So I am leaving for SXSW soon (or South-by as the hip music insiders say but eff that). I tried to get a platinum or music badge via eBay but failed repeatedly to win the auctions as I refuse to pay over $500 for the essentially 3.25 days of music I'll get arriving Wednesday night/ Thursday morning.
Then suddenly, a $500 Platinum Badge (get in to everything, don't pay, no real lines) pops up on Craigslist. Rad right? So I contact the guy, using his gmail address, I gchat him and he tells me the only catch is that I cant pay via paypal because he doesn't have an account and it would take too long to verify. This made sense until I googled his email and saw he was selling several pairs of tickets. RED FLAG. Why wouldn't this guy have a paypal? Still, I did as instructed and went to to Walmart, and put $500 on a greendot card. As I paid for it, I read on the package specifically NOT TO PAY PRIVATE PARTIES. So again, I feel really uneasy. The, quite by accident I google ToddEldridge81, accidentally leaving off @gmail.com. AND WHAT pops up via Craigslist?
"SCAM toddeldridge81 Ticket Scam!! - $300 (Ultra Music Festival/ Basketball)" Needless to say, I didn't buy the tickets. Now I am simply gonna go down to Austin ticketless and hope for the best.
I did just receive my Pitchfork Festival tickets in the mail for July 15-17th. So I can sleep a bit easier I guess.
Showing posts with label Pitchfork. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pitchfork. Show all posts
Monday, March 14, 2011
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Loser/Winner
Last night I bailed on Jucifer. It was a 30 minute drive in the pouring rain and my wipers were acting up. Im lame, I know.
Just scored a day pass for each day of the Pitchfork Festival in Chicago, July 15-17. Cost me $157, Instead of the $110 it would have if I had purchased the 3 day passes when I first thought about it. Whatever. still gonna be cheaper than my SxSW experience, that's for sure.
"The Pitchfork Music Festival once again returns to Chicago's Union Park July 15-17, and we're thrilled to reveal some of the more than 40 artists who will perform on this year's eclectic bill. Among the acts who will appear: Animal Collective, Fleet Foxes, TV on the Radio, Cut Copy, the Dismemberment Plan, Deerhunter, Destroyer, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, James Blake, and OFWGKTA (Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All), Das Racist, Kylesa, Curren$y, Woods, Yuck, and Sun Airway. Many more will be announced soon."
This is gonna be pretty rad.
Just scored a day pass for each day of the Pitchfork Festival in Chicago, July 15-17. Cost me $157, Instead of the $110 it would have if I had purchased the 3 day passes when I first thought about it. Whatever. still gonna be cheaper than my SxSW experience, that's for sure.
"The Pitchfork Music Festival once again returns to Chicago's Union Park July 15-17, and we're thrilled to reveal some of the more than 40 artists who will perform on this year's eclectic bill. Among the acts who will appear: Animal Collective, Fleet Foxes, TV on the Radio, Cut Copy, the Dismemberment Plan, Deerhunter, Destroyer, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, James Blake, and OFWGKTA (Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All), Das Racist, Kylesa, Curren$y, Woods, Yuck, and Sun Airway. Many more will be announced soon."
This is gonna be pretty rad.
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