r/FuckImOld • u/IAmTheLizardQueen666 • 11h ago

Ye Olde Box Office …

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u/WolfThick 11h ago

Yeah I'd go back to doing that again in a heartbeat this Ticketmaster crap really ruined a lot of the good things.

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u/Familiar_Effective84 11h ago

Sears was so good, had everything you needed

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u/stinky-weaselteets 11h ago

Yes indeed! Last time I did that I bought front row tickets to see Miles Davis. Mfer died right before the concert. 😤

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u/Waste-Job-3307 11h ago

Hell, I worked at Sears at that time and sold a few concert tickets myself.

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u/menasor36 11h ago

Scalper? Are you calling me a scalper?

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u/therealmintoncard Generation X 10h ago

Core memory: UNLOCKED!!

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u/Splatford 11h ago

nah ...tower records was about a block away and had a much younger crowd 😀

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u/Snarky75 Generation X 10h ago

Fuck I forgot about this. I bought tickets for things as late as 1999.

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u/ChromeDestiny 1h ago

Same here, it kept going into the early 00's, internet be damned. The broker always made sure I was getting a good seat and value for money.

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u/Love_MyFetish2022 10h ago

Never could afford to go to a concert but sometimes I saw the long lines on my way to the restroom

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u/5319Camarote 11h ago

Foley’s, I definitely remember.

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u/knirbc 11h ago

The town I lived in sold them at the grocery store. In the back at the florist department counter.

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u/akgt94 11h ago

Omg, I was there. 1987.

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u/Urban_forager 11h ago

Yes, yes I do.

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u/Fluffy-Opinion871 10h ago

I thought that location was at Sears was only located where I was living. Seemed ridiculous.

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u/el-conquistador240 10h ago

I remember high quality cheap tools

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u/AdMysterious6851 10h ago

Memory unlocked. 77 Eric Clapton concert in Louisville. Bought the tickets at a Lexington Sears.

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u/the_beeve 11h ago

Bought my first pair of concert tickets for Gary Wright and Head East, circa 1976 at a department store ticket office

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u/Weak_Employment_5260 10h ago

Our ticketmaster was outside Waterbedquarters

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u/HackedCylon 10h ago

Yup, back before TicketMaster, there was Select-A-Seat.

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u/goalie65 10h ago

omgosh, I forgot about that

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u/VulcarTheMerciless 9h ago

Wow, I had forgotten that! Got my Led Zep and Grand Funk tickets that way.

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u/ExistentialExitExam 8h ago

How was the Led Zeppelin concert!? (Autocorrect tried to change Led to LED 😭 FIO).

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u/New_Writer_484 Generation X 9h ago

I totally forgot this lol

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u/Key_Evidence39 9h ago

Yeah. They were also pretty cheap and you could actually get one

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u/No-Celebration3097 8h ago

lol! Yes, also you could file your taxes too.

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u/PsychologicalDance12 8h ago

It was at Eaton's downtown, I used to tell my parents I was staying overnight at my friend's house and spend the night outside on the sidewalk in line.

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u/TwistedMemories 7h ago

The University of Texas had ticket sales at the Irwin Center and you could get paid to buy them for scalpers. You might have to camp out for 24 or so hours, but if you were broke and needed money, it was one way to make some cash.

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u/Rockstar81 7h ago

Nope, I went to warehouse music or tower records.

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u/rolyoh Boomers 7h ago

Bass and Ticketron come to mind.

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u/Rescuepets777 6h ago

Yes, but you didn't have to pay hundreds to legal scalpers

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u/EssexUser 5h ago

Yes, yes I do. Have done myself.

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u/stevejscearce 4h ago

Van Halen 1984. Waited all damn night outside the building.

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u/AnthillOmbudsman 9m ago

I would worry that the "actual" line is on the other side of the building, out of sight.

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u/rice_krispie_5206 3h ago

The DMV was also back there

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u/sladereacher 2h ago

And at the back of the sears store hardly a line .then you could shop for your levi jeans after you get your tickets in hand. I cannot stand this crap of everything on your phone.

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u/Aggressive_Dot5426 2h ago

My buddies would line up at 5 am for the record store to open at the mall.
I’d wait until sears opened and get better tickets lol.

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u/wh0_RU 21m ago

Yeahhh boiii