Hmm....me no-likely the new ticket board...

[JoesterVT]

So I visited the new ticket board for the first time to try to off-load some Richmond NASCAR tix (shameless plug), and I feel like the new format is going to be far less user friendly than before. As someone who used the ticket board heavily over the years, I'm not diggin' it.

If you haven't been there yet for lack of need, go check it out. Basically there is no "ticket board" anymore, just a directory of very specific boards. This format will not easily accommodate the type of horse trading that used to go on quite freqently (this lot for that, parking for this game or that, X tickets to this game for Y tickets to this game, etc.). It looks like its going to create a situation where some folks will have to cross-post multiple copies of the same message and check multiple boards frequently to try to find their deal. Am I alone in this?

[Will Stewart]

If you haven't been there yet for lack of need, go check it out. Basically there is no "ticket board" anymore, just a directory of very specific boards. This format will not easily accommodate the type of horse trading that used to go on quite freqently (this lot for that, parking for this game or that, X tickets to this game for Y tickets to this game, etc.). It looks like its going to create a situation where some folks will have to cross-post multiple copies of the same message and check multiple boards frequently to try to find their deal. Am I alone in this?

Here's a board called "2012 Football - Misc." - Buy/sell/trade 2012 tickets for Virginia Tech football games, in combos/groupings not covered by other boards:

http://www.techsideline.com/forums/f...-Football-Misc

Here's a board called "Misc. Tickets" - Buy/sell/trade tickets to any event -- concerts, non-VT games, etc:

http://www.techsideline.com/forums/f...4-Misc-Tickets

I'm open to suggestions -- it's REALLY easy to add/subtract boards in vBulletin. Takes 1-2 minutes. It used to take 15-30 minutes to add a new board in our old format.

[BJ Slade]

So I visited the new ticket board for the first time to try to off-load some Richmond NASCAR tix (shameless plug), and I feel like the new format is going to be far less user friendly than before. As someone who used the ticket board heavily over the years, I'm not diggin' it.

If you haven't been there yet for lack of need, go check it out. Basically there is no "ticket board" anymore, just a directory of very specific boards. This format will not easily accommodate the type of horse trading that used to go on quite freqently (this lot for that, parking for this game or that, X tickets to this game for Y tickets to this game, etc.). It looks like its going to create a situation where some folks will have to cross-post multiple copies of the same message and check multiple boards frequently to try to find their deal. Am I alone in this?

I'm with you. I've been trying to find tickets to the Spring Game for weeks now with no luck.

[bburgnative]

So I visited the new ticket board for the first time to try to off-load some Richmond NASCAR tix (shameless plug), and I feel like the new format is going to be far less user friendly than before. As someone who used the ticket board heavily over the years, I'm not diggin' it.

If you haven't been there yet for lack of need, go check it out. Basically there is no "ticket board" anymore, just a directory of very specific boards. This format will not easily accommodate the type of horse trading that used to go on quite freqently (this lot for that, parking for this game or that, X tickets to this game for Y tickets to this game, etc.). It looks like its going to create a situation where some folks will have to cross-post multiple copies of the same message and check multiple boards frequently to try to find their deal. Am I alone in this?

I agree!

[PhotoHokieNC]

I'm with you. I've been trying to find tickets to the Spring Game for weeks now with no luck.

Email me at Photo'sBeeyotch.org. I have two we can't use.

[VTPhreak4evr]

Email me at Photo'sBeeyotch.org. I have two we can't use.

Just sayin'

[JoesterVT]

Here's a board called "2012 Football - Misc." - Buy/sell/trade 2012 tickets for Virginia Tech football games, in combos/groupings not covered by other boards:

http://www.techsideline.com/forums/f...-Football-Misc

Here's a board called "Misc. Tickets" - Buy/sell/trade tickets to any event -- concerts, non-VT games, etc:

http://www.techsideline.com/forums/f...4-Misc-Tickets

I'm open to suggestions -- it's REALLY easy to add/subtract boards in vBulletin. Takes 1-2 minutes. It used to take 15-30 minutes to add a new board in our old format.

yeah, I get that....its just I think a lot of different transactions don't fit nicely into any one category...or some that maybe fit into more than one category...and also that a lot of times someone might not even really know what they want. I guess I'm not explaining myself well, it just seems there are currently too many boards and the boards are overly specific and therefore extremely limiting, IMO....

[PhotoHokieNC]

just sayin'

lol.

[Will Stewart]

yeah, I get that....its just I think a lot of different transactions don't fit nicely into any one category...or some that maybe fit into more than one category...and also that a lot of times someone might not even really know what they want. I guess I'm not explaining myself well, it just seems there are currently too many boards and the boards are overly specific and therefore extremely limiting, IMO....

On the other hand, if you and some buddies are putting together a reunion for the Bowling Green weekend on Sep. 21st, you can go directly to that Bowling Green board and put in a request for however many tickets you need, and you can interact with people on that board who are there specifically to sell tickets for that game. And you can exchange posts without getting trampled or driven deep down the board by people selling tickets to other games.

Or if you want to sell tickets to a concert, you can go to the Misc. Tickets board and post that you've got tickets for sale for that concert ... and your post won't get driven 10 pages deep by people selling football tickets and swapping parking passes.

Overly specific to you = very useful to someone else
Extremely limiting to you = able to home in on exactly what is needed to someone else

Having said that, throughout the season, if we find that the structure isn't meeting everyone's needs, specific boards can be added easily. For example, this discussion makes me think that a "parking passes" board is a good idea. That's something that you mentioned.

But don't poo-poo the entire ticket board structure, which has much more flexibility than the old one did, because you think of a specific instance or two that it doesn't satisfy. See the good in it, and request tweaks that will eliminate the bad ...

[JoesterVT]

On the other hand, if you and some buddies are putting together a reunion for the Bowling Green weekend on Sep. 21st, you can go directly to that Bowling Green board and put in a request for however many tickets you need, and you can interact with people on that board who are there specifically to sell tickets for that game. And you can exchange posts without getting trampled or driven deep down the board by people selling tickets to other games.

Or if you want to sell tickets to a concert, you can go to the Misc. Tickets board and post that you've got tickets for sale for that concert ... and your post won't get driven 10 pages deep by people selling football tickets and swapping parking passes.

Overly specific to you = very useful to someone else
Extremely limiting to you = able to home in on exactly what is needed to someone else

Having said that, throughout the season, if we find that the structure isn't meeting everyone's needs, specific boards can be added easily. For example, this discussion makes me think that a "parking passes" board is a good idea. That's something that you mentioned.

But don't poo-poo the entire ticket board structure, which has much more flexibility than the old one did, because you think of a specific instance or two that it doesn't satisfy. See the good in it, and request tweaks that will eliminate the bad ...

No...I can definitely see the benefits...in fact, my first reaction was "cool...this is going to be much better". But the more I think about, the less I like it. Lets say I have a parking passes to one game that I'd like to trade for a game ticket to another (we've seen similar deals before).. So where do I put it? The misc board? The board for the game that I hold the parking pass for? The board for the game I need?

On the other hand, what if I need or want to sell a pair of tix for a couple of different games. If I don't post on each of the individual game boards and the miscellaneous board (or religiously search all three), I might not connect with who I need to connect with.

After thinking about it a bit, I almost think a better strategy would be to have just 2 separate boards for football...one for "the next game", and one for "future games", then a hoops board, miscellaneous board, etc.

And as far as separate board(s) for parking passes, that might even make it worse, IMO...

Just throwing it out there....