Ok... crazy luck I guess, I actually got through to someone who knows what is going on
Whether you bought will-call, or had your tickets sent, you will present yourself at the Will-Call window at the venue, and will be given your pass and poster. They will have a list of the names who bought the package.
Thanks for your work! But it does not clear up the confusion completely. I suppose I will have to phone Livenation myself to ask if this is going to be the policy for the Palladium shows as well. They're actually based in L.A. Does anyone know the L.A. phone #? I suppose at worst I could phone the NY #. The LA shows are set up a little differently. There was no poster promised for Palladium package purchases, the Palladium package will not arrive until 2 days before the first show (I'm given to understand this is not the case for NYC), and only those with U.S. billing addresses could buy the Palladium package whereas the NYC package could be purchased with an International credit card billing address.
Ok, I'm trying to clarify that if you had your tickets sent, you still have to appear at Will Call to pick up the poster and more importantly, the pass. This pass then is what distinguishes you from other ordinary ticketholders as the privileged one that allows you to get to the front, right? But you don't know if the pass has our names on it or if it's transferrable. This pass is only given out to the package buyer once, right? So you keep the pass every night and bring a different ticket for each night, yes?
I'm thinking I will have to pick up the passes for both me and my friend but that they won't have the names printed on them because what good would it do to have two passes with Mel Torment printed on them?!
Even blank passes do somewhat discourage touts because if they try to sell the package (and the all-important queue privilege pass), they are not guaranteed to get the pass back from the first buyer who only wants to go see one or just some of the dates, unless they get some kind of crazy deposit from the buyer, but then they will have to renege upon the sales to the suckers--- er other clients who wanted that pass for later nights. And the whole reason for buying tickets from the scalpers was to get the front of the queue privilege.
For the honest fan who wants to gift the pass and tickets to friends on the nights she can't attend, this is okay...assuming you trust your friends to return the pass!
I know, Preggers, it's not you're fault and you're not expected to have the answers to those questions. I'm just wondering aloud. Thanks for sharing what you do know.