Well, what we have been doing..

is getting great seats (second row, center) at face value by buying them at presale events, which aren't publicly advertised, but made available to "insider fans"..

You get a password and are allowed to login before tickets actually go on sale.. been doing it for a couple of years and aways got second row seats.. but NOW they blocked logging in during their own presale period, before tickets went on sale, and didn't allow tickets to be sold during their own presale event..

They allowed login to the presale only AFTER tickets actually went on sale, meaning all the good tickets were long gone - in essence they blocked their own presale event in order to do what they've been doing for years.. like you mention..

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