Originally Posted by
blg
Agree. Radiohead's system worked because they would never say specifically what time tix would go on sale, only that it would happen on a certain day. I had no problem getting tickets until 2008 when I started trying the second the onsale happened and was completely shut out after trying for 3 hours.
I got mine within 5 seconds of the onsale starting in 2008 and 2003. I got lucky I suppose.
I know what you are saying about the mail-order as opposed to internet order. It's how I used to get my Dead and Phish tickets back in the day and the system was as smooth as silk.