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I don't think I like the modern world

#1 Post by Bob78164 » Tue Dec 17, 2019 3:14 am

I bought tickets recently to see Hamilton in April. I've now discovered that there's no way to get printable tickets. I use a flip phone, so that means I'll need to bring my iPad into the theater in order to actually use the tickets I bought.

I'm incredulous that they're doing this. I understand making electronic tickets the primary option, but it boggles my mind that they're not allowing me to use printable tickets. --Bob
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#2 Post by triviawayne » Tue Dec 17, 2019 6:38 am

Bob78164 wrote:
Tue Dec 17, 2019 3:14 am
I bought tickets recently to see Hamilton in April. I've now discovered that there's no way to get printable tickets. I use a flip phone, so that means I'll need to bring my iPad into the theater in order to actually use the tickets I bought.

I'm incredulous that they're doing this. I understand making electronic tickets the primary option, but it boggles my mind that they're not allowing me to use printable tickets. --Bob
it's a QR code, just print that out from your ipad or elsewhere before you go to the show. I always print mine out just in case something happens to my phone or if there is a coverage issue. I also take a screenshot of the QR code for the same reasons such as the app is down or some other electronic nonsense at an inopportune moment.

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#3 Post by Ritterskoop » Tue Dec 17, 2019 7:45 am

There are alternatives. Call the box office and discuss with them. I bought tix for something recently for a 14-year-old who does not have a smartphone, and it all worked out.

Hamilton is worth the hassle.
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#4 Post by Ritterskoop » Tue Dec 17, 2019 7:46 am

They are doing it to cut down on scalping, and it is working.
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#5 Post by silverscreenselect » Tue Dec 17, 2019 9:23 am

Bob78164 wrote:
Tue Dec 17, 2019 3:14 am
I bought tickets recently to see Hamilton in April. I've now discovered that there's no way to get printable tickets. I use a flip phone, so that means I'll need to bring my iPad into the theater in order to actually use the tickets I bought.
Tickets to the college football championship a couple of years ago here in Atlanta were only available through a smartphone app.

But Bob's post made me feel a lot better. I thought that Mrs. SSS and I were the only people around who still used flip phones.
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#6 Post by silvercamaro » Tue Dec 17, 2019 9:46 am

Bob78164 wrote:
Tue Dec 17, 2019 3:14 am
I bought tickets recently to see Hamilton in April. I've now discovered that there's no way to get printable tickets. I use a flip phone, so that means I'll need to bring my iPad into the theater in order to actually use the tickets I bought.

I'm incredulous that they're doing this. I understand making electronic tickets the primary option, but it boggles my mind that they're not allowing me to use printable tickets. --Bob
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#7 Post by kroxquo » Tue Dec 17, 2019 10:23 am

silverscreenselect wrote:
Tue Dec 17, 2019 9:23 am
Bob78164 wrote:
Tue Dec 17, 2019 3:14 am
I bought tickets recently to see Hamilton in April. I've now discovered that there's no way to get printable tickets. I use a flip phone, so that means I'll need to bring my iPad into the theater in order to actually use the tickets I bought.
Tickets to the college football championship a couple of years ago here in Atlanta were only available through a smartphone app.

But Bob's post made me feel a lot better. I thought that Mrs. SSS and I were the only people around who still used flip phones.
I still rely on my good old flip phone, despite the heckling I get from my high school students whenever they see it.
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#8 Post by littlebeast13 » Tue Dec 17, 2019 10:48 am

kroxquo wrote:
Tue Dec 17, 2019 10:23 am
silverscreenselect wrote:
Tue Dec 17, 2019 9:23 am
Bob78164 wrote:
Tue Dec 17, 2019 3:14 am
I bought tickets recently to see Hamilton in April. I've now discovered that there's no way to get printable tickets. I use a flip phone, so that means I'll need to bring my iPad into the theater in order to actually use the tickets I bought.
Tickets to the college football championship a couple of years ago here in Atlanta were only available through a smartphone app.

But Bob's post made me feel a lot better. I thought that Mrs. SSS and I were the only people around who still used flip phones.
I still rely on my good old flip phone, despite the heckling I get from my high school students whenever they see it.

Mine's a flip. I've despised smartphones and the zombies they've made out of people since the days when I'd tease Kiki about her Raspberry...

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#9 Post by Beebs52 » Tue Dec 17, 2019 12:49 pm

Bob78164 wrote:
Tue Dec 17, 2019 3:14 am
I bought tickets recently to see Hamilton in April. I've now discovered that there's no way to get printable tickets. I use a flip phone, so that means I'll need to bring my iPad into the theater in order to actually use the tickets I bought.

I'm incredulous that they're doing this. I understand making electronic tickets the primary option, but it boggles my mind that they're not allowing me to use printable tickets. --Bob
This made me chuckle. Ranger Jeff would be happy with a flip phone. SOMETHING THAT MAKES CALLS. Heh. We both have S10s and he actually can text message unaided and google and all that advanced stuff...
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#10 Post by SpacemanSpiff » Tue Dec 17, 2019 2:50 pm

Add me to the flip phone (aka "dumbphone") set.

I do carry a smartphone, but it's company issued and my boss makes me. I still prefer to use my Canon for pix, the flip for phone calls and texts. I have had to use it for a couple of sporting events that required the electronic tickets; as noted before, it helps minimize scalping -- or more accurately, scamming. I've hear more than one story of the paper print-out tickets being scalped more than once, and the person who isn't the first in the door is royally rooked.
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#11 Post by triviawayne » Tue Dec 17, 2019 3:22 pm

only about 70% of US adults own a smart phone. Seems like everyone has one, but 70% of adults is all.

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#12 Post by ghostjmf » Tue Dec 17, 2019 4:59 pm

I use my flip phone. Think this is the 3rd. Takes better pictures than my Alcatel tablet.

T-Mobile will sell me a 5-G flip phone when I want it.

Which I should do before this dies. Current one has pics on a chip, with previous they were on the phone's built-in memory & T-Mobile could not retrieve them.

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#13 Post by Bob Juch » Tue Dec 17, 2019 8:41 pm

triviawayne wrote:
Tue Dec 17, 2019 3:22 pm
only about 70% of US adults own a smart phone. Seems like everyone has one, but 70% of adults is all.
I guess they don't want a phone smarter than they are. :P
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#14 Post by Bob78164 » Wed Dec 18, 2019 2:16 am

And to make it worse, I'm still waiting for my flying car, damn it.

Now get off my lawn. --Bob
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#15 Post by Estonut » Wed Dec 18, 2019 2:44 am

Bob78164 wrote:
Tue Dec 17, 2019 3:14 am
I bought tickets recently to see Hamilton in April. I've now discovered that there's no way to get printable tickets. I use a flip phone, so that means I'll need to bring my iPad into the theater in order to actually use the tickets I bought.

I'm incredulous that they're doing this. I understand making electronic tickets the primary option, but it boggles my mind that they're not allowing me to use printable tickets.
Did you buy from the official Hamilton (Touring)/Hollywood Pantages page on Ticketmaster?
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#16 Post by SpacemanSpiff » Wed Dec 18, 2019 9:23 am

BTW, I recall one of the football games I went to that required the e-tickets had an option (for a fee, of course) of getting a "souvenir ticket" of the game. You couldn't get in with it, but I suppose it was good for your scrapbook.
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