Grateful Dead

My WU money orders for all three days were cash on 2/24 but I never got an email from GDTS TOO so I'm also in limbo. I take it as good news that the money orders were cash but it sure would be nice to know for sure that I got tickets.

To all - I did not realize that there was more than 1 blog/thread on this website. I originally posted the following on 3/16 in another blog. My reason for this repost is to encourage everyone still waiting not to give up - miracles can still happen! It ain't over until it's ever. The post: There is light at the tunnel! I sent in for all 3 shows in one envelope on 1/20. On 2/26 I get a congratulatory email as many did. No specifics - just an email. So ok, does that mean I got tix to all 3 shows? Should I assume I have tix for all 3 shows? Of course not! But after reading many comments in this email thread, on 2/27 I went to the PO and asked to trace the (3) money orders. That took another $18.30. I thought they would tell me right then an there whether the MOs had been cashed. Nope they told me I would get a letter within 7-10 business days. More waiting ... aargh! On or about 3/10 I received 3 letters, dated 2/28, one for each MO telling me that they have not been cashed. More waiting ... #@%!&! Today, 3/16, I received 3 letters, dated 3/5, one for each MO. Each letter had a copy of the front and back of the MOs. It does appear that they were cashed on 3/2. Am I excited? Of course I am - but I would feel much better if I had my tickets in my hand! Apparently, I still have to wait 3 more months before I will see the tix. This is a lot of angst for this old guy that used to hang around 710 Ashbury St. in 66/67 .... but it appears there is light at the end of the tunnel! I feel bad for all those that didn't get tickets - my friends, my family, and my fellow DHs. But you never know - miracles do happen. Miss ya Jerry.

I concur, that was a real dis-service to those like you and me who followed directions.

Like a lot of you, I did the mail order routine for years. This one left a bad taste in my mouth. I sent in several thousand dollars in money orders all in one envelope. I got completely shut out. Ok, so it happens. But what annoys me to no end is hopping on line and seeing these tickets trade for many, many multiples of face value. I can afford the asking price, but it galls me that I am putting bucks in the pocket of some ticket carpetbagger who merely got lucky. If there is a next time, the Band's management should figure out a way to auction the tickets through Dead.Net and give the proceeds above reasonable face value to Rex or some other Dead charity, rather than some random opportunist. Sorry to be negative, but technology has moved a bit ahead of mail order to where this could have been done better to get tickets to people who were willing to pay and actually hit the shows, and not let a bunch of random people reap the profits.

I read the directions the same way you did and played by the rules. However, the email update you are referring too meant that if they happened to get one of their envelopes selected then they will get tickets not that because they sent multiple envelopes they will definately get one of them. Doesn't make it much better but does show they were so overwhelmed that they couldn't track who sent multiple envelopes. I'm not on the payroll and feel your pain, got shut out in all three avenues. Good luck!

Billboard is reporting that there is good source that anadditional shows are being scheduled for the Bay Area for June 27&28! Be thankful you're livin'...drink up and go home!

Hey Now!I had been in Limbo Land and received my money orders back on Friday the 13th of March! Never got any notice prior to public on sale date. I sent in 6 money orders at 8am on 1/20...2 for each day for different price seats. Now we find out that people that sent in separate envelopes for each day will at least be getting one of their orders filled...NOT COOL!...to suggest on GDTSTOO that all shows can be ordered in one envelope and then also state that "Duplicate orders" will result in your disqualification and then reward those that sent in multiple envelopes is lame.

I have an extra hotel reservation at The Hyatt Mccormick Place which is the closest hotel to Soldier Field. The rate is only $125 a night (booked it weeks before the official announcement). I need a Friday and a Sunday ticket for my wife. Sell me 1 or both at face and I will give you the reservation.

any news...good or bad...today?

Maybe you got lucky and they screwed up and processed yours twice and awarded you two sets of tickets!!! As a hopeful recipient of a miracle, I wish the best for you. In all seriousness, I would contact Elvis at GDTS and see what is the dilly-o. He should respond (perhaps without an answer) within a day or two. Good luck