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Anyone know of a place to buy playoff tickets without the ridiculous fees?
Posted on 12/5/23 at 9:07 pm
Posted on 12/5/23 at 9:07 pm
Just priced out some tickets on Stubhub.
Chose some midline priced seats.
The taxes and fees were $1200.
Is there any way to buy these things without this ridiculous overhead?
Chose some midline priced seats.
The taxes and fees were $1200.
Is there any way to buy these things without this ridiculous overhead?
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Posted on 12/5/23 at 9:14 pm to TideSaint
What's the face value of the tickets?
Posted on 12/5/23 at 9:19 pm to crimsonuatide
$1500
Posted on 12/5/23 at 9:25 pm to TideSaint
Looking at some packages. Tickets, flights, 2nights stay. Avg $2500 per person
Posted on 12/5/23 at 9:40 pm to hwyman108
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Looking at some packages. Tickets, flights, 2nights stay. Avg $2500 per person
I'm looking at $4500 just in tickets.
Posted on 12/5/23 at 9:42 pm to TideSaint
Just as a frame of reference:
Rose Bowl through Tide Pride was $195 each
Houston was $450-$1250 (you didn’t get to choose - they assign and charge accordingly based on where the seats are); heard student tix were $750 (presumably lower bowl). Everyone could request up to 4 tix (big wigs could request up to 8), Naturally you only get them if Bama goes.
My unsolicited advice - patience
(ps - I’ve never used it but Seat Geek is the ‘official partner’ with UA this year)
Rose Bowl through Tide Pride was $195 each
Houston was $450-$1250 (you didn’t get to choose - they assign and charge accordingly based on where the seats are); heard student tix were $750 (presumably lower bowl). Everyone could request up to 4 tix (big wigs could request up to 8), Naturally you only get them if Bama goes.
My unsolicited advice - patience
(ps - I’ve never used it but Seat Geek is the ‘official partner’ with UA this year)
Posted on 12/5/23 at 9:44 pm to Alabama_Fan
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ps - I’ve never used it but Seat Geek is the ‘official partner’ with UA this year
I used seatgeek for the Chattanooga game. It was 100 dollars cheaper than the same section on stubhub.
Posted on 12/5/23 at 10:11 pm to RollTide33
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TideSaint goes to Seatgeek
ETA: Even Seatgeek wants $800 just for fees.
This post was edited on 12/5/23 at 10:15 pm
Posted on 12/6/23 at 4:48 am to TideSaint
That's a ridiculous amount of money for ballgame tickets.
You guys go ahead, I'll continue to do my part in lowering cost by boycotting. Haha
You guys go ahead, I'll continue to do my part in lowering cost by boycotting. Haha
Posted on 12/6/23 at 7:41 am to crimsonuatide
I’ve been to many if not most of these games and unless it’s in a unique venue or in a host location worth taking a trip to anyways it’s just not worth it for some of these venues.
By the time you do Houston with decent tickets you could’ve gone to Europe for roughly the same price.
Love the Tide, but if it’s Houston in January or Paris in the spring it’s not a hard choice.
By the time you do Houston with decent tickets you could’ve gone to Europe for roughly the same price.
Love the Tide, but if it’s Houston in January or Paris in the spring it’s not a hard choice.
This post was edited on 12/6/23 at 7:42 am
Posted on 12/6/23 at 8:07 am to TideSaint
It’s wild that the big online ticket sellers have been able to set the market to accept a percentage of the sale price as the fee. And most charge it on both ends (a percentage fee for the seller to list and a percentage fee for the buyer to purchase). There is no additional work involved for stubhub to facilitate a transaction for a $100 ticket than there is for a $1000 ticket but they make 10 times as much in fees. I dont know if they are public companies but their profit margins have to be absolutely insane.
I use to buy using TickPick which ostensibly has “no fees” for the buyer but over time I’ve noticed that their list prices are consistently 10-15% higher than other sites for the same seats which leads me to beleive that they are just shifting the fees to the seller. Every once in a while I’ll find a decent deal on Tick Pick where someone sells for the same list price as Stubhub and I wont have the fees but it’s more rare now.
I use to buy using TickPick which ostensibly has “no fees” for the buyer but over time I’ve noticed that their list prices are consistently 10-15% higher than other sites for the same seats which leads me to beleive that they are just shifting the fees to the seller. Every once in a while I’ll find a decent deal on Tick Pick where someone sells for the same list price as Stubhub and I wont have the fees but it’s more rare now.
This post was edited on 12/6/23 at 8:13 am
Posted on 12/6/23 at 11:46 am to TideSaint
At the stadiums an hour before the games. If it's the Rose Bowl you're talking about, tickets will be literally hitting the ground 30 minutes before kickoff....seriously, trust me. 
Posted on 12/6/23 at 11:52 am to TideSaint
TidePride hasn't even alerted people whether they got tickets or not. I'm sure Michigan is the same.
So right now inventory is basically just whatever public tickets or corporate tickets are out there, which probably isn't much. Tickets will flood in over the next week once both fanbases get them.
So right now inventory is basically just whatever public tickets or corporate tickets are out there, which probably isn't much. Tickets will flood in over the next week once both fanbases get them.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:04 pm to SummerOfGeorge
I Iive in Houston and given we make the game won’t even look for tickets until the weekend before.
BB team screwed me out of the FInal Four back in March so maybe this is the payback.
BB team screwed me out of the FInal Four back in March so maybe this is the payback.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:05 pm to bamaphan13
Also, Texas making the game will completely screw the market for prices.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:30 pm to TideSaint
I think your best option would be other fans selling their tickets. I know when I have to sell I want to make sure an Alabama fan is getting them so I usually post on the REC ticket exchange. No fees when it is a direct sale and there won't be opposing fans in our section.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 5:20 pm to bamaphan13
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Also, Texas making the game will completely screw the market for prices.
Home field advantage if Texas makes it. People would pitch a fit if the NC game was in Birmingham lol.
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