Wow, I managed to grab an early bird at the 4:30 sale time but wow, I did not imagine it would jump to $499.95+fees, which comes out to $505. The uproar on the fb page is pretty huge.

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Originally posted by Pantone199c Wow, I managed to grab an early bird at the 4:30 sale time but wow, I did not imagine it would jump to $499.95+fees, which comes out to $505. The uproar on the fb page is pretty huge.

...the fuck did you manage that?

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Originally posted by cr24 ...the fuck did you manage that?

I managed to save the html addresses for the ticket buying page. So once 4:30 hit I started clicking to buy. I may have had just stupid dumb luck to have found that loophole but yeah.

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A lot of artists today are just victims, not having control, and they're not free. And that's pathetic. If you start being dependent on money, then money has to reach a point to fit your expenses. - Thomas Bangalter

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Originally posted by Pantone199c I managed to save the html addresses for the ticket buying page. So once 4:30 hit I started clicking to buy. I may have had just stupid dumb luck to have found that loophole but yeah.

did that too so when i refreshed it it said you had to go through the official ultra ticket vendor...lame as shit

I went through all the bullshit and ended up with nothing. Whelp, looks like I'm not going next year. So how's Ibiza? Never been before.

First release was a giant failure, no one got a ticket. Second release was bugged as hell too. I was put into the queue right as the tickets went on sale, then 20 seconds later the page failed. I couldn't even get in to the ticket shop until about an hour after that, page would just fail.

Ultra is a huge piece of shit, but the original $200 ticket is a legit price to catch a few people each day. $500 however, is out of control.

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Originally posted by cr24 did that too so when i refreshed it it said you had to go through the official ultra ticket vendor...lame as shit

I didn't refresh. I just clicked one ticket then buy and off I went. Either way that sucks.

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A lot of artists today are just victims, not having control, and they're not free. And that's pathetic. If you start being dependent on money, then money has to reach a point to fit your expenses. - Thomas Bangalter

I snagged 2 during the presale at 4:30pm

$380 fees & shipping inclusive for the pair.

Now that's a deal! Thanks to DreamBeamz for the reminder today, it's appreciated brother!

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Originally posted by Pantone199c I managed to save the html addresses for the ticket buying page. So once 4:30 hit I started clicking to buy. I may have had just stupid dumb luck to have found that loophole but yeah.

This is the trick every year

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Originally posted by cr24 did that too so when i refreshed it it said you had to go through the official ultra ticket vendor...lame as shit

This made it tricky, the second time around it wanted the full goods to sneak in not just the simple ticketfreak link. luckily I made a copy of that link for the first 1pm presale attempt

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Originally posted by maddhatterradio I snagged 2 during the presale at 4:30pm $380 fees & shipping inclusive for the pair. Now that's a deal! Thanks to DreamBeamz for the reminder today, it's appreciated brother!

You are welcome, its funny. Facebook and Twitter are going crazy saying the early birds do not exist. Well they do but you gotta be smart to get them

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Didn't get through. Looks like after 7 straight trips to Ultra that I won't be attending the festival next year. $500 is just too much as I never go to Friday and can't justify the cost on two days.

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I knew this was going to happen. When both weekends sold out this past year and scalpers were getting $700+ for tickets, the writing was on the wall.

At this price point, no one who doesn't come from a well-moneyed background should buy a ticket. And that's what will happen for the most part. I always enjoyed myself at the festival and had a great time in the Carl Cox tent with complete strangers who were there for the music and understood what this sort of scene was all about. Sure at $300 or so, the tickets were still quite expensive, but at $500? Don't see those same types of people coming out.

Gonna be filled with spoiled brat high school kids, lame transplanted UM students, and rich dudes trying to impress their high-maintenance girls. Have fun...

Bought two for $450 ea...

Bidding starts at 1K ea... should pay for my booze at the Pickle and Treehouse

LOL

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