We are brothers from Vermont who go by the names Dusty and Brando. If you don't know us by name, then you probably recognize our faces from the many years of shows. We enjoyed the satin doll in '93 at UNH, we witnessed the boys break free from the college gym at Worcester (the hose) with that rockin' lyric-less disease, we enjoyed the Gamehenge at Greatwoods, the early plane during the Harpua at Sugarbush, the Hot Dog at the Boston Garden, the Glide II at Lowell, the silent jam jam at Albany, the sunset at the Clifford Ball and the Gorge, the Destiny at Nassau, the Miami feel feel feel, the bittersweet Coventry, and the many other magical moments of Phish along the way.
If you’re like us, you love the music, but dislike the ticket hassle. Whether you have supported the band for 15 years, or your a first time listener, your chances of obtaining a ticket can be extremely difficult and discouraging when sifting through the online scalpers. Either way we are all in this together.. and having a place online where the Phish community can ethically trade for tickets would be a dream, hence the launch of CashForYourExtra.com.
We own a web design firm SimpleNation.com and decided to put our accounts aside and launch this new ticket trading website in hopes that maybe we will obtain some Hampton tickets. Those small fun days of the Doniac Schvice are over, but the power of the community still exists.
We are devoted to making this website a functional tool to help embrace the positive vibe that once existed in the early days.
Thanks for your creative participation.
Dusty and Brando
ps. Mike the lovin cup and the bistro in johnson sends their hello.
Press Release
07/24/09
Cashforyourextra.com is a new ticket trading website that helps PHISH fans obtain tickets at FACE VALUE. This grassroots initiative has close to 3000 members and over 30,000 views to date. If you have a ticket, some cash, or something to trade, then getting into the next show should be a positive and painless experience. Over 150 fans have donated to the cause while hundreds of others have enjoyed honest trades.
In promotion, Devon DeJohn from Aurora, CO is the winner of a 4 DAY PASS to Red Rocks Amphitheater in Golden, CO where the crazed rock band, Phish will be returning at the end of the month for the first time in 13 years!
The site was launched in February '09 by long time Phish fans and brothers, Dustin and Brandon Rich from northern Vermont. Ticket giants, their sister companies, and online auctions in the secondary market have inflated ticket prices and have drastically increased the ticket scalping industry. Unlike other ticket websites, CashForYourExtra is anti-scalping and promotes ticket trading at face value only.
Plans to include more bands are underway. As long as tickets sell out and the after market exists, so will the demand for a FACE VALUE option. Finally there is an online place for fans to join forces, work together, and access the thing they love most, the music.
CashForYourExtra.com is a new fan based website designed to make it easy for fans to trade their tickets for this year's upcoming tour. FREE PHISH TICKETS will be given away to some participating users of the site. Two brothers from Vermont launched the website after being denied tickets for Phish's upcoming Hampton shows. "The old school method of mail order where fans had to subscribe to the bands newsletter and meet the guidelines specified within, made it easier for die hard fans to obtain tickets. These days the internet has become the preferred vehicle of choice, opening the market up to anyone who can double click a mouse. While this access sounds enticing, it has left many of the old school fans ticketless. The band is no longer a small scale production and that is just how it goes. Ticket giants, their sister scalping companies, and online auctions in the secondary market have inflated ticket prices almost past the point of no return, until now. We decided to put our web company aside and make CashForYourExtra.com a reality. The site is slimmed down and easy to use. It is FREE, and we encourage the creativity of the Phish community to help us restore faith in the ticketing process. If you have a ticket, cash, or something to trade, then getting into the next show should be a positive experience. The site's terms state anti-scalping in efforts to keep all tickets affordable. Finally we can come together online with the same eager excitement as we did on Phish-lot in the early days. We also hope this takes some of the pressure off the band when it comes time to perform. We believe that the Phish experience encompasses many different variables, and our energy plays a big factor in the intensity of the music. Let's face it; we are all in this together… So folks shake the Coventry mud from your dancing shoes and lets set the gear shifter to the high gear of your soul. See you second set. Oh, I almost forgot, Cash or Trade for your Extra! Hampton?"
We own a web design firm SimpleNation.com and decided to put our accounts aside and launch this new ticket trading website in hopes that maybe we will obtain some Hampton tickets. Those small fun days of the Doniac Schvice are over, but the power of the community still exists.