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So I got to work this morning only to discover an email from Liz that read:

OK!!! WTF!!! I was in here pulling us down directions to his Voodoo gig for tomorrow and decided to poke around a little and I FIND THIS!!!!

We need a Target Presale Password here, LADIES!!! Tix are on sale NOW on TicketMaster if you have a FREAKING PASSWORD!!!!!!!!! Can either of you get the password?? NEEDTOBYTIX, NEEDTOBYTIX, NEEDTOBY TIX!! ARRRRRRggghhHhhHhhh!! Let me know if you guys can get any more info, PLEASE!! Thanks!

PRESENTED BY FORD F-SERIES
TOBY KEITH
BIG DOG DADDY TOUR
TWEETER CENTER,MANSFIELD
RAIN OR SHINE
SAT SEP 22, 2007 7:00PM
Internet Presale Info
Target Presale:
Start:Tue, 06/12/07 10:00 AM EDT
End:Tue, 06/26/07 10:00 AM EDT

COVERED RESERVED SEATING

US $72.00

OPEN AIR RESERVED SEATING

US $72.00

LAWN IS GENERAL ADMISSION

US $36.00

Internet Onsale Info

Onsale to General Public:
Sat, 08/11/07 10:00 AM EDT

My stages of grief

(this is reminding me of when Adam Vinatieri was traded to the Colts!)

SHOCK and DENIAL - I Immediately began to panic! I thought, “there must be some mistake!” After all, I’m a member of the fan club. A PREMIUM MEMBER at that! A status that cost me $47.00! I joined the fan club for the sole purpose to be able to access the presale tickets. I was a good fan, I’d check my email daily for presale ticket information for the September 22, 2007 Tweeter Center in Mansfield, MA. I had received emails for other Toby Keith presale information for other shows on the tour. So there had to be a mistake!

I found the link on ticketmaster announcing that the pre-sale began on June 12th at 10:00 am and that you needed a Target code. WTF?

VOLATILE REACTIONS - After having a momentary breakdown and throwing a few things around in my cubicle, I managed to suppress my tears for a moment only to fire off an email to the fan club:

I paid $47.00 to join the Toby Keith fan club. I want a full refund. I’m willing to ship back my t-shirt and CD that I received. I was promised presale ticket information. I’ve been checking my email every day for presale ticket information for Toby Keith’s Show scheduled on September 22, 2007 at 7:00 pm in Mansfield, Mass. I never received an email. I have received emails about other pre-sales ticket information on his tour.

When looking at ticketmaster’s website this morning I see that there has been a pre-sale for these tickets happening since last Tuesday, June 12, 2007. See link below to see what I’m talking about.

http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/01003EC8D7A09F02?artistid=762365&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=2

What is the deal? That is so unfair. I can’t believe I’ve been checking every day and now I don’t have a password to buy tickets. I would have carved time out in my very busy schedule to make sure that I had logged on first thing when they went on sale at 10:00 am on June 12. As far as I’m concerned, I joined the fan web site and paid an extra $47.00, to be guaranteed the presale ticket opportunity!

I’m so sad right now. I’m on the verge of tears. I’m very upset.

I’ve been advertising Toby’s tour on my website mandymag.com I’ve written rave review articles about Toby’s last tour and about his restaurant in Vegas. Sadly now I’m going to have to write a very different type of article.

Deirdra L. Brown
Loudon, NH

DISORGANIZATION AND DESPAIR - I feel like I’ve been heartbroken. I feel like I’ve been taken for a ride.

I found out that the way to get the presale code is to purchase a copy of Toby Keith’s new cd, Big Dog Daddy, at Target. Had I known this last week, prior to the presale beginning, I would have gone out to my local Target and purchased the CD for 10 bucks and got myself a presale code, however, I was under the foolish impression that paying $47.00 for a “PREMIUM FAN CLUB MEMBERSHIP” would have guaranteed me that presale information. I could have saved $37.00 and applied that to my ticket purchase as well as had the special DVD that comes with the Big Dog Daddy cd in stores. To my dismay all I got was the “Warrior Edition” of Toby’s CD, which means no DVD!

Toby Keith’s fan club was the first I ever joined in my life. I feel so let down. I will not be going to his concert in September, nor will I continue to promote his CD, tour, or Toby himself on my site. There is no excuse for this treatment of greatest fans.

REORGANIZATION - As mad as I am, I’ve spent the day searching on google for any clue as to what a valid presale code may be. I’m not going to bother buying another CD from Target, because the presale is 7 days in at this point. If I could find a code for free, I would poke around to see if there were still any seats worth getting, but at this point I doubt it.

I know that people are always quick to point out that it isn’t the celebrity who is to blame, but promoters, agents, etc. FORGET THAT - I HOLD TOBY KEITH PERSONALLY ACCOUNTABLE!

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