Everybody's allowed a U2.com rant now and then

[axver]

I'm still here. I often think of writing entries but engaging topics seem to have deserted me. It doesn't help that I haven't had much motivation to write anything these days. Certainly not my university essays or Honours thesis! At least U2gigs.com articles have still been happening for me, and a bit of fiction too

Comments

[serena_vox]

Change the rant allotment from "now and again" to "all the fucking time".
U2.com blows and I am kinda glad that I really have no reason to deal with them.

Glad things are falling into place for the show you'll be attending!

[serena_vox]

Er ... now and then.
This is what I get for commenting at 4 am.

[axver]

I've been making my potshots at U2.com less and less subtle with each passing U2gigs article ... and getting more and more compliments for it, haha. I used to try to maintain a veneer of objectivity about it all, but clearly people don't want that when it comes to a website as useless as U2.com. What a load of tosspots. Every time I go there, I'm just amazed by the factual errors, the spelling and grammatical mistakes, and just the sheer unprofessionalism of it all.

[evilmissbecky]

When the Tampa show quietly reappeared, its on-sale date was listed as 18 April. It was in fact 6 April, as I pointed out on U2gigs; a day or so later, I noticed U2.com had changed it, but did they actually make an attempt to alert anybody to this change?

WHAT???

I was under the impression the pre-sale began the 6th and the regular sale began the 18th. I've been waiting until the 18th to try buying my tickets, since I am a member of U2.com but not a paid member, so therefore ineligible for the presale.

OR SO I THOUGHT.

Now I am all worried. And annoyed.

[axver]

Well this just stunningly proved my point.

Tampa went on general sale last Monday the 6th, I'm afraid. The presale ran 31 March to 2 April. Judging by the date I posted my article on U2gigs, U2.com changed the listed sale date from the 18th to the 6th sometime on the 1st of April, which means the incorrect date was up for at least two days.

I don't think Tampa has entirely sold out yet, but GAs shot out the door. If nothing else, you can probably find tickets to buy on Interference.

The only sale on the 18th is Las Vegas - which U2.com couldn't actually be bothered telling us about until, oh, a few days ago (at the same time as a Live Nation press release incorrectly claimed it was going on sale on the 11th; heaven forbid these people actually communicate and keep their information consistent).

[evilmissbecky]

GODDAMNIT!!

*runs off to Ticketmaster's website*

[evilmissbecky]

Well, craptastic tickets have been bought. But I owe even those to you, so thank you for your timely post.

Happy Jelly Bean Day!

[axver]

Glad you're at least in the door - hope the seats don't work out to be too bad. Maybe you should take a quick holiday to the Raleigh gig or something and go GA. ;)

Happy hot cross bun day!

[corianderstem]

Can I get an AMEN? Jeez Louise, it boggles the mind how they can be so disorganized about this whole thing.

There are also people fretting about whether or not they'll get new codes for the next leg - I'm guessing we will, and while I realize that it's pretty early for them to announce tour dates for next year, they could at least say yes or no that they'll give us new codes with renewal next year.

I said "fuck it" and am certainly not going to bother saving any codes for next year. A, I'm pretty sure we'll get new ones, and B, life is too short to spend so much time worrying about it. If there aren't new codes, I'll get tickets through the general sale - it worked fine for me with Vertigo.

[fbiagentwannabe]

Haha, I came over to mention that I just found out tonight that they were coming to Raleigh, but you already know. :)

I would go... but it'll be hard to find someone to go with. :/