Coldplay Canada Pre-Sales

Hyphin · 30-05-2008, 05:05 PM

The dreaded has occurred.

Yes everyone, today, I received an email from BestBuyRewardZone.ca regarding Coldplay presale tickets.

Here's what it said:

For your chance to get a pre-sale code sign in using your member ID and password and request a code beginning approximately at 8:00am PST on June 5th, 2008 and ending once all codes have been distributed or June 6th at 5pm PST. Pre-sale codes are limited and available first come, first served. Limit of one pre-sale code per customer. Your code will give you the opportunity to buy up to two pre-sale tickets to a Coldplay concert during the 2008 tour (excluding the July 27th concert in Pemberton BC). Pre-sale tickets will go on sale at the following times:

Edmonton July 29th at Rexall Place
Pre-sale starts June 11th at 10am local time

Calgary July 30th at Pengrowth Saddledome
Pre-sale starts June 12th at 10am local time

Winnipeg Aug. 1st at MTS Centre
Pre-sale starts June 12th at 10am local time

Montreal Oct. 20th at Bell Centre
Pre-sale starts June 12th at 10am local time

Ottawa Oct. 21st at Scotiabank Place
Pre-sale starts June 12th at 10am local time

Toronto Oct. 29th and 30th at Air Canada Centre
Pre-sale starts June 12th at 10am local time

Retarded Thing #1: I need three tickets. This apparently only allows two.

Retarded Thing #2: I want fans next to me up front, not people who joined some reward program because the cashier at Best Buy asked them to.

I guess I'm kinda lucky, because when I heard that this happened in the US, I signed up right away, and it was apparently early enough to get a code. Anyways...what do you all think?

JPB · 30-05-2008, 05:10 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by Hyphin;2360056
The dreaded has occurred.

Yes everyone, today, I received an email from BestBuyRewardZone.ca regarding Coldplay presale tickets.

Here's what it said:

For your chance to get a pre-sale code sign in using your member ID and password and request a code beginning approximately at 8:00am PST on June 5th, 2008 and ending once all codes have been distributed or June 6th at 5pm PST. Pre-sale codes are limited and available first come, first served. Limit of one pre-sale code per customer. Your code will give you the opportunity to buy up to two pre-sale tickets to a Coldplay concert during the 2008 tour (excluding the July 27th concert in Pemberton BC). Pre-sale tickets will go on sale at the following times:

Edmonton July 29th at Rexall Place
Pre-sale starts June 11th at 10am local time

Calgary July 30th at Pengrowth Saddledome
Pre-sale starts June 12th at 10am local time

Winnipeg Aug. 1st at MTS Centre
Pre-sale starts June 12th at 10am local time

Montreal Oct. 20th at Bell Centre
Pre-sale starts June 12th at 10am local time

Ottawa Oct. 21st at Scotiabank Place
Pre-sale starts June 12th at 10am local time

Toronto Oct. 29th and 30th at Air Canada Centre
Pre-sale starts June 12th at 10am local time

Retarded Thing #1: I need three tickets. This apparently only allows two.

Retarded Thing #2: I want fans next to me up front, not people who joined some reward program because the cashier at Best Buy asked them to.

I guess I'm kinda lucky, because when I heard that this happened in the US, I signed up right away, and it was apparently early enough to get a code. Anyways...what do you all think?

I think I'm lucky to live where I do. Pity bout that for you though man

To me that seems pretty dumb of them. Concerts are for fans!

mc_squared · 30-05-2008, 05:13 PM

Sounds like the promoters have screwed up in Canada too!!

Daas · 30-05-2008, 09:00 PM

Yes, they screwed it, but I guess we all subscribed anyway !

--
Alex

owenrees_73 · 31-05-2008, 02:01 AM

I signed up a few days ago, hopefully I will get a code...but of course I am a real fan

The Joker · 31-05-2008, 02:22 AM

Any for the US?

redcurry · 01-06-2008, 09:53 PM

ahhh this makes me so happy!
i really hope i get codes. hopefully if i can get two codes, i can get 4 seats together.

i hate when real fans don't get tickets.
when coldplay came to ottawa a few years ago, i really was desperate for floor seats and i had to (very lowly) resort to paying extra on ebay just to get some. i hate when ppl hawk tickets like that.

C_mazurek · 08-06-2008, 05:49 PM

Fellow Winnipeg fans,

I just found out that there Rewardzone was giving out presale passwords a couple days ago. I missed out! I am so incredibly annoyed. One, for the reasons mentioned above - some Joe Best Buy Shopper is gonna be up front trying to remember the name of the new album while I sit in section 340 singing to every word. Two, because well, I missed out.

I understand that the OP mentioned he was going to be needing three tickets, in which case the presale would be kinda useless to him. If anyone can help me out and happened to get a password but won't be using it, PLEASE! (I will buy you a drink) consider sharing the password with a real fan. I will appreciate it ten-fold.

Plus, I will be refreshing the browser like heck so I will get good seats over Joe@BestBuy. If anyone has any presale information for this silly Coldplay fan who didn't look out for it earlier, you will make my summer.

Thank you all, see you at the show (one way or another).

Hyphin · 08-06-2008, 08:19 PM

hahah, Maz, as far as Winnipeg Fans go, it's just you and me. It was only me for a LONG LONG time, but, it's nice to have some company.

Yah, the presale codes are retarded because, uhm, basically, non-fans are getting such a huge advantage, which is strange. But hey, we're Coldplayers...we'll find a way. lol.

Have you signed up and checked if there are any presale codes left? There still might be. You can sign of for rewardzone and get access right away. Try it out.

UWOtorontoboy · 08-06-2008, 08:43 PM

I wouldn't freak out too much about this. The seats offered during the presale weren't even that great. I tried for the Detroit show a few weeks ago, and all they had were floor seats, and side sections at the back of the arena. Nothing in the front at all. I recall a few other shows were like this as well. Not sure what the ticket allotment for the Canadian presales will be though.

C_mazurek · 09-06-2008, 12:09 AM

Torontoboy, I experienced a similar problem when buying Petty tickets a while back. I got the presale password but ended up in section 300's anyway. I'm sure if I had boughten them with the rest of the world on release day I would've had a chance for closer tickets. I think they save some good seats for regular sales anyway.

Which I hope is the case for Coldplay. Hyphin I had tried to get a password this morning, they are all gone

. Unless my American Express benefits come through (they haven't announced yet, but they sometimes give out presale passwords) I will be buying with the rest. I just hope the concert doesn't sell out before I can buy tickets. Otherwise I would have to ebay or kijiji or something! There is no way I will miss this.

UWOtorontoboy · 09-06-2008, 03:12 AM

Quote:
Originally Posted by C_mazurek;2382787
Torontoboy, I experienced a similar problem when buying Petty tickets a while back. I got the presale password but ended up in section 300's anyway. I'm sure if I had boughten them with the rest of the world on release day I would've had a chance for closer tickets. I think they save some good seats for regular sales anyway.

Which I hope is the case for Coldplay. Hyphin I had tried to get a password this morning, they are all gone . Unless my American Express benefits come through (they haven't announced yet, but they sometimes give out presale passwords) I will be buying with the rest. I just hope the concert doesn't sell out before I can buy tickets. Otherwise I would have to ebay or kijiji or something! There is no way I will miss this.

Even if you can't get anything decent during the general sale, don't worry too much. Just check Ticketmaster every single day, because more seats [usually some of the best] get released at some point. It could be weeks, days or even hours before the concert...the main thing is to be persistent!

For example, for Coldplay's upcoming Detroit show, my friend and I bypassed the presale [like I mentioned in a previous post] and tried for tickets during the general sale. But like the presale, nothing good was coming up. So we just waited, and last week saturday, I randomly checked Ticketmaster and 14th row on the floor popped up!

This is how I've gotten great tickets for a number of concerts I've been to

Good luck!!!

ryansn · 09-06-2008, 03:19 AM

When Best Buy fucked up and gave us all the "address undeliverable" problem, I ended up signing up under 2 more accounts to see if I could fix it. I ended up asking for 3 presale coes so if anybody wants one PM me or let me know and I can give it to you.

C_mazurek · 09-06-2008, 04:00 AM

Wow Ryan, thats awesome. PM sent. You would be making me the happiest fan in the city. Thank you.

Kaycee · 09-06-2008, 04:12 AM

Quote:
Originally Posted by ryansn;2382983
When Best Buy fucked up and gave us all the "address undeliverable" problem, I ended up signing up under 2 more accounts to see if I could fix it. I ended up asking for 3 presale coes so if anybody wants one PM me or let me know and I can give it to you.

I had the same problem, and it was the same day that the Edmonton and Calgary shows were double listed for Montreal and Toronto, so I gave up!!

30-05-2008, 05:13 PM	#3
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30-05-2008, 09:00 PM	#4
Daas Coldplayer Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 7 Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Screwed up... Yes, they screwed it, but I guess we all subscribed anyway ! -- Alex

31-05-2008, 02:01 AM	#5
owenrees_73 The Celestial Empire Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,876 Location: North Bay, ON Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I signed up a few days ago, hopefully I will get a code...but of course I am a real fan __________________ Please support my debut album "The Celestial Empire" by visiting my artist page at http://www.musicfreedom.com/owenrees_73/ "If you like Coldplay, you're obviously very intelligent and good looking and all around brilliant." - Chris Martin MEGA

08-06-2008, 08:19 PM	#9
Hyphin ....more like WORSTbuy. Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 189 Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 1 Post	hahah, Maz, as far as Winnipeg Fans go, it's just you and me. It was only me for a LONG LONG time, but, it's nice to have some company. Yah, the presale codes are retarded because, uhm, basically, non-fans are getting such a huge advantage, which is strange. But hey, we're Coldplayers...we'll find a way. lol. Have you signed up and checked if there are any presale codes left? There still might be. You can sign of for rewardzone and get access right away. Try it out. __________________ and are there things in your way? well. things happen that way.

08-06-2008, 08:43 PM	#10
UWOtorontoboy Coldplayer Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 28 Location: Toronto Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I wouldn't freak out too much about this. The seats offered during the presale weren't even that great. I tried for the Detroit show a few weeks ago, and all they had were floor seats, and side sections at the back of the arena. Nothing in the front at all. I recall a few other shows were like this as well. Not sure what the ticket allotment for the Canadian presales will be though. __________________ A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD TOUR: 09.21.02 Toronto \| Air Canada Centre TWISTED LOGIC TOUR: 09.01.05 Darien Lake \| Darien Lake PAC, 09.03.05 Holmdel \| PNC Bank Arts Center, 03.22.06 Toronto \| Air Canada Centre, 03.23.06 Toronto \| Air Canada Centre VIVA LA VIDA TOUR: 07.30.08 Toronto \| Air Canada Centre, 07.31.08 Toronto \| Air Canada Centre MX TOUR: 09.21.11 Toronto \| MuchMusic, 06.01.12 London \| Emirates Stadium, 06.04.12 London \| Emirates Stadium

30-05-2008, 05:05 PM	#1
Hyphin ....more like WORSTbuy. Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 189 Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 1 Post	Coldplay Canada Pre-Sales The dreaded has occurred. Yes everyone, today, I received an email from BestBuyRewardZone.ca regarding Coldplay presale tickets. Here's what it said: For your chance to get a pre-sale code sign in using your member ID and password and request a code beginning approximately at 8:00am PST on June 5th, 2008 and ending once all codes have been distributed or June 6th at 5pm PST. Pre-sale codes are limited and available first come, first served. Limit of one pre-sale code per customer. Your code will give you the opportunity to buy up to two pre-sale tickets to a Coldplay concert during the 2008 tour (excluding the July 27th concert in Pemberton BC). Pre-sale tickets will go on sale at the following times: Edmonton July 29th at Rexall Place Pre-sale starts June 11th at 10am local time Calgary July 30th at Pengrowth Saddledome Pre-sale starts June 12th at 10am local time Winnipeg Aug. 1st at MTS Centre Pre-sale starts June 12th at 10am local time Montreal Oct. 20th at Bell Centre Pre-sale starts June 12th at 10am local time Ottawa Oct. 21st at Scotiabank Place Pre-sale starts June 12th at 10am local time Toronto Oct. 29th and 30th at Air Canada Centre Pre-sale starts June 12th at 10am local time Retarded Thing #1: I need three tickets. This apparently only allows two. Retarded Thing #2: I want fans next to me up front, not people who joined some reward program because the cashier at Best Buy asked them to. I guess I'm kinda lucky, because when I heard that this happened in the US, I signed up right away, and it was apparently early enough to get a code. Anyways...what do you all think? __________________ and are there things in your way? well. things happen that way.

30-05-2008, 05:10 PM	#2
JPB By Your Command Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,783 Location: Caprica Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by Hyphin;2360056 The dreaded has occurred. Yes everyone, today, I received an email from BestBuyRewardZone.ca regarding Coldplay presale tickets. Here's what it said: For your chance to get a pre-sale code sign in using your member ID and password and request a code beginning approximately at 8:00am PST on June 5th, 2008 and ending once all codes have been distributed or June 6th at 5pm PST. Pre-sale codes are limited and available first come, first served. Limit of one pre-sale code per customer. Your code will give you the opportunity to buy up to two pre-sale tickets to a Coldplay concert during the 2008 tour (excluding the July 27th concert in Pemberton BC). Pre-sale tickets will go on sale at the following times: Edmonton July 29th at Rexall Place Pre-sale starts June 11th at 10am local time Calgary July 30th at Pengrowth Saddledome Pre-sale starts June 12th at 10am local time Winnipeg Aug. 1st at MTS Centre Pre-sale starts June 12th at 10am local time Montreal Oct. 20th at Bell Centre Pre-sale starts June 12th at 10am local time Ottawa Oct. 21st at Scotiabank Place Pre-sale starts June 12th at 10am local time Toronto Oct. 29th and 30th at Air Canada Centre Pre-sale starts June 12th at 10am local time Retarded Thing #1: I need three tickets. This apparently only allows two. Retarded Thing #2: I want fans next to me up front, not people who joined some reward program because the cashier at Best Buy asked them to. I guess I'm kinda lucky, because when I heard that this happened in the US, I signed up right away, and it was apparently early enough to get a code. Anyways...what do you all think? I think I'm lucky to live where I do. Pity bout that for you though man To me that seems pretty dumb of them. Concerts are for fans! __________________ *** It's a Colbert Nation - we're just living in it Famous Old Painters - November 2009 The Dubliners - November 2009 ***

31-05-2008, 02:22 AM	#6
The Joker 5/24/09 / Front Row Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 521 Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Any for the US?

01-06-2008, 09:53 PM	#7
redcurry Coldplayer Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 92 Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	ahhh this makes me so happy! i really hope i get codes. hopefully if i can get two codes, i can get 4 seats together. i hate when real fans don't get tickets. when coldplay came to ottawa a few years ago, i really was desperate for floor seats and i had to (very lowly) resort to paying extra on ebay just to get some. i hate when ppl hawk tickets like that.

08-06-2008, 05:49 PM	#8
C_mazurek Coldplayer Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 11 Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Fellow Winnipeg fans, I just found out that there Rewardzone was giving out presale passwords a couple days ago. I missed out! I am so incredibly annoyed. One, for the reasons mentioned above - some Joe Best Buy Shopper is gonna be up front trying to remember the name of the new album while I sit in section 340 singing to every word. Two, because well, I missed out. I understand that the OP mentioned he was going to be needing three tickets, in which case the presale would be kinda useless to him. If anyone can help me out and happened to get a password but won't be using it, PLEASE! (I will buy you a drink) consider sharing the password with a real fan. I will appreciate it ten-fold. Plus, I will be refreshing the browser like heck so I will get good seats over Joe@BestBuy. If anyone has any presale information for this silly Coldplay fan who didn't look out for it earlier, you will make my summer. Thank you all, see you at the show (one way or another).

09-06-2008, 12:09 AM	#11
C_mazurek Coldplayer Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 11 Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Torontoboy, I experienced a similar problem when buying Petty tickets a while back. I got the presale password but ended up in section 300's anyway. I'm sure if I had boughten them with the rest of the world on release day I would've had a chance for closer tickets. I think they save some good seats for regular sales anyway. Which I hope is the case for Coldplay. Hyphin I had tried to get a password this morning, they are all gone . Unless my American Express benefits come through (they haven't announced yet, but they sometimes give out presale passwords) I will be buying with the rest. I just hope the concert doesn't sell out before I can buy tickets. Otherwise I would have to ebay or kijiji or something! There is no way I will miss this.

09-06-2008, 03:12 AM	#12
UWOtorontoboy Coldplayer Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 28 Location: Toronto Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by C_mazurek;2382787 Torontoboy, I experienced a similar problem when buying Petty tickets a while back. I got the presale password but ended up in section 300's anyway. I'm sure if I had boughten them with the rest of the world on release day I would've had a chance for closer tickets. I think they save some good seats for regular sales anyway. Which I hope is the case for Coldplay. Hyphin I had tried to get a password this morning, they are all gone . Unless my American Express benefits come through (they haven't announced yet, but they sometimes give out presale passwords) I will be buying with the rest. I just hope the concert doesn't sell out before I can buy tickets. Otherwise I would have to ebay or kijiji or something! There is no way I will miss this. Even if you can't get anything decent during the general sale, don't worry too much. Just check Ticketmaster every single day, because more seats [usually some of the best] get released at some point. It could be weeks, days or even hours before the concert...the main thing is to be persistent! For example, for Coldplay's upcoming Detroit show, my friend and I bypassed the presale [like I mentioned in a previous post] and tried for tickets during the general sale. But like the presale, nothing good was coming up. So we just waited, and last week saturday, I randomly checked Ticketmaster and 14th row on the floor popped up! This is how I've gotten great tickets for a number of concerts I've been to Good luck!!! __________________ A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD TOUR: 09.21.02 Toronto \| Air Canada Centre TWISTED LOGIC TOUR: 09.01.05 Darien Lake \| Darien Lake PAC, 09.03.05 Holmdel \| PNC Bank Arts Center, 03.22.06 Toronto \| Air Canada Centre, 03.23.06 Toronto \| Air Canada Centre VIVA LA VIDA TOUR: 07.30.08 Toronto \| Air Canada Centre, 07.31.08 Toronto \| Air Canada Centre MX TOUR: 09.21.11 Toronto \| MuchMusic, 06.01.12 London \| Emirates Stadium, 06.04.12 London \| Emirates Stadium

09-06-2008, 03:19 AM	#13
ryansn Coldplayer Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 97 Location: Ottawa Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	When Best Buy fucked up and gave us all the "address undeliverable" problem, I ended up signing up under 2 more accounts to see if I could fix it. I ended up asking for 3 presale coes so if anybody wants one PM me or let me know and I can give it to you.

09-06-2008, 04:00 AM	#14
C_mazurek Coldplayer Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 11 Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Wow Ryan, thats awesome. PM sent. You would be making me the happiest fan in the city. Thank you.

09-06-2008, 04:12 AM	#15
Kaycee Coldplayer Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 238 Location: Alberta Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by ryansn;2382983 When Best Buy fucked up and gave us all the "address undeliverable" problem, I ended up signing up under 2 more accounts to see if I could fix it. I ended up asking for 3 presale coes so if anybody wants one PM me or let me know and I can give it to you. I had the same problem, and it was the same day that the Edmonton and Calgary shows were double listed for Montreal and Toronto, so I gave up!! __________________ My U2 & Coldplay Trade Page http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...der/trial2.gif