One of the greatest nights of my life....
I should be posting that over the long holiday weekend I experienced one of the best days of my life and a once in a lifetime experience, but I can’t.
I posted a blog post, featured by staind.com, about my nephew winning tickets on MySpace for free Meet and Greet tickets to see Staind in Beaumont, TX. We were excited since we already drove to Belton, TX and Frisco, TX to see the guys on stage but now we would get the chance to meet them. I posted on several discussions, blogs and asked several people many questions about the meet and greet experiences so I would go in knowing what to do and what not to do. I took 2 days off work and rented a car and we proceeded to drive up on Tuesday morning. It took 6 hrs to drive from east of Dallas to Beaumont. We followed the instructions by the guy at Atlantic Records that we sent our information to and went to the will call window to pick up our tickets and begin our memorable evening.
We were told they didn’t have tickets for us. In shock, we regrouped and asked the lady to please look again under Staind MySpace meet and greet contest. She said we were not on any of the bands lists and then proceeded to tell us we weren’t on any of the list she had. We had to buy 2 $35 dollar tickets in the upper bowl. Staind of course rocked the house and the concert was awesome but the expectations were at an all time high and we both couldn’t help but feel down and sad, well as down and sad as you could with Staind on stage. Needless to say the 6 hour drive home was more like 5 years. It kind of put a damper on our Thanksgiving, too.
We got home that night and emailed the guy to please tell us what happened. He emailed us today telling us that he was sorry and that this was the first time he had had any problems other than someone missing the meet and greet due to traffic. He asked if there were any other shows near us and unfortunately all the shows in TX were during the holiday and he didn’t get back to us until today due to the holiday.
So the only option would be for us to fork over about $500 to fly to Phoenix or Indiana. I have two little girls and with the way the economy is right now and having already spent money on a rental car and gas to get to Beaumont, there is no way I have that kind of money. So now I have to win the lotto or something which the chances are 1 in a million to get the tickets my nephew won which was a 1 in a million chance. Now my nephew and I have to come up with money to travel to get the tickets we won. And believe me we are going to try to get the money no matter what it takes.
He did offer us some cool autographed stuff but nothing can replace getting to meet the guys.
To all of you people, who have met the band by winning, imagine getting to the window and being told you don’t have tickets. Then imagine all the people you told, oh yeah we bragged, and having to explain to them each and everyone why you didn’t get to meet Staind and reliving that day over and over.
So the most memorable night of my life turned into the wrong kind of memorable.
Someone help me!!!!!!! Please!!!
I posted a blog post, featured by staind.com, about my nephew winning tickets on MySpace for free Meet and Greet tickets to see Staind in Beaumont, TX. We were excited since we already drove to Belton, TX and Frisco, TX to see the guys on stage but now we would get the chance to meet them. I posted on several discussions, blogs and asked several people many questions about the meet and greet experiences so I would go in knowing what to do and what not to do. I took 2 days off work and rented a car and we proceeded to drive up on Tuesday morning. It took 6 hrs to drive from east of Dallas to Beaumont. We followed the instructions by the guy at Atlantic Records that we sent our information to and went to the will call window to pick up our tickets and begin our memorable evening.
We were told they didn’t have tickets for us. In shock, we regrouped and asked the lady to please look again under Staind MySpace meet and greet contest. She said we were not on any of the bands lists and then proceeded to tell us we weren’t on any of the list she had. We had to buy 2 $35 dollar tickets in the upper bowl. Staind of course rocked the house and the concert was awesome but the expectations were at an all time high and we both couldn’t help but feel down and sad, well as down and sad as you could with Staind on stage. Needless to say the 6 hour drive home was more like 5 years. It kind of put a damper on our Thanksgiving, too.
We got home that night and emailed the guy to please tell us what happened. He emailed us today telling us that he was sorry and that this was the first time he had had any problems other than someone missing the meet and greet due to traffic. He asked if there were any other shows near us and unfortunately all the shows in TX were during the holiday and he didn’t get back to us until today due to the holiday.
So the only option would be for us to fork over about $500 to fly to Phoenix or Indiana. I have two little girls and with the way the economy is right now and having already spent money on a rental car and gas to get to Beaumont, there is no way I have that kind of money. So now I have to win the lotto or something which the chances are 1 in a million to get the tickets my nephew won which was a 1 in a million chance. Now my nephew and I have to come up with money to travel to get the tickets we won. And believe me we are going to try to get the money no matter what it takes.
He did offer us some cool autographed stuff but nothing can replace getting to meet the guys.
To all of you people, who have met the band by winning, imagine getting to the window and being told you don’t have tickets. Then imagine all the people you told, oh yeah we bragged, and having to explain to them each and everyone why you didn’t get to meet Staind and reliving that day over and over.
So the most memorable night of my life turned into the wrong kind of memorable.
Someone help me!!!!!!! Please!!!
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Permalink Reply by Debbie on -
Alex...I am praying something really ,really great comes out of this for you both...I am soooo sorry this happened to you ...I told you they thought I was on the guest list for Ohio...that shocked me wondering how that could of happened but yea,the guy from Atlantic Records screwed up....:(
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Permalink Reply by Raina on -
I'm so very sorry this happened to you. Sadly, it has happened to others, albeit things had been run by different people throughout the years. However, this isn't the first time this has happened since the new people took over, since I know a very similar thing just recently happened in PA, too.
I guess for most bands, this is not really an issue, w/fans really only going to see them when they play close by. But, Staind 's music is so different (re: meaningful), that their fans are willing and often DO travel great distances at no small expense to see them play and/or for a chance to meet them. So, w/a band like Staind, a seemingly small mess-up to the record company can be a huge thing on multiple levels (not just the obvious let down, but also the travel, time, expense, etc.) to the "winner." I can think of a few things that could be done to help remedy this kind of thing from happeneing. I'm thinking I should forget going back to school for nursing, and go to CSB instead. The music industry needs me lol.
Well, I truly hope you at least get to eventually meet the guys, and at little or no further expense to you. Good luck. :)
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Permalink Reply by Lisa (AKA) ADDICTEDtoStAiND on -
Raina said:
Yeah they should have had me run this contest, I would have gave each winner my phone number to make sure they all got in." I can think of a few things that could be done to help remedy this kind of thing from happeneing.
Alex,
My heart goes out to you and I am so sorry this happened to you. Please if there is any show in the future that you want to go to PLEASE let me know. I will make sure you are on that list and get what you deserve. I will personal make sure this will not happen to you again you have my word. Please reach out to me at Lisafromli@aol.com if you decide to go to AZ or any shows in the future.
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Permalink Reply by spidermonkey on -
lisa, you rock.
Lisa (AKA) ADDICTEDtoStAiND said:Raina said:
Yeah they should have had me run this contest, I would have gave each winner my phone number to make sure they all got in." I can think of a few things that could be done to help remedy this kind of thing from happeneing.
Alex,
My heart goes out to you and I am so sorry this happened to you. Please if there is any show in the future that you want to go to PLEASE let me know. I will make sure you are on that list and get what you deserve. I will personal make sure this will not happen to you again you have my word. Please reach out to me at Lisafromli@aol.com if you decide to go to AZ or any shows in the future.
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