[Rick Lee]

I camped out for Van Halen tix in 1986 and our seats still sucked. Best seats I ever had, I got at 2pm on the day of the show for VH in '95. I had a friend at Ticketscheister and he hooked me up. I was the only guy in the front row, paid face value. Since then I have not once bought tix through TM. I always go to eBay, Craigslist or just show up before the show, check the box office and then hit the parking lot folks. I have almost always paid well below face value, rarely been more than 10 rows back on the floor and never once gotten stuck. For the last VH tour, we walked up to the box office at 7pm day of the show in Philly and got 7th row front and center for face value. Did the same for Motley Crue a few years earlier. I'm going to the opening night for Rush in Albuquerque in June and plan to get there around 7pm and find tix in the parking lot. Last time I did that in Albuq., I paid $50 each and was 4th row in front of Geddy's mic. Nothing better than getting a smoking deal for great seats and not paying a dime of TM's "convenience" charge.