on attempts to ticket purchases – part 2

I’m sure I would’ve been able to combine this entry with the previous one, if it wasn’t for that lengthy babbling on my winter vacation plans and whatnot.

So, my original plan for winter vacation:
- sleep, eat stuff that’s not cooked by me
- open up boxes (literally) of anime/manga merchandise and organize them
- hit up on my usual sources of anime/manga merch
- see family/relatives/friends

The modified plan includes the aforementioned things, plus a new addition: Tenimyu!
Yep, that’s right, I’m now able to go to a PoT musical.

The thing is… the ticket acquisition process itself was rather time-consuming.
If you bothered reading the entire entry last time, you’d know that I went through my mom and my friend in attempts to grabbing tix from “ticketmaster.”
The ironic thing is that I ended up getting the tix “on my own” through alternative sources (ie. communities on SNS, postings on “ticket exchange” website, etc), since our attempts actually ended up failing.
I do give my friends credit for directing me to the websites though.

I’m rather amused and impressed by how organized the people who manage the Tenimyu: Shitenhouji perf. community on the SNS I use have been with making sure people aren’t trolling or acting like retards. Basically, there are threads for ticket sales and ticket exchanges, separated by region. And what I really liked was how there’s a rule “not to sell the tix for anything higher than the original price,” which ensures people won’t get ripped off.
Due to the fact that the tickets are now so bloody hard to get (hint: tix presales – sold out in literally 5 minutes, nuff said), I got lucky when the person selling the tix I wanted “chose” me. T’was great how the first message I see on my SNS page after waking up was “hey, I’ve decided I’ll sell you my extra ticket.”

Anywho, I’m rather content that a) ZOMG I actually got my hands on a Tenimyu ticket, b) it seems I’m actually not gonna be alone during the performance, since I’ll be watching it with the person who’s selling me the ticket (yay for new Tenimy friends ^^), and c) I get to see you-know-who!
Alright, I’ll shut up and go back to paper-ing now =p