Christine was the first person I talked to who mentioned ticket scalpers having better seats than most AF1 members. I thought that was a profoundly sad statement. Ticket scalpers were getting the seats fan club members should have had in the first place…here is Christine’s story…
Wednesday, July 4, 2001
FANS RULE QUESTIONARE:
What were you told on the phone on the Saturday, April 21 when tickets went
on sale?:
never was able to get thru that day.... ( started calling at 3am like everyone else)
How did you find out ticket sales would be postponed until the following Monday, April 23?:
thru the email lists
Were you alerted through e-mail about the ticket sales?:
yes
When did you finally get your ticket order placed?:
May 4th, I think (my CC was charged on 5/9) tix werent recd til 6/13 for the 6/16 show
What seats were you given?:
for Jones Beach 6/16 Section F, Row OO, seats 3-4, 4-5
(2 sets my daugher and I are both members)
for Mansfeild 6/28 Section 5, Row G seat 7-8
Were there seats available through AF1 at your chosen venue?:
yes.. but I would never have bought those seats, if Id known the location
Were you able to purchase tickets according to seniority status?:
I have no idea how they distributed them.. last time at Jones Beach we were in Section B, the 9th row from the front
When did you recieve the confirmation for your tickets?
on 6/11 for the 6/16 show on (about) 6/20 for the 6/25 show
Which show did (or will) you attend?:
Jones Beach Sat 6/16 (fansrule tix)
Jones Beach Mon 6/18 (TM tix)
Mansfeild Thur 6/28 (fansrule tix)
Have you recieved your tickets in time for the show?:
yes but not in enough time to make plans with people who needed to make
babysitting arraingements.. and not in enough time to se the tix when we
saw the lousy seats we had, esp in Mansfield)
Did you recieve a promise of tickets then not recieve your tickets and were
not billed for them?:
Did you get billed for your tickets and not recieve them?:
Did AF1 at anytime make any statements to you that you later found out to be
false or contradictory to any other previous statement?
I think the statement that we were getting "PREMIUM FAN SEATING" was
false
Any wrong doings you would like to specifficaly point out:
YES.. all the scalpers with OUR FAN SEATING on sale... specifically, but not
exclusively on eBay....
Anything else you would like to add (a personal story, a comment, or
anything you would like said in the article):
Aerosmith needs to FIRE Fans Rule AFTER getting a competitent company
to run Aeroforce One.. (before FR kills it completely)
Your Name: Christine K
City, State: Brooklyn
Years with AF1: 8 ( my daughter is a member 5yrs)
Reason for being with the fan club:
Fan Club Seating ( the kind we got with Fan Asylum)
Christine
Brooklyn, NY
ChrisK609@aol.com