This'll teach my friend to shell out $40 for the U2 presale password (screennames have been changed to protect the innocent):

DisgruntledU2Fan (1:11:15 PM): ticketmaster is fucking up!!!!
LastStop (1:11:24 PM): ???
DisgruntledU2Fan (1:12:31 PM): the presale started at 10am l.a. time
DisgruntledU2Fan (1:12:44 PM): al; i've gotten is an "internal error" message on the ticketmaster site
LastStop (1:13:24 PM): when you enter the password or when you just go to the site?
DisgruntledU2Fan (1:14:04 PM): when i enter the # of tix, location preference, and password
LastStop (1:14:19 PM): that sucks
DisgruntledU2Fan (1:14:23 PM): now it says tix not available
LastStop (1:14:26 PM): maybe the system is overloaded
LastStop (1:15:51 PM): there are all these craigslist messages posted about the presale
LastStop (1:15:56 PM): apparently nobody was able to get them
LastStop (1:16:00 PM): or they were nosebleed seats
DisgruntledU2Fan (1:17:17 PM): finally just got through
DisgruntledU2Fan (1:17:24 PM): 8 minutes!
DisgruntledU2Fan (1:17:33 PM): 10!
DisgruntledU2Fan (1:17:40 PM): god bless ticketmaster
DisgruntledU2Fan (1:19:03 PM): maybe that all was a test tosee how much i really wanted tix
DisgruntledU2Fan (1:19:14 PM): down to 5 minute wait
DisgruntledU2Fan (1:19:21 PM): 4!
DisgruntledU2Fan (1:19:28 PM): i can smell bono from here
DisgruntledU2Fan (1:19:36 PM): so close, yet so far
DisgruntledU2Fan (1:19:59 PM): back up to 5
DisgruntledU2Fan (1:20:03 PM): ticketmaster sucks
LastStop (1:20:31 PM): ha
DisgruntledU2Fan (1:20:44 PM): i prbably shelled out $40 for the fansite and i'd get better tix on the normal sale
LastStop (1:20:54 PM): probably
DisgruntledU2Fan (1:23:49 PM): got row 1 of the nosebleeds
LastStop (1:24:03 PM): you take them?
DisgruntledU2Fan (1:24:09 PM): yes
LastStop (1:24:13 PM): at least you're going
LastStop (1:24:20 PM): you can always try to get better seats with the normal on-sale
LastStop (1:24:23 PM): and then sell the nosebleeds
DisgruntledU2Fan (1:25:04 PM): of course!
DisgruntledU2Fan (1:25:15 PM): there was a fuckin "prblem with the order!!!!":
LastStop (1:25:29 PM): ???
DisgruntledU2Fan (1:25:54 PM):
There was a problem processing your request. We apologize for any inconvenience.
If you submitted an order, and are not sure if it went through please check Order History or contact Customer Service.
LastStop (1:26:18 PM): did it go through?
DisgruntledU2Fan (1:26:21 PM): i kid you not
DisgruntledU2Fan (1:29:12 PM): argh!!!!
DisgruntledU2Fan (1:29:16 PM): i dunno
DisgruntledU2Fan (1:45:10 PM): i give up