McCoyGNR Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 18 minutes ago, Black Sabbath said: I'm still wondering why they're changing the nightrain packages already and what's exactly going to be different with them I wish they would consider a premium fan club membership. I think it was Rob Zombie that offered his premium club members with a concert pass where you could attend as many concerts as you wanted with GA access. Given the current price of tickets, I would pay $1500 for a pass and still come out ahead after this tour is over. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sabbath Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 2 minutes ago, Spirit said: I don't have any experience with them, but one should think such an established and big company has that under control. Remains to be seen though. Ticketmaster in general just kind of sucks, so that's why I'm saying. I'm optimistic though 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sabbath Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 1 minute ago, McCoyGNR said: I wish they would consider a premium fan club membership. I think it was Rob Zombie that offered his premium club members with a concert pass where you could attend as many concerts as you wanted with GA access. Given the current price of tickets, I would pay $1500 for a pass and still come out ahead after this tour is over. That wasn't technically for a fanclub. That was part of a crowd fund type thing for his new movie. I bought that pass. It's awesome not having to worry about getting a ticket each time and just sending somone an email telling them that you'll be there. I made read about it at the time actually. I would definitely buy something like that for Guns but it would have to be general mission every single time and include early entry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCoyGNR Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 17 minutes ago, Black Sabbath said: That wasn't technically for a fanclub. That was part of a crowd fund type thing for his new movie. I bought that pass. It's awesome not having to worry about getting a ticket each time and just sending somone an email telling them that you'll be there. I made read about it at the time actually. I would definitely buy something like that for Guns but it would have to be general mission every single time and include early entry. Oh you're right, it was for 31.... Which I am still waiting for... But either way, I love the concept. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subtle Signs Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 5 hours ago, Black Sabbath said: I'm still wondering why they're changing the nightrain packages already and what's exactly going to be different with them I'll bet they have regular,deluxe,super deluxe packages etc when they open up again. I don't think they will offer a different fan club shirt than the one we have already received with a deluxe membership. If they do,they know they will have lots of hardcores who will buy the even more deluxe package to be completists. Nightrain will get slammed once again with new members (scalpers) looking to get in on pre-sales. I think they will let us buy tickets based on 1) How long we've been a member and 2) The level of package that you purchased earlier this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlsend Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 Speaking from personal experience TicketMaster is shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6lake sa66ath Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 Thank fuck I didn't initially book up now they're overhauling it all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italian girl Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 17 minutes ago, axlsend said: Speaking from personal experience TicketMaster is shit. I could not agree more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsinindy Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 9 hours ago, Subtle Signs said: I'll bet they have regular,deluxe,super deluxe packages etc when they open up again. I don't think they will offer a different fan club shirt than the one we have already received with a deluxe membership. If they do,they know they will have lots of hardcores who will buy the even more deluxe package to be completists. Nightrain will get slammed once again with new members (scalpers) looking to get in on pre-sales. I think they will let us buy tickets based on 1) How long we've been a member and 2) The level of package that you purchased earlier this year. I don't necessarily disagree with your opinion, but why is TicketMaster "shit". What makes you come to that conclusion? I haven't bought a lot of tickets to shows over the last few years so my experience is limited, but I've never had any issues, so I'm wondering what your issues are. And please don't come at me with the whole "they charge a bunch of extra BS fees stuff", I'm aware of that..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacu44 Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 Izzy has gone silent for 13 days now... Today has some historical GnR meaning... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subtle Signs Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 1 hour ago, tsinindy said: I don't necessarily disagree with your opinion, but why is TicketMaster "shit". What makes you come to that conclusion? I haven't bought a lot of tickets to shows over the last few years so my experience is limited, but I've never had any issues, so I'm wondering what your issues are. And please don't come at me with the whole "they charge a bunch of extra BS fees stuff", I'm aware of that..... I don't think I said they were shit. Maybe another poster did? For 9/10 shows I usually buy on Craigslist the day of or from a scalper at the venue so I'm not bothered by their fees etc. I read a great article a while back about corruption in the ticketing business that I'll attempt to find and post the link on here but I think it had something to do with New York States attempt to get involved in ticketing after big shows like Bruce Springsteen were basically sold out from Stubhub like services buying the tickets up before fans even had the chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsinindy Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 9 minutes ago, Subtle Signs said: I don't think I said they were shit. Maybe another poster did? For 9/10 shows I usually buy on Craigslist the day of or from a scalper at the venue so I'm not bothered by their fees etc. I read a great article a while back about corruption in the ticketing business that I'll attempt to find and post the link on here but I think it had something to do with New York States attempt to get involved in ticketing after big shows like Bruce Springsteen were basically sold out from Stubhub like services buying the tickets up before fans even had the chance. You didn't.....somehow, I quoted you and now who I meant! Mah Bad! 5 hours ago, axlsend said: Speaking from personal experience TicketMaster is shit. See! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ak1nney Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 If you think Ticketmaster/LiveNation are shit, you're shit out of luck. It's the biggest used site by bands to buy initial tickets from. EVERY site has the overload during initial sales for big events, and EVERY site deals with scalper bot bullshit. At least when I buy from them, I can print my tickets off immediately or know they will show up 99% of the time versus that BS with the Vegas shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsinindy Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 58 minutes ago, Ak1nney said: If you think Ticketmaster/LiveNation are shit, you're shit out of luck. It's the biggest used site by bands to buy initial tickets from. EVERY site has the overload during initial sales for big events, and EVERY site deals with scalper bot bullshit. At least when I buy from them, I can print my tickets off immediately or know they will show up 99% of the time versus that BS with the Vegas shows. This is an excellent point. I did not understand that at all....and TM is very good with using the technology for ticketless entry (ie scaning the tix on your mobile device) in my opinion. Here's the thing on scalpers. It is very freaking easy for all ticketing companies to go a swipe system with the card being used to be swiped and allow access at the gate. While this may inconvenience some fans who do not end up going and want to re-sell their tix for legit reasons, I believe that system would be far and away the best and easiest way to combat the scalper problem. But, these ticketing companies really don't care who buys their tickets to be honest. They are getting theirs as long as the tickets sell, who buys them is really not their concern unfortunately. More bands need to move to what Pearl Jam and Maiden do with fan club tix.....very limited number per person and pick up at the venue with ID and proof of purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kittiara Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 They're changing membership packages again? I purchased a membership (regular, not digital) in September. In January, that membership suddenly became a second-class membership for all intents and purposes - when I signed up, it was all about equal access to contests and perks etc, and now there would be special contests and perks for deluxe members. When I pointed out that that wasn't very cool, I had people there imply that I was a hooray for tolerance!, not a real fan, and other lovely stuff along those lines. Fewer than three months after that change, it's changing again... seems strange to me. I hope that it's to make it more equal once more, rather than another price rise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proud10 Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 It is weird that I still can't access the Nightrain forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
challenger70rt Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 4 hours ago, Kittiara said: They're changing membership packages again? I purchased a membership (regular, not digital) in September. In January, that membership suddenly became a second-class membership for all intents and purposes - when I signed up, it was all about equal access to contests and perks etc, and now there would be special contests and perks for deluxe members. When I pointed out that that wasn't very cool, I had people there imply that I was a hooray for tolerance!, not a real fan, and other lovely stuff along those lines. Fewer than three months after that change, it's changing again... seems strange to me. I hope that it's to make it more equal once more, rather than another price rise. Yeah, no doubt. I joined just prior to the presale stuff for vegas, that morning actually when I found out about it. I joined at the higher level because I liked the T-shirt, but this damn well better not be another thing to extort more money out of people. Between what I already dropped on Vegas, and what I'll probably drop on Pgh, I feel like I've done my part, and better still have all the access to everything that I already paid for. Oh, well. That's my rant. End rant. Vegas in T minus 11 days and counting... slowly counting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussTCB Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 11 hours ago, KiernanProud said: It is weird that I still can't access the Nightrain forum Yeah, I'm hoping that maybe they'll roll the rest of the site out tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spirit Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 14 hours ago, Kittiara said: They're changing membership packages again? I purchased a membership (regular, not digital) in September. In January, that membership suddenly became a second-class membership for all intents and purposes - when I signed up, it was all about equal access to contests and perks etc, and now there would be special contests and perks for deluxe members. When I pointed out that that wasn't very cool, I had people there imply that I was a hooray for tolerance!, not a real fan, and other lovely stuff along those lines. Fewer than three months after that change, it's changing again... seems strange to me. I hope that it's to make it more equal once more, rather than another price rise. I think since they put up "Current members sit tight", they have a plan for a transition. I don't know, but I can see them crediting the current members with the remaining time of the original membership for this new one. I also don't know this, but I think since Live Nation/Ticketmaster have taken over the management of the website, that's the reason for the fan club change. Wonderful Union used to run the website and fan club before. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontdamnmeuyi2015 Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 Axl will you have a damn conference announcing the reunion and the tour? That's they way to go. This way we hear from Axl and the rest of the band and know officially what's going on and what's going to happen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swedish Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 (edited) Imagine if the new website includes a streaming service for Nightrain members where you can stream all the UYI Tour shows and the recorded AFD Tour shows! Highly unlikely and just a dream I know but I would lose my shit if it would come true! Edited March 27, 2016 by youngswedishvinyl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babooshka Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 The Metallica website is one of the best for any artist imo. They have a decent amount of content and the fanclub is good value. It would be good if GNR could do something like that, but then Metallica are a pretty open with their fans. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOOSIER GUNZ Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 I'm surprised we don't have a couple of geeks and I mean that in a positive way, who don't already know what's really going on with the gnr.com site? I'd like to know since they got into some of us recently for a $25 digi membership and then another fee for the new tshirt membership...they got a lot of us for damn near a hundred bills and then it just disappears...tells me to sit tight? I can't believe they did not even email us the us the official tour announcement? What was the point of providing my email address let a lone asking us to sign up for yet another news letter which a paid member ought to be auto enrolled anyway...fuck it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussTCB Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 13 minutes ago, HOOSIER GUNZ said: I'm surprised we don't have a couple of geeks and I mean that in a positive way, who don't already know what's really going on with the gnr.com site? I'd like to know since they got into some of us recently for a $25 digi membership and then another fee for the new tshirt membership...they got a lot of us for damn near a hundred bills and then it just disappears...tells me to sit tight? I can't believe they did not even email us the us the official tour announcement? What was the point of providing my email address let a lone asking us to sign up for yet another news letter which a paid member ought to be auto enrolled anyway...fuck it. I'm just hoping the new memberships don't call for more money. I re-upped last October and I've been a paying member for 4 years. Spent a LOT of money of pretty much nothing (which I know is my own fault), but it'd still be disappointing if existing members have to re-pay or pay more just to stay in because of new offers. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killuridols Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 10 hours ago, RussTCB said: I'm just hoping the new memberships don't call for more money. I re-upped last October and I've been a paying member for 4 years. Spent a LOT of money of pretty much nothing (which I know is my own fault), but it'd still be disappointing if existing members have to re-pay or pay more just to stay in because of new offers. If they keep upgrading the prices of memberships, it's gonna get wild. Totally unfair if that happens and the truth is, except for a couple contests, there's not a lot to get from the fanclub. They don't break a lot of news and people dont post rumors for fear of having their threads locked. Environment over there is not as exciting as it is here... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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