Guide/Tips for Getting Concert Tickets (Incomplete)

Jan 25, 2010 at 2:52 AM
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Hello everyone! Today, I'm here to compile some links on how to aquire concert tickets, along with some personal commentary and experiences that I've had.

The reason for this is because an amazing occurrence happened where I've literally been contacted by 10+ people today in regards to it! So I figured making this post for them and others to benefit from in some way would be nice. It'll also give me peace of mind, knowing I shared as much knowledge as I could and helped in some way. I truly do hope this is at least slightly helpful for someone!

Disclaimer: Results May Vary.

My Experience with Buying Concert Tickets | For starters, I was in a situation where I knew somebody. So basically, nothing I'm about to say is going to help you. It's to just explain how I got concert tickets.

I searched everywhere for help, but couldn't afford any of the sources. Finally, I had to ask a friend. She forwarded me to two sellers. One sold me tickets for $300/pair. Another sold me four tickets for the original FC/Non-FC prices. That's all. In all honesty, I was very lucky in my situation. I don't even think it'd happen again. I'd be grateful, but you know.

Tips I Have For Potential Buyers | Here are a few things I would suggest.

1) Do not rely on any one method!

I see a lot of people who post on forums and websites, asking for help but don't really go further. They wait and wait and wait for a reply and by the time they realize that no one will probably get back to them, it's too late.

2) Realize that tickets are not promised just because you're in fanclub.

Members of JFC have just as much of a stressful time attempting to get tickets. If they don't win, they have to do the same - find someone willing to sell them tickets. FC merely gives you an earlier chance to buy tickets - it does not PROMISE them.

3) Be prepared to spend money.

One problem I had early on was that I thought I'd get tickets for close to the original price(s). I was sorely mistaken. As it states above, over $400 was paid to go to concerts. It is not cheap!

4) Just because you spend a bit of money, don't expect spectacular seats all the time.

Personally, just going to a concert is more than enough!

Further tips may be added.

Methods To Buy Concert Tickets | Here are a few ways I have found or heard of to buy tickets. I've never used them! Remember my story above - I worked with two individual sellers. So I cannot give you any advice or opinions further then what I have written below.

If anyone reading this does have experience with any of these services, I'd really appreciate any small reviews/comments you may have about it to add to the post! It really helps on deciding who to go with when you can read others' opinions about it.

Name: Tenso.com

URL: http://www.tenso.com/en/

Service: Overseas Forwarding Service

About: Tenso.com enables you to purchase and receive merchandise from Japanese shops that are unable to ship overseas. Tenso gives users their own Japanese address! Essentially, if you sign up for a website that requires you to have a Japanese shipping address, Tenso will give you one. Each address is basically a warehouse where your package(s) would be shipped to. Upon recieving the package, depending on its weight, you will be emailed an invoice to pay to have it shipped to your home. It's that simple.

From what I understand, shipping prices depends on the size/weight of the item.

I converted 1pound (1lb) into grams (Tenso's unit of measurement).

It equaled 453G.

EMS Shipment Charge: 1500

Shipment Handling Charge: 490

Total Shipping Total: 1990

Notes: Yahoo! Japan Auctions is listed as one of their recommended online shops. Therefore, I assume that you could be able to purchase tickets through them.

Notes: This service cannot be used to join Johnny's Fan Club. In order to join FC, you need more than a Japanese address. You need,

A Japanese Residence Address (Tenso provides a warehouse or post box address)
Two phone numbers (Home and Cell Phone)
You have to mail it within the country of Japan
etc etc...

So this service, as stated, is to be used for online websites that are selling tickets and not to join fan club.

Tips: Tenso.com has links that translate the recommended online shops to English. However, it's broken English and may seem difficult to navigate. Your best bet would be to use some Japanese in the search string, regardless of Tenso's translated version of the site(s) to find the items you're looking for.

Further Information:

Guide to Tenso.com | http://www.tenso.com/en/guide/

Shipment Process | http://www.tenso.com/en/shipping/

Recommended Shopping Sites | http://www.tenso.com/en/shopping/

WILL BE UPDATED!

I'm still going through websites and other services to list up here. Please check back~

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Comments

This is super kind of you!! I already know I can't make any of the shows (stupid job!) but for you to be helping others like this is so wonderful. Thank you!!

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wow, thank you so much, Destini! that's great! I wanna go to the shows, but my dad's said no. Hopefully I can... some day. Anyway. It's good to know! TY!

First of all. THANK YOU FOR THIS.

Second of all. For Tenso, even if I signed up on the website I would need a shit load of help doing FC balloting. That is if I could even use the fanclub from over here. =/

Well you can't use Tenso's address for joining FC or FC balloting. It's only to sign up for sites like Yahoo! Japan Auctions where people are selling sets of tickets.

The only way you can join FC if you're not living in Japan is to find someone in Japan who is willing to sign up for you. That's really the only surefire way.

Hi.

How's everything going with you.

Sorry, I didn't email you earier, but your card to Nino is sent to him a while ago.

And about this concert ticket deal, I just had to say couple of things.

I'm not trying to be mean or anything at all, but basically, any tickets you get that dose not taken with your FC number and name is illegal.

Everyone is getting together and trying to help each other, so that everyone could have a chance to go to the concert, and if you could find someone who is willing to sell tickets for original price, that is great, but it is still illegal.

I'm not trying to say don't try to get tickets, DO try!

But if people are trying to charge more than the original price, that is pretty dangerous.

If you get cought by Johnny's Inc. buying tickets on auction, if you were FC member, you will be kicked out of the FC, and for most of us, that is not a problem since we are not in it, but with that illegal tickets, if they find out the tickets are illegal, they won't let you in even you paid fortun for it.

buying and selling inbetween the FC members(original prices) isn't too bad, but those tickets on yahoo auctions and stuff has way higher possibility that they will stop you.

You may already know about all this.

But other people might not.

I just wanted to warn you all, before they go spend fortune on the tickets and get busted at the gate, coming all the way from the US.....

Anyways....

Hope everyone gets to go to the concert! including myself.....

Haruka