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UConn Athletics Transitioning to Mobile Ticketing

gampelcrazies said:
Super upset about this. Loved saving stubs from UConn games. Have been doing it since I was a kid.

Take away all the fun to save a couple bucks.
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I would hate that - have stubs going back to 89
 
Concert tickets. Got 'em all the way back to the 70s. Just got tix for a concert and chose "mobile" without thinking. Afterwards I wished I hadn't...no ticket to save. :(
 
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Storrs South said:
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I am very upset about this. I also collect the stubs. MOST important is that at 75 years old, I have no intention to purchase the grief that come with a smartphone. I like the feel of tickets and stacking them up prior to the season. Have been a season tix holder since 1981. Many of we Gray Hairs may find it easy to just opt out! I do hope UCONN does, in fact, have a plan B.
 
gampelcrazies said:
What’s the difference between a barcode on paper vs a barcode on a phone? They both have to be scanned.
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navery12 said:
The same way mobile tickets have been given to others for years, just transfer them on your phone to the person's email
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Cosmo Kramer Mind Blown GIF
 
UConnSwag11 said:
How can you give them to someone else?
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They've had a transfer system for years that you can use on the UConn Ticket website that you can find when going to your account page. I've used it before and was painless, just insert the email you want them sent to and you're done. IIRC there was a $2 transfer charge, but hopefully they scrap that now that this is the only / preferred way to have a ticket.

Alternatively, you can just screenshot the barcode on your phone and text it to a friend for free. Done that before at MSG without issue.
 
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Marquette went through this transition a couple years ago. Other than a few people who are... lets say... less tech savy, it was pretty smooth. Even for them, they figured it out after a few games. It made for longer entrance times for the few games though as they figured it out.

Ask your athletic department if they'd still print ticket stubs for a fee. MU does that for those that collect the stubs and are willing to pay for the printing.
 
raf46 said:
I am very upset about this. I also collect the stubs. MOST important is that at 75 years old, I have no intention to purchase the grief that come with a smartphone. I like the feel of tickets and stacking them up prior to the season. Have been a season tix holder since 1981. Many of we Gray Hairs may find it easy to just opt out! I do hope UCONN does, in fact, have a plan B.
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Plan B is noted right in the article in the OP...

“Ticketholders who do not have a smartphone will be able to request alternative options.”
 
Will really hurt the scalpers that are always outside Gampel. Good!!!
 
raf46 said:
I am very upset about this. I also collect the stubs. MOST important is that at 75 years old, I have no intention to purchase the grief that come with a smartphone. I like the feel of tickets and stacking them up prior to the season. Have been a season tix holder since 1981. Many of we Gray Hairs may find it easy to just opt out! I do hope UCONN does, in fact, have a plan B.
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You will likely get a ticket emailed to you that you can....print out....
 
Kenny11 said:
Its great until your phone dies
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Thats my biggest fear with the mobile tickets. Ive had mobile tickets at times over the last few years. I know Im being paranoid, but I always worry that my phone will die or something will happen where I cannot pull them up on my phone when Im at the gate.
 
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Ts5034 said:
Thats my biggest fear with the mobile tickets. Ive had mobile tickets at times over the last few years. I know Im being paranoid, but I always worry that my phone will die or something will happen where I cannot pull them up on my phone when Im at the gate.
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That happened to me at the NCAA tournament games at XL, had no service and couldn't get the tickets up for about 20 minutes
 
Ts5034 said:
Thats my biggest fear with the mobile tickets. Ive had mobile tickets at times over the last few years. I know Im being paranoid, but I always worry that my phone will die or something will happen where I cannot pull them up on my phone when Im at the gate.
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It’s kinda cool having a mobile airplane boarding pass until your phone freezes while you’re in the boarding line.
 
polycom said:
You will likely get a ticket emailed to you that you can....print out....
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That also requires an e device of some kind as well as a printer. Anyone who posts on the BY has some sort of e device. Not necessarily a printer.

Anyone with a modern smartphone can also take a screen shot of an e-ticket and send it to the wallet for easy retrieval. BTW I just turned 76.
 
I collect stubs and also totally understand why they're doing this. It'd be nice if there was a way to pay $2 for a physical ticket, especially since they charged that for e-mailing it to a different person.
 
Dead and Company & Phish offer "commemorative" 3D ticket stub options when you buy their ticket (all E-tickets or mobile) for $10 to $20. Some stupid hippies actually pay for that :eek:
 
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