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I must scream now. This story is so painful that hopefully others will learn from my folly. Yesterday I missed the chance to buy tickets for New Order during the pre-sale, and they are already going for just under $100 on ebay.

11:00am on sale today. I have already postponed a meeting so I can buy tickets at the first chance and have pre-registered my personal info on the Ticketmaster web site. 11:00 comes and goes, and the site link is giving me zip. I’m wondering whether I should run down to the nearest ticket outlet (it’s pretty far away). A few stressful minutes later, I’m in. I pick four tickets, the limit. They are set aside for me. I reconsider whether I’m really gonna need four and decide two is fine so I return the tickets to the pool…

Do not ever do this for a concert in New York City. I manage to get through eventually to a phone operator who confirms that no tickets are currently available. The event has sold out within minutes of the general on sale.