On The List

FRAUD FRAUD FRAUD! I canceled my account/​membership two months ago and they are STILL charging me. When consulting them about this, they give ME attitude like I’m the one to blame! I can’t even log onto my account to try and cancel the membership so suddenly it’s the customers fault! HA! Besides horrible customer service and fraud, this service has nothing worth going to for shows. FRAUD!!!

Horrible customer service! Couldn’t log in and asked for help. Was told it was my ISP. Couldnt log in from ANYwhere so I asked to cancel my membership before I was billed. Mariell had this to say;
Hello again,
You are now cancelled. Please don’t contact us again. No one else has had any problems logging in.
Mariell
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OTL Portland Member Services
OTL Portland the Comp Ticket Underground
THE Live Events Subscription Club supporting local Arts & Entertainment
Super helpful, right?! I will pay ticketmaster the fee and at least not be treated poorly.

Wish I could give 0 stars! Like the other 12 or 13 folks who have already reviewed and given a 1 or 2 star review for OTL prior to this review, I have to agree with them all, it’s been useless to me. A few days ago I received my 4 week notice before my 1 year membership ends asking me to renew my membership and I wrote them back and said that unfortunately their service was not valuable to me and suggested that they one thing they could do to improve their service was to email/​communicate or notify their membership base more often, even text messages would be great! And their reply was to take me off their email distribution list and cancel my membership 3 to 4 weeks earlier then my 1 year membership ended. I’ve asked them to reinstate my account but no reply now. Now that’s customer service! Unfortunately I will not be recommending their service to any of my friends and colleagues.

I have been a member since September of this year, 2014. I was able to go see a play called «A Tuna Christmas» and it was wonderful! Excellent show and venue! The tickets were $ 25 — $ 50 and I used four tickets, so I made my money back and then some! Yes, I check their website daily, but I do that because often things pop up last minute and they only have so many tickets. Personally, I have found this membership wonderful so far! I also have 4 tickets reserved for a show at the Crystal Ballroom at the end of January.

Update December 7^th, 2014:
I really feel there us no value in OTL. Like many others, I kindof feel ripped off. I have been a member for over three months and not seen a single show or event and I check the bulletin board daily now.
The OTL people should EMAIL out current events to all participating members, rather than have the member be required to log in and search for the few events that are posted.
I CALL SHENANIGANS on Portland On The List.

Don’t do it! We wet members in Las Vegas with another company so we signed up thinking this would be fun. There are no tickets to anything big. It’s all stuff that you wouldn’t choose to go to. DONT sign up! If they actually had cool concerts, shows etc it would be fine. But no! It’s not. So disappointed.

Maybe I’ve just been lucky, or others simply are too picky, but On The List (formerly Fill-​A-​Seat) has worked out just great for us. We’ve attended several concerts/​events at the Crystal Ballroom (1964 The Tribute and David Alan Grier were favorites), Hapa at the Aladdin, and several plays at Post5 (always nicely done theater, if admittedly in a rather simple venue).
I renewed before our year ran out, with the confidence that we WILL get our money’s worth several times over. A suggestion: you do need to stay on top of the site as some things «sell out» quickly. Anyway, I recommend this site as providing good value for money.

To echo the sentiment of another reviewer, «I wish I’d checked Unilocal before suckering for this offer!»
Events being promoted when we first came in were either «sold out» — or at places that Unilocal reviewers rate unfavorably.
Then, their site went down for about two weeks while it became «new and improved». The only improvement, fewer listings.
One current listing is for a comedy review. Without the service, I’d have to pay a $ 5 cover charge plus drinks. Wow! I’ll save a whole five bucks.
«A sucker is born every minuet.» I’m one of the latest suckers that wasted money at FillASeat Portland.
However, I will keep checking the site. If we do score a good anything, I’ll write it up!

I joined Fillaseat Portland 15 months ago. I got a 3 month extension and then another month extension. WooHoo 4 months of NOTHING. I loved the idea and thought it would be fun to get out and try new things… It would be if there were ever any events that were local and available. In 15 months I have seen only a couple family friendly events.
I have been unable to attend any live shows, theater or sporting events with fillaseat. 99% of the time when I check there is nothing worth while listed and the 1% that there is something of interest it is sold out.
Bottom line for me this is not worth it. Do not waste your Money. This might work in other markets but it seems no one is actually working in the Portland market.
ONE STAR IT TOO MANY!

I’m kicking myself for not checking Unilocal before blowing $$ on this completely useless service. Have had a membership for months and have yet to find anything even remotely interesting to see. Super lame– don’t buy it– Groupon deal or not…

Not only do they have dismal offerings, but their customer service is condescending. This might work for other markets, but they don’t work in Portland… at least not in the last half year. Which is a shame because it’s such a great idea and if they had a competent person in this market, I’m sure it would be an awesome service for everyone (venue, us, them)

THE ONLY REASON I AM WRITING A REVIEW IS CUZ I SEE ALOT OFF NEGATIVES IN REGARDS TO THIS COMPANY.
BELOW ARE THE SHOWS I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND
PORTLAND CENTER STAGE 2012-​12-​19 07:30 PM
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS 2013-​01-​21 07:00 PM
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS 2013-​02-​27 07:30 PM
HAPA May 2 8pm 2013-​05-​02 08:00 PM
Regeneration Tour August 25 2013-​08-​25 08:00 PM
Led Zepagain September 13 2013-​09-​13 08:00 PM
Ralphie May 2013-​09-​29 07:30 PM
From T.V.s The Voice Judith Hill 2013-​10-​03 08:00 PM
I think I got this via a groupon or some other deal maybe paid 40.00 for it and yes I do look at the site daily for events… I think its kick ass… the only thing I would ask is if I can use the other cities lets say three times a year for events when I travel but besides that all good will re up !!!

I totally agree with the reviewers. We did attend one play so far and it was VERY enjoyable! But other than that there hasn’t been much of anything else. They do advertise they get tickets for the blazers. I’m keeping my fingers crossed and trying to remain optimistic.

I got a membership for Fill A Seat through Living Social, and I am extremely disappointed. There is only ever one thing on here 95% of the time I log on – the same cover band bar the other two posters mentioned. I have NOT gotten my money’s worth, and I’m not sure that I expect to. I’m giving it a couple more months, then I will seek a refund. If you are considering buying a membership, just WAIT. They might get some tickets rolling through there eventually, but for now it’s worthless.

My husband and I love attending live theater, dance, cultural events, have eclectic musical tastes, and we like to avail ourselves of «last minute» discounted tickets when we can, so FillASeat sounded like a fun deal. What a colossal joke — and waste of money. So far, Fill-​A Seat Portland has been absolutely dismal, with so few offerings (including the same cover bar band ad infinitum) that to date, we have found nothing of interest. In my view, FillASeat is «not ready for Prime Time» — they are either just getting off the ground, or else are not making the effort needed to secure a healthy roster of partner venues. Shame on Living Social for not vetting their partner merchants before offering this «deal.» FillASeat has refused to give us a refund, claiming this is simply a «slow time.» I can only conclude this is either badly managed, or outright fraud.

This one star review is to alert any would-​be purchasers of membership that there is nothing worthwhile going on now and it would be a true waste of your money if you signed up and thought you were getting something of value now. Supposedly there is new management. I paid $ 50 for a one year membership through Living Social with the lure of the fees being paid back through attendance of one or two events. These events are supposedly plays, concerts, pro sports games, you name it around town. Right now, all that’s available is a cover band bar and a fight night deal… stuff you could get into by walking into any bar in town and buying… or not buying… a drink. My one year membership had a «free» month added due to this lapse in items, but I have no reason to believe there is going to be anything better added, because I feel like this was a big come on. I assumed there were tickets available immediately. If things don’t improve two months into my membership, I will ask for my money back through Living Social. Hey guys, if you’re in beta mode, you’re in beta mode… don’t act as though you’re the real meal deal until you are. Right now, it feels like a whole lot of bait and switch… and beyond that, a whole lot of nothing.