling. 11 minutes ago, SDS said: Just as embarrassing are people selling tickets for $7. For heaven’s sake, donate them somewhere. That would be considered abuse. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_kidd_4 Posted November 5, 2018 Author Share Posted November 5, 2018 7 minutes ago, SDS said: Just as embarrassing are people selling tickets for $7. For heaven’s sake, donate them somewhere. They’re just playing the fair and open market, it’s their choice. I honestly hope the “professional brokers” lose their shirts on the deal. It just sucks for people that have honest extras and will lose money. Me/my group has been stuck w extras for every game, and that’s just from people not able or wanting to go anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wppete Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 (edited) What a rip off. $7 for this trash team? No thanks. I love the Bills always have but I absolutely hate this years team and this years coaching staff. This is a complete embarrassment for the Bills and all Bills fans that spend their money and time supporting this team every Sunday. Disgusting! Edited November 5, 2018 by wppete 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Zevon Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 It's more of a pain in the ass to donate your tickets at this point with the online transactions that need to be made. At least if the ticket is sold for $7 it can be assumed that person wanted the ticket and will actually attend the game. If someone donated me tickets I would be the intermediary to the garbage can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 On 10/31/2018 at 9:34 PM, BADOLBILZ said: Last time I bought a scalped single was 5 years ago and I ended up sitting with a family who claimed I must have stolen the ticket from their son(who they got into the game on the claim that they lost their ticket). I had given up my season ticket to a recovering heroin addicted mother who tailgated with our group so that she could sit with her young son(we have a big group including a contingent of folks in AA)...........and then I had to explain to this dad that wanted to kick my ass for stealing his sons ticket that his son was clearly f*cked up and probably sold the ticket for cash for the ride he was on. That didn't go well and when I asked security to get these folks off of me they weren't helpful AT ALL so I finally had to smack he and his son around so I could watch the Bills get beaten in the seat I paid for without their hands all over me. The drug problem is real so I would advise against single street tickets. Perhaps they have enough real-time info to tell if someone is using a season ticket holders hard ticket that was claimed stolen.......but considering the complete clusterfuk at the super gates I highly doubt it. And you can text security for help now which leaves a digital trail but R.Rich had a security issue Monday night and they were utterly useless. Some dude is lucky Rich didn't snap his neck. They will send you a New Era cap in the mail later, though. Just pay the extra few bucks. I'll never buy a resale paper ticket again. That's where all the fraudsters are now. Had a slightly similar issue at the Titans game. Season ticket holder sold his paper tickets to group, and then listed the same seats on Ticketmaster (which we bought). The group that got the paper tix were screwed because our codes were scanned first and their tickets became useless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 6 minutes ago, wppete said: What a rip off. $7 for this trash team? No thanks. Feeling better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wppete Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 Just now, joesixpack said: Feeling better? No not really. I need to go for a walk or have a morning beer or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 Just now, wppete said: No not really. I need to go for a walk or have a morning beer or something. Maybe stop watching the team for a few weeks. That might help. Maybe try not posting for a while too, while you're at it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zow2 Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 I haven't always made the smartest decisions, but dumping my season tickets this past summer just prior to this season was a beauty. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_kidd_4 Posted November 5, 2018 Author Share Posted November 5, 2018 5 minutes ago, zow2 said: I haven't always made the smartest decisions, but dumping my season tickets this past summer just prior to this season was a beauty. I held out until the last possible day in April. Made an emotional decision based on some personal goings on. Regret it completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 getting close to being profitable to buying 10 tickets and leaving and drinking a beer in your Winnebago and going back in with a fresh ticket 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zow2 Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 6 minutes ago, 4_kidd_4 said: I held out until the last possible day in April. Made an emotional decision based on some personal goings on. Regret it completely. It's brutal. I had mine for 12 years and often had to list them on all the secondary sites and craigslist for well under face. I wouldn't list for single digits, i'd just give them away. A couple times I did donate my tix to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Buffalo. They are appreciative and sent me a nice thank you letter. This season the Redskins have somehow taken control of their secondary tickets and they either get sold at a reasonable price or the seat goes empty. They first had to admit that there is no season ticket waiting list. But they did not want to see anymore $5 tickets on Seatgeek or Stubhub or wherever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_kidd_4 Posted November 5, 2018 Author Share Posted November 5, 2018 4 minutes ago, zow2 said: It's brutal. I had mine for 12 years and often had to list them on all the secondary sites and craigslist for well under face. I wouldn't list for single digits, i'd just give them away. A couple times I did donate my tix to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Buffalo. They are appreciative and sent me a nice thank you letter. This season the Redskins have somehow taken control of their secondary tickets and they either get sold at a reasonable price or the seat goes empty. They first had to admit that there is no season ticket waiting list. But they did not want to see anymore $5 tickets on Seatgeek or Stubhub or wherever. Yeah tickets that cheap are a bad look for any franchise. This is year 16 for me, and yesterday was the first home game I sat out since November of 2004, almost 14 years to the day. That’s 103 home games in a row. The saddest part is, I was so happy to be on my couch yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 10 minutes ago, 4_kidd_4 said: Yeah tickets that cheap are a bad look for any franchise. This is year 16 for me, and yesterday was the first home game I sat out since November of 2004, almost 14 years to the day. That’s 103 home games in a row. The saddest part is, I was so happy to be on my couch yesterday. what would they be if Stubhub didn't interfere in the market and prevent true market value from shining through Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 1 minute ago, row_33 said: what would they be if Stubhub didn't interfere in the market and prevent true market value from shining through not sure they would ever go below $5..then people would get cranky on fees being double the ticket.. Lets face it, the real value of the tickets for the 4 remaining home games is zero. One may get lucky that a Jet fan @UB will buy a ticket for $20 in the upper deck..but that is a long shot. Jaga maybe have some juice as its Marrone game, and as much as I hate to say it..i want the Jags to still be in contention and somehow we hurt their chances. Maybe there is enough people like me out there that the ticket will be worth $30 on a $90 face ticket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADOLBILZ Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 You just have to look at Bills tickets as a sunk cost...........I hear people say things like "well I need the money for Xmas" whatever excuse........but if you went AS PLANNED you would have spent the money anyway..........if anything you SAVED money just not going...........so trying to squeeze $10 back out of the ticket makes little real sense. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 23 minutes ago, plenzmd1 said: not sure they would ever go below $5..then people would get cranky on fees being double the ticket.. Lets face it, the real value of the tickets for the 4 remaining home games is zero. One may get lucky that a Jet fan @UB will buy a ticket for $20 in the upper deck..but that is a long shot. Jaga maybe have some juice as its Marrone game, and as much as I hate to say it..i want the Jags to still be in contention and somehow we hurt their chances. Maybe there is enough people like me out there that the ticket will be worth $30 on a $90 face ticket i think i've seen 75 cents over the last decade they price fix now, in tandem with the box office of teams the Jays shut down the decreases on price 4 hours before game time, keeping good seats at $50 when they'd go for $5 if allowed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 $7.00 tickets . . . that is the kind of thing that could get the Pegulas' attention. It is going to be very interesting to see how full the stadium is in December and what the season ticket renewals are in the off season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_kidd_4 Posted November 5, 2018 Author Share Posted November 5, 2018 12 minutes ago, Peter said: $7.00 tickets . . . that is the kind of thing that could get the Pegulas' attention. It is going to be very interesting to see how full the stadium is in December and what the season ticket renewals are in the off season. This was the first year ever that they didn’t announce season tix numbers. I’m assuming it will slide next year as well. My group is definitely out, so that’s minus 6 right there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 like declining season ticket sales will make a diff on the field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeMonkey Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Peter said: $7.00 tickets . . . that is the kind of thing that could get the Pegulas' attention. It is going to be very interesting to see how full the stadium is in December and what the season ticket renewals are in the off season. Pegulas got face or season ticket price for those tickets. Many many people will renew again next season. A badge of honor for helping to keep the team in Buffalo, as well as quite a few don't go to see the team win or even play well, they go for the event. Edited November 5, 2018 by CodeMonkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US Egg Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 (edited) A bunch of younger neighbors by me regularly go to the Bills games. Living close to the stadium, their friends park at their homes, the street is full of cars. Many hang out after afterwards win or lose. Not yesterday. Most left quickly, looking somber, almost looking like they just come from a wake or funeral. Watching the most rapid, horrific demise in over 30 yrs. is near painful for some fans. Same with McDermott's pressers. Actually, that's much worse. Edited November 5, 2018 by I am the egg man 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 Just sold my 4 Miami upper bowl aisle seats right in front of the 50 yard line with excellent view for $10 each minus 10% fee so $9. As a Canadian, donating my tickets will get me zero since the US tax receipt will be useless. I renew every year but eventually I will need to make decisions using my head rather than using my heart. I'm done with McDermott and Beane. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 1 hour ago, CodeMonkey said: Pegulas got face or season ticket price for those tickets. Many many people will renew again next season. A badge of honor for helping to keep the team in Buffalo, as well as quite a few don't go to see the team win or even play well, they go for the event. my recollection is about a third full was the worst for the last 43 seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeMonkey Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 25 minutes ago, row_33 said: my recollection is about a third full was the worst for the last 43 seasons. Yeah for some people the fun of the event goes away in December in a Buffalo outdoor stadium Season ticket holders still paid for their tickets for those games though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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