Seat Geek loves this - making huge fees on both sides.

tamc93 said:

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IMO this it the 12th Man, not donors (at least in this section). This has been the visiting team parent section in previous games and I am sure they had to hold those tickets until Oregon released them.

My extra tickets in the regionals were in 202/203 as reserved and this time they were GA.

I called them to ask and they indicated that I was likely moved down because more higher point folks bought SR vs R tickets. I find it odd, but oh well.

Also for what is worth, IMO, the presale of tickets and All Session were never a donor option prior to them being released to donors. Again, this is the 12th Man starting to set the market (IMO) for the games.

Just my opinion on the OP.

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Visiting team is guaranteed 600 tickets and 201 has been the section for visiting fans the past few times we've hosted regionals and super regionals (including last week). Oregon was always very unlikely to sell even a fraction of the 600 ticket allotment to their own fans just given the distance and the unexpectedness of them even making the Super Regional. Nonetheless, I doubt they released them back to the 12th Man Foundation before/shortly after game times were even announced yesterday without giving their fans any real option to purchase them.

Sure, it could be the 12th Man Foundation doing it, I'm just doubtful it's the 12th Man given the timing of this yesterday. I would not blame them for trying to get market rate for these tickets (and pretty sure this happens at Kyle Field for unsold tickets) although I'm sure some on this thread would be furious about it for being against A&M's core values or something. But if Aggies are going to be asked to pay market rate for tickets I would 1000% rather the money going to the A&M AD and not the Oregon AD - that's my whole point here. Oregon should not have the capability to do this and given the facts, it is my presumption they/someone from Oregon is who is doing this.

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Oregon isn't traveling. And so its Aggies trying to sell to Aggies for crazy money.

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That's not what this thread is about. What's happening on the ticket board/with season ticket holders on stubhub and seat geek is fairly irrelevant to this discussion.

It's Oregon.

As for "large donors" selling tickets for obscene profits, this is perhaps the first year since the renovation that one could actually profit on selling premium seating in Kyle Field and the Notre Dame and Texas games are driving that bus. Run the numbers....

dBoy99 said:

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I was being sarcastic.

The TMF does have a strict resale policy. The policy is meaningless if not enforced.

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If they have a strict resale policy why do they provide you with the link in your 12th Man account to resale??

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Curious if anyone ever tried to call Oregon ticket office to ask what is available. Would love to hear them claim that their allotment is "sold out".

You may want to call anyways to see if you got GA or Reserved because ya...contradictory.

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I just called Oregon's ticket office and asked if they were sold out since the link isn't working online. I was told "Yes it's sold out - we received very few tickets and when we put them online they sold out almost instantly because demand is so high."

I of course have no way of knowing if this is true or not, but it's a published fact that they get 600 tickets. I'm sure a portion of these are reserved for player families and such leaving something less than 600 for fans - but I am guessing there's about a 0% chance that we actually see 600 Oregon family members/fans there this weekend who were waiting by their computers all day to buy Super Regional Tickets in College Station. Especially considering 100's of tickets are for sale in what would be the Oregon section for each game.

If they actually did sell out instantly, then it was possibly a ticket bot program and someone made off like a bandit. You would think a division 1 athletic department would have something in place to prevent a bot attack, but who knows.

Importantly, the ticket rep said they sold out, not that they didn't sell enough and had to send them back to the 12th Man Foundation.

Their number is 541-346-4461 in case anyone wants to call and see if they get a different story. I did not indicate that I was an Aggie and I was not actually planning to buy tickets through Oregon ... just trying to get to the bottom of it.

Oregon's tickets are sold by Ticketmaster, does Ticketmaster have a secure service?

My tickets haven't been "released" yet, so I am not sure where they are located.

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Curious if anyone ever tried to call Oregon ticket office to ask what is available. Would love to hear them claim that their allotment is "sold out".

You may want to call anyways to see if you got GA or Reserved because ya...contradictory.

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I just called Oregon's ticket office and asked if they were sold out since the link isn't working online. I was told "Yes it's sold out - we received very few tickets and when we put them online they sold out almost instantly because demand is so high."

I of course have no way of knowing if this is true or not, but it's a published fact that they get 600 tickets. I'm sure a portion of these are reserved for player families and such leaving something less than 600 for fans - but I am guessing there's about a 0% chance that we actually see 600 Oregon family members/fans there this weekend who were waiting by their computers all day to buy Super Regional Tickets in College Station. Especially considering 100's of tickets are for sale in what would be the Oregon section for each game.

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Bingo. Someone posted on here yesterday their Oregon buddy got an email around noon central time yesterday from UO. In no time at all the visitor seats were for sale on SeatGeek. I'm betting there won't be 100 Oregon fans in BCS...and if they are they bought from Aggies in other portions of the stadium.

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dBoy99 said:

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I was being sarcastic.

The TMF does have a strict resale policy. The policy is meaningless if not enforced.

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If they have a strict resale policy why do they provide you with the link in your 12th Man account to resale??

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https://img.12thman.com/Web/PACtamu/%7b85d165bc-6dd9-4154-8b34-442574fb1754%7d_TicketResalePolicy.pdf

TICKET RESALE POLICY

This policy applies to all current and future 12th Man Foundation accounts, regardless of donor status.
The 12th Man Foundation reserves the right to monitor ticket sales, transfers and use. The 12th Man Foundation allows season ticket holders and fans to resell or transfer individual game tickets to other fans, including on the current Official Fan to Fan Ticket Marketplace of Texas A&M Athletics, if they are unable to attend an event.

However, the 12th Man Foundation reserves the right, in its sole discretion and without notice, to cancel and refund subject to retention of processing fees, at any time, any ticket renewal opportunity or ticket order from any account that exhibits or has exhibited activity consistent with that of purchasing tickets with the primary intent of resale for profit.

The 12th Man Foundation also reserves the right, in its sole discretion and without notice, to prohibit, prevent or otherwise restrict access to donor ticket presales or postseason purchases for accounts that have been identified as exhibiting activity consistent with that of purchasing tickets with the primary intent of resale for profit. The 12th Man Foundation reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to withhold or alter Aggie Access Priority Point Program points, priority ranking or other benefits for any account that it deems is exhibiting or has exhibited activity consistent with that of purchasing tickets with the primary intent of resale for profit.

IF THE 12TH MAN FOUNDATION CANCELS A TICKET PURCHASE OR OTHERWISE RESTRICTS AN ACCOUNT UNDER THIS POLICY, THE 12TH MAN FOUNDATION WILL NOT REFUND DONATIONS MADE TO ACCESS OR IMPROVE STANDING FOR DONOR TICKET-RELATED BENEFITS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DONOR PRESALES. THE 12TH MAN FOUNDATION IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY RESALE, OR ATTEMPTED RESALE OF TICKETS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FEES, PENALTIES OR ASSOCIATED CHARGES IMPOSED BY SECONDARY MARKET SITES, INCLUDING THE OFFICIAL FAN TO FAN TICKET MARKETPLACE OF TEXAS A&M ATHLETICS. ANY PURCHASE OF TICKETS THROUGH THE 12TH MAN FOUNDATION AND RESALE, OR ATTEMPTED RESALE, OF THOSE TICKETS IS DONE AT THE PURCHASER'S OWN RISK.

You are correct. Apologies for going off topic. Just stuck in my craw. Carry on.

I reserve the right at my sole discretion to observe the kerfuffle that would ensue if the 12 MF ever tried to enforce such an ambiguous and seemingly arbitrary "policy " that they have turned a blind eye to ever since the reseating of Kyle Field

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If they actually did sell out instantly, then it was possibly a ticket bot program and someone made off like a bandit. You would think a division 1 athletic department would have something in place to prevent a bot attack, but who knows.

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This is what I think happened... they were all bought by someone via the Oregon site and now reselling. Oregon probably didn't think enough people would go to justify putting a limit on tickets per person. They're just happy they sold their allotment and go their $$$.

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Ag13 said:

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If they actually did sell out instantly, then it was possibly a ticket bot program and someone made off like a bandit. You would think a division 1 athletic department would have something in place to prevent a bot attack, but who knows.

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This is what I think happened... they were all bought by someone via the Oregon site and now reselling. Oregon probably didn't think enough people would go to justify putting a limit on tickets per person. They're just happy they sold their allotment and go their $$$.

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If ever there was a situation to enforce a ticket resell policy it would be when one account potentially purchased 100's of tickets. But ya, Oregon probably doesn't care at all since it doesn't have much impact on their fans and they are not hosting. It's likely to lead to some empty seats which is unfortunate.

The thing about bots is it might be the same person running 20+ bots so it wouldn't be identified as one account

100% this was ticket scalpers buying out the Oregon allotment and immediately listing them on Seat Geek.

Honestly, full session tickets are severely underpriced to start with. Best way to combat resellers is to have higher face value to start with. Sucks for fans buying, but it's the reality of the supply/demand market.

Good news is if I understand it correctly there are enough season ticket holders to buy almost all of the non-visitor allotment
Can't stop scalpers entirely

threeanout said:

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If they have a strict resale policy why do they provide you with the link in your 12th Man account to resale??

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We are the Aggies, the Aggies are we......

PJYoung said:

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100% this was ticket scalpers buying out the Oregon allotment and immediately listing them on Seat Geek.

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UO Athletics.

This thread is proof that TA'gers know stuff and complain about the MOST mundane BS.

Cue orange water coolers and Hooter's in Bryan arguments. (Yes, I'm a Gen X'er)

Seatgeek prices for section 201 are all down to ~$100 for saturday and sunday

Would think if there's anyone that gets worried about losing their butts with unsold tickets it's someone that bought hundreds. Price drop is almost guaranteed to continue if people hold off from buying these.

But how could they list the tickets on SeatGeek without knowing the seat #s and sections? Those weren't made available until late yesterday, right?

Is that what happened with the Oregon tickets you bought that you were unsure about the location of?

If so ... gives a little more credence to the idea that Oregon is doing it directly vs a large scale scalper

Yes, same as with the TMF. I don't think the season ticket holders who bought extra knew the location until 48hrs or so before the game as tickets must be allocated.

I just got my tickets from UO because there was an issue with the transder, but I did not know the location until they hit my TMF account.

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Seatgeek prices for section 201 are all down to ~$100 for saturday and sunday

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And falling ...

Seat Geek lowers the fees the longer a ticket is list as well. So even if the seller isn't adjusting the price, the price starts to drop.

Now down to $60 or so each on Seat Geek in SEC 201. Wow.

So is Seat geek in 201 legit or not to buy?

Charlie Moran said:

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"Nonsense, the TMF does not allow donors to buy tickets for the sole purpose of reselling them at obscene profits. They have a very strict resale policy"

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You do realize that the 12th Man Foundation, through its partnership with Seatgeek, gets a percentage of each ticket resold on Seatgeek.

You really think the TMF disapproves of this happening?

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So is Seat geek in 201 legit or not to buy?

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If it is on Seatgeek, it should be verified and safe to buy. I imagine some people are not buying those seats for Saturday because of it being in the sun.

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So is Seat geek in 201 legit or not to buy?

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Yep. I suspect Oregon tickets who wanted to re-sell.

I didnt want to start a seperate thread on this.

Can anyone tell me about their experienced getting tickets at Blue Bell 90 mins prior to game? 12th Man said an allotment would be offered at the window when the gates open. Like to understand our chances to snag 2 tickets.

I have to coach two all star games but then am jetting immediately with my son to Blue Bell from Round Rock area.

If you want to have a chance get to the ticket window at least 2hrs, probably 2.5hrs before 1st pitch to get in line.

Ticket window opens 90min before 1st pitch.

I would say you have a pretty good chance at getting Lawn or Sec12 tix.

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CAR96 said:

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So is Seat geek in 201 legit or not to buy?

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If it is on Seatgeek, it should be verified and safe to buy. I imagine some people are not buying those seats for Saturday because of it being in the sun.

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Looks like tomorrow's game is gone from SeatGeek for some reason