I know that I shouldn't be complaining.
Ok so basically this has been stuck with me since I didn’t managed to get the Dan and PHIL Aus TATINOF tour VIP tickets.
I know that a lot of people didn’t manage to get their tickets at all because they all went so fast but I haven’t been able to get this story out of my head and I have been really down lately so I thought a good idea was to shove it into you guys. No seriously I just need someone to talk to.
So for those Perth Phans out there, you will all know that the TATINOF TICKETS went up three weeks ago.
I had found out about the tour the Friday before selling began just after a terrible math test, so needless to say my school days improved greatly from then on. I had everything planned out.
1. On Monday and Tuesday I would call the riverside theatre to make sure that they were open around 5 on Wednesday so I could go and get VIP pre sale tickets.
2. I was going to ring up twice just to be super sure
3. I had plans to write a letter that they could take with them and read later as it says that due to the tour bus and blah blah they can’t take gifts. Not to mention I would be a blubbering mess and wouldn't be able to say everything I meant. I was also going to buy them a little key ring etc and smuggle it into the envelope.
4. If there wasn't a pre sale I was ready for that too. Due to the tickets being released at 10am I wouldn't be able to buy them so I organized for my mum to get them. Wrote out instructions and even got the page ready for her 5. But just incase there was a mess up with time zones I decided to get to school early on Friday to check the page at 8am
For the weekend I spent most of my time obsessing over the fact that I was actually going to meet them as well as rewatching all of their videos. I did not see any other outcome other than getting those tickets. Unfortunately I still don’t, my brain is still under the impression I’ll be meeting them.
Anyways. So Monday afternoon I call up the riverside theatre and I try about 7 times but it just keeps going to the answer machine. So I call up reception and tell them that I have just tried getting through and couldn’t. So I ask the guy on the reception phone if he can help me with the questions instead. He says sure so I go ahead and ask. As soon as I mentioned a tour in August he knew exactly what I was talking about. So I asked him if there was indeed a pre sale at the venue and he says no, there definitely wasn’t and that this applied to the other tour locations but NOT PERTH. so I hung up and the next afternoon I tried to call back. This time neither reception nor the theatre picked up so I decided to try on Wednesday morning, again there was no answer.
So I LEFT IT. to this day I still don’t know if their were pre sale tickets and I’m not sure if I want to know because I could have gone and got them. I just thought the reception guy must know what he was talking about. Trust me I'm kicking my self rn.
So Friday rolls round and I have a pretty awesome weekend planned out. On Friday I buy the ticket for TATINOF, Friday night my friends come over and we go see Me Before You , then spend Sat and Sun at the Perth Supanova, seeing Tyler Hoechlin.
Being an INTJ I don’t always plan things out, but when I do I go over my plans multiple times, playing out what is going to happen in my mind. If my plan goes even slightly wrong it ruins my day, literally I hate adapting, I can do it but I like everything to be run perfectly.
When I woke up on Friday I just felt like something was going to go wrong. I hoped to god that the movie tickets wouldn’t work, something small. Anything, but TATINOF…
I got in early to school so that I could buy the tickets. Luckily I had thought to check the tickets at 10am over east instead of in Perth. The tickets went up at 8:00am, and I was reloading it continuously for the 2 minutes leading up to selling time. I was so ready to get them.
The tickets go live and I’m right in there. I select the VIP package not even bothering to look at specifics and go strait to check out.
The page reloads but instead of asking me for my details it says that either: the tickets are sold out, they are in someone else’s basket or they cannot be bought for some stupid reason. I still don't know why it didn't work.
I tried again and again and again. But it still wouldn’t work.
By now it’s about 10 past 8 and all the gold tickets are pretty much gone. The VIP tickets are getting dangerously low and my mum isn’t picking up her phone. People at school are starting to arrive and one of my friends comes over to see why I’m shaking. I try to explain things but my mum finally picks up and manages to get me a silver ticket. As soon as she lets me know I start crying. I don't know if it was relief or utter devastation.
I know that I must sound like such an ungrateful brat but honestly this is all I wanted. I have friends who go to so many concerts and m&gs and this was going to be my first proper one. It was the only one I wanted to go to and I would be satisfied with them, more than satisfied. Literally blessed.
By this point I was sobbing real bad. Full on gulping-breath ugly-crying that won’t stop. A few other girls were crying about this huge 10 month project that was due in that same day so I assume everyone thought I was crying about that. A few of my other friends came over to see what was wrong and I tried to explain it to them but the tears wounldnt stop.
The first hour of school was an assembly and I sat through it with tears tracing down my face, and I would hiccup every now and then. It was a really shitty day to put it bluntly. Whenever my friends asked what was wrong I would start crying again as I tried to explain what I was feeling. I don’t know any friends who like dan and phill like me so it was really difficult to explain how much I wanted these tickets. I had some really great friends who helped so much. Other People didn't exactly brush it off but it wasn't a big issue on our agenda, because why should I be crying about stupid tickets when our huge report is due in.
I still had a good weekend despite this but it wasn’t the same. I was assured by one of my best friends that something would change, someone would pull out. Over the past week I have found people trying to re sell tickets for around 400 Aud per ticket. I am willing to pay this but am terrified it’s a scam.
I am on Holliday right now and just can’t enjoy anything because of this. If anyone else is feeling this way please DM me, I need someone to cry with.
If anyone knows legitimate sellers please tell me! I would be eternally grateful. These two guys are my idols. Literally called my plushie llama Phil and dressed up as Dan for idol day at school. Don't worry when the headmistress asked I said I was a cat. Totally not the king of procrastination on YouTube... I hope you enjoyed my mope fest. My blog is going into mourning. If you're looking for happiness feel free to find it elsewhere Recent development: there have been rumors of more shows over east. My dad spends a lot of time there so fingers crossed for more shows... Maybe he can take me? Does anyone know anything about this?