Okay. Let me explain how this goes. Actually, this happened yesterday, but I needed the time to cool down before I write this or else I might sued for libel.
Everybody knows I'm going to this year's Road To Ultra, mainly because HARDWELL is playing. And he is actually my favorite DJ. A little backtrack, about a year ago, HARDWELL was supposed to showcase in Manila but unfortunately, such event was cancelled.
And then the lineup for Road To Ultra was announced about a few months back and upon seeing HARDWELL on the list, I've conditioned myself that I'm going.
I am at Law School. I became too lazy to dress up, hit the mall, and buy the tickets on an actual stall. I met this girl recently, a promoter, who offered me tickets for a discounted price. Of course, I went with her. I gave her my word verbally that I will be getting the tickets. Okay, well I'm not that stupid to just buy tickets without knowing the perks. So I went to the official website and did a little research about the GA and the PGA tickets. I found out that the PGA does cueing a little bit convenient, but other than that, there's not much of a difference. Since most of my friends are going with the cheapest ticket, I decided to go for the same. It's been a while since I bought a ticket less than VIP, but I decided to commit to my GA because music festivals is all about dancing anyway. So obviously there is a share on the dancefloor. I've been to a few raves to now be comfortable buying a non VIP ticket. I was okay with my GA. And I looked forward to it.
But then this announcement came up.
Yeah, okay. I mean, it is pretty upsetting. Outdoor is just more fun than indoor. But hell yeah, it doesn't matter. I understood whatever reason they must have for the change in venue. I went on with my life.
And then yesterday, I allowed myself to get a little bit excited and stop by a couple pages. One of these pages was Ovations Productions, the organization involved in coming up with this event. And then I saw this.
And that's when it hit me. Since the change in venue, will I get problems with my ticket? The only reason I was okay with my GA is because the venue is an open space. But the transfer to the Arena made me realize the seats. I've been to The Chainsmokers show held at MOA-Arena last August so I was a witness of the people at the Lower Box section. It just wasn't fun. I started to panic. I absolutely regretted getting the GA. And I thought, what can I do? I don't want the fucking seats. It's just unfair. I mean, given that the people who bought the Lower Box ticket at The Chainsmokers were well aware of what they're getting into. But seriously, this time... I HAD NO FUCKING IDEA. I felt played. It just felt wrong. And this is where it gets worse.
My initial thought is to do the upgrade. But just my luck, last day of the upgrade was yesterday. Now you might remember, yesterday was also the first time I've heard of it. I thought you know what, even though I'm studying for my Midterms exam for law school, I should fix this. The problem is, I didn't just get my ticket from the booth or wherever. I got it from a promoter, so I can't just do the upgrade at the SM Cinema or the Ticket Booth, so what I did was I messaged my promoter (who by the way didn't let me informed of this change). I seriously had no idea of this issue.
Damn I even messaged Ovations Productions on Facebook, hoping I'd get help. But wow, just wow. It's been a day and they didn't even read my message. Gosh, I feel so betrayed.
And then this happened, my promoter replied and told me that the ticket that she got were the new ones, the non-upgradable. And I was just freaking out!!!
I even asked her for a refund, but that one didn't go to well.
So now I'm just stuck on this seat at the top of the arena, away from the dancefloor, with friends I've tagged along, disappointed just the same, not having a choice but to deal with it. Seriously, if Hardwell wasn't involved in this, I'd just skip it. Yeah, I'm good at that, bailing + wasting money. But goodness I was so mad I want to rebel (very childish I know).
I mean, I just had too much stress with this Ultra ordeal from the start. First, two of my friends asked me to buy the tickets for them and then bail on me because we have this Criminal Law Midterms on Monday (which by the way I'm completely disregarding), which in a way is understandable but I'm just annoyed. Then I have this friend who said she's going, but bailed on me too, which I also understand because it's her money, and if she doesn't wanna spend I'm okay with it. But my goodness, why couldn't she just say that from the freaking start!! I even offered to pay for the ticket but her conscience won't let her. So okay, I'm okay with that too. And then I offered her again, because I already have the tickets telling her it's been done, and also explaining the whole ordeal, making her now want to come because she'd rather not go if she couldn't get to the dancefloor.
And I'm just... like. WTF!
Thanks for the company friend! Okay, okay. Calm down, she'll be paying for the same amount still. But I mean, isn't the company worthwhile? GAWWWWWD. I went with the cheapest ticket for you in the first place my goodness. But I'm stuck with this because I have people to disappoint if I back out, and you're just like there probably tweeting something like "Wish I was there".
You don't know how to deal with the real world, darling. My connections, they're not friends. I feed them, they feed me. I need not anger them, like you did to me. But it's okay because we're friends. Ughhhhh so anger me more baby
FUCKING ANNOYING. THIS IS JUST FUCKED UP.
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