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Sold Out So What! How to Save Money at Concerts & Sporting Events with Tricks the Ticket Brokers and Scalpers Don't Want You to Know

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This excellent little book (you can read it in an hour) is for fans of concerts and sporting events and teaches the art of scoring tickets to sold out events and always sitting in the best seats in the house. I've been going to concerts since I was 15 (yikes, that was 1977) and had accidentally discovered and used some of Deale's techniques. However, this funny and well-written little book gave me some new ways to score tickets.

Deale, known to his friends as the "Ticket Jedi" spent 20 years perfecting his technique of acquiring "sold out" tickets at or below face value. (One of his themes as that there is no such thing as "sold out.")

My best ticket story? I scored front row center to the opening night of The Rolling Stones most recent world tour, paying face value for a ticket that the brokers wanted over ten thousand dollars for.

I actually read part of this on the crapper at a friend's house. I was actually going to "borrow" it, but saw it was $15 so figured I would throw the author a bone and buy it. Not every piece of advice is that useful, but some of them are actually really, really good. Took my son to the Angels/Yankees series and we scored really good seats at prolly half what I would have forked out at StubHub (which is key when you have a 5 year-old who wants to leave after the 6th inning). So basically I tried one trick from the book, which cost $15, and saved about $50. It's a no brainer. Pick one up. Good book for a bad economy.

Honestly, I have already tried and had already thought of a couple of the things pointed out in this book, but I still learned a LOT of new things and got some new ideas. Not only will I save money on the next event I go to, I have some new ways to get closer to the stage. Thanks, Max Deale, for writing this easy to follow, sometimes humorous book - it's about time somebody put all this great info into one place! For less than the first ticketmaster surcharge you will save, go ahead and buy this book.

SOooooooo, I finished your book about an hour ago. I am FLIPPING!!! I love it. So great. The book is filled with killer techniques, methods and ideas for getting really good tickets and seats.
I am emailing bro's today whom I think would seriously love this book. I called my older brother today who is an event commando, told him about it, and my financial guy who is an event commando as well.

You know that feeling when you get done reading a book and you are thinking "These friends I have in mind would LOVE to read this book. I want to buy them all a copy, but I don't have the cash" ? Well, I have that feeling and no cash. But the feeling is good. I just hope they can trust me and order a copy for themselves.

Thanks, I cannot wait to put some of the techniques to practice. Padres, Chargers, upcomming concerts. . .ka ka kow!!!! Thanks Max.

-fergs

This little, easy read book is so good that I almost didn't want to recommend it to others; I wanted to keep all the clues and secrets to myself to lessen the competition out there!

Max Deale has covered all the bases. Funny, entertaining, and full of practical advice on how to get in, how to get the best seat and how to keep from getting thrown out: I loved it! Max has created a new subculture: the Event Commando, where the pursuit of the seat is as big a thrill as the event itself. This book is destined to become a classic for the common man like Rules for Radicals was in the 60's. Use just one of his suggestions and the book has paid for itself many times over. I liked it so much I'm buying copies for my friends.

A friend of mine told me about this book, and I had to get it! Easy read, quick, fun and super informative. This guy is going to revolutionize how to get tickets for ANYTHING!!! It's geared towards concert's and sporting events, but you can use the system for all kinds of stuff:)Sold out!! is a scare tactic. No such thing!! They added a second concert for The Police, saying it was sold out, and I won my bid on Ebay and paid $70 to sit in $200 seats!!! You gotta read this, it works..

I have PAID too much too many times to count to get into sold out shows and now Max makes it seem easy to not only get into that sold out show, but actually at a discount to the ticket price not to mention the HUGE convenience fees being charged these days!

If you go to only one show or game a year, this book will pay for itself... It's a fast easy read and makes sense!

This is a must have!

It's a really short read, but it has some great tips on how to buy tickets for cheap then how to sneak into better seating areas. It's a good guide to keep and refresh yourself when buying tickets.

This book is an entertaining read, but basically the only technique is to buy your tickets as late as possible. It doesn't matter if it's from craigslist, the venue box office, ebay, etc. The only suggestion that he has is to buy as late as possible. The day of, only hours before, the show/event if possible. Save yourself the $15 bucks.

The other sections of the book, on how to sneak into better seats is lame at best. He tells stories about when he was at one event or another, and how cool he was to sneak into better seats. But he conveniently skips over HOW he did it and what he said. He just brags about where he sat and how much better the seats were than the ones he paid for.

The book should be one page, with the words "Buy your tickets on the day of the event." in 40pt font. That's the basic concept that he repeats five or six times.

No secrets in this book. Just a few fun stories and some basic "supply and demand" logic.