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Re: Playoff Ticket Secondary Market Watch
« Reply #200: September 21, 2012, 01:19:25 PM »
Assuming we win the division and HFA, we play the first two games of the NLDS on the road, correct?  So "game 1" tickets are actually for "game 3" and so on?


Yes. And "game 1" tickets should actually be called "home game 1"....

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Re: Playoff Ticket Secondary Market Watch
« Reply #201: September 21, 2012, 01:20:47 PM »
Surprisingly I was able to get the tickets I wanted this time around with the non insider sale.   Going to game 1 with PANatsfan!

Curious what section and how many you were able to get. I didn't try until 11:30 and everything was more or less gone.

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Re: Playoff Ticket Secondary Market Watch
« Reply #202: September 21, 2012, 01:27:47 PM »
I got 4 tickets this morning for home game 1 in section 241. I happened to log in before 10, at like 9:55, and was put in the queue.

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Re: Playoff Ticket Secondary Market Watch
« Reply #203: September 21, 2012, 01:28:49 PM »
Curious what section and how many you were able to get. I didn't try until 11:30 and everything was more or less gone.

I got on the waiting list around 9:55AM and was able to get tickets by 10:05AM. I could get up to 4 tickets in any section - I was surprised they had every section available. I bought 2 in 417, row E.

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Re: Playoff Ticket Secondary Market Watch
« Reply #204: September 21, 2012, 01:32:06 PM »
Gonna have to use StubHub :(

Don't despair. I think prices will drop. And check out other resellers besides SH. They have different inventory and sometimes better prices. Try http://cuttingedgetickets.com and http://www.viagogo.com.

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Re: Playoff Ticket Secondary Market Watch
« Reply #205: September 21, 2012, 01:33:16 PM »
I got on the waiting list around 9:55AM and was able to get tickets by 10:05AM. I could get up to 4 tickets in any section - I was surprised they had every section available. I bought 2 in 417, row E.

I am assuming for the WC or tie-breaker game, right? I'm thinking those were available because people don't think the Nats will have to play those at this point. The NLDS was gone by the time I got there.

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Re: Playoff Ticket Secondary Market Watch
« Reply #206: September 21, 2012, 01:34:33 PM »
I got 4 tickets this morning for home game 1 in section 241. I happened to log in before 10, at like 9:55, and was put in the queue.

Awesome. I didn't think they would have much for NLDS by then!

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Re: Playoff Ticket Secondary Market Watch
« Reply #207: September 21, 2012, 07:13:57 PM »
Nothing left anymore. Stub Hub or bust

Do ya'll think they will do that policy where they leave a certain amount of tickets available at the box office and only sell them two hours before game time?

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Re: Playoff Ticket Secondary Market Watch
« Reply #208: September 21, 2012, 07:35:58 PM »
When the Rockies made the wild card against the Braves (seems like ages ago) I went to the first game (a friend won the ticket lottery for tickets through the Denver Post and took me).  As we were walking in to game 1 about an hour before the game we noticed the ticket office was open with people in line.  I got in line, just to see what was going on and it turns out the Braves released tickets for game 2 that they wouldn't use so I got 2 tix for game 2 right behind the 3rd base bag for the next night.

Always pays to keep looking in case there are ticket drops.

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Re: Playoff Ticket Secondary Market Watch
« Reply #209: September 22, 2012, 08:04:23 AM »
I am assuming for the WC or tie-breaker game, right? I'm thinking those were available because people don't think the Nats will have to play those at this point. The NLDS was gone by the time I got there.

They were for the 1st NLDS game. I had to get in early - by 9:55 AM. We already had 3 tickets but we needed 2 more, so was able to get the last two.

I wonder how much of a dogfight the NLCS and World Series tickets will be.

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Re: Playoff Ticket Secondary Market Watch
« Reply #210: September 22, 2012, 08:12:26 AM »
Nothing left anymore. Stub Hub or bust

Do ya'll think they will do that policy where they leave a certain amount of tickets available at the box office and only sell them two hours before game time?

Check online around nine am the morning of the games, they're holding seats back to offer for people who buy 2013 plans, for VIP's, and for wheelchair accessible.

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Re: Playoff Ticket Secondary Market Watch
« Reply #211: September 22, 2012, 08:30:30 AM »
Updating StubHub availability from yesterday (lined-through price on left is from my post of yesterday, price at right is from right now)

NLDS
Game 1 - 3,732 left starting at $74 2,561 left starting at $97
Game 2 - 4,919 starting at $63 4,624 starting at $73.98
Game 3 - 4,487 starting at $58 4,647 starting at $64.90

NLCS
Game 1 - 2,145 starting at $124 2,579 starting at $124.99
Game 2 - 1,971 starting at $109 2,448 starting at $120
Game 3 - 2,145 starting at $125 2,669 starting at $137
Game 4 - 1,858 starting at $148 2,403 starting at $149

World Series
Game 1 - 1,905 starting at $494 2,437 starting at $494
Game 2 - 1,828 starting at $477 2,375 starting at $477
Game 3 - 1,831 starting st $450 2,375 starting at $500
Game 4 - 1,821 starting at $500 2,369 starting at $584

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Re: Playoff Ticket Secondary Market Watch
« Reply #212: September 22, 2012, 09:03:43 AM »
Updating StubHub availability from yesterday (lined-through price on left is from my post of yesterday, price at right is from right now)

NLDS
Game 1 - 3,732 left starting at $74 2,561 left starting at $97
Game 2 - 4,919 starting at $63 4,624 starting at $73.98
Game 3 - 4,487 starting at $58 4,647 starting at $64.90

NLCS
Game 1 - 2,145 starting at $124 2,579 starting at $124.99
Game 2 - 1,971 starting at $109 2,448 starting at $120
Game 3 - 2,145 starting at $125 2,669 starting at $137
Game 4 - 1,858 starting at $148 2,403 starting at $149

World Series
Game 1 - 1,905 starting at $494 2,437 starting at $494
Game 2 - 1,828 starting at $477 2,375 starting at $477
Game 3 - 1,831 starting st $450 2,375 starting at $500
Game 4 - 1,821 starting at $500 2,369 starting at $584

Promising stuff, looks like there's legitimately high demand for playoff tickets.  I've been watching stubhub too and I've noticed that Nationals tickets are more scarce than the other two division leaders (i.e. teams most sure of an NLDS appearance) and have been becoming more so.

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Re: Playoff Ticket Secondary Market Watch
« Reply #213: September 23, 2012, 10:59:18 AM »
Updating StubHub availability from yesterday (lined-through price on left is from my post of yesterday, price at right is from right now)

NLDS
Game 1 - 2,561 left starting at $97 2,535 left starting at $98.99
Game 2 - 4,624 starting at $73.98 4,601 starting at $75
Game 3 - 4,647 starting at $64.90 4,705 starting at $74.90

NLCS
Game 1 - 2,579 starting at $124.99 2,717 starting at $124.99
Game 2 - 2,448 starting at $120 2,466 starting at $124.99
Game 3 - 2,669 starting at $137 2,689 starting at $137
Game 4 - 2,403 starting at $149 2,426 starting at $149

World Series
Game 1 - 2,437 starting at $494 2,465 starting at $494
Game 2 - 2,375 starting at $477 2,404 starting at $477
Game 3 - 2,375 starting at $500 2,401 starting at $500
Game 4 - 2,369 starting at $584 2,393 starting at $584

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Re: Playoff Ticket Secondary Market Watch
« Reply #214: September 23, 2012, 11:57:14 AM »
so if some of you were able to get any section for NLDS I guess that confirms the Nats held tickets back from the Insider Presale for the public tickets.

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Re: Playoff Ticket Secondary Market Watch
« Reply #215: September 25, 2012, 05:22:49 PM »
so many tickets available on stubhub and they dont seem to be selling.

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Re: Playoff Ticket Secondary Market Watch
« Reply #216: September 25, 2012, 05:40:11 PM »
so many tickets available on stubhub and they dont seem to be selling.

They'll sell when the sellers stop asking for crazy dollars. The prices will start to come down as the first game approaches, IMO.

People on twitter saying they have received hard tickets today. Anyone here got 'em?

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Re: Playoff Ticket Secondary Market Watch
« Reply #217: September 25, 2012, 06:23:59 PM »
Almost 50 tickets have sold today for game 1, just under 2% of the total available.  For those lucky enough to get sales the prices are high.  Resale prices in the Presidents Club and Diamond Club in particular have sold with huge markups.  Of course the other 98% of ticket sellers are hoping that demand continues to rise.

The screen shot below is obviously missing the section number, which is a fairly important piece of information, this view contains all StubHub sales for today, I could find the sales per section by clicking on the individual sections.

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Re: Playoff Ticket Secondary Market Watch
« Reply #218: September 25, 2012, 08:54:46 PM »
They'll sell when the sellers stop asking for crazy dollars. The prices will start to come down as the first game approaches, IMO.

People on twitter saying they have received hard tickets today. Anyone here got 'em?

I got the extra tickets I bought for the NLDSyesterday, but haven't received my strip yet, which I ordered before the extra ones.

Warning - they're in a plain looking white envelope that resembles a mortgage solicitation.

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Re: Playoff Ticket Secondary Market Watch
« Reply #219: September 25, 2012, 11:01:55 PM »
If anyone received physical NLDS tickets, you might as well frame them, because they'll never be used.

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Re: Playoff Ticket Secondary Market Watch
« Reply #220: September 25, 2012, 11:14:42 PM »
If anyone received physical NLDS tickets, you might as well frame them, because they'll never be used.

oh please.

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Re: Playoff Ticket Secondary Market Watch
« Reply #221: September 26, 2012, 12:02:32 AM »
Called my ticket Rep today.  Said ticket strips should be mailed out (from printer or offsite location starting tomorrow.  You'll get an email with a tracking number because they WILL need t be signed for!  These are the strips that ST holders put their deposit on.

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Re: Playoff Ticket Secondary Market Watch
« Reply #222: September 26, 2012, 08:18:04 AM »
Updating StubHub availability from Sunday 23rd (lined-through price on left is from my post of Sunday 23rd, price at right is from right now)

NLDS
Game 1 - 2,535 left starting at $98.99 2,703 left starting at $97
Game 2 - 4,601 starting at $75 4,818 starting at $78
Game 3 - 4,705 starting at $74.90 4,942 starting at $74

NLCS
Game 1 - 2,717 starting at $124.99 2,693 starting at $124.99
Game 2 - 2,466 starting at $124.99 2,453 starting at $124.99
Game 3 - 2,689 starting at $137 2,698 starting at $137
Game 4 - 2,426 starting at $149 2,440 starting at $149

World Series
Game 1 - 2,465 starting at $494 2,467 starting at $480
Game 2 - 2,404 starting at $477 2,403 starting at $480
Game 3 - 2,401 starting at $500 2,407 starting at $500
Game 4 - 2,393 starting at $584 2,397 starting at $580

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Re: Playoff Ticket Secondary Market Watch
« Reply #223: September 26, 2012, 11:42:09 AM »
another loss tonight and prices should decline by 50%.

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Re: Playoff Ticket Secondary Market Watch
« Reply #224: September 26, 2012, 12:10:11 PM »
Not likely because if the games aren't played people will get full refunds or credit applied to next season. The only risk for the ticket holders is if the games are actually played and demand drops significantly.