The problem, as I see it, is that reunions can be a pretty pricey fee, and people who use to all live in the same place are now coming in from all over. I've done fundraisers where we might have one or two "But I paids!", but they're local and since the costs are low, we can just comp them on their word and straighten it out later. Here's an idea: Get a free email account from Gmail or Yahoo in the name of the reunion. When you receive a payment, enter it in your spread sheet, and send a confirmation e-mail to the payer, including names of attendees (or "2 guests" if you don't know) and amount paid. If they don't have e-mail, send it to the Reunion's e-mail (i.e., self) with the payers name on the subject line and mail a printout of it by post. For last minute payments, do the same thing but keep the printouts and hand them to the people as they arrive. If you save a couple of template e-mails, you can just plug in the names, amounts and e-mail address and send it off, so it shouldn't take any more work than mailing a paper ticket would. On the invitation, tell people that their confirmation e-mail is their ticket/proof of payment. This way you have a double check that can't be accidentally written over for what came in, you can look up if you sent the e-mail, and they can show you a print out, or the e-mail on their phone. That said, one of the emotionally worst things I've ever had to do was stand at the door of a paid event with a caterer, where the caterer demanded an exact headcount, and tell someone who was a member of the organization, but who hadn't paid, that she couldn't come in. So that's another piece of advice: Plan a few extra meals, etc., so you can comp someone rather than turn them away hungry.

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Thanks! I received a link to the Verified Fan site, as well as my access code. Presale starts in about an hour. All the show dates are there, but I don't see a place to enter the code? Does that happen when I actually select seats and pay for the tickets? I need coffee, this is stressful! ETA: will I have better odds with a Friday in February, or a Saturday in March?

I agree it is highly unlikely. I looked up the law I referenced earlier and found this article: https://www.engadget.com/2016/12/15/president-obama-signs-ticket-bot-bill-into-law/ According to that article it is "illegal to use software to purchase tickets to popular events." and further it is "illegal to resell any tickets than were bought with the help of a ticket bot." However it seems that the law is toothless, requiring states attorneys or the FTC to bring a civil suit against the bot user, which would doubtless require proving, after-the-fact, that a bot was used. If instead the law required effective measures to block bots in the first place, or prohibited re-selling tickets for more than their "face value" irrespective of how they were originally purchased, then the law may have actually been effective.