Comments on: Unfair, unethical World Series ticket sales http://www.devinreams.com/2007/10/23/unfair-unethical-world-series-ticket-sales/ business, internet, commentary and more Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:42:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Devin http://www.devinreams.com/2007/10/23/unfair-unethical-world-series-ticket-sales/#comment-1378 Devin Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:33:50 +0000 http://devinreams.com/2007/10/23/unfair-unethical-world-series-ticket-sales/#comment-1378 Exactly! I'd love to have a lottery... easy as that. I either got my number or I didn't. You eliminate: the 'attacked website' nonsense, not one but two afternoons wasted hitting refresh, the stress of not knowing whether or not you'll get tickets, etc. Oh well! Exactly! I’d love to have a lottery… easy as that. I either got my number or I didn’t. You eliminate: the ‘attacked website’ nonsense, not one but two afternoons wasted hitting refresh, the stress of not knowing whether or not you’ll get tickets, etc.

Oh well!

]]> By: d http://www.devinreams.com/2007/10/23/unfair-unethical-world-series-ticket-sales/#comment-1376 d Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:24:30 +0000 http://devinreams.com/2007/10/23/unfair-unethical-world-series-ticket-sales/#comment-1376 i couldn't agree with this more. the stupid chicago cubs have made these mistakes, albeit not as horribly handled as what you're describing. cubs fans spend hours waiting online for playoff tickets (obviously i'm not talking about this year) and the ticket brokers and scalpers always seem to end up with hundreds. when will baseball realize that online sales are an invitation for exploitation and upset fans? i couldn’t agree with this more. the stupid chicago cubs have made these mistakes, albeit not as horribly handled as what you’re describing. cubs fans spend hours waiting online for playoff tickets (obviously i’m not talking about this year) and the ticket brokers and scalpers always seem to end up with hundreds. when will baseball realize that online sales are an invitation for exploitation and upset fans?

]]> By: Devin http://www.devinreams.com/2007/10/23/unfair-unethical-world-series-ticket-sales/#comment-1374 Devin Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:30:05 +0000 http://devinreams.com/2007/10/23/unfair-unethical-world-series-ticket-sales/#comment-1374 @Josh: I agree, this company was not prepared and the Rockies wanted to try something different. Why re-invent the wheel? Just sell the tickets with a lottery system.. give people a unique login number so nobody floods the server with requests. @Nicole: Absolutely, I don't think <em>anyone</em> has ever said "yeah, they'll all be online, good luck!" This is just a small shop selling tickets and they've had problems before. This time they got caught in the spotlight, though. @Josh: I agree, this company was not prepared and the Rockies wanted to try something different. Why re-invent the wheel? Just sell the tickets with a lottery system.. give people a unique login number so nobody floods the server with requests.

@Nicole: Absolutely, I don’t think anyone has ever said “yeah, they’ll all be online, good luck!” This is just a small shop selling tickets and they’ve had problems before. This time they got caught in the spotlight, though.

]]> By: Nicole http://www.devinreams.com/2007/10/23/unfair-unethical-world-series-ticket-sales/#comment-1380 Nicole Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:18:15 +0000 http://devinreams.com/2007/10/23/unfair-unethical-world-series-ticket-sales/#comment-1380 I definitely think the tickets should have been sold through a couple different venues, perhaps with a lottery system similar to the one the Red Sox implemented. I attempted to buy tickets on a lark thinking even if I decided not to go, a co-worker or friend would want them. I, too, got to stare at ev3 until sometime after two when the Rockies website told me they were sold out (mind you the ticket website didn't time out and let me know this). Unfortunately, no one I know managed to get tickets either. And the DDoS excuse? Anyone even semi-knowledgeable about servers/websites knows they just didn't have the bandwidth or the server capacity to handle the demand. I definitely think the tickets should have been sold through a couple different venues, perhaps with a lottery system similar to the one the Red Sox implemented. I attempted to buy tickets on a lark thinking even if I decided not to go, a co-worker or friend would want them. I, too, got to stare at ev3 until sometime after two when the Rockies website told me they were sold out (mind you the ticket website didn’t time out and let me know this). Unfortunately, no one I know managed to get tickets either.

And the DDoS excuse? Anyone even semi-knowledgeable about servers/websites knows they just didn’t have the bandwidth or the server capacity to handle the demand.

]]> By: Josh http://www.devinreams.com/2007/10/23/unfair-unethical-world-series-ticket-sales/#comment-1379 Josh Wed, 24 Oct 2007 05:34:24 +0000 http://devinreams.com/2007/10/23/unfair-unethical-world-series-ticket-sales/#comment-1379 That is really shitty. I've never had problems buying, or even attempting to buy, World Series tickets. I think your guesses are correct. If they really were prepared, the site would have been slow, not completely shut down. Same thing for Tuesday, if you are only accessing one server, they were up to something. That is really shitty. I’ve never had problems buying, or even attempting to buy, World Series tickets. I think your guesses are correct. If they really were prepared, the site would have been slow, not completely shut down. Same thing for Tuesday, if you are only accessing one server, they were up to something.

]]> By: Devin http://www.devinreams.com/2007/10/23/unfair-unethical-world-series-ticket-sales/#comment-1375 Devin Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:01:18 +0000 http://devinreams.com/2007/10/23/unfair-unethical-world-series-ticket-sales/#comment-1375 Not like anyone but the scalpers see any profit... it's ridiculous! Not like anyone but the scalpers see any profit… it’s ridiculous!

]]> By: Ben Bleikamp http://www.devinreams.com/2007/10/23/unfair-unethical-world-series-ticket-sales/#comment-1377 Ben Bleikamp Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:59:00 +0000 http://devinreams.com/2007/10/23/unfair-unethical-world-series-ticket-sales/#comment-1377 I heard about this plan to sell tickets online via ESPN. I live in Columbus, OH and I thought "Hey I should buy a ticket...and sell it on eBay." Democratic for the country? Yes. For true fans, no? Definitely ridiculous that they did it this way. I heard about this plan to sell tickets online via ESPN. I live in Columbus, OH and I thought “Hey I should buy a ticket…and sell it on eBay.” Democratic for the country? Yes. For true fans, no?

Definitely ridiculous that they did it this way.

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